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 »
Oilman Hunt Sees A ‘Soft Partition’ For Iraq
Posted in Iraq, Kurdistan, News on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 5th, 2008 11:32am
By Glenn Hunter
Billionaire oilman Ray Hunt has never talked much about an oil-exploration agreement his Hunt Oil Co. signed last year with the government of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. Hunt, a close friend of President George W. Bush, is said to have ticked off officials in Washington and Baghdad when [...]
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 [...]
In Northern Iraq, the Kurds Find Success Amid Struggle
Posted in Books, Iraq, Kurdistan, New York Times on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: April 9, 2008
The script for Iraq was supposed to go like this: The dictator topples; the oppressed masses celebrate; democracy takes root; and the United States, showered with gratitude, embraces a new, pro-Western ally in the hostile Middle East.
INVISIBLE NATION
How the Kurds’ Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq [...]
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 [...]
President Bush talks about federalism in Iraq!
Posted in Iraq, News, Speeches on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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. [...]
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 [...]
