ISRAEL MATZAV
by Carl in Jerusalem Tuesday, January 31, 2012
This is an even more infuriating piece of news than the last post I did on Iraq. More than 4,000 Americans gave their lives so that a democratic Iraq could help Iran beat international sanctions by launching a joint shipping line (Hat Tip: Will).
Aren't you glad Obama didn't let the American troops finish the job? What could go wrong?
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NOTE:
Weasel Zippers has a demonstration of what else could go wrong in Iraq:
by Carl in Jerusalem Tuesday, January 31, 2012
This is an even more infuriating piece of news than the last post I did on Iraq. More than 4,000 Americans gave their lives so that a democratic Iraq could help Iran beat international sanctions by launching a joint shipping line (Hat Tip: Will). Iran and Iraq reached an agreement on launching a joint shipping line to enhance their marine cooperation, Managing-Director of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Seyed Ataollah Sadr announced on Sunday.And since there are no international sanctions in effect against Iraq anymore....
Speaking to FNA, Sadr underlined that launching a joint shipping line between Iran and Iraq will provide the ground for both countries' private companies to set up a joint company to increase their cooperation.
"Iran can have desirable cooperation in maritime and port fields with the friendly and brotherly country of Iraq," he added.
Sadr also expressed the hope that Tehran and Baghdad would activate a joint committee in the near future for maritime cooperation.
Aren't you glad Obama didn't let the American troops finish the job? What could go wrong?
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NOTE:
Weasel Zippers has a demonstration of what else could go wrong in Iraq:
Iraqi Parliament Planning To Ban Iraqis From Traveling To Israel…
No Jooos for you.
(Ynet) — The Iraqi parliament is planning to pass a new bill banning Iraqis from traveling to Israel, Al Jazeera online reported Monday.
The bill was proposed following a number of incidents at the Bagdad airport. A local security officer working there said the passport had caught a number of Iraqi officials carrying passports with Israeli entry visas. The officer, speaking on a condition of anonymity, reported that the passports of some nine high-profile Iraqi politicians were clearly marked with Ben-Gurion Airport stamps as well.
According to the source, the politicians made their first trips to Israel after the Iraqi elections, held on January 2010, until around October that same year. The officer claimed that during questioning of the Iraqis, it was discovered that they were operating as envoys to Israel on behalf of Iraqi politicians.
In response to the report, Iraqi Parliament Member from the National Iraqi Alliance Mohammad Redha al-Khafaji declared that some 50 parliament members have already put their John Hancock to a bill proposing to ban such trips to Israel. Khafaji emphasized that in the past, Iraqi senior officials had visited Israel secretly.
Meanwhile, a member of the parliament’s judicial committee said these signatures do not necessarily mean that such a law should be passed.