Mowaffak al-Rubaie/External Links

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Profiles

• Muwaffaq al Rubaie in the Wikipedia.
• Iraqi Governing Council profile: Mowaffak al-Rubiae, Coalition Provisional Authority.

Articles & Speeches by al-Rubaie

• "Democratic Regionalism," Institut Kurde de Paris, undated.
• "Shias Dance for Iraq," Institute for War and Peace Reporting, April 9, 2003. From London.
• "Al-Rubaie: Most troops out by mid-2008," CNN, June 23, 2006.
• "The Way Out of Iraq: A Road Map," Washington Post, June 20, 2006; read into the Congressional Record.
• "Address by Mowaffak al-Rubaie, National Security Adviser, Iraq," to the 3rd International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit, The Manama Dialogue, September 10, 2006. (Unofficial transcript).

Interviews with al-Rubaie

• Transcript: "AMERICAN MORNING: Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie," CNN, January 22, 2004.
• Tim Sebastian, "The New Iraq," BBC, January 22, 2004.
• Nick Grimm, "Hotel bombing frustrates peaceful self-government transition," ABC News (Australia), March 18, 2004.
• "Coalition Provisional Authority/Iraqi Governing Council Briefing with Iraqi Security Advisor, Dr. Mowaffak al Rubaie, National Security Advisor," Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq, May 27, 2004.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER: Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie; Interview With Ki-Moon Ban; Interview With Barham Saleh," CNN, February 13, 2005.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER: Interview With Andrew Card; Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie," CNN, May 1, 2005.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER: "Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie; Interview With Ahmed Nazif; Interview With Wayne Hale," CNN, July 31, 2005.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER: Interview With Ray Kelly; Interview With Pat Robertson; Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie," CNN, October 9, 2005.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER. Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie; Interview With Seymour Hersh," CNN, November 27, 2005.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER: Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie; Interview With Stephen Hadley," CNN, February 26, 2006.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER: Interview With Michael Leavitt; Interview With Mowaffak al-Rubaie," CNN, May 7, 2006.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER: Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie; Interview With Mark Kimmitt," CNN, June 11, 2006.
• Transcript: "CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER: Interview With Mowaffak Al-Rubaie; Interview With Saad Hariri," CNN, November 26, 2006.
• Transcript: "CNN LIVE EVENT/SPECIAL: "Saddam Hussein Hanged," CNN, December 29, 2006.

Articles & Commentary

2001

• "Doubt cast over Saddam images," BBC, January 4, 2001.
• Karen Dabrowska, "Hopeless, hapless, homeless, stateless: Iraqi refugees in Iran," KurdishMedia.com, October 25, 2001.

2003

• Charles Recknagel, "Iraqi Shi'ites group won't join US-selected government," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2003: "US plans to hand pick the members of an Iraqi advisory council has been publicly rejected by the best organized Shi'ite political group in the country - the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). ... Mowaffak al-Rubaie is an independent Shi'a activist in London and a coordinator of the Declaration of the Shi'a, which prior to the war expressed the common demands of many Shi'a groups for the post-Hussein era."
• Ron Synovitz, "Iraq: Pentagon Reassessing Violence As Shi'a Leaders, Iran Deny Roles," Payvand.com (India), July 3, 2003.
• Ferry Biedermann, "IRAQ: Mostly Outsiders Appointed Ministers," Inter Press Service, September 4, 2003.
• "IRAQ: closure of Al-Arabiya news channel," Arab Press Freedom Watch, November 11, 2003. Al-Rubaie then headed the Iraqi Governing Council's Media Committee.
• "IRAQ: CPJ condemns closure of Arab news channel," Committee to Protect Journalists News Alert, November 24, 2003.
• "US may have captured 'big fish' in Iraq," Chinadaily.com (via agencies), December 2, 2003.
• "Suspected Iraqi Leader Not Captured," Fox News, December 2, 2003.
• John F. Cullinan, "What Sistani Wants. Shaping Iraq’s political transition, safeguarding vital U.S. interests," National Review Online, December 5, 2003.
• Scott Pelley, "Exclusive: Inside Saddam's Cell," CBS News, December 21, 2003.
• Christian Caryl and Christopher Dickey, "Iraq's Mr. Cellophane," Newsweek (MSNBC), December 29, 2003 (January 5, 2004 issue).

2004

• Mona Anis, "Who got him? A newly released photo of Saddam Hussein at the point of capture triggered further speculation about who captured him and how," Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt), January 15-21, 2004.
• Edward Wong, "Iraq's Path Hinges on Words of Enigmatic Cleric," New York Times (truthout), January 25, 2004.
• Andrew Arato, "Sistani v. Bush: Constitutional Politics in Iraq," Constellations Journal, June 2004.
• Farah Nayeri, "Allawi, Who Battled Hussein, to Lead Iraq after US Handover," Bloomberg (GlobalPolicy.org), June 1, 2004.
• Esther Pan, "IRAQ: Who's in charge?" Council on Foreign Relations, June 2, 2004.
• "Iraqis take legal custody of Saddam, 11 others. Ousted dictator expected to be charged Thursday," CNN, June 30, 2004.
• Peter Landesman, "Who v. Saddam?" New York Times Magazine (genocidewatch.org), July 11, 2004.
• Dexter Filkins and Erik Eckholm, "Talks to Disarm Rebel Shiites Collapses in Iraq," New York Times, September 1, 2004.
• Dexter Filkins, "Raising the Pressure in Iraq," New York Times, September 14, 2004.
• Swopa, "Because you can never have too few friends, or too many enemies," Needlenose, September 15, 2004.
• "The Second War. Iraq Insurgency May Continue For Many More Years," 60 Minutes CBS News, September 19, 2004.
• Lawrence F. Kaplan, "Bush Voters in Baghdad. Liberal Iraqis almost all hope for the president's re-election," WSJ OpinionJournal, October 30, 2004.
• Dexter Filkins and Eric Eckholm, "Talks to Disarm Rebel Shiites Collapses in Iraq," New York Times, September 1, 2004.
• Rafael Epstein, "Iraq's state of emergency to last for sixty days," ABC News (Australia), November 8, 2004.
• Christopher Dickey, "Make or Break. Finally, a man with a plan for a political settlement in Iraq: take it apart and put it back together. But will his boss, or the Bush administration, listen?" Newsweek (MSNBC), November 19, 2004.

2005

• Michael Bowman, "Insurgents Mount More Attacks in Iraq. Insurgent attacks killed about 90 people since Thursday," Voice of America News (YoursDaily.com), January 5, 2005.
• "Iraq's mark of freedom: Ink stains," CNN, January 30, 2005.
• Beth Potter, "Iraq ministers run the show," UPI, February 23, 2005.
• Sally Acharya, "Iraqi leaders are more than faces in the news to Professor Abdul Aziz Said," American University's American Weekly, April 12, 2005.
• Rudi Williams, "Iraqi Security Adviser Sees Positive Outlook for Iraq," American Forces Press Service, July 31, 2005.
• Michael Georgy and Luke Baker, "Iraq security chief warns of civil war over federalism," Reuters (Iraq Foundation), August 19, 2005.
• "Iraq official questions UK action," CNN, September 22, 2005.
• Max Fuller, "Crying Wolf: Media Disinformation and Death Squads in Occupied Iraq," GlobalResearch (Canada), November 10, 2005.
• "Iraqi official’s 'cosy' ties with Iran stir anger in Iraq," Iran Focus, November 19, 2005.
• Michael Bowman, "Iraqi Official Expects 2006 US Troop Reductions," Voice of America News (MilitaryConnections.com), November 25, 2005.
• "ABC's 'Nightline' debates Iraq without opposition voices," Associated Press (USA TODAY), December 1, 2005.
• Ian Douglas, "Why Saddam is important. The trial of Saddam Hussein is the lynchpin of America's bid for global hegemony and the verdict is already in: America loses," Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt), December 15-21, 2005.

2006

• "Official says Iraqis resisting civil war. National security adviser blames sectarian violence on al Qaeda," CNN, February 26, 2006.
• Ma'ad Fayad, "Iraqi National Security Adviser "Iraq is not on Brink of Civil War" Asharq Al-Awsat, April 9, 2006.
• Michael Smith, "Al-Qaeda leader plans an Iraq army," The Sunday Times (UK), April 30, 2006.
• Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti, and Richard A. Oppel, Jr., "How Surveillance and Betrayal Led to a Hunt's End," New York Times, June 9, 2006.
• "The Zarqawi docs... seriously, now," Abu Aardvark, June 15, 2006.
• "2500 Deaths & Bill Gates Before al-Qaeda's Admission U.S. Winning," Media Research Center/DiscovertheNetwork.org, June 16, 2006.
• Medea Benjamin and Raed Jarrar, "U.S. Spoonfeeding Turns Iraqi Peace Plan Into Pablum," Common Dreams, June 27, 2006.
• Edward Wong, "Iraqi Led Bombing of Shiite Shrine, Official Says," New York Times, June 28, 2006.
• "Tunisian held in Samarra mosque bombing. Iraqi prime minister's office confirms contacts with insurgents," CNN, June 28, 2006.
• Miguel Marquez, "EXCLUSIVE: Rest in Peace: Al-Zarqawi Buried in Unmarked Location," ABC News, June 30, 2006: "In an e-mail, Mowaffak al Rubaie, Iraq's national security advisor, said: 'Zarqawi's remains were buried in an unmarked location at an unspecified place in Iraq. The Jordanian government refused to take his body back to Jordan.'"
• "Saddam's Wife, Daughter, New Al-Qaida Leader on Wanted List," PBS Online NewsHour, July 3, 2006.
• Paul von Zielbauer, "Iraqi Officials Ask for Aid for Global War on Terror," New York Times, July 31, 2006; also posted at MatthewBlog.com.
• Eric Leaver and Raed Jarrar, "Iraq's Sectarian Bloodshed 'Made in the USA'," AlterNet, August 10, 2006.
• "Iraqi Official: We Able to Handle Home Security in Two Years," Chinadaily.com via agencies, August 23, 2006.
• Amit R. Paley, "Al Qaeda in Iraq No. 2 held -- he directed shrine bombing. Attack in Samarra set off vicious sectarian battles," San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 2006.
• Stephanie Ho, "Iraq Blames Rogue Militia Elements, Al-Qaida for Grisly Killings," Voice of America News (GlobalSecurity.org), September 17, 2006.
• Kirk Semple and John O'Neil, "General Urges New Strategy for Baghdad," New York Times, October 19, 2006.
• Stephen R. Hurst, "Deadly October," Associated Press (Mercury News), October 31, 2006.
• "No evidence to link Iran with al Qaeda: Iraqi official," Rediff India Abroad, November 27, 2006.
• "Anger at UN chief's Iraq comments. Iraq's national security adviser says he is shocked by UN head Kofi Annan's suggestion that the average Iraqi is worse off than under Saddam Hussein," BBC, December 4, 2006.
• "Ansar al-Sunnah Responds to the Baker-Hamilton Report on the War in Iraq, and Statements from Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie," SITE Institute, December 7, 2006.
• Tariq Khonji, "SOS over sectarian violence," Gulf Daily News (International Institute for Strategic Studies), December 10, 2006.
• Michael R. Gordon and Sabrina Tavernise, "Iraqis propose taking over security in Baghdad," International Herald Tribune, December 13, 2006.
• "Bush delays Iraq speech," Al-Jazeera, December 14, 2006.
• "Victims confront man who tortured them," Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), December 16, 2006.
• Nancy Trejos and Saad Sarhan, "U.S. Transfers Control Of Najaf Province to Iraqi Security Forces. Car Bombs in Baghdad Kill at Least 12," Washington Post, December 21, 2006.
• "Saddam Hussein's lawyers have said US forces have handed the former dictator over to Iraqi government custody," ITN News (UK), December 29, 2006. This is a cache file; a second cache file can be found at ITV.com.
• "Saddam Hussein may be hanged within hours, Iraqi officials have said," ITN News (UK), December 29, 2006.
• "Saddam hanged before dawn," UPI (Political Gateway), December 29, 2006.
• "Hussein executed with 'fear in his face'," CNN, December 30, 2006.
• Marc Santora, "On the Gallows, Curses for U.S. and 'Traitors'," New York Times, December 30, 2006.
• "What Were Saddam Hussein's Last Words?" Body Parts, December 30, 2006.
• "Video shows Saddam being taunted," Al-Jazeera, December 31, 2006.

2007

• Qassim Abdul-Zahra, "Saddam dies in front of the world," The Standard (Hong Kong), January 1, 2007.
• "Saddam Buried Beside Sons," Daily Independent Online, January 1, 2007.
• Rosemary Behan, "Without that shaky video we'd still be in the dark," Times Online (UK), January 2, 2007.
• Ned Parker, "Inquiry into taunting of Saddam at his execution," Times Online (UK), January 2, 2007.
• "Iraq to investigate filming of Saddam execution," Guardian Unlimited (UK) (agencies), January 2, 2007.
• "Iraq's PM longs to leave office," BBC, January 3, 2007.
• "U.S.: Iraqis responsible for Saddam hanging. 'We would have done it differently,' Gen. Caldwell says," Reuters (MSNBC), January 3, 2007.
• "U.S. Military Transported Saddam To and From His Execution," The Constant American Blogspot, January 3, 2007. Transcript: "Major General William Caldwell, spokesman for Multi-National Force-Iraq, talked to media in the Green Zone on Jan. 3, including comments about Saddam Hussein’s hanging."
• Marcus Baram, "The Man Behind the Camera Still a Mystery," ABC News, January 3, 2007.
• John F. Burns and James Glanz, "Iraq to Review Hussein’s Execution, New York Times, January 3, 2007.
• "More arrests expected from Hussein execution video," CNN, January 3, 2007.
• "Guard questioned on Saddam hanging video; Times retracts claim on source of 'snuff' film," The Raw Story, January 3, 2007.
• Sudarsan Raghavan and Nancy Trejos, "Iraq Probes Disorder At Hussein Execution. Video From Hanging, Showing Chaotic Scene, Draws Condemnation," Washington Post, January 3, 2007.
• "Official Held in Saddam Hanging Video," Associated Press, January 3, 2007.
• CBS Evening News (Newstex.com) for January 3, 2007.
• "Cellophan Promotion?" Moon of Alabama, January 3, 2007.
• Will Bunch, "UPDATED: The long strange trip of 'Mow Baker': From spokesman for anti-U.S. terrorists to our man in Saddam's death chamber," Attytood, January 3, 2007.
• Mash, "The New York Times Plays High Stakes Iraqi Politics," Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying, January 3, 2007.
• "Questions Swirl Around Saddam's Hanging. 2 Guards, 1 Official Questioned On How Outsiders, Video Taper Got Into Death Chamber," CBS News/Associated Press, January 4, 2007.
• Stephen R. Hurst, "Saddam Execution Video Leads to Arrests. Arrests reported in Saddam execution video, U.S. says former leader dignified to the end," Associated Press (CBS News), January 4, 2007.
• Qassim Abdul-Zahra, "Iraq prepares to hang Saddam's accomplices," Associated Press (TheWorldLink.com), January 4, 2007.
• "Iraqi Official: More Arrests Expected from Saddam Execution Video," Voice of America News (from wire reports), January 4, 2007.
• Solomon Moore, "Iraq prepares to hang two more. Three are arrested in an inquiry into the taping of Hussein's execution," Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2007.
• "'NYT' Corrects Article That Fingered Iraqi Official in Saddam Hanging Video," Editor & Publisher, January 4, 2007.
• "Baghdad scrambles to explain debacle over secret video of Saddam hanging," The Daily Star (Lebanon), January 4, 2007.
• "Militias hijacked Saddam's execution, claims government official," The Scotsman, January 4, 2007.
• Edna Yaghi, "An Open Letter to President George W. Bush," Media Monitors Network, January 4, 2007. Scroll down to "However, the most disturbing thing of all ..."
• Alistair MacDonald and Claudia Parsons, "US on Saddam Hussein’s hanging : 'Would have done it differently'," l'express, January 5, 2007.
• "Saddam’s execution mobile phone video wasn’t recorded secretly, Americans allowed it," Al-Jazeera, January 5, 2007.