Posts Tagged: Iraq Shiite
Why Iraq Must be Divided Into Three States
President Obama's assertion during the 2012 election campaign that Al-Qaeda had been "decimated" has come back to haunt him. In a campaign speech in Green...
Obama’s Strategic Mistake in Iraq: Abandoning Iran’s Opposition
It has already been established, including in my recently published book The Lost Spring: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Catastrophes to Avoid, that...
Pro-US Iraqi Kurds Reach Deal with PM al-Maliki
Times of Israel - Just six months ago, Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, was buzzing. Walking through the streets of...
Sectarian Bloodshed on the Rise in Iraq
Six bombings rocked Baghdad on Thursday leaving at least 13 people dead and dozens injured. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in...
