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 [...]
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Shiite writer calls for “rebirth”!
Posted in Articles, History, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars, The South on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Pro-federalism articles storm Iraqi online media
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars on October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Babylonian Society
October 4, 2007
The number of Iraqi writers showing public support for the recent Senate resolution to support federalism in Iraq is increasing rapidly.
In his op-ed “Federalism: Iraq’s current best choice” Ammar al-Amiri, a Shiite writer, says: “those Shiites who reject the idea of federalism are the biggest enemy our Shiite community faces.” He adds” [...]
The politicians who need to learn how to read!
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Babylonian Society
September 30, 2007
Iraqi politicians are going crazy! The Senate wants to divide Iraq! Did those politicians read the Biden-Brownback-Boxer amendment? Did they even read the Iraqi constitution? Iraq’s biggest tragedy is its politicians’ refusal to deal with reality. 86 years of tragedies… we demand change and Iraq old-style is not working anymore.
In recent op-ed, [...]
The Hunt Oil Dispute and the Future of Iraqi Federalism
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars, Kurdistan, Scholars on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
September 13, 2007
JURIST Guest Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that a dispute over the legality of an oil exploration contract recently made between Hunt Oil Co. and the Kurdistan Regional Government calls into question the growing push for a form of loose federalism for Iraq…
On September 8, [...]
Tolerance and Dialogue are the Bases to a Peaceful Federal Iraq
Posted in Iraq, Iraqi Scholars, Kurdistan, Scholars, Speeches on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Munther Al Fadhal, a member in the Iraqi Parliament
www.fadhal.net
Ladies and Gentlemen and distinguished guests:
It is both honor and pleasure to be among you today in Oslo, the capital of peace during the celebration of The Noble Prize of Peace. Peace is the law of life, which achieves security, stability and development for people. It [...]
Remaking Iraq: Success, Failure, and the Foundation of a New Iraq
Posted in Articles, History, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars, Kurdistan, Scholars, Speeches on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Definition of Federalism in the New Constitution
Talk given on Federalism and the Case of Kurdistan at AEI on 5 October 2005 in Washington DC
By Munther AL FADHAL
Constitutional Commission member
Iraqi National Assembly member
www.fadhal.net
In October 2002, I had the honor to participate in the Conference held by AEI and called: “The Day After: Planning for a [...]
