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The last few days have been quite extraordinary in Sulaymaniya, once the most liberal area not only of Iraq, but also Iraqi Kurdistan. A few days ago, a group of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) members launched a movement for reform within the political party which Jalal Talabani leads. They said they were motivated by the increasing corruption and nepotism within the PUK. Today, word comes that...
Sen. Barack Obama with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (left) in July While the Bush administration was negotiating an agreement to keep the U.S. military in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to convince Iraqi leaders that the president shouldn’t be allowed to do so without congressional approval, reports the Washington Times. Two weeks after claiming the [...]
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Friday strongly condemned Thursday's assassination of a Shiite lawmaker by a motor cycle bomb attack, calling on all Iraqis to be unified against such attacks. "We have received with deep sadness the news of the martyrdom of Saleh al-Ugaily, a lawmaker from Sadr political movement," Talabani said in a statement issued on Friday by his office. On Thursday, Ugaily died...
The Iraqi Presidential Council, which includes President Jalal Talabani and his two vice-presidents Adel Abd Al-Mahdi and Tariq Al-Hashimi, has unanimously passed the Provincial Council Elections Law, which was passed by the Iraqi parliamen6t on ... October 7, 2008, 6:20 pm
Washington has threatened to seize Iraqi assets and oil money if Baghdad rejects a controversial US-proposed security pact, Iraq says. Upon arrival in Iraq from Washington, President Jalal Talabani told reporters that he is concerned over Washington threats. "Washington threatened to use any means to seize Iraqi assets if we do not support the security pact," Marsadiraq quoted Talabani as saying. (...
Iraq's presidential council had not approved the provincial election law passed by the parliament, local media reported Friday. The three-member council, consisting of President Jalal Talabani and his Shiite and Sunni deputies, reportedly agreed on the law early in the day at a meeting in the Kurdish autonomous region with its regional president Massoud al-Barazani. "They expressed reservations over...
The Iraqi presidential council on Friday officially approved the provincial election law which paves the way for holding the provincial elections early next year, the MENA news agency reported. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Vice Presidents Adel Abdel-Mahdi and Tareq al-Hashimi approved the law in its present form but the president suggested that clause 50, which protects the right of minorities...
Baghdad - Iraq's presidential council endorsed a long- delayed provincial election law, according to a statement issued on Friday by the office of Tareq al-Hashemi, deputy to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. However, the council expressed reservations...
TEHRAN, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will visit Tehran in the next few days to discuss bilateral cooperation with Iranian leadership, the Iranian media reported on Satur...
New York - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Thursday said reductions in violence will allow Iraq's security forces to take the lead from foreign forces in all provinces by the end of the year and invited diplomatic missions back into the country. Ta...
The spectacle of Sarah in the City continues! Alaska governor Sarah Palin spent her second full day in New York meeting more foreign leaders-- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashivli, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, who said she was "gorgeous" and that knew "why the whole of America...
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin got a glimpse of ground zero as her motorcade made its way downtown Wednesday, taking her to a private meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Palin did not respond to a reporter's question...
From The New York Times : From: President George W. Bush To: President Jalal Talabani of Iraq, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashadani Dear Sirs, I am writing you on a matter of grave importance. It’s hard for me to express to you how deep the economic crisis in America is today. We are discussing a $1 trillion bailout for our troubled banking system. This is a financial 9/11....
