Iraqi leaders delay crucial constitutional conference


BAGHDAD, Aug 5 (AFP) - 11h11 - A crucial national meeting of Iraqi leaders scheduled for Friday to resolve constitutional problems was postponed for two days because of an emergency meeting of the Kurdish autonomous parliament.

  

VIDEO - The full footage of all 8 Iraq Commission


The full footage of all 8 Iraq Commission Hearings are available to watch below.

The Hearings will also be screened on Channel 4 in July. Highlight clips will appear on this website after transmission.

http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/I/the_iraq_commission/video.html


  

Turkish soldier seized by rebels


From BBC NEWS:Tuesday, 12 July, 2005

  

Analysis: Iraq oil law a deal -- spokesman



April 16, 2008 | By BEN LANDO | UPI Energy Editor

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Iraq's central and Kurdish region governments have reached a deal on an oil law, including a method for weighing the validity of the oil deals the Kurds have signed with foreign firms, the top government spokesman told United Press International.


  

Halabja@20



March 14, 2008 | By Carter Andress

Saddam Hussein’s horrific 1988 genocide of the Kurds is still having repercussions.

Baghdad — This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s massacre of an estimated 5,000 Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja. The March 16, 1988 attack, using a lethal air-delivered mixture of mustard gas and nerve agent, killed virtually every man, woman, and child in the town. The destruction of Halabja initiated a campaign of mass murder that Saddam named Al Anfal — “the Spoils of War,” from a passage in the Koran. It was the high-water mark of his regime’s genocide against the Kurds.


  

Kurdish president to visit Washington



Oct. 28, 2008

ERBIL, Iraq, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Kurdish President Massoud Barzani departed the region for Washington at the official invitation of U.S. President George Bush, officials said.


  

There should be two official languages in Turkey


Radikal - By Nese Duzel
18 February 2005

- For Turkish-Kurdish equality, there is no other way than a federation. This is not division, but the sharing of power. It is the stage before an independent state. It gives the right to separate.

  

Turkish Shelling Displaces 1,800 Northern Iraqis From Homes



Tuesday, December 18, 2007

GENEVA - The U.N. refugee agency expressed concern Tuesday over the increasing number of people being driven from their homes by Turkey's shelling of northern Iraq.


  

Turk PM hits back at Kurd unrest


Tuesday, 4 April 2006

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says efforts will continue to improve conditions for the Kurdish minority, after a week of unrest.

However he again attacked Kurdish separatists, warning them "not to dare to test the power of the state."


  

Kurdistan Regional Government calls on Turkey to withdraw troops



22 February 2008

Statement by the Kurdistan Regional Government

Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (KRG.org) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) condemns yesterday's military operations in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and joins the federal Iraqi government in Baghdad in calling on Turkey to end its violation of Iraqi sovereignty.