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Image by Getty Images via Daylife As you may recall, it was only a few weeks ago (March 7, 2010 to be exact) that national elections were held in Iraq to determine the future course of this war-torn nation. Unfortunately, the elections determined just about nothing, other than a desire by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [...]
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Image by azrainman via Flickr At the same time that U.S. troops in Afghanistan are putting their lives on the line fighting Taliban and al Qaida insurgents, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Kabul. As could be expected, Ahmadinejad has taken this opportunity to sharply criticize the U.S. for [...]
This coalition has promised to keep Iraq a secular nation, and to diffuse sectarian tensions through a process of inclusion. The second group, led by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, is a coalition of mainly Shiite religious groups, intent on turning Iraq into a theocracy.
