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...Senate's swearing-in ceremony for the nine incoming freshman who have secured their places is continuing as planned. But all the attention of the day has been focused on the drama of Burris' rejection from the Hill and the other elephant not in the room, Al Franken, whose squeaker victory by 225 votes was certified Monday by the Minnesota Canvassing Board (though Franken is still ensnarled by legal challenges from GOP incumbent Norm Coleman). "The Democratic Party is now running all three rings of the governmental circus, and a clown act has appeared in one of the rings," says...
...Just two days after making his declaration to the MEK, al-Maliki left for a scheduled diplomatic visit to Iran - his fourth since taking office. The Iraqi Prime Minister was expected to try to ease fears that Iraq might be used as a base to attack Iran. He has pledged that won't happen. But it remains uncertain as to what is in store...
...deport them to Iran was a welcome relief for the group's supporters and human rights organizations. For months, the National Council of Resistance of Iran has led demonstrations in New York, Paris, Geneva and Washington to protest the possible transfer of Camp Ashraf's residents to Iran. Al-Maliki's decision not to hand them over may indicate a small U.S. victory...
...lost the suitcase on my first trip to Iraq eight months ago, as Iraqi and U.S. forces clashed with radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, I would have been forced to wear whatever our male Iraqi security guards picked out without me. Last March, I arrived to an onslaught of rockets and mortars fired at the nearby Green Zone, along with retaliatory coalition air strikes and the near constant thunder of helicopter blades overhead. As with other foreign reporters, my movements were always calculated, and I often donned a long black abaya and head scarf. But this time...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was absent from the ceremony. On Monday he was scheduled to return from a two-day visit to the U.S.'s adversary, Iran, where he met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei. According to Iranian state news agency IRNA, Khamenei told al-Maliki on Sunday that the U.S. presence in Iraq was the root cause of terrorism, and that the U.S. seeks to establish a permanent base there to dominate the region. He urged further political and economic cooperation with Iran...