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People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki refused Wednesday to dissolve the tribal support councils that have sparked tension among top political leaders. Maliki's refusal came in a letter he sent to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, saying "there is no practical or legal justification to dissolve the support councils after they managed to provide security, stability and backed the national reconciliation...
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (R) talks to vice-presidents Tareq al-Hashemi (L) and Adel Abdul-Mahdi before holding a meeting with other Iraqi political groups in Baghdad November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ) Iraq Shiites, Kurds Meet Sunni Demand On US Pact -- Yahoo News/AP BAGHDAD – Iraq's ruling Shiite and Kurdish blocs made a key concession Wednesday to Sunni Arab legislators...
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
An announcement from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stated that the election of Barack Obama as president of the U.S. would not lead to change in U.S. policy in Iraq. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that Obama had announced to the ... November 6, 2008, 11:22 am
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Reuters reports that Kuwait's first ambassador to Baghdad since Iraq conquered the tiny country in 1990 formally took office on Wednesday. Ali Al-Mumin presented his credentials to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a sign of the 'depth of relations between the two brotherly countries', Talabani's office said in a statement. Iraq still owes Kuwait billions of dollars in reparations and has been
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Kuwaiti ambassador-designate to Iraq Ali Al-Mu'min arrived yesterday in Baghdad and is due to present his credentials to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Al-Mu'min will be the first Kuwaiti ambassador to Iraq since Iraq invaded Kuwait in ... October 22, 2008, 1:01 pm
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq has unveiled a statue of a fallen American soldier as thanks for the American contribution. The KRG office in Washington, however, led by Qubad Talabany (Jalal Talabani's son) has circulated an e-mail condemning the 900 lies that led to war in Iraq. Qubad has yet to issue a retraction or an apology or explain why he saw fit to issue such a statement....
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
BAGHDAD, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government needs to develop stronger ties with Syria in all fields of diplomacy, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says. Citing Syria's ongoing support of the Iraqi people, Talabani said at a ceremony this week in Baghdad that his country was thankful for the assistance it had received from its Mideast neighbor, the Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA, reported Friday. The...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
An adviser to Nouri al-Maliki says the prime minister is meeting with President Jalal Talabani to review a "final draft" of the ...
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The Air Force Pundit (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
October 14, 2008 - 12:21:45 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdelmahdi said he, President Jalal Talabani and Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi met on Tuesday to hammer out a program for official meetings among the political powers to discuss solutions for pending problems, according to a presidential statement. “President Talabani held at al-Salam Palace in Baghdad a Presidential Board...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
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...
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Concrete Loop (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
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 [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
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...
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
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
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Left I on the News (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
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. (...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
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...
