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Nowadays in post-invasion Iraq, everybody is on somebody’s hit-list. Different political groups have emerged with contradictory interests and views, and some are resorting to violence against rivals.

by Ahmed Janabi Iraqi Shia and Turkmen factions have voiced reservations over the Iraqi constitution draft, saying it does not serve the interests of all Iraqis. The opposition to the constitution in Iraq...

by Ahmed Janabi The fall of Baghdad to invading US-led forces in April 2003 marked the end of decades of one party rule in Iraq. When the Iraqi Arab Baath Socialist party assumed power in 1968, a national...

by Ahmed Janabi UN Security Council Resolution 1559 set up an inquiry commission to investigate former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri's murder after a UN fact-finding mission found that Lebanon's own investigation was...

by Ahmed Janabi Assassinations continue to be the signposts of Lebanon's political history despite the passage of 15-odd years since the end of the civil war. Between 1989, when the Taif Accords were signed, and...

by Ahmed Janabi Iraqis are increasingly seeking safety in foreign countries for their families and businesses in response to a security situation that has been worsening since the March 2003 US invasion. Fear of criminal gangs that carry...