KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The Kurdish bloc in the Iraqi parliament intends to boycott the vote on a proposed election law if the oil-rich province of Kirkuk is banned from voting in next year's national elections, two Kurdish lawmakers said. A vote may be held Thursday on a proposal that would govern the elections, now set for January 16, legislators Mahmoud Othman and Abdul Bari al-Zebari said on Wednesday. Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
[JURIST] Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Monday renewed calls for a formal UN inquiry to investigate those responsible for bombings in the country following twin suicide bombings in Baghdad Sunday, which are believed to have killed more than 150. Zebari asked the UN General Assembly and the Security Council to appoint a special envoy to probe possible sources that are targeting the country's...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
by Jamal Hashim Iraqi media Monday was enraged over Sunday's deadly suicide truck bombings that killed and wounded hundreds of Iraqis, covering Iraqi officials' various reactions. Some blamed the bloody attacks on insurgents and remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime, while others saw unqualified security forces and political infighting behind the attacks. The state-run newspaper al-Sabah shed light on...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The dead body of a man is carried away from the blast scene after being killed by a massive bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Monday, October 26, 2009 23:40 Mecca time, 20:40 GMT World leaders condemn Iraq attacks Sunday's double bombing in Baghdad was the country's deadliest attack in two years World leaders have joined their...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
CNN: The death toll from twin car bombings in Baghdad climbed to 160, with hundreds more wounded in the deadliest attack in the capital in more than two years, the Interior Ministry said Monday. At least 540 people were wounded in Sunday's attacks. One of the bombs exploded outside Baghdad's governorate building, the other outside the justice ministry. The bombs detonated in quick succession about...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The death toll from twin car bombings in Baghdad climbed to 160, with hundreds more wounded in the deadliest attack in the capital in more than two years, the Interior Ministry said Monday. At least 540 people were wounded in Sunday's attacks. One of the bombs exploded outside Baghdad's governorate building, the other outside the justice ministry. The bombs detonated in quick succession about 10:30...
Military Times - News (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday’s “outrageous attacks” outside government offices in the Iraqi capital “reveal the hateful and destructive agenda of those who would deny the Iraqi people the future that they deserve.”Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the “savage” suicide bombings attacks will not succeed in undermining Iraq’s...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Turkish PM says Baghdad, Ankara are determined to eradicate Kurdish rebels’ ‘terrorism’. By Salam Faraj - Middle East Online Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Thursday that Ankara will continue to fight Kurdish rebels based inside Iraq, after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded that it respect Iraqi sovereignty. Their remarks came after a day of talks in Baghdad...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Baghdad - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Iraq Thursday for talks with Iraqi leaders to boost bilateral ties between the two countries, media reports said. Erdogan is scheduled to meet with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Prime...
Gorillas Guides (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
After fighting a three-year long civil war in the northern Iraq, Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Maossud Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) came together as a united front to participate in the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime and in the politics of the new Iraq in 2003. Editor’s note: The Kurdish version [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
LONDON — Former British prime minister Tony Blair was told he had "blood on his hands" by the father of a dead soldier Friday, after a memorial for the fallen of the Iraq war in London. The ex-premier joined Queen Elizabeth II, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, current Prime Minister Gordon Brown as well as soldiers and [...]
Infotainment (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani joined families on Friday for a service of remembrance to honor the 179 British service personnel killed and those who fought in the war in Iraq.
IOL (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
President Barack Obama reportedly dropped in on a meeting between his national security adviser and President Jalal Talabani to give his Iraqi counterpart message.
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