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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
between Iraq and the Bush administration. The , especially with regard to exposure of US troops to prosecution in Iraqi courts for crimes committed in Iraq., as saying that if he felt the agreement infringed on Iraqi sovereignty, he would "directly intervene." Other aides have said that Sistani would be inclined to accept the agreement if parliament did, but it is not clear that they were transmitting...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Guerrilla on Sunday. it has negotiated with the Bush administration to the main blocs in parliament to gauge whether they will accept the amendments it has wrung from Washington. A source in the ruling (Shiite fundamentalist) United Iraqi Alliance told al-Hayat that there are no prospects for further negotiation with the U.S., and that the political parties in parliament will have to accept or reject...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
and the Iraqi government. It will now go to the Iraqi parliament, where it will be voted on on November 24. Out of 36 cabinet members, 28 were present for Sunday's vote (a lot of Iraqi politicians actually live in Amman or London because of the poor security situation). Of the 28, 27 voted in favor.Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) was in...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
A , killing 13 persons and wounding 24, according to McClatchy. Al Radhi is a member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, headed by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a fundamentalist Shiite party close to the ayatollahs in Tehran. Four months ago a similar attempt was made on the life of the minister of electricity, Karim Wahid, an independent member of the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance....
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
A looming split between the two Shiite parties that dominate Iraq's government threatens efforts to win parliamentary approval for a security...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
A looming split between the two Shiite parties that dominate Iraq's government threatens efforts to win parliamentary approval for a security pact with the U.S.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
A looming split between the two Shiite parties that dominate Iraq's government threatens efforts to win parliamentary approval for a security pact with the U.S. and could set the stage for a major struggle for power in the oil-rich Shiite southern heartland.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
A looming split between the two Shiite parties that dominate Iraq's government threatens efforts to win parliamentary approval for a security pact with the U.S. and could set the stage for a major struggle for power in the oil-rich Shiite southern heartland.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
BAGHDAD -- A looming split between the two Shiite parties that dominate Iraq's government threatens efforts to win parliamentary approval for a security pact with the U.S. and could set the stage for a major struggle for power in the oil-rich Shiite southern heartland.
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Is this part of a Bush attempt at an October surprise? that the al-Maliki government will sign off on a security agreement with the Bush administration "within days." The report says that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has assured the government that he will accept the agreement if it can pass parliament. Pundits are debating how likely the measure is to get through the Iraqi legislature, with some denying...
