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Iraqi women living in Yemen hold up the Iraqi flag used during the Baath Party’s rule under ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, as they take part in a protest in front of the Iraqi Embassy, in the capital Sanaa on January 16, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Opinion: Has the US Fulfilled its Promise to the Iraqi People?

by Tariq Al-Hashemi | Apr 20, 2013 | Opinion

Ten years on from the occupation, the Iraqi people are still divided and preoccupied with searching for a way out of their national disaster. The Americans, for their part, are also confused and divided and unable to agree on a way out from their own financial and...

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Protesters chant slogans against Iraq’s Shiite-led government as they wave flags during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo)

25 February 2011, Two Years Later

by Tariq Al-Hashemi | Mar 12, 2013 | Opinion

Two weeks ago we passed a milestone unlike any other. It was not a fleeting political occasion, but a true turning point in the ongoing political struggle in Iraq. On 25 February 2011, and for the first time since the fall of the former regime, those dismayed with...

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Arab Syria an Iranian Province

by Tariq Al-Hashemi | Feb 27, 2013 | Opinion

The statement issued by Iranian scholar Mehdi Taeb, a prominent political figure in charge of overseeing the soft war that has been launched by Iran, did not contain anything new, nor did its issuance come out of the blue. However this statement could be viewed as the...