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 [...]
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Oilman Hunt Sees A ‘Soft Partition’ For Iraq
Posted in Iraq, Kurdistan, News on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Nineveh Plain: federal region for Iraqi Christians?
Posted in Assyria, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, News on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US Ambassador Ryan Crocker Affirms Significance of Art. 125 for Iraqi Minorities
Posted GMT 2-22-2008 20:46:9
Washington — In late 2007 US Ambassador Ryan Crocker affirmed the significance of Art. 125 for Iraq’s developing system of federalism, when responding to questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about minorities and their goal for a federal unit [...]
Shiites move towards federal region in the South
Posted in Iraq, News, The South on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Iraqi Lawmakers Pass 3 Crucial, Long-Delayed Laws
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
Published: February 14, 2008
BAGHDAD — Using old-fashioned politicking behind the scenes, Iraq’s parliamentary leaders on Wednesday pushed through three divisive laws that had been held up for months by bitter maneuvering between factions and, recently, threats to dissolve the legislative body.
The three laws are the 2008 [...]
Exit without chaos Biden calls for federalism, not partitioning for Iraq
Posted in 2008 Elections, Iraq, News on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Jennifer Keefe
Friday, November 30, 2007
DOVER — Presidential hopeful Joe Biden says his plan for Iraq is the only way to exit the war-torn country without leaving chaos behind.
The Democratic senator from Delaware told Foster’s editorial board members Thursday that he understands what the American people need and considers this his time to correct the [...]
Iraq Shi’ite party urges deal on federalism
Posted in Iraq, News, The South on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:37am EST
By Dean Yates and Mariam Karouny
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A powerful Shi’ite political party on Sunday urged Iraq’s other blocs to reach agreement on forming federal regions, saying failure to do so would lead to “dangerous” consequences for the country.
The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) says the country suffered too much [...]
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, [...]
