Maliki’s Push to Gut Election Watchdog Fails

by | Aug 4, 2011

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's long-running assault on democracy took an amusing new twist last week when a coordinated attempt to oust the members of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) backfired on him.   During a gathering last Thursday,...

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Mullen Twists Iraq Stats to Implicate Iran

by | Aug 1, 2011

A month ago the Obama administration was suggesting Iran was behind an increase in attacks against U.S. troops. Giving very little evidence other than the assurance that Iran was backing militiamen in Iraq, U.S. officials seemed otherwise unable to explain why Iraq...

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