American Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
According to Matt Drudge, the Washington Times will report on Friday that Barack Obama secretly tried to get the Iraqi government to ignore a deal with President Bush to keep troops in Iraq. Does that sound like a violation of the Logan Act to anyone else?
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (Free subscription) | yesterday
... people, mostly in Sulaimaniyah province, were struck…. The scandal is a reflection of the the way Iraqi politics works. The ruling parties monopolise jobs and contracts. It is impossible to find work at any level in most ministries without a letter of commendation from one of the parties in the government. The enormous Iraqi government apparatus, employing some two million...
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Army Spc. Emad Jadan, left, an interpreter with Multinational Division Baghdad’s 18th Military Police Brigade, translates Arabic to English and vice versa at a ceremony to honor fallen Iraqi police officers at the Baghdad Provincial Directorate of Police headquarters station, Sept. 23, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel BlottenbergerArmy Spc. Emad Jadan, an interpreter serving with Headquarters...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Iraqi MP Abbas Al-Bayati has pointed to the increasing Arab openness to Iraq, calling the visits by Arab foreign ministers, including an October 5 visit by an Egyptian delegation to restart diplomatic relations with it, an expression of this ... October 7, 2008, 6:16 pm
Newswise (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Univ. of Utah College of Law received a$2.5 million grant from the US Dept. of State to help the Iraqi government establish an independent judiciary. Experts from the law school and outside advisors will provide assistance to judicial and political leaders in Iraq on legislation, constitutional amendments, criminal law and procedures.
Dean's World (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Remember the lefty talking point that “the new Iraqi government is a pawn of Iran'” It took a serious blow when Maliki sent the Iraqi Army to crush the Iranian-backed Shia militias. Now Iraq’s Speaker of Parliamemt is getting the sort of treatment Iran normally reserves for Israelis or Americans: BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi parliamentary official says [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
OTHER VOICES When Secretary of Health & Human Services Mike Leavitt named TERRY CUNE to a new job in late July, he cited Cline's "experiences as a caregiver, manager of state-level health systems and builder of strong collaborative relationships." Those skills will certainly be put to the test when Cline takes over this month as the U.S. health attache in Iraq. In that rde, he will advise the Iraqi...
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
BAGHDAD (AP) - The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years - until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party. Even as violence has declined, lingering fear bred by rampant crime and a small but die-hard insurgency has left many Iraqi women afraid to run in the elections, to be held by Jan.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
3:28 p.m. ET BAGHDAD - The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years — until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party.Even as violence has declined, lingering fear bred by rampant crime and a small but die-hard insurgency has left many Iraqi women afraid to run in the elections, to be held by...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
BAGHDAD — The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years - until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party.Even as violence has declined, lingering fear bred by rampant crime and a small but die-hard insurgency has left many Iraqi women afraid to run in the elections, to be held by Jan. 31."I feel...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
BAGHDAD The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years - until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party.
Even as violence has declined, lingering fear bred by rampant crime and a small but die-hard insurgency has left many Iraqi women afraid to run in the elections, to be held by Jan. 31.
"I...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years - until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Last updated October 6, 2008 9:41 a.m. PTIraqi women fear going public as candidatesBy KIM GAMELASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERBAGHDAD -- The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years - until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party.Even as violence has declined, lingering fear bred by rampant crime and...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Did Obama really try to slow down progress in U.S.-Iraq talks? The Statement: Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin said at a campaign stop near Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 10 that "Senator Obama tried to make a secret deal with the Iraqi government" to delay an agreement that would spell out the U.S. troop presence in Iraq. [...]
Gabrielle Cusumano (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Jodie Evans, co-founder of the leftist anti-American group Code Pink, has documented ties to governments on the State Department’s list of current and former state sponsors of terrorism including Iran, Cuba,...
