Sunni fighters take on Qaeda in Baghdad

Agence France-Presse - 02 June, 2007
Sunni tribal fighters, American troops and nationalist insurgents were all in action Friday against Al-Qaeda's Islamist militants in vicious street battles in west Baghdad.Sunni militants, who would once have sympathised with Al-Qaeda's war against American and Iraqi government troops, have instead this week been shooting it out with the Islamist extremists in the lawless Amiriyah neighbourhood.

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The International Compact with Iraq

Stafford sends us yet another utterly useless international document on Iraq. It is flawed from beginning to end. It suggests measures to deal with dissarming the militias without dealing with the issue of dissarming the Baghdad police. It suggests a referendum on ammendments to the constitution by the end of this year without dealing with the fact that all the election machinery in Iraq has been dismembered. Who has produced this guff? You guessed it - the United Nations.

Click here: The International Compact with Iraq (ICI), Fact Sheet and Documents

A real blueprint for peace in Iraq

William posts this item and says, "Ali Allawi is one of the most respected Iraqi politicians. What he has to say should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in a better future for Iraq":

For the first time, a real blueprint for peace in Iraq by Ali Allawi

"The Iraqi state that was formed in the aftermath of the First World Warhas come to an end. Its successor state is struggling to be born in an environment of crises and chaos. The collapse of the entire order in the Middle East now threatens as the Iraq imbroglio unleashes forces in the area that have been gathering in virulence over the past decades."

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