Archive for 'Iraq'
Ayatollah Khamenei and a Principled Foreign Policy
Seyed Mohammad Marandi
University of Tehran
Paper presented at the International Conference: RENOVATION & INTELLECTUAL IJTIHAD IN IMAM KHAMENEI, Beirut, 6 & 7 June 2011.
One of the most important points to keep in mind when discussing the leadership of Ayatollah al-Udhma Imam Khamenei is the very fact that he was chosen to succeed the towering figure of […]
Posted: June 28th, 2011 under ARTICLES, Bush Administration, Iran, Iraq, Islam and globalization.
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Behind the Mansour Hotel bombing
From our Baghdad correspondent, August 1, 2007
The noontime bombing that killed a dozen Iraqis at Baghdad’s Mansour Melia Hotel on June 25 continues to reverberate through Iraq — and through the American military high command. This was not a “typical” bombing (if there is such a thing in Iraq): it was well-planned and executed and […]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Al Qaeda in Iraq, Bush Administration, CF REPORTS, Iraq, War in Iraq.
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Selling the Iraqi resistance
From our Baghdad correspondent, July 23, 2007
One of the more interesting — and quiet — visits to Washington was made recently by Sunni parliamentary leader Mohammed al-Dayni, who visited Capitol Hill during May to meet with Congressional leaders and administration officials. A Sunni member of the Iraqi parliament and head of the Sunni Iraqi National […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2007 under Al Qaeda, Bush Administration, CF REPORTS, Iraq, War in Iraq.
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Maliki and Sadr
From our Baghdad correspondent, May 17, 2007
American troops entering Baghdad on April 9, 2003 noted the strange quiet that enveloped large parts of the city. While Baathist gunmen continued to launch spoiling raids north of the the city, large segments of the population remained calm. This was particularly true in the largest Shia neighborhoods to […]
Posted: May 17th, 2007 under Bush Administration, CF REPORTS, Iran, Iraq, War in Iraq.
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New front challenges al-Qaeda in Iraq
From our Baghdad correspondent, May 8, 2007
The establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq — an al-Qaeda inspired organization that threatened to split the Sunni resistance and sparked high-profile attacks against American and Iraqi targets in Baghdad — has had the unintended consequence of uniting non-al-Qaeda Sunni resistance movements into a new umbrella organization, the […]
Posted: May 8th, 2007 under Al Qaeda, CF REPORTS, Iraq, War in Iraq.
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The faltering Islamic State in Iraq
From our Baghdad correspondent, May 7, 2007
After the declaration of the Islamic State in Iraq, founded by al-Qaeda leader Abu Hamza al-Muhajir in January of this year, several Islamic resistance groups based in the western part of Iraq expressed their support for the new state. The announcement of the establishment of the ISI was made […]
Posted: May 7th, 2007 under Al Qaeda, CF REPORTS, Iraq, War in Iraq.
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