This time it’s the elections law: Iraq’s presidential council rejected a measure Wednesday setting up provincial elections, sending it back to parliament in the latest setback to U.S.-backed national reconciliation efforts. The three-member panel, however, approved the 2008 budget and another law that provides limited amnesty to detainees in Iraqi custody. Those laws will take […]
And this is not coming from the New York Times or the Washington Post. This story is coming from the Marine Corps Times: A key aide says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s relations with U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus are so poor the Iraqi leader may ask Washington the withdraw the well-regarded U.S. military leader from […]
Well not shocking is the fact that the administration is downplaying what is happening in Iraq and denying they are on the brink of civil war: The US military rejected the idea that a civil war is brewing in Iraq, saying it had confirmed only seven major attacks on mosques across the country. Major General […]
The Iraqi constitution will go to the people without an endorsement from Parliament. The Sunni’s have rejected it do to issues involving federalism and references to the Ba’ath Party. This will no doubt strike a serious blow to the stabilization of the region. The Sunni’s have called upon international help in order to reach a […]
The talks have entered a deadlock and the Sunni’s refuse to sign on to the constitution in Iraq. Despite the deadlock, the constitution will be sent to parliament for a vote either Saturday or Sunday. A top Sunni negotiator has called on all Sunni’s to reject the constitution on the October 15 referendum vote. Today […]
Well this past week, we heard that Rumsfeld could be looking at pulling troops out starting as early as next spring, effectively setting a “timetable†which the President said would not be done. Rumsfeld also went to Iraq to push the Iraqi government to speed up their work on developing a democracy and securing their […]