Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
'Al Qaeda in Iraq is becoming more Iraqi and less dominated by foreigners as the insurgent group increasingly joins forces with Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party, the commander of U.S. forces said on Wednesday. Investigations into massive suicide bombings in Baghdad on Oct. 25, in which more than 150 people died, indicated that explosives or fighters were coming across from Syria, U.S. General...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
" Iraqi border police turned a Qatari Emir home as he tried to enter the country for a hunting spree. Sheikh Jaber al-Khalifa al-Thani reached Iraq’s border in the southern city of Basra with a motorcade of more than 20 vehicles but was not allowed to enter. The Sheikh had obtained approval from the ministries of interior and foreign affairs but the permission was later overruled by Prime...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Iraqi leaders called on Monday for fundamental changes to be made to a huge public administration riddled with corruption, and for this to be accompanied by broader economic reforms. Now that the "challenges of security and restoring stability have been identified," the new priority was state sector reforms with recruitment based on "professionalism," said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Baghdad - An Iraqi lawmaker and former security advisor to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has accused Gulf states of financing Baathist insurgents, in an interview with Baghdad's al-Sabah newspaper Monday. Some officials in Gulf countries provide fun...
Bigthink - Site Features Feed (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
We need to disabuse ourselves of several untruths being told about our war efforts in Afghanistan. One is that we are fighting for democracy. Democracy is fine for Norway and Denmark but it is bad in war-torn places that are undeveloped because it becomes a patronage system for kickbacks being handed out to corrupt insiders. What we want is a competent government that can secure its own boundaries...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
"The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces a Baghdad court’s ruling that the London-based Guardian newspaper defamed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, in an April 2009 article depicting increasing authoritarianism in his government. CPJ calls on an appeals court to overturn the decision." (thanks lilia)
Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Joel Wing of Musings on Iraq put together a great post on Mosul: 'The presence of so many insurgents in Mosul led to several Iraqi and U.S. offensives, with few results. Beginning in February 2008 U.S. forces began setting up combat outposts throughout the city, and erecting blast walls to try to control the movement of insurgents, as Iraqi forces created a Ninewa Operations Command after Prime Minister...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A British newspaper has been ordered to pay Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki financial compensation for describing him as increasingly autocratic in an article, the paper said Wednesday. An Iraqi court upheld a complaint of defamation against the prime minister and ordered the Guardian pay him 100 million dinar (52,000 pounds, 86,000 dollars), the newspaper said. The court supported a complaint...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
• Press inundated with writs from officials • Journalists tell of assaults by security forces The court ruling in which the Guardian was ordered to pay the Iraqi prime minister damages of 100m dinar (£52,000) is part of a wider crackdown against media outlets designed to discourage scrutiny of public officials, according to one of the country's leading journalism bodies. The Journalists...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Tuesday that former Baathists could participate in the upcoming elections provided they cut ties with the former ruling party of the country. However, he said he would not negotiate with Baathists wh...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Iraq has arrested 73 people suspected of playing a direct role in two massive bombs that killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Tuesday. They are suspected of working on the orders of the outlawed Baath party of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, and included members of Al-Qaeda, Maliki told reporters in Baghdad.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has severely criticised Saudi Arabia for its negative stance towards Iraq since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime. "All the signals confirm that the Saudi position is negative regarding Iraqi affairs," Maliki said in answers to journalists' questions posted on his website. "There are no positive signs on the part of (their) government,"...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
[JURIST] The Iraqi Parliament passed a controversial election law amendment on Sunday, paving the way for January elections as mandated by the Iraqi Constitution. The new law addresses two issues that were the cause of an impasse. The amended law calls for open lists that name the candidates, not just their parties. It also gives the UN authority to take part in overseeing voting regulations in the...
UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Summary: Get it while it's hot: Iraq passes long-awaited election law; H1N1 flu grips Afghanistan; scientists wonder if a massive reservoir caused last year's lethal earthquake in China. Top Story: IRAQ PASSES ELECTION LAW On Sunday Iraq's parliament passed an election law that paves the way for elections in late January. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and U.S. President Barack Obama praised...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
As anger intensifies over last week's double bombing in Baghdad, Iraqis are making it clear they blame Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. But despite widespread acknowledgement that the latest violence will affect voter turnout at January's polls, Maliki still fancies his re-election chances. - Ali Karim (Nov 3, '09)
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cherling62l2 | 08/21/2009
WASHINGTON – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year to colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program. Al-Maliki said the country's education system has suffered after years of war and dictatorship. "Today with the stability and the security...
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