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BAGHDAD, June 13 (Reuters) - Bombers struck at Shi'ite pilgrims celebrating a religious festival in Baghdad and across Iraq on Wednesday, killing more than 70 people in one of the bloodiest days since the last U.S. troops withdrew from the country in December. BLOG POSTS  | Arianna Huffington: Iraq and Iran: A Partnership Made in America
With the war there officially "ended" and most of our troops back home, Iraq isn't getting much ink these days. But the story is far from over. And Iraq's closest partnership is no longer with the U.S. but with its Shiite neighbor, Iran. I point this out not to add to the fear-mongering and saber-rattling currently fashionable in D.C., but to highlight the absurdity of rattling those sabers at Iran without acknowledging the role our disastrous war in Iraq played in making Iran more powerful. "The war in Iraq will soon belong to history," proclaimed President Obama as he marked the occasion of bringing the last troops home. But while the military chapter of that disastrous undertaking might belong to history, its consequences belong very much to the present. |  | Trita Parsi: Europe's Unique Opportunity to Act
The nuclear talks in Baghdad between Iran and the Permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) failed to produce a breakthrough. The bad news is that time is running out. |  | John Feffer: The Frenemy of Our Frenemy
Both China and Vietnam belong to that peculiar foreign policy category of "frenemy" -- they're not our enemies, but they're not alliance partners either. We trade, we flirt, we conduct mil-to-mil relations, we complain about them behind their backs. We can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. |  | Tom Ginsburg: Rebel Without a Cause: Playing Chicken in South Sudan
Those who are fighting will naturally look to China to help resolve the dispute. Silence is not really an option. |  | Ben Barber: Foreign Aid Faces Austerity Ax
The global financial crisis has made foreign aid a target for budget cutters who often hear from voters "keep our aid money at home." To get more bang for less buck, aid agencies are cutting the number of costly Western aid workers sent overseas. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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