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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Resolving the Kurdish Dilemma
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Kurdistan, Scholars, Wall Street Journal on November 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
By EDWARD P. JOSEPH and MICHAEL E. O’HANLON
November 2, 2007; Page A12
As President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepare for next week’s crucial meetings with Turkey’s leaders about the attacks by Kurdish PKK rebels, they should look beyond crisis management to deal with the wider Turkish-Kurdish agenda. If they do, it is possible [...]
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 [...]
The Kurdish example
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Kurdistan on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Falah Mustafa Bakir
October 15, 2007
In 1998 I was barred from obtaining a graduate degree in Iraq because I refused to join Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party. Luckily, a prestigious British scholarship program allowed me to leave Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and attend the University of Bath in England to get [...]
Talabani renews support for Biden’s federalism proposal on CNN
Posted in 2008 Elections, Iraq, Kurdistan, News on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Talabani Supports Proposal to Divide Iraq Into Three Regions
By Catherine Larkin
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani endorsed a plan gaining support in the U.S. Congress to divide Iraq along ethnic lines into three separate regions under a limited central government.
Talabani, a Kurd, said a so-called soft partition of Iraq would prevent civil [...]
