Nouri al-Maliki

It is a sad state of affairs that the Obama administration and the U. S. State Department appear to be utterly indifferent to the unrestrained murder of gay Iraqis that are taking place at present. Both seem unwilling to demand that their Iraqi puppets take action and stop the travesty. Thus, it is good to see that Amnesty International is calling attention to the blatant murders that are taking place and going after Iraqi president Nouri al - Maliki personally for allowing the bloodshed. Candidly, I find Maliki and his government to be pretty worthless and content to suck off the tit of the ... Read Full Story

Iraq's restored National Museum was formally dedicated on Monday, nearly six years after looters carried away priceless antiquities and treasures in the chaos following the U.S.-led invasion. "It was a dark age that Iraq passed through," said Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at a ceremony inside the museum. "This spot of civilization has had its share of destruction." The event came on the eve of the museum's full public opening Tuesday, which officials have touted as another milestone in Baghdad's slow return to stability after years of bloodshed. Abdul-Zahrah al-Talqani, media director of Iraq's office of tourism and archaeology affairs, said the museum has a ... Read Full Story

Stephen Biddle is a senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations . He has been one of the leading writers on Iraq, and was a consultant to General David Petraeus while he was commander in Iraq . This month, May 2009, he released a new report, “Reversal In Iraq.” In it he goes through four scenarios that might reverse course in Iraq, and then finishes off by saying that the U.S. needs to extend its deployment to make sure the gains made are maintained, and Iraq moves towards stability. Biddle begins his paper by warning that the advances made in ... Read Full Story

Stephen Biddle is a senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations . He has been one of the leading writers on Iraq, and was a consultant to General David Petraeus while he was commander in Iraq . This month, May 2009, he released a new report, “Reversal In Iraq.” In it he goes through four scenarios that might reverse course in Iraq, and then finishes off by saying that the U.S. needs to extend its deployment to make sure the gains made are maintained, and Iraq moves towards stability. Biddle begins his paper by warning that the advances made in ... Read Full Story

The following commentary originally appeared in Musings On Iraq As reported earlier , corruption within the Iraqi government is endemic. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has never been committed to fighting it because investigations make his government look bad. The U.S. has also been lackluster in pushing for oversight as well. Recent reports show that the situation has not gotten any better. The New York Times for example, recently reported that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is secretly getting rid of anti-corruption officials . The article said that up to seventeen officials might have been pushed out or replaced recently. Seven to nine of them were ... Read Full Story