Nouri al-Maliki

UAE's TAQA Weighs Invest In Iraq's Power Sector

BAGHDAD: The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) of the Unite Arab Emirates is currently studying investment opportunities in Iraq's electricity sector, according to the company's CEO. "The company will send...

Iraq 'Fails' Upward

Iraq's security deal with U.S. shows gains amid 'failure' mantras. On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's cabinet approved by a 21-7 vote a status of forces agreement with the U.S. It says that U.S. forces will...

AIPAC's Man in the Obama Camp

Excerpt: Barack Obama's first appointment, that of Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, is quite frankly unsettling and suggests that voters who had hoped for real change in Washington will be disappointed.

Top planner aims to cut 75 percent of public jobs

Iraq's Planning minister has ambitious plans to trim the fat from the government, reducing its workforce by 75 percent in 10 years and rebalancing a fiscal budget almost entirely reliant on oil exports. "I don't want to give an...

Dana Perino: Iraq Withdrawal Deadline ‘Aspirational’

At today’s White House press conference, Press Secretary Dana Perino tried to claim that the Bush administration has not really agreed to a “surrender date” (the term she used last year to describe a deadline for troop...

US again misfires on Iranian arms

For more than 18 months, the United States has scrambled to link Iran to covert arms assistance to Iraq's Shi'ite militias. But a US military task force has now found that Iranian-made weapons are less than 1% of the total...

Obama urged to forgo Iran threats

The battle for president-elect Barack Obama's ear on the Iran nuclear issue has intensified, with a recent high-level report recommending rapprochement through careful diplomacy, while hawkish groups want to keep the attack...

G20 Seen As "Passing The Buck" To Obama

The Politico reports that "little was accomplished" at the G20 meeting in Washington over the weekend "besides passing the buck to incoming president Barack Obama." The AP reports that the G20 leaders "kicked many hard details...

Obama's shadow looms as Bush meets world leaders

Since winning the Nov. 4 election, Obama has been careful not to overstep boundaries. US president-elect Barack Obama made a point of staying far away from Washington while President George W Bush hosted world leaders Saturday...

Husband An Obstacle As Obama Ponders Hillary For State

President-elect Obama is reportedly considering Democratic primary rival Sen. Hillary Clinton for the post of Secretary of State. The New York Times reports on its front page that Obama's advisers "have begun reviewing former...

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