Remarks by President Bush on Iraq’s Progress
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Dayton, Ohio)
March 27, 2008
In February, leaders [of Iraq] enacted a budget that increases spending on security capital reconstruction projects and provincial governments. And on the same day, leaders enacted an amnesty law to resolve the status of many Iraqis held in Iraqi custody. [...]
Archive for March, 2008
President Bush talks about federalism in Iraq!
Posted in Iraq, News, Speeches on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Iraq’s British-made dictatorial flag still has fans!
Posted in Art, History, Iraq, News on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Iraq flag debate still flutters
Iraqis plan to vote on a new flag by the end of 2008.
from the March 24, 2008 edition
In 2004, the US-led occupation authority commissioned Rifat Chadirji to design a new Iraqi flag. The flag would have replaced a Saddam Hussein-era one: A red, white, and black flag that had three [...]
Happy New Babylonian Year!
Posted in Art, History, Iraq, The South on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This Friday: the New Year in Southern Iraq!
03/18/2008
The people of Southern Iraq are celebrating the New Year this Friday. The celebration is called “Dawrat al-Sana” or “al-Dokhol.” Amazingly, this well-observed tradition by the people of Southern Iraq is, in fact, the Babylonian New Year, the Akitu Festival!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Akitu Festival
Akitu: the [...]
Brits turned Babylonia into Iraq… let’s fix this mistake!
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq, The South on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carve Up Iraq: Obsolete Borders and the Myth of Sovereignty
By Mark Fritz Mon Mar 17, 1:06 AM ET
Consider a country so fractured by regional and religious feuds that the most
efficient entities are the organized crime rings cashing in on the chaos.
This was the dilemma facing NATO negotiators when they met in Dayton, Ohio, in
1995 to [...]
The surge is working! Now what’s next?
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Scholars on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the Iraq War’s Birthday, Slice the Cake
by Ivan Eland
3/18/2008
As the fifth anniversary of the United States’ second longest (next to Vietnam) and second costliest (next to World War II) war passes, the good news is that the counterinsurgency strategy of Gen. David Petraeus and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno seems to be working. The bad [...]
Here comes the South! Federalism in Southern Iraq
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq, The South on March 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Changes in Iraq: The Shiite Kings
The Arbil-Baghdad flight was exciting as ever, chaotic, cramped and crowded. But fun. Our flight was delayed – about half a day – which is part of the fun. Except that is for the fact that we had meetings slated for the afternoon. We were expected to check into our [...]
