Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 8
Feb 10, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini
February 3-10, 2012. Iraqiyya Ends Boycott of Council of Ministers, National Conference Picks Up Momentum, Judiciary Issues Warrants for Parliamentarians.
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Opinion-Does the U.S. Have a Plan for Iraq?
Feb 10, 2012 - The New York Times-Room for Debate Blog - AnonymousSource:
The New York Times-Room for Debate Blog
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2012-02-10 00:00:00
United States policy today is focused on maintaining the status quo in Iraq, offering unqualified support for Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki in the name of stability. But the status quo is inherently unstable.
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 6
Jan 27, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini
January 20-27, 2012. Iraqiyya Contemplates Next Move, Turkey-Iraq Rift Continues, National Conference Initiative Loses Momentum.
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 1, December 15-19, 2011.
Dec 19, 2011 - Ramzy MardiniLast week, a troubling political crisis emerged in Baghdad that has placed Iraq on a worrisome path that could potentially unravel and threaten its stability.
Crisis Unfolds in Iraq-The Weekly Standard
Kimberly Kagan
We interrupt President Obama’s celebration of keeping a campaign promise to bring you news from Iraq, where a political crisis has been unfolding since just hours after Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta departed on Thursday.
Iraq After the U.S. Withdrawal
Dec 18, 2011 - Ramzy MardiniThe Obama administration had three years to push Iraqis toward genuine national reconciliation, the most critical component in securing a stable Iraq over the long term. The White House failed to leave behind a representative government that respects the concept of power-sharing and the rule of law under the Iraqi Constitution. Instead, the central government headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is riddled with sectarian and authoritarian elements that were bound to capitalize and expand after the departure of U.S. forces from Iraq.
Obama's Iraq Abdication-Deputy Director Marisa Cochrane Sullivan (The Wall Street Journal)
Upon taking office in 2009, President Obama inherited a winning hand in Iraq—and yet his administration has played it like a losing one.
U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by End of 2011 with Ramzy Mardini (Fox News DEFCON-3)
Jul 20, 2011 - Ramzy MardiniWill the Iraqi government be prepared to take over?
ISW Deputy Director Marisa Sullivan Testifies on the Future of Iraq
Jun 23, 2011 - AnonymousOn Thursday, June 23, 2011 ISW Deputy Director Marisa Cochrane Sullivan testified before the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East & South Asia regarding the future of Iraq.
Fact Sheet: Escalating Tensions in Iraq Threaten Security Agreement Extension
Jun 16, 2011 - AnonymousRelations have reached new lows in Iraq as tensions escalated between Prime Minister Maliki’s State of Law coalition & former Prime Minister Allawi’s Iraqiyya bloc.