Posts Tagged: Mithal al-Alusi
Arrest Warrants Issued for Three Iraqi Leaders Who Attended Conference Calling for Peace With Israel
Three prominent Iraqi leaders are facing arrest warrants after they participated in a conference that called for peace with Israel, Agence France-Presse reported Sunday. The conference,...
Iraqi Parliamentarian, Friend of US and Israel, Calls for ‘Mideast Summit’ as Islamists Burn Ballots in Baghdad
Last week, as Islamists burned ballot boxes in Baghdad, Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi -- whose unconventional career in Parliament has included championing normalized relations between his country...
Iraqi Ally of Israel and US Says Party Was Harassed Under Orders From PM Maliki
The headquarters of the Iraqi Nation Party were attacked by a military unit of Iraq's government over the weekend, according to former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal...
New U.S. Overtures Please Iranian Officials
Iran's Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, said Monday that he is optimistic about the U.S. government's new approach to Iran. Citing the Obama administration's recent...
Report: John Kerry Seeks Meeting With Iranian Foreign Minister
The U.S. has renewed efforts to open a dialogue with Iran vis-a-vis its nuclear program. According to a report in the Israeli daily Maariv, newly...
Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Says Obama to Meet With Ahmadinejad
Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al Alusi contacted me by phone last week to report that, according to "good sources," U.S. President Barack Obama is expected...
Iraqi Ally of Israel on Hagel, “This is Not a Minister of Defense, But a Minister of Chaos” (INTERVIEW)
On Friday I spoke with former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al Alusi, who has championed counter-terrorism cooperation and normalized relations between Iraq and Israel. This Arab...
Exclusive: Iraqi Ally of Israel Dispossessed of his Home, he Says by Iraqi PM Maliki
Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, who in a series of recent interviews with The Algemeiner has spoken of Iran's alleged bribery of numerous Iraqi officials,...
Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Alusi to Obama: Demand Assad Give Control of WMD to International Community
Today President Obama warned Syrian dictator Bashir Assad that "use or deployment of ... weapons of mass destruction" would be crossing a "red line,"...
Democracy Takes Time, Even in the Middle East
Last week's Wall Street Journal ran a sobering piece by Bret Stephens about the disappointing results of democratic elections in Egypt the previous weekend. It's...
Exclusive: Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Says Nouri al-Maliki is a Tool of Iran
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who met recently with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is being used as a "tool of Iran," and Iran is using...
Exclusive: Iraqi Ally of Israel Survives Assassination Attempt
Human rights advocate and former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al Alusi contacted me by phone today to say he survived an assassination attempt last night by...
