Turkey threatens action unless US troops tackle Kurdish rebels in Iraq


LONDON, July 28 (AFP) - 3h42 - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to take action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq unless US-led forces intervene to stop them from crossing the border.

  

Iraq edges closer to Iran, with or without the US




Wednesday, January 17, 2007

LONDON - The Iraqi government is moving to solidify relations with Iran, even as the United States turns up the rhetorical heat and bolsters its military forces to confront Tehran's influence in Iraq, Times reported.

  

Baghdad and Kurds Close the Gap



April 30, 2008 | Author:  Greg Bruno

In March, despite few signs of progress on an Iraqi national oil law, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources readied for a hiring spree. Calls went out for legal advisors, engineers, and geoscientists—"thirty-five oil and gas experts in all.


  

Iraq's Kurds flock to parks to mark Persian New Year



March 22 2008 | By Asso Ahmed and Usama Redha, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

LAKE DUKAN, IRAQ -- Armed with picnic baskets and dressed in their brightest holiday finery, Iraqi Kurds headed into the hills here Friday to celebrate a cherished holiday that marks the beginning of spring.


  

The land operation: For how long and to what extent?



Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | Cengiz ÇANDAR

Militarily speaking, the difference between launching a 'security operation' and becoming an 'occupying force' is as thin as a stick


  

Kurds say ready for Iraq constitution compromise


BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (AFP) - 15h49 - Kurdish negotiators Saturday said they were ready for compromise over Iraq's constitution, but showed no sign of relenting in their vehement rejection of Islam as the main source of law in the new charter.

  

Press release: KRP rejects Iraqi Parliament plan



22 July 2008

The Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives has committed an unconstitutional act by violating the manifesto of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, when today he organized a secret vote in the Council. This is a blatant violation of the Council's internal regulations and is a coup against the Iraqi constitution and the consensus political system prevalent in Iraq since the overthrow of the former regime in 2003.


  

Envoy Faults Militias' Interference in Iraq Vote



By Ellen Knickmeyer - Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, December 17, 2005; A17

BAGHDAD, Dec. 16 - Kurdish and Shiite factional militias and other armed men blocked voters from polling sites in scattered locations during Iraq's national elections, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Friday. While the intimidation likely was not serious enough to influence the outcome of Thursday's vote, one U.S. diplomat said, the overt militia role was part of a dangerous trend in Iraqi politics.


  

US troops will be gone within 10 years, says Iraqi minister



Friday, 25 January 2008 | By Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad

The Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, caused anger among Iraqis this month by saying during the New Hampshire primary that US military forces might stay in Iraq "for 100 years". Mr Zebari, asked by The Independent in Baghdad if the American army would be in Iraq in 10 years, said: "Really, I wouldn't say so."


  

Staying Alive


March-April 2008 | By Ted Galen Carpenter

SITTING AT the edge of international attention are states in all but name. Although existing as highly functioning nations, they rest also on the edge of extinction. Taiwan. Kurdistan. Somaliland. Kosovo. With little meaningful international diplomatic recognition, each still often exercises effective self-rule, frequently possessing a vibrant economy and a unified body politic.