A reminder that sometimes news can be good news. We get accustomed to negative rhetoric both from and against militant Islam. Today’s story shines a ray of light from the assembled youth leaders of the international Muslim society. At the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow Conference held in Qatar, t
In the new, still forming political landscape of a democratic Iraq, old grudges are being repaid and sometimes not subtly. In the case of the powerful Shiite cleric, al-Sadr, he is facing political undermining from Prime Minister Maliki, and also from Maliki's mentors in the regime in T
02.21.2009 | Features, Iraq, Middle East | Clarity Staff Reporter
In 2004, al-Sadr and his Shiite militia were a major problem for the US forces in Iraq. Iranian armed and trained, they pursued an agenda of open resistance to US forces and were a large part of the factional violence against the Sunni minority. In a negotiated settlement, al-Sadr then disbanded m
11.15.2008 | Americas, Iran, Iraq | Stuart Ford
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