Shiites Keep Control of Iraqi Parliament


Official Election Results Are Announced; Negotiations Begin on Ruling Coalition

 By Nelson Hernandez and Omar Fekeiki - Washington Post Staff Writers - Saturday, January 21, 2006; 2:08 AM

BAGHDAD, Jan. 20 -- Official election results released Friday showed that an alliance of Shiite Muslim religious parties will remain the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament but will have to reach out to other factions to form a coalition government in the weeks ahead.


  

The Kurdish question and current political crisis



31 March 2008 | IHSAN DAGI

It is certainly interesting to note the coincidence between the emergence of the current crisis in Turkish politics and high hopes for a final solution to the Kurdish question.


  

Bush plan hinges on 4 factors




Najmaldin Karim | Special to the Sentinel
January 15, 2007

President George W. Bush has argued for a new strategy in Iraq that will concentrate on providing security for Baghdad and its diverse religious and ethnic population. Although this change in the American military approach has been long overdue, it alone will not be enough to stop the violence in Iraq -- nor will it bring home U.S. troops any faster.

  

Timeline: Turkey


A chronology of key events:

1923 - Assembly declares Turkey a republic and Kemal Ataturk as president.

  

Gates: Turkey Raid Won't Solve Problems


February 23, 2008 | By LOLITA C. BALDOR

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Turkey's military assault into northern Iraq will not solve the terrorist problem there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday, calling for greater political and economic initiatives by the Turks to win over supporters of the Kurdish rebels.


  

Iraq Refines Its Amnesty Plan



By Joshua Partlow - Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 23, 2006; A19

BAGHDAD, June 22 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's new plan to promote reconciliation among Iraq's rival factions will offer amnesty to Iraqis who have "carried weapons" but not to those who have committed serious crimes, according to Iraqi politicians who have read the proposal.


  

Canadian Ambassador identifies business opportunities on first visit to Erbil



28 february 2008

Erbil, Kurdistan - Iraq (KRG.org) – Mrs Margaret Huber, the Canadian Ambassador to Iraq, this week for the first time visited the Kurdistan Region to identify public and private sector opportunities for cooperation.


  

Turban issue now harder than ever to solve



Friday, February 29, 2008 | Mehmet Ali Birand

Pandora's box has been opened. The creatures that had been kept there for many years have flown out and scattered. They are impossible to catch and return to the box now.


  

Iraqi premier, Kurd leader strike deal


 by Ahmed Janabi
Monday 2 January 2006 7:16 AM GMT

Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the Iraqi interim prime minister, has held a long closed-door meeting with Massoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan province, in Salah al-Din resort in northern Iraq.


  

Iraqi blocs opposed to draft oil bill



Wednesday, May 2, 2007 | By Edward Wong and Sheryl Gay Stolberg

ERBIL, Iraq: Kurdish and Sunni Arab officials expressed deep reservations on Wednesday about the draft version of a national oil law and related legislation, misgivings that could derail one of the benchmark measures of progress in Iraq laid down by President George W. Bush.