Yeah so its not the best title, but it is the best I can come up with this early in the morning.
I wanted to update a few things that I had posted.
Leaving Iraq, the aftermath <– Click to see original post
“Maliki’s Islamic Daawa Party is using the pretext of coalition politics to justify its decision align with inc, which is led by Ammar al-Hakim’s Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (isci),” says Stratfor. “But there is no hiding that the development of this coalition is the result of Iranian efforts to maintain a dominant position in Iraq” (January 12).
When the inc was first formed, Maliki refused to join the Iranian-backed political alliance. When Iranian troops occupied an Iraqi oil well in December, we reported that, in part, it appeared to be an attempt by Tehran to put pressure on Maliki to align with the inc. “He could either use the incursion to play the nationalist card and paint his political rivals in isci as Iranian stooges, or he could avoid any Iranian backlash and simply fall in line with Tehran’s wishes” (ibid.).
It appears that Maliki has now caved to Iran. The announcement that his State of the Law will ally with the inc after the elections came shortly after Iran’s foreign minister visited Iraq and met with Maliki and Iraq’s highest-ranking Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
I didnt think it would start this fast but there you have it. As more sources report on this I will update with links so you can verify with multiple sources. Right now it seems there are very few english reports of this. If you can read Arabic let me know, maybe you can help traslate.
This one I just posted on the 14th of January. When I posted this I had no idea I would be updating this in only four days. What was also suprising -besides the historic meeting of Israel in a former Nazi HQ- was the topics covered.
Germany and Israel <– Click to see original post
See the update here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8904209
Now a while back I posted some future headlines. One of them was about how I think Jerusalem will be divided in half. That way Israel and the Palastinians will each have a part. The reason I see for dividing it like this is one the line is drawn security forces can enforce it. It’s the thought of FvO that German troops will be sent to Israel to guard the borders along Egypt and the newly drawn line in Jerusalem. This makes the most sense based on what I have seen so far.
That’s it for the updates. More updates to follow I am sure.