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Five Armies Fighting for the Same Iraq, Against Each Other

Posted by bosskitty

Al Jazeera in depth research into Iraq’s many armies: Four years ago the fighting in Iraq was just beginning. The armed group al-Qaeda in Iraq did not even exist and Sunni and Shia groups were working together against the US-led forces.
Three years ago, sectarian divisions escalated into a battle some believe [...]

Iraqi Sunni Cleric Urges U.S. To Abandon Maliki

Posted by nytexan

Bush will probably handel this request by ignoring it and continuing down his failed path.

AMMAN, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Iraq’s top Sunni cleric called on the United States on Monday to cut ties with Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, saying his “puppet” government had failed and a U.S. backed political process was at a dead [...]

Bush Jealous: Malaki And Karzai Warm Up To Iran, Watch Out For Cheney

Posted by bosskitty

Bush breaks up Iran-Iraq love-in Correspondents in Washington and Tehran
US President George W. Bush yesterday told Tehran there would “be a price to pay” for meddling in Iraq and warned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki against cosying up to the leaders of Iran.
Amid what Washington sees as unsettling signs of warming Baghdad-Tehran relations, [...]

Holy War Begins – Musharraf Could Cancel Elections

Posted by bosskitty

Truce Over, Pakistan Militants Kill 70
Guardian Unlimited, UK – From AP By RIAZ KHAN AP Writer PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – Militants in northwest Pakistan disavowed a peace pact with the government and launched two days of suicide attacks and bombings that killed at least 70 people, dramatically escalating the violence in the al-Qaida [...]

Al-Qaeda: Sunni vs Shia Threatens Iran – Spreading Fires

Posted by bosskitty

Al-Qaeda threatens war against Iran
Al Jazeera: MONDAY, JULY 09, 2007 7:13 MECCA TIME, 4:13 GMT
The leader of an al-Qaeda umbrella group in Iraq, who was thought to have been killed by US forces, has threatened to wage war against Iran unless it stops supporting Shias in Iraq within two months. [...]

US Strike Still Too Sloppy – Let God Sort ‘Em Out …

Posted by bosskitty

NEWS CENTRAL/S. ASIA

Many Afghans killed in air strike

 

 

 

Civilian deaths caused by US and Nato-led troops have infuriated Afghan people and the Afghan president

An air strike in southern Afghanistan has [...]

What Happens when Musharraf Falls?

Posted by bosskitty

Blogger Qur’an – Bible points out:

 Bush wars are not going so well in Afghanistan and Iraq where Talibans has announced to launched nation wide attacks on foreign forces and its local allies. Talibans attacks are killing Canadian and British soldiers almost on daily basis.. Bush’s “war on terror” strong supporter Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is [...]

Religion: The Original WMD

Posted by bosskitty

Bicker, spit, spat, holler, hit, club, shoot, bomb, destroy!  Your religion, my religion, their religion, so what?  What I believe makes me happy and I hope yours makes you happy.  But, not a single second of my thoughts is devoted to belittling or contradicting what you believe.  I don’t care what you believe unless you [...]

Hope in the person of Moqtada al-Sadr?

Posted by bosskitty

Thanks for this article by Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post Foreign Service
The movement of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has embarked on one of its most dramatic tactical shifts since the beginning of the war.The 33-year-old populist is reaching out to a broad array of Sunni leaders, from politicians to insurgents, and purging extremist members of his [...]

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