IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6-W -
Turkey.
As they try to secure their hold on a semi-independent north of
Iraq and rebuild its economy, Kurdish leaders have turned in a
surprising direction towards Turkey. The Los Angeles Times and . . .
U.S. - Negative Polls.(public opinion of war in Iraq)
Now that Hurricane Katrina has caused so much damage to the south
of the US, Americans are worried about the toll the war in Iraq is
taking on them, both in the mounting casualties and the drain . . .
IRAQ - Salafi War On Shiites & US U-Turn.
A suicide bomber on Sept. 16 blew himself up outside the al-Rasoul
al-Atham mosque in Tuz Khormato, a city 200 km north of Baghdad, killing
13 Shiite worshippers, mostly followers of Sadr, with 28 . . .
U.S. - Syria Is Warned.(actions in Lebanon)
The Bush administration on Sept. 13 stepped up its rhetoric against
Syria, accusing Damascus of aiding terrorist attacks in Iraq and warning
that it faced the dangers of becoming "more isolated" if . . .
IRAQ - The Federal Virus.
The two Kurdish leaders, acting on the advice of their foreign
policy experts including Hoshyar Zebari, a key KDP man who is
Iraq's foreign minister, had steered the complex bargaining game
with . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6-O - The Arab
Question.
The question whether or not Iraq was an Arab country was one of the
most divisive issues in the process of drafting a permanent
constitution. Since it was the Kurds who caused this issue, the . . .
IRAQ - The Economy.
Recent foreign aid and trade accords, however, provide hope that
Iraq's economy, plagued by years of sanctions and violence, is on
the road to recovery. GDP growth was estimated at 54% in 2004. . . .
IRAQ - Low Quality Of Iraqi Police Recruits.(Brief
Article)
The vetting of recruits to Iraq's police force is so poor that
many who join up have criminal records, are barely literate, or are
members of the insurgency, a new US government report . . .
IRAQ - Kurdistan Issue.
Kurds in the constitutional panel, fearing they might be sidelined
during inter-Arab haggling over federalism, have raised the stakes in
their talks with Shiite and Sunni Arab representatives about . . .
IRAQ - The Salafi Bet.(insurgency)
The Sunni Arabs, about 20% of Iraq's population, make up the
core of the insurgency. But the most deadly fighters are suicide bombers
belonging Salafi groups, who are mostly non-Iraqi volunteers . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6-N - Towards Civil
War.
Six months after Iraq's historic Jan. 30 election, the country
is on the verge of another political breakthrough, the successful
writing of a new constitution. Yet there are growing worries that . . .
IRAQ - The Iraqi Economy - Source Of Friction With USA.
Iraq's financial problems and American concerns over
corruption and uncontrolled spending on reconstruction are adding to
tensions between the two governments. While the economy is seen as . . .
IRAQ - Consensus On Federal Control Of Oil Funds.
National Assembly members in Baghdad, meanwhile, are moving closer
to agreement on basic principles to manage the country's oil
wealth. Hussain Al-Shahristani, the assembly's deputy speaker, . . .
IRAQ - New Bush Context For The Iraq War.(George W. Bush)
In his June 28 speech, President Bush set out to reshape
perceptions of what was happening in Iraq after months in which a
persistent Sunni insurgency has undermined US public support for the
war. . . .
IRAQ - A Shiite Theocracy In Basra.
Once-libertine Basra, Iraq's second largest city 560 km south
of Baghdad and far from the Sunni insurgency raging in much of Iraq, is
steadily being transformed into a mini-theocracy under Shiite . . .
IRAQ - Kurdish Support.
Yasseen recently sent a letter to the National Assembly in Baghdad
demanding that it begin discussing the possibility of autonomy in the
south. Dozens of Kurdish assembly members signed the letter, . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6- Federalism Is
Spreading.
The fever of federalism in Iraq has begun to rise as the pace for
drafting a new constitution for Iraq picks up speed, with the idea of
regional autonomy spreading to all of the country's 18 . . .
IRAQ - The Violence Continues.
A US-backed Iraqi offensive against Sunni insurgents in Baghdad,
involving about 40,000 mainly Shiite troops and policemen, has resulted
in the capture of more than 750 suspects since May 29. But . . .
IRAQ - Kirkuk Oil Export Route Under Constant Threat.
The 1,500-strong government protection force charged with ensuring
Iraqi oil keeps flowing says lack of training and personnel is costing
lives among its members. The 480-km pipeline from Kirkuk . . .
IRAQ - Saddam Trial Issue.
Iraq's current President Jalal Talabani on May 31 told a
conference marking the 25th anniversary of CNN in Atlanta, via
satellite: "The Iraqi government is now doing its best to prepare
the ground . . .
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