‘Soft partition’ plan by Senate could offer more practical solution
Updated: 10/30/07 7:24 AM
Opinion
If President Bush would free himself of his vision of creating one new free nation in the Middle East, he might be able to help create three.
That’s the point of the nonbinding resolution passed recently by the U.S. Senate, and an idea [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Reshape plans for Iraq
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Iraq on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Iraq’s Final Hoorah
Posted in Articles, Iraq on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Rami Turayhi
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 29, 2007
Iraq was an ingenious experiment in colonial design: piece together the eastern flank of the defeated Ottoman Empire, import a Hashemite Arab to rule over a collection of tribes and cities, and preserve British and Western interests under the rule of a friendly local government. Needless to say, the experiment [...]
Could American-Style Federalism Stabilize Iraq?
Posted in Articles, Iraq on October 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
All Things Considered, October 26, 2007 ·
When it comes to fixing the mess in Iraq, there’s an idea gaining currency in Washington. It’s not new, but it is increasingly being discussed behind the scenes.It’s not something the Bush administration wants to talk about in public. At least, not yet. But I’ve picked [...]
Federalism, not partition, offers Iraq the best future
Posted in Articles, Iraq on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By ILAN PELEG
October 26, 2007
The recent U.S. Senate resolution urging the Iraqis to decentralize their government and to transfer more power to the ethnic regions of the country might be a sign that finally there is a return to realistic foreign policy in Washington. Passed by a solid majority of 75 senators, this resolution, [...]
Complete text of the Biden-Brownback amendment
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Iraq on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sep 26, 2007: Amendment SA 2997 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 75 – 23. Record Vote Number: 348.
SA 2997. Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. KERRY, Mr. SMITH, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. MIKULSKI, and Mrs. LINCOLN) submitted an amendment intended to [...]
Senator Brownback urges Iraqi ambassador to support federalism
Posted in Iraq, News on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Brownback meets with Iraq’s ambassador to U.S.
By Rob Hotakainen
October 24, 2007
Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback met with the Iraqi ambassador to the United States today.
Brownback and Ambassador Samir Sumaida’ie discussed recent military operations and the prospect of political reconciliation. The Senate last month passed legislation introduced by Brownback and Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of [...]
Bakir: Kurdistan as a Model for Iraq
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars, Kurdistan, Speeches on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Interviewee: Falah Mustafa Bakir, Director of the Foreign Relations Department, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
By Greg Bruno
23 October 2007 (Council on Foreign Relations)
Falah Mustafa Bakir, director of the foreign relations department for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, says his government favors a political solution to cross-border tensions with Turkey, but so far, Ankara has “only [...]
Sunni Vice-President al-Hashemi accepts principle of federalism for Iraq
Posted in Iraq, News on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Top Shiite politician endorses Sunni vice president’s reform blueprint
2007-10-24 18:09:50
BAGHDAD (AP) – A top Shiite politician on Wednesday endorsed a 25-point blueprint for reform announced by Iraq’s Sunni Arab vice president last month to achieve national reconciliation.
«Basically, I don’t find myself in disagreement with any of them (the 25 points),» Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi said [...]
Make Walls, Not War
Posted in Articles, Iraq, New York Times on October 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
By Peter W. Galbraith
Published: October 23, 2007
Townshend, Vt.
IN a surge of realism, the Senate has voted 75-23 to acknowledge that Iraq has broken up and cannot be put back together. The measure, co-sponsored by Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, and Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, supports a plan for Iraq to become a [...]
People of Tal Afar Call for federal region
Posted in Articles, Iraq, News on October 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Babylonian Society
October 21, 2007
In an op-ed published today (10/21/2007), Hussein Al Sayyid Weheb, the director of the National Security Project who also serves as the vice-president of the cultural council of Tal Afar, calls for establishing a federal region for the Turkmens who live in that city and to breakaway from the Province of Nineveh.
The [...]
