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IRAQ: Q & A with Shiite religious and political leader Ammar Hakim
Babylon & BeyondAmmar Hakim sits in a mansion alongside the Tigris River. The 39-year-old cleric became the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (formerly referred to as the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council) in late August after the death of his...... -
Secret prison revealed in Baghdad
Hundreds of Sunni men disappeared for months into a secret Baghdad prison under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's military office, where many were routinely tortured until the country's Human Rights Ministry gained access to the facility,...Tags: Islam, Civil Unrest, Parliament, Civil Rights, Saddam Hussein
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IRAQ: U.S. State Department's Jeffrey Feltman says new government must be 'inclusive'
Babylon & BeyondThe U.S. assistant secretary of State for near eastern affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, is making his second visit to Baghdad in a month, checking in on the negotiations to form a new government. In an interview with Babylon and Beyond, he...... -
IRAQ: Baghdad's Green Zone also to suffer electricity blackouts
Babylon & BeyondOfficials living in the Green Zone will have to endure the same electricity shortages as other Iraqis following a decision to ax their special privileges in the wake of violent protests over prolonged power outages. Acting Electricity Minister Hussein... -
World Cup: Paul wraps his tentacles around Spain
The Fabulous ForumEyes around the world were focused on Germany's octopus oracle Paul on Friday as he made his biggest prediction yet in the World Cup: Spain will beat the Netherlands in the final. Paul's prescient picks in the World Cup â...... -
IRAQ: Muted reaction to celebrated Lebanese Ayatollah Fadlallah's death
Babylon & BeyondAyatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah was mourned by hundreds of thousands in Lebanon this week, but in Iraq's Shiite holy city of Najaf, where Fadlallah was born, the influential cleric received a chilly reception. No banners or open displays of mourning.... -
IRAQ: Allawi and Sadr make nice in Damascus
Babylon & BeyondFormer Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and Shiite religious cleric Muqtada Sadr smiled at each other Monday like two old friends. They laughed and exchanged warm glances in Damascus, home of the Baath party, the political organization which rules Syria...... -
Abdul Aziz Hakim dies at 59; powerful Iraqi political leader
Abdul Aziz Hakim, one of Iraq's most powerful political leaders and the head of one of its most prominent Shiite religious dynasties, died today in a Tehran hospital, his party's television channel reported.
Hakim, who headed the influential Supreme...Tags: George W. Bush, Entertainment, Civil Unrest, Saddam Hussein, Lung Cancer
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IRAQ: Exiled former Saddam Hussein aide says Baathist resistance is 'ready to fight'
Babylon & BeyondSome in the United States harbor hope that Sunday's elections in Iraq will help the country move away from its sectarian troubles and toward democracy. But according to one former aide to Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has...... -
IRAQ: Preliminary estimates on election results
Babylon & BeyondWith final results in Iraq's election set to be announced Friday, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and his secular rival, former Premier Iyad Allawi, are neck in neck in the race to form the next national government. Whether the results will...... -
Bush's fourth quarter
ON THE EVE of his seventh State of the Union address, President Bush's Texas swagger is muted. Not long ago, Bush famously called himself "the decider," but the drubbing he took in November's elections has reduced him to being "educator in chief," as he...Tags: George W. Bush, Heads of State, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Defense
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Rough justice
AT FIRST, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's reaction to Saddam Hussein's imminent hanging sounds a little wishy-washy. Blair reiterated his own opposition to capital punishment but also said the sentence "does give us a very clear reminder of the...Tags: International Law, Heads of State, Adolf Eichmann, Government, Politics
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