New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... — the way they treat what few traffic lights operate here. “So what'” a Kurdish lawmaker, Mahmoud Othman, said when asked about the risk of holding the election later than the Constitution demands. “Nothing in Iraq is very legitimate.” As a matter of policy, there’s nothing wrong with prodding Iraq or Afghanistan toward reforms aimed at creating stable democratic government. Achieving...
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... crisis. "Nobody's applying the constitution anyway," said Kurdish legislator Mahmoud Othman, who predicted the election would be delayed. "We are in a mess now, so it doesn't make a lot of difference." The protracted battle over the election law has again exposed the sectarian fissures that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war earlier in the decade, in a troubling...
Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... crisis. "Nobody's applying the constitution anyway," said Kurdish legislator Mahmoud Othman, who predicted the election would be delayed. " We are in a mess now , so it doesn't make a lot of difference." '
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... Iraq, they have generally presented a strongly united front on the national political scene. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of Iraq’s national parliament, echoed Barzani’s demands and boycott threat. “The main point is the allocation of seats,” Othman told The Associated Press. “If no changes are made on this matter then we will not participate...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
... oil,” he explained.A Kurdish Perspective“Most Kurds are happy that an agreement was reached,” said Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of the National Assembly. “It shouldn’t have taken so long, he added, “but that’s Iraq. Sometimes things take too long.”An Arab View“Last week’s agreement demonstrates a new maturity on the part of Iraqi parliamentarians is taking root,” according to...
The Eagle World (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... the Kurdish region, grew from 19 to 31 seats. Basra province in the south grew from 16 to 24 seats.Mahmoud Othman, a senior Kurdish member of Iraq's national parliament, said the Kurds had been expecting about 17 additional seats."The main point is the allocation of seats," Othman told The Associated Press. "If no changes are made on this matter then we will not participate...
Sify (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... Iraq, they have generally presented a strongly united front on the national political scene.Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of Iraq's national parliament, echoed Barzani's demands and boycott threat."The main point is the allocation of seats," Othman told The Associated Press. "If no changes are made on this matter then we will not participate in the elections."The Kurdish...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... than ever before when they choose who will represent them in the next parliament," said Mahmoud Othman, a member of parliament with the Kurdistan Alliance. "We must participate in the elections," Walid al-Rubaie a 42-year-old retired soldier, agreed. "Boycotting the polls will not solve our problems or help us out of the situation we are in."Sawsan Hashim, a 37-year-old civil servant...
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,...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
... door to renewed violence in Iraq after it stepped back from the brink of civil war two years ago. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker, told The Associated Press that an emergency proposal by the nation's leaders to break the deadlock over the election law had fallen apart over the fractious northern city split between Arabs and Kurds.Othman said the vote over the election law...
Sify (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... door to renewed violence in Iraq after it stepped back from the brink of civil war two years ago.Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker, told The Associated Press that an emergency proposal by the nation's leaders to break the deadlock over the election law had fallen apart over the fractious northern city split between Arabs and Kurds.Othman said the vote over the election law...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... door to renewed violence in Iraq after it stepped back from the brink of civil war two years ago.Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker, told The Associated Press that an emergency proposal by the nation's leaders to break the deadlock over the election law had fallen apart over the fractious northern city split between Arabs and Kurds.Othman said the vote over the election law...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Even after the dire warning of recent massive bomb blasts, Baghdad's elites cannot reach an agreement on the election law. They've already missed the deadline for October 15. The reason? The parties remained divided on laws governing elections in Kirkuk, an oil-rich province to the north of Baghdad that has long been a point of contention between Kurds and Arabs. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... the justice ministry and Baghdad provincial offices. The blasts were the most deadly since 2007.Mahmoud Othman, an independent Kurdish legislator, said he hoped the bombings would compel the government to break the deadlock over the election law, a dispute which is undermining public confidence in the regime.However, instead of taking a prompt decision on how to conduct elections...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
... to organize elections in time for January 16. Thursday's postponement came after Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman told reporters that the Kurdish parliamentary bloc would boycott any vote on a proposal to use the 2004 voter registration rolls for Kirkuk and surrounding al-Tamim province. The 2009 voter rolls showed a dramatic increase in Kurdish voters in the region. Kurdish politicians...
