By Jennifer Keefe
Friday, November 30, 2007
DOVER — Presidential hopeful Joe Biden says his plan for Iraq is the only way to exit the war-torn country without leaving chaos behind.
The Democratic senator from Delaware told Foster’s editorial board members Thursday that he understands what the American people need and considers this his time to correct the [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Exit without chaos Biden calls for federalism, not partitioning for Iraq
Posted in 2008 Elections, Iraq, News on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Biden: Iraqis and international community are ready for federalism
Posted in 2008 Elections, Iraq, Speeches on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Biden Gives His Take on Iraq Policy, Pakistan, Campaigning in Iowa
Originally Aired: November 27, 2007
Interviewer Judy Woodruff
I’m the only one with a clear plan adopted by a majority of the foreign policy establishment, 75 senators. It took a long time, but I would argue that my participation in government has been not in sync with [...]
Iraq Shi’ite party urges deal on federalism
Posted in Iraq, News, The South on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:37am EST
By Dean Yates and Mariam Karouny
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A powerful Shi’ite political party on Sunday urged Iraq’s other blocs to reach agreement on forming federal regions, saying failure to do so would lead to “dangerous” consequences for the country.
The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) says the country suffered too much [...]
“We can’t make them like each other!”
Posted in Articles, Iraq on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
US officials scale back political goals for unifying Iraq
Focusing on limited steps
By Steven Lee Myers
New York Times News Service / November 25, 2007
WASHINGTON – With American military successes outpacing political gains in Iraq, the Bush administration has lowered its expectation of quickly achieving major steps toward unifying the country, including passage of a long-stymied [...]
Each Iraqi group rules itself… does this sound like federalism?
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Washington Post on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On Iraq, a State of Denial
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, November 23, 2007; Page A39
It does not have the drama of the Inchon landing or the sweep of the Union comeback in the summer of 1864. But the turnabout of American fortunes in Iraq over the past several months is of equal moment — a war seemingly [...]
Iraqi Kurds vs. Baghdad heats up over oil
Posted in Iraq, Kurdistan, News on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Published: Nov. 20, 2007 at 5:05 PM
By Ben Lando, UPI Energy Editor
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) — Iraqi Kurds issued a scathing rebuke of Iraq’s oil minister, who has warned companies signing deals in the north will be kept out of the rest of the country.
“Our contracts with the (international oil companies) are both constitutional and [...]
Sen. Biden’s federalism plan: only plan for Iraq Democrats’ have?
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Iraq on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Biden Campaign: Biden responds to his Democratic opponents on Iraq
11/19/2007
Contact:
Mark Paustenbach/302-428-5427
press@joebiden.com
Des Moines, IA (November 19, 2007) – Yesterday former Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Hillary Clinton sparred over the need to be specific about how they will end the war in Iraq. Despite this back and forth, neither one of these candidates has a [...]
Iraqi President welcomes Israeli counterpart’s comments on federalism in Iraq
Posted in Iraq, Kurdistan, News on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Iraqi President” Jalal Talabani says Israeli President Peres “welcome in Iraqi Kurdistan”
November 18, 2007
Yaqen News Agency
Iraqi “President” Jalal Talabani welcomed statements by “Israeli” President Shimon Peres in effect endorsing “independence” for the Kurds of Iraq.
Talabani described Peres’ statements as “realistic” and said that the Zionist leader was “an individual welcome in Iraqi Kurdistan.” Talabani said, [...]
3-state Iraq seen increasingly likely
Posted in Articles, Iraq on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
01:00 AM EST on Monday, November 12, 2007
By John E. Mulligan
Journal Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The way Peter W. Galbraith sees it, southern Iraq had turned irrevocably toward a form of statehood within days of the fall of Saddam Hussein.
In Karbala, the schools were “redesigned along Shiite religious principles,” Shiite clerics ran rubbish disposal, and [...]
Shiite writer calls for “rebirth”!
Posted in Articles, History, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars, The South on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Babylonian Society
November 11, 2007
In an op-ed published in sot al-iraq website, Hussien Baqir Jassim called for a rebirth of the Sumerian and Akkadian region in the Southern part of the modern state of Iraq.
The writer who strongly in favor of federalism in Iraq emphasizes the importance of maintaining a unified federal region for all [...]
