With Iraq's government speaking with one voice and militias answering to another, the country faces the threat of becoming a front line in the war on Iran
"The timing of UNAMI's departure also raises uncomfortable questions," he added. "It comes as the United Nations itself faces a crisis of credibility..."
Muqtada al-Sadr's withdrawal from politics could represent a calculated pause rather than a permanent exit, one that positions him to reshape Iraq in the future
The prospect of Tony Blair heading a post-war authority in Gaza has revived memories of the Iraq invasion and the West's disastrous Middle East interventionism
