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Iraqi Political Party Takes Internet Cue from Obama Campaign

By | 03.01.10 | 10:57 am

This is the English-language website of Ahrar, a secularist Iraqi political party contesting the March 7 parliamentary elections that used to be somewhat affiliated with ex-Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Does it remind you of a certain American political campaign? One that promised “Hope For The Future”?

Iyad Allawi, The Next Beer Is On Me

By | 02.04.09 | 11:27 am

While the votes aren’t yet in for Iraq’s provincial elections, The New York Times reports that it looks like former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s secular Iraqi National List has won a plurality of seats in Salahuddin Province, a majority-Sunni province north of Baghdad. Allawi was one of the foreign More…

The Great Bush Leadership Casualties: Foreign Edition

By | 01.19.09 | 12:01 am

RELATED: Bush’s Leadership Casualties, U.S. Edition

Perhaps it’s unsurprising that the final two months of the Bush administration featured spirited defenses of its record in foreign affairs. When he gave his farewell address on Thursday evening, George W. Bush framed his administration’s record as a More…