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Iraqi Kurdistan Halts Oil Exports
On 11 September Iraqi Kurdistan halted oil exports. According to Iraqi Oil Minister Abdelkarim al-Luaybi, speaking to reporters at a conference in the Jordanian capital Amman, “The government of the Kurdistan region today halted oil exports without...
Wheelchair Suicide Bomber Kills Two in Iraq
Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber in a wheelchair has attacked a police station near the capital, Baghdad, killing at least two people and wounding 18 others.
Shoe-throwing Journalist Released From Iraqi Jail
The journalist, who was jailed after he threw his shoes at then-U.S. president George Bush last December, was released from prison on Tuesday, CNN reported. Muntazer al-Zaidi, 30, an Iraqi correspondent for the Cairo-based Al-Baghdadiya TV channel, hurled...
No Change Where It is Needed
Blackwater left such a black mark on the reputation of the United States that even its owner, Erik Prince had to acknowledge it. Unfortunately, that acknowledgement did not go much further than a rebranding effort, which did little more than change the...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Says She Deplores the Reported Abuses of Iranian Political Prisoners
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she deplores the reported abuse in custody of Iranians rounded up in protests of the country’s disputed June 12 presidential election. Clinton discussed the situation in Iran with visiting British...
Iraqis Want Free Food Program to Continue
An Iraqi government survey conducted late 2008 has found that 95% of Iraqi families would prefer to keep the state’s free food program running rather than replace it with financial aid, a government spokesman said on 3 January.
Problems Surround Disbanding Of Iranian Rebel Camp In Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has found himself sandwiched between the demands of an influential neighbor, Iran, and the presence of a large occupation force of mostly U.S. soldiers, assured Iranian leaders during a recent visit to Tehran that...
Low Oil Prices Could Affect Iraqi Government’s Aid to Internally Displaced Persons
Low world oil prices could exacerbate the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs): The government, which relies on oil revenues for over 90 percent of its income, will have to cut financial assistance to IDPs in next year’s budget, an Iraqi...
