Putting The Cart Before The Horse I have written articles recently on the potential spread of Shariah Law in the United States (Sharia and the United States...), but realize that in order for the reader to understand why country needs to be concerned about this interpretation of the Muslim faith it is critical to understand some of the tenets or rules that Sharia Law follows. Sharia Law is current...

From Reuters, there might be some food for thought here for the Libyan rebels Iraq’s parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and has asked the United Nations for help to track it down. The missing money was shipped to Iraq from the United States

Many Have Heard The Term Shariah Law While Many More Have Not What is Shariah Law? Is it something we in the United states need to be concerned with? Is it a religion, a segment of a religion or something else? Does Shariah Law pose a danger to the national security of the United States and if so how? The following excerpt from an article taken from a website dedicated to examining Shariah Law and...

Finally overcoming months of political deadlock, Iraq's Parliament overwhelmingly approved a provincial election law on Wednesday. Iraq's presidential council vetoed a previous version of the law in July, which Parliament passed after a walkout by Kurdish lawmakers. Debate over the law had been plagued by a complex dispute between Arabs and Kurds over the sharing of power between ethnic ...

IRAQI negotiators have proposed a timetable for United States withdrawals that would see combat troops leave the country by October 2010.

Top Story Remember all those arguments over U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq? It may not be up to him anymore. On Sunday, Iraq's cabinet finally approved a troop agreement with the United States. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari and U.S. Amb. Ryan Crocker signed the security pact in Baghdad today after nearly a year of arduous negotiations....

The new troop agreement between Iraq and the United States contains a provision that could prove problematic: One concession obtained by the Sunnis in return for their eventual support was a post-facto referendum to test public support for the pact, to be held by the end of July next year. Rejection would trigger a mechanism by which Iraq could withdraw from the deal in a year. You can bet that a ...

Iraq has started to reap the benefits of the status of forces agreement with the United States. The United Nations Security Council voted to set the ground for relieving Iraq from the restrictions of Chapter Seven of the UN Charter. In fact, the remaining effects of previous resolutions will from now on serve only to protect Iraq’s assets from claims by other parties, not to impose anything on

The legality of the continued presence of British troops in Iraq was far from certain last night as the Baghdad parliament delayed a crucial vote on the issue. Iraq's parliament, caught up in a furious but unrelated dispute, will meet in emergency session today when British officials hope that some form of legal cover will be given to British forces in Basra before they leave next summer. How...

Iraqi parliament OKs US troops for 3 more years  BAGHDAD (AP) - The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to be out in three years, marking the first clear timetable for a U.S. exit since the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. The vote for the security deal followe...