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VIDEO: Is the Iraqi army ready to liberate Mosul?
August 29, 2016
AL-JAZEERA: It has been an effective summer for Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group. Now, they are fighting to retake Iraq’s second biggest city, Mosul, which has been under ISIL control for m …
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QUOTE: Iraq’s widely reviled parliament mired in turmoil
August 8, 2016
ASSOCIATED FRANCE PRESS: Zaid al-Ali, a constitutional expert and the author of “The Struggle For Iraq’s Future”, said the latest problems would not necessarily further reduce confidence in parliament, as it cannot get much lower. “Ordinary Iraqis alre …
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QUOTE: Baghdad Karrada attacks: Ali was killed because the Wi-Fi was too slow
July 9, 2016
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Zaid al-Ali, a Princeton University academic who authored a book on Iraq and its collapsing state institutions, told Fairfax Media he was pessimistic about any security improvements given the Abadi administration’s lack of acco …
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INTERVIEW: Death toll from Baghdad blast passes 200
July 5, 2016
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION: A suicide bomb in Baghdad has left more than 200 people dead in what’s believed to be the deadliest single bomb attack to hit Iraq since 2007. Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Now, residents in Baghdad are …
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VIDEO: Grief and anger in Baghdad: Iraq reels from bloodiest terror attack since 2003 invasion (part 1)
July 4, 2016
FRANCE 24: The target was a Shia neighborhood of Baghdad but the victims of the Iraqi capital’s worst suicide attack since 2003 were also Sunni, Christian, men, women and children. We’ll never know for sure if the attack claimed by Isis could have been …
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QUOTE: A corrupt deal for security wands left Iraq vulnerable to Baghdad bomb blast
July 4, 2016
THE WASHINGTON POST: In his book “The Struggle for Iraq’s Future,” Zaid al-Ali recounts how two weeks after the U.K. court decision against McCormick, several explosions killed dozens in the Iraqi capital. Then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called a n …
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INTERVIEW: Will Fallujah put an end to ISIL in Iraq?
June 9, 2016
AL JAZEERA: As the Iraqi army, backed by a coalition of militias and forces, makes slow advances toward Fallujah, one of the most circulating theories suggests that if the Islamic State group (Daesh) (ISIL, also known as ISIS) loses Fallujah to the arm …
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INTERVIEW: Worries of sectarian violence in Fallujah are unfounded, says analyst
June 9, 2016
Radio France Internationale: The Iraqi army says it has secured the southern edge of Fallujah, which has been held by the Islamic State group for two years. The commander in charge of the operation said Sunday that Special Forces are now ready to enter …
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INTERVIEW: Who is ruling Iraq?
June 2, 2016
AUSTRALIA BROADCASTING CORPORATION: Notwithstanding the fight against ISIS in the north-west of Iraq and the Sunni – Shia tensions since 2003, and the falling price of oil, is Iraq on the verge of a meltdown? The political class is in the midst of a po …
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QUOTE: Iraq’s Fallujah operation gives PM political reprieve
May 24, 2016
AFP: Zaid al-Ali, a fellow at Princeton University and the author of “The Struggle for Iraq’s Future,” said the operation could aid Abadi, but only for a while. “The Fallujah campaign offers Abadi a reprieve from the political crisis in Baghdad, but …
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