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Allawi's Spoils انفال علاوي
yasmin left her sons in london to campaign in iraq poll
with prime minister nouri almaliki state of law bloc in a tight race against former premier ayad national iraqi list iraqiyya which has
with a broad coalition of mostly secular shiites and sunnis has appealed to a as of thursday iraqiya list was leading in diyala
wins iraq election by two seats: official results
winner faces down fraud claim
win in march 7 parliamentary elections by secular bloc which got 91 seats road to regaining premiership is not certain.
which puts spotlight on third major bloc led by mr. and biggest surprise many of them have alighted on mr. iraqiya party.
washington post sydney morning herald
washington post earthtimes press release
war anniversary passes quietly boston globe
vote in kirkuk where secular list was ahead by about 3000 votes could weaken longstanding kurdish claim and spark new tension as iraq is
vote counting continues in iraq coalition government likely voice of america
voices vote suspicion as iraq results emerge businessweek
violence claims more lives in baghdad
video: thailand prime minister extends security laws asiancorrespondentupi newstrack topnews istockanalyst.com press release
video: palestinians kickstart gaza economy al jazeerausinternational summary washington post
video: new blasts rock iraq day before country goes to polls rtiraqi elections update no. 2: desperate efforts to manipulate result ncriran.org press release
video: key leaders to skip arab summit al jazeeraarab league chief urges closer ties with iran video: mir: iraq elections but no stability linktv bloc begins talks with kurds gulfnews
video: iraqi voter turnout signals progress amid security woes pbs news houriraq elections: maliki dominates among shiites among sunnis ennahar
video: iraqi pm pulls ahead of poll rivals al jazeeraanalysis iraq maliki risks sunni ire if he shuns reuters india
video: doubt after iraq poll result al jazeera'iraqi elections in jordan conducted soundly' jordan times
video: deadly blast ahead of iraqi election associated pressshaky start for iraq vote wall street
video: blair: israel wants to negotiate but lacks confidence eux.tvmitchell called in after bloody weekend in west bank open democracy
video: are iraq security forces ready for job? timeiraqis indifferent over anniversary aljazeera.net
usrussia nuclear dealiraq electionhelp for troubled homeowners
us troops leave border to afghan boss accused of graft reuters
us military hands over prison to iraqi government
us calls on all iraqi involved parties to accept elections' result brunei news brunei headlines from brunei fm
us ally mr iraqiya coalition won 91 seats to 89 for mr maliki bloc which has been accused of forging close ties with iran.
turkey expresses pleasure with release of iraqi election results
tribal outreach was also a major component of coalition forming for major shiite candidates including prime minister nouri almaliki and ayad
to form a government maliki contests election results
to be fair is a longtime opponent of saddam hussein that essentially what just happened in iraq with maliki vs showdown.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Did Dutch DON'T-ASK DON'T-TELL Flock Wasted 8000 Muslim Soul
Dutch fury at US general's gay theory over Srebrenica
Gen John Sheehan said he was told forces failed because of poor morale over gay soldiers
Dutch officials have rejected a retired US general's claim that its forces failed at Srebrenica because of poor morale over openly gay soldiers.
A defence ministry spokesman dismissed as "complete nonsense" the remarks by John Sheehan, a former Nato commander.
Gen Sheehan had been speaking at a US Senate hearing on allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military.
He said Dutch leaders had told him that the presence of gay soldiers had contributed to the Bosnian massacre.
Srebrenica was a UN safe haven under the protection of Dutch peacekeepers when, in 1995, Bosnian Serb forces overran the town, killing some 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
Gen Sheehan said the former chief of staff of the Dutch army had told him that the presence of openly gay soldiers in the Dutch peacekeeping force were seen as "part of the problem" which contributed to the fall of Srebrenica.
He argued that since the end of the Cold War, European militaries had changed and he concluded "there was no longer a need for an active combat capability".
'Totally off-target'
This "socialisation" process, Gen Sheehan said, "included open homosexuality" and led to "a focus on peacekeeping operations because they did not believe the Germans were going to attack again or the Soviets were coming back".
Some 8,000 people were killed at Srebrenica in 1995
"It is astonishing that a man of his stature can utter such complete nonsense," Dutch defence ministry spokesman Roger van de Wetering said in response.
"The Srebrenica massacre and the involvement of UN soldiers was extensively investigated by the Netherlands, international organisations and the United Nations.
"Never was there in any way concluded that the sexual orientation of soldiers played a role."
The Dutch ambassador to the US, Renee Jones-Bos, added in a statement on the embassy's website that she "couldn't disagree more" with the claims by the former general, who retired from the military in 1997.
In the US Senate itself, Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told Gen Sheehan he was "totally off-target".
Several countries - including Britain, Canada, Australia and Israel - allow openly gay people to serve in the armed services.
