By Chris Cobb , Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, July 11, 2008
OTTAWA – Canada’s political system and social structure are models for Iraq as it re-builds into a democratic, multicultural society, a leading Iraqi government minister said this week.
“Canada is an important country,” said Iraqi Water Resources Minister Latif Rashid. “Iraq can learn a lot and gain [...]
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Canada a role model, says Iraqi minister
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Kurdistan on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Iraq Partitioning, Inevitable?
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By J. W. KRAFT
June 8, 2008
Iraq never should have been a country. Its borders are lines drawn in the sand by colonial powers after World War I. The various peoples have no historic ties to bind them together in neighborly love nor do they have political, religious, or ideological ties. Saddam Hussein was able to [...]
Iraq deserves more credit for its nascent democracy
Posted in Articles, History, Iraq on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Iraq deserves more credit for its nascent democracy
By AUSTIN BAY
June 7, 2008
Considering the violent threats, fractured politics and bitter history it confronts, Iraq’s democratic government has accomplished much in two short years.
For a variety of reasons — most self-serving, a few disgustingly dishonest — American and European debate over Iraq all too often [...]
Article 140 and the Future of Iraq
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Kurdistan on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Article 140 and the Future of Iraq
By Nadine Hoffman
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 02:32 EDT
A Capitol Hill conference co-sponsored by the Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) and the University of Pennsylvania explored the challenges of implementing 140 and its implications for Iraq’s future.
Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) President Dr. Najmaldin Karim described Article 140 as the most [...]
BIDEN on Iraq: What Will The Region Look Like in 2012?
Posted in Articles, Iraq, News on April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
April 3, 2008
BIDEN: “We cannot continue to make it up as we go along. We must mark a direction on our strategic compass — and deliberately move in that direction.”
Washington, DC – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) held the Committee’s third Iraq hearing of the week, entitled “Iraq [...]
U.S. envoy to Iraq supports federal system
Posted in Articles, Iraq on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Qassim Khidhir
The Kurdish Globe
Jay Garner still believes it is best for the war-torn country.
Wednesday, 02 April 2008, 09:37 EDT
After originally espousing a federal system at the outset of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, Garner was dismissed by Washington’s top leaders.
Jay Garner, the first top U.S. civilian administrator of post-war Iraq who was replaced [...]
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 [...]
Kosovo and Iraq
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Breaking free
By Thomas Wachtel
2/20/2008
One of my early political memories was the NATO action in Kosovo in 1999. That was when I, along with many other politically inclined youths, learned the name Slobodan Milosevic and what “ethnic cleansing” meant. We learned the difference between Serbs and Albanians. We learned that sometimes the world community needs to [...]
