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Editors">Editors</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>Life is returning to the streets of Iraq as improved security has meant theater openings, packed restaurants and an emerging middle class. But violence is still an element of daily life and corruption threatens to become debilitating. Mohammed al-Rahhal wears sideburns, a white suit and a red shirt open to his chest. On stage at...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/10/22/good-morning-baghdad-nightclubs-corruption-and-iraqs-new-normalcy/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/adhamiya/" rel="tag">Adhamiya</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/alcohol/" rel="tag">alcohol</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/amman/" rel="tag">Amman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basra/" rel="tag">Basra</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah-surge/" rel="tag">Basrah "surge"</a>, <a 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The anxiety of the past few weeks has subsided. People are generally happy that Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Dawa party did so well here and that the incumbents have been booted out. Maliki is best known here for ordering troops from...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/02/09/beleaguered-basra-hails-breadwinner-maliki/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah/" rel="tag">Basrah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah-surge/" rel="tag">Basrah "surge"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/dawa-party/" rel="tag">Dawa Party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/elections-governorates/" rel="tag">Elections (Governorates)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/elections-governorates-aftermath/" rel="tag">Elections (Governorates) - Aftermath</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/fadhila-virtue-party/" rel="tag">Fadhila (Virtue) party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iwpr/" rel="tag">IWPR</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrist-bloc/" rel="tag">Sadrist Bloc</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a9%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">البصرة‎</a><br/> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/02/09/beleaguered-basra-hails-breadwinner-maliki/#respond" title="Comment on Beleaguered Basra Hails “Breadwinner” Maliki">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="posts"> <h2 id="post-5202"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/01/25/%d8%a8%d8%ba%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%91%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%a3%d9%85%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%8a-%d9%83%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%b7%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to بغداد: اتّفاق أمني وسياسي كبير مع طهران | جريدة الأخبار">بغداد: اتّفاق أمني وسياسي كبير مع طهران | جريدة الأخبار</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="date">January 25, 2009</div> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/author/editors/" title="Posts by Editors">Editors</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p> أعلن مستشار الأمن القومي العراقي، موفّق الربيعي، أمس، بعد محادثات مع كبار المسؤولين الإيرانيين في طهران، تفاهماً يتعلّق باتفاق أمني وسياسي «كبير» بين بغداد وطهران. ونصح الرئيس الإيراني، محمود أحمدي نجاد، خلال لقائه الربيعي، الحكومة العراقية بالإسراع في بسط الأمن وسلطتها على الأراضي العراقية، وإكمال جهوزيتها لسحب الذرائع من...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/01/25/%d8%a8%d8%ba%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%91%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%a3%d9%85%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%8a-%d9%83%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%b7%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-rubaie-muwaffaq/" rel="tag">al-Rubaie Muwaffaq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah-surge/" rel="tag">Basrah "surge"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iran/" rel="tag">Iran</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iran-gzg-security-agreements/" rel="tag">Iran-GZG security agreements</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mek/" rel="tag">MEK</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/middle-east/" rel="tag">Middle East</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mko/" rel="tag">MKO</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrist-bloc/" rel="tag">Sadrist Bloc</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrist-leaders-detention-campaign-by-gzgbadr/" rel="tag">Sadrist leaders - detention campaign by GZG/Badr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/saeed-jalili/" rel="tag">Saeed Jalili</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/supreme-national-security-council-iran/" rel="tag">Supreme National Security Council (Iran)</a><br/> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/01/25/%d8%a8%d8%ba%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%91%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%a3%d9%85%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%8a-%d9%83%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%b7%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86/#respond" title="Comment on بغداد: اتّفاق أمني وسياسي كبير مع طهران | جريدة الأخبار">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="posts"> <h2 id="post-4998"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/12/14/maliki-takes-revenge-over-new-mandate/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Maliki takes revenge over new mandate">Maliki takes revenge over new mandate</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="date">December 14, 2008</div> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/author/ali-ibn-hussayn/" title="Posts by Ali Ibn Hussayn">Ali Ibn Hussayn</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>The Iraqi Prime Minister’s discontent boiled over last spring. Having done a deal with armed groups to leave Basra Palace, their last sizeable outpost within Iraq’s second city, in the summer of 2007, British forces remained largely confined to the airport. The head of the British Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, argued that Britain’s...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/12/14/maliki-takes-revenge-over-new-mandate/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah-surge/" rel="tag">Basrah "surge"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/britain/" rel="tag">Britain</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/independent-the-uk/" rel="tag">Independent -The (UK)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mahdi-army/" rel="tag">Mahdi Army</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/maliki-nouri-al/" rel="tag">Maliki - Nouri al-</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/militias/" rel="tag">Militias</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sofa/" rel="tag">SOFA</a><br/> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/12/14/maliki-takes-revenge-over-new-mandate/#comments" title="Comment on Maliki takes revenge over new mandate">4 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="posts"> <h2 id="post-4726"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/10/13/iraq-islamic-fundamentalists-expel-christians-from-mosul-asia-news/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to IRAQ Islamic fundamentalists: "expel Christians from Mosul" – Asia News">IRAQ Islamic fundamentalists: "expel Christians from Mosul" – Asia News</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="date">October 13, 2008</div> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/author/mohammed-ibn-laith/" title="Posts by Mohammed Ibn Laith">Mohammed Ibn Laith</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>Yesterday, a 38-year-old Chaldean was shot to death, but there could be a total of three victims. Men are driving around the city shouting slogans against the Christians, threatening more slaughter and violence. From the U.S. command, confirmation that Mosul has become the last stronghold of the al Qaeda militants. The persecution against the Christians...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/10/13/iraq-islamic-fundamentalists-expel-christians-from-mosul-asia-news/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/asia-news/" rel="tag">Asia News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assassinations-of-clergy/" rel="tag">Assassinations of clergy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah/" rel="tag">Basrah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah-surge/" rel="tag">Basrah "surge"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/chaldeans/" rel="tag">Chaldeans</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/christians/" rel="tag">Christians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-squads/" rel="tag">Death Squads</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-threats/" rel="tag">Death Threats</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/follow-up/" rel="tag">Follow Up</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/idps-internal-refugees/" rel="tag">IDPs (Internal Refugees)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk/" rel="tag">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mosul/" rel="tag">Mosul</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ninawa-governorate/" rel="tag">Ninawa (Governorate)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ninawa-plain-project/" rel="tag">Ninawa Plain Project</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/palestine/" rel="tag">Palestine</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugees/" rel="tag">Refugees</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/religion/" rel="tag">Religion</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/syria/" rel="tag">Syria</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/syriacs/" rel="tag">Syriacs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%88%d9%83/" rel="tag">كركوك</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b5%d9%84/" rel="tag">الموصل</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b5%d9%84%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الموصل‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a9%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">البصرة‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a8%d8%ba%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af/" rel="tag">بغداد</a><br/> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/category/human-rights/" title="View all posts in Human Rights" rel="category tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/category/religion/" title="View all posts in Religion" rel="category tag">Religion</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/10/13/iraq-islamic-fundamentalists-expel-christians-from-mosul-asia-news/#respond" title="Comment on IRAQ Islamic fundamentalists: "expel Christians from Mosul" – Asia News">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="posts"> <h2 id="post-4412"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/05/british-intelligence-made-deal-with-mahdi-army/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to British Intelligence Made Deal With Mahdi Army">British Intelligence Made Deal With Mahdi Army</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="date">August 5, 2008</div> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/author/editors/" title="Posts by Editors">Editors</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra – Times Online: A secret deal between Britain and the notorious al-Mahdi militia prevented British Forces from coming to the aid of their US and Iraqi allies for nearly a week during the battle for Basra this year, The Times has learnt. Read in...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/05/british-intelligence-made-deal-with-mahdi-army/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-war-criminals-petraeus/" rel="tag">American War Criminals (Petraeus)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah/" rel="tag">Basrah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah-surge/" rel="tag">Basrah "surge"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah-airport/" rel="tag">Basrah Airport</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/britain/" rel="tag">Britain</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/british-invaders/" rel="tag">British Invaders</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mahdi-army/" rel="tag">Mahdi Army</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/muqtada-al-sadr/" rel="tag">Muqtada al-Sadr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a9%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">البصرة‎</a><br/> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/05/british-intelligence-made-deal-with-mahdi-army/#respond" title="Comment on British Intelligence Made Deal With Mahdi Army">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="posts"> <h2 id="post-4411"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/05/%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%b3%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to اتفاق سري يمنع القوات البريطانية من المشاركة في صولة الفرسان">اتفاق سري يمنع القوات البريطانية من المشاركة في صولة الفرسان</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="date">August 5, 2008</div> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/author/editors/" title="Posts by Editors">Editors</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/05/%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%b3%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84/" title="اتفاق سري يمنع القوات البريطانية من المشاركة في صولة الفرسان"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928im_/http://gorillasguides.com/images/13bd449cc824_13D54/20080805_Times_screenshot.jpg" class="alignleft" alt="اتفاق سري يمنع القوات البريطانية من المشاركة في صولة الفرسان" width="80"/></a> <p> ذكرت صحيفة تايمز البريطانية في عددها الصادر اليوم الثلاثاء ان الجنود البريطانيين في العراق منعوا من مساعدة حلفائهم الأمريكيين والعراقيين خلال معارك جرت في البصرة. واوضحت الصحيفة ان اتفاقا سريا ابرم بين القوات البريطانية وجيش المهدي التابع للتيار الصدري حال دون تدخل القوات البريطانية في المعارك التي جرت نهاية شهر اذار الماضي. واضافت...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110104075928/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/05/%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%b3%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p 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