Dr. Haytham Mouzahem

Who Will Govern the Iraqi Shia: The fight for Najaf, SECRET, Apr 2003 http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Who_Will_Govern_the_Iraqi_Shia:_The_fight_for_Najaf,_SECRET,_Apr_2003 Unless otherwise specified, the document described here: •Was first publicly revealed by WikiLeaks working with our source. •Was classified, confidential, censored or otherwise withheld from the public before release. •Is of political, diplomatic, ethical or historical significance. Any questions about this document's veracity are noted. The summary is approved by the editorial board. See here for a detailed explanation of the information on this page. If you have similar or updated material, see our submission instructions. Contact us Press inquiries Follow updates Release dateJanuary 25, 2009 Summary WHO WILL GOVERN THE IRAQI SHIA? The fight for Najaf, is a nine page briefing by the US Marine Corps 1st Intelligence Battalion, with additional material from the CIA et al. Written in l...

Lebanonwire, September 13, 2002 The Daily Star Arab Press Review PA leader’s comeuppance and Arab doublespeak The row between Palestinian legislators and President Yasser Arafat that led to the resignation of his Cabinet competes for front-page space in the Arab press with reports of America’s commemorations of the Sept. 11 anniversary and its ongoing diplomatic and military preparations for a blitz on Iraq. The pan-Arab daily Al-Quds al-Arabi sees the refusal by the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) to endorse Arafat’s ministerial lineup as both its “first real revolt” against him, and a “clear message” to the Americans that it wants the Palestinian Authority (PA) reformed to suit Palestinian, rather than Israeli, interests. Arafat’s eagerness to convene the PLC despite Israel’s attempts to prevent it from meeting shows that he was confident the legislature would do his bidding, i.e. give a vote of confidence to his reshuffled team of ministers. But he was trumped by m...

Israel faces pressure from US and China re arms deal written by: Haytham Mouzahem, 29-Dec-2004 The United States is blaming Israel for undermining its sustained diplomatic efforts to persuade Europe not to resume arms sales to China, in an increasingly bitter row over Israel's upgrading of a weapons system for China. In meanwhile, Chinese deputy prime minister Tang Jiaxuan, flew in to Israel secretly Saturday night,December 25, to recover an unspecified number of Israel-built Harpy attack drones sent back for upgrading and held back by Israel at Washington's insistence. Now, Israel finds itself in the line of crossfire from two world powers, the United States and China, with serious diplomatic crises in its relations with both. The Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post quoted Monday Tuesday the military relationship" between Israel and the US. Some other US officials describe the rift as being less than "a big crisis," this insider said the dispu...

IAEA to visit Iranian military site written by: Haytham Mouzahem, 07-Jan-2005 Satellite image of Iran's military facilities in Parchin. ISN SECURITY WATCH (06/01/05) - Iran has agreed to grant the UN access to a military site linked by US officials to an alleged secret nuclear weapons program, and the first UN inspectors could arrive "within days," the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammed ElBaradei, said on Wednesday. The IAEA has been pressing Tehran since June 2004 to allow inspectors into the military complex at Parchin (30 kilometers southeast of Tehran), where the Iranian army researches, develops, and produces ammunition, missiles, and high explosives. Tehran has strongly denied carrying out any nuclear-related work at the site. "We expect to visit Parchin within the next days or a few weeks," ElBaradei told reporters. A senior US official told Agence France Press (AFP) that Iran could be testing "high-explosive sh...