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Inside Iraq- Awakening councils in Iraq- 29 Aug 08- Part1 (video)
youtube.com - 8/30/2008
Inside Iraq- Awakening councils in Iraq- 29 Aug 08- Part1 (video)
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Inside Iraq looks at the political impact of the crackdown on the Awakening Councils and asks if Iraq could once again be thrown back to sectarian war and vi...

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Main and Central:  Iraq Is Still A Mess

Informed Comment:  Does Al-Maliki's New Team Imperil Security Agreement? Al-Maliki asks Peshmerga to stay beyond Blue Line

Newshoggers.com:  Stains on the SOFA

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Iraq Is Still A Mess
Main and Central — It seems I haven't missed much... McSame claims Iraq is a 'peaceful stable country now' and Maliki continues to target the Sahwa and Sadrists. The SOFA is still stalled and Diala is still the powder keg fixing to explode! Yep, same old, same old... However in several surprise moves Maliki has now set his sights on the Kurds... As Aswat Aliraq points out... A lawmaker from the main Shiite bloc on Friday said Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has threatened the deployment of Kurdish forces outside the Kurdish enclave would make them face legal actions... ...“PM ...

Does Al-Maliki's New Team Imperil Security Agreement? Al-Maliki asks Peshmerga to stay beyond Blue Line
Informed Comment — The LAT reports doubts in Baghdad about whether the security agreement between the Bush administration and the Iraqi government will be achieved. Al-Maliki abruptly dismissed his negotiating team and replaced it with three officials close to himself. MP Mithal al-Alusi is convinced that the change was intended to derail the talks. Diyala Province is still dangerous. Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has called on the Peshmerga paramilitary to honor the "blue line" that divides the Kurdistan Regional Government from Iraq proper. Peshmerga troops are in north-eastern Iraq cities such as Khanaqin, producing ...

Stains on the SOFA
Newshoggers.com — Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki stands accused of spoiling negotiations on the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement with a sudden purge of the Iraqi negotiating team. In what is described as a "make-or-break" stage of the talks, Maliki has dismissed the original negotiating team and replaced them with loyalists described as "those closest to him." Maliki is ...

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