Tue. December 02, 2008
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Frontline
December 2, 2008
The National
December 2, 2008
The biggest threat is perceived to come from the
Kurdish language, because the
Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a rebel group, has been fighting for more ...
eTaiwan News
December 2, 2008
But
Iraq's
Kurdish president,
Jalal Talabani, and others say their creation is sowing more instability, particularly in areas where Kurdish claims of ...
Xinhua
December 2, 2008
Frontline
December 2, 2008
Arab Times
December 2, 2008
Violence has fallen sharply over the past year as successive security crackdowns dealt insurgent groups a heavy blow, but
officials say militants are now ...
Christian Science Monitor
December 2, 2008
Mr.
Maliki came to power essentially by default in 2006 as head of a largely
Shiite-
Kurdish political coalition. Following an initial wave of popularity, ...
GMA news.tv
December 2, 2008
eTaiwan News
December 1, 2008
Online Journal
December 1, 2008
The Times states that the
Taliban "have for several years 'systematically encouraged' opium cultivation as a way to
finance their insurgency, the study said ...
International Herald Tribune
December 1, 2008
A ceremony to mark the end of the mission was scheduled Monday in Irbil, the capital of the
Kurdish self-ruled region 220 miles (350 kilometers) north of ...
Voice of America
December 1, 2008
It was approved by the main
Sunni, Shi'ite and
Kurdish factions, but opposed by lawmakers loyal to opposition cleric
Moqtada al-Sadr. ...
Detroit Free Press
December 1, 2008
It is encircled by a defensive earthen wall erected in recent years and protected by
Iraqi forces and
Kurdish militia, said Glosson, a platoon leader with ...
Reuters
December 1, 2008
By Tim Cocks
Baghdad (Reuters) - The UN envoy to
Iraq said on Sunday that militants will try but will fail to disrupt the country's provincial elections on ...
Washington Post
November 29, 2008
On June 8, 2006, US warplanes dropped two 500-pound bombs on a house where
Zarqawi was meeting with other insurgent leaders. But Zarqawi's death wasn't ...
Independent
November 29, 2008
I had been emphasising for several years that the
Iraqi insurgency against
the US occupation was essentially home grown. Aside from the suicide bombers ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
November 29, 2008
CNN
November 27, 2008
Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, a Kurd, said after Wednesday's parliament session that the package of political reforms is meant to alleviate concerns ...
The Media Line
November 27, 2008
The change in the balance of power in
Iraq is unsettling for
Turkey as it is already wrestling with its
Kurdish problem on three fronts. ...
The Media Line
November 27, 2008
The change in the balance of power in
Iraq is unsettling for
Turkey as it is already wrestling with its
Kurdish problem on three fronts. ...
The Australian
November 27, 2008
Much is at stake for the country, where the
US forces are still fighting the remnants of the insurgency. Defeat for the agreement would be a major blow for ...
PRESS TV
November 27, 2008
In the past two years,
Tehran and
Ankara established a bilateral commission to combat
Kurdish separatists (Turkish
PKK rebels and its outlawed branch ...
The National
November 27, 2008
Other units - those with mainly
Kurdish soldiers - are viewed with mistrust by the city's Arab majority. Elsewhere in
Iraq, the insurgency has waned to some ...
Washington Post
November 27, 2008
If voters rejected the agreement,
US forces would have to leave the country by the middle of 2010, according to
Shiite,
Sunni and
Kurdish lawmakers. ...
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
November 26, 2008
"This agreement is meant to support the nascent democratic process in
Iraq," said Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, a
Kurdish politician who advises ...
International Herald Tribune
November 25, 2008
The stakes are high for the country, which in a number of hot spots still depend on American forces to fight the remnants of the insurgency, ...
Middle East Online
November 25, 2008
Erturk says social conservatism, violence from
Insurgents, foreign troops, Islamists are impacting on Iraqi women. GENEVA - Iraqi women are the victims of ...
Washington Post
November 25, 2008
The
Iraqi government has no objection to semiautonomous
Kurdish authorities purchasing weapons and ammunition to arm their security forces, but it wants to ...
Asia Times Online
November 24, 2008
He wants lawmakers from the
Sunnis and
Kurdish groups to shoulder responsibility for the pact. Last week, his cabinet unanimously voted for the agreement. ...
Long War Journal
November 24, 2008
Los Angeles Times
November 24, 2008
Oil & Gas Journal
November 24, 2008
Times of the Internet
November 24, 2008
23 (UPI) -- Concerns about a possible conflict between
Baghdad and
Iraq's semi-autonomous
Kurdish region are rising with the delivery of weapons to the ...
Tehran Times
November 24, 2008
In response, Talabani, a
Sunni Kurd, and his two deputies - vice presidents Tariq al-Hashemi, a
Sunni Arab, and Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a
Shiite - issued a ...
Chicago Tribune
November 24, 2008
Iraqi police now guard
Churches throughout this tense, battle-scarred city, where once-dominant
Insurgents have lost ground in the face of a large-scale ...
Piter Indymedia
November 24, 2008
New York Times
November 22, 2008
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and KATHERINE ZOEPF
Baghdad - Raising the specters of a reborn insurgency, foreign attack and even
piracy if a security agreement with ...
Washington Post
November 22, 2008
Both militant
organizations operate from the mountainous areas along the Iraqi-Turkish border. Since 2003, dozens of Iranian troops and
Insurgents have died ...
