Ahmed Chalabi

November 6, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

An Iraqi Abroad

Before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, my friend Ahmad Chalabi would often carry fat tomes about America’s occupations of Germany and Japan. An Iraqi exile after 1958 who lived mainly in Lond...

March 15, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Benghazi Suspect Fled to Pakistan, Recently Detained in Libya

A suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi has been detained in Libya, according to multiple press outlets. CNN...

March 16, 2010 | |

Iran Took A Hit In Iraq, But Will Obama Profit?

The emerging picture from last week’s parliamentary elections in Iraq points to the return of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office. Preliminary results also suggest that Iran’s al...

March 16, 2010 |

Hope And Change In Iraq

In Iraq we are now where we should have been in 2005 if the Sunni Arab community had not staged a bloody revanchist insurrection. The parliamentary elections on March 7 gave us a good snapshot of...

March 2, 2010 |

Why Does Obama Refuse to Lead in Iraq?

Last week, General Raymond Odierno, the commander of American forces in Iraq, made statements that refocused attention on the strategic importance of Iraq for US regional interests. Odierno frame...

August 30, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Coalition forces target Hezbollah Brigades in Baghdad

Coalition special operations teams captured three Hezbollah Brigades operatives during raids inside Baghdad. The captures are the latest in an effort to dismantle the Iranian-backed terror group...

January 28, 2005 |

The Iraqi Elections


Backgrounder: The Iraqi Elections

June 2, 2004 | Wall Street Journal

Saddam Is From Mars. Is Kerry From Venus?

Next Tuesday, for the first time in 122 years, Venus will pass across the face of the sun--something no one now living has ever witnessed. In these troubled times, it strikes me as some comfort t...

May 26, 2004 | National Review Online |

Cover Up Culture: When Will the Real Oil-for-Food investigations Begin?

You have to admire the resilience of the United Nations. In theory, the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food relief program for Iraq, which ran from 1996-2003, is now the subject of at least five investigati...

April 26, 2003 | Clifford D. May San Diego Union-Tribune

Winning the Peace

Start by recognizing what's already been achieved: With the toppling of Saddam Hussein the United States has removed a ticking time bomb, neutralized a sworn enemy who was preparing to take...

March 23, 2003 |

Fear Not the Shias

By Stephen Schwartz Sheikh Fadhel Al-Sahlani, an Iraqi American and president of the largest Shia Muslim congregation in North America, speaks perfect English. He sits with quiet dignity...