10 hours ago by Joel Wing

The Pre-War Situation As recent events have shown, Kirkuk remains one of the outstanding issues in Iraqi politics. Not only does it have a national dynamic between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad, but a local one between Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, and Christians who live there and ar ...

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1 day ago by Neil Doyle

BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Iraqi security forces arrested five suspected members of the al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq terrorist groups Saturday, military officials said.

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4 days ago by Joel Wing

The recent delay of the passage of the 2010 election law showed that Kirkuk remains one of the major unresolved issues in Iraq. There is now talk that the United States will try to deal with the city before it withdraws its troops by the end of 2011. Joost Hilterman of the International Crisis Group ...

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4 days ago by Amos

BY AMOS Last week, the Iraqi parliament passed an elections law that was to have resolved some of the contentious issues surrounding voter eligibility. But today, one of Iraq's two vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashimi, vetoed the bill. Hashimi belongs to the Iraqi Islamic Party, a Sunni Islamist coalit ...

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6 days ago by Editors

أخبار عالمية مصرع واصابة اكثر من ستة اشخاص في كركوك قتل واصيب اكثر من ستة اشخاص اثر انفجار سيارة مفخخة في مدينة كركوك. وقالت وكالات الانباء ان سيارة مفخخة انفجرت مساء الاثنين ما أسفر عن مقتل مدنيين اثنين وإصابة اربعة اخرين بجروح في كركوك. واضافت الوكالات ان السيارة المفخخة كانت مركونة في شارع صلاح ا ...

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6 days ago by Neil Doyle

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a crowded market place in northern Kirkuk on Monday, killing two people and wounding 10 others, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.

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7 days ago by Scott Lucas

At the main Bazzar inside the city of Kirkuk, three languages are heard simultaneously, Kurdish, Arabic and Turkmani, not in that or any order. Here is the alleged site of the tomb of prophet Daniel, there is a Chaldean Church, here is the Talabani Takiyah and there is the ancient Citadel, here is t ...

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10 days ago by ken

Note that the new law also includes voting for individuals rather than having closed lists. According to Juan Cole the referendum on SOFA will also be held at the same time. The mainstream press nevers talks about this. Don't be surprised is some time between now and the elections this referendum wi ...

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10 days ago by EEChO

L’Oeuvre d’Orient organise une table ronde « Les Chrétiens ont-ils encore leur place en Irak ? » Animation : Jean-Marie Guénois, rédacteur en chef adjoint au Figaro, chargé des religions. Présentation : Mgr Philippe Brizard, directeur général de l’Oeuvre d’Orient Intervenants : Mgr Louis Sako, arche ...

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11 days ago by Joel Wing

On the night of November 8, 2009, Iraq’s parliament finally passed the 2010 election law. 195 of the 175 members were present, with 141 voting for the bill. As mentioned before, the law was originally supposed to be passed on October 16, but disputes over how to conduct voting in Tamim, home to the ...

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