Iraq





the Voters in Kurdistan back Independence - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "92% - of the voters - in Iraqi Kurdistan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "opt for independence - over 70% - of the eligible electorate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "participate in the referendum - the referendum results are an overwhelming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "endorsement - in support for more autonomy - for the Kurdish regions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Masoud Barzani - the de facto president of the region’s Kurds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "uses the strong support - for the poll - as political leverage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "to negotiate a new deal - with Iraq - a peaceful - and democratic solution !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "( the old - autonomy treaty - had not been strong enough ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Kurds are conjoined - by ethnic identity - land - language !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and culture - they have a right - to determine - their future path !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "but Kurdistan - is not suddenly going - to declare UDI ! - ( unless forced - to do so ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Kurdish people - want to have a - civil state !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "with strong - secular - democratic - and humanitarian - values !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraq Report - BBC: LINK ¤ B B C

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  • "in Iraq - there are different - ethnic groups !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "sometimes cultures - are 4,000 years old !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Kurdish community - has managed to create - an autonomous region - of its own !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "there should be - more justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 




 

 

 

 

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Iraqi Yazidis - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "the Iraqi Yazidis - have a unique religion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

 

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  • "had been protected - from Isis !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Prime Minister Allawi - US cable - 2004: LINK ¤ 04BAGHDAD137

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  • "Prime Minister Allawi - said to the two visitors !"

 

 

 

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  • "from Al-Jazeera - neither he - nor any members of his staff !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "would cooperate - with Al-Jazeera !"

 

 

 

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  • "because it reported - independent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Legislators - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD2572

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  • "many parliament members - blamed the USA !"

 

 

 

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  • "there was a feeling - among educated Iraqis !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "that the US - in Iraq - must not only to try - to serve - US interests !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "( US-mandated reforms - in the oil sector ! )"

 

 

 

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  • "Iraqis - have to benefit - from the oil revenue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Civil Society - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD4103

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  • "Transitional National Assembly - TNA - member and civil society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "activist - Dr. Amal Kashif Al-Ghita - said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "both Iraq - and the US policy - must truly address - problems !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "in Iraq - unemployment - housing - education !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in all areas - and all sectors of the society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD2667

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  • "US department energy secretary - Bodman - met with !"

 

 

 

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  • "Prime Minister - Nuri al-Malaki - minister for electricity !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Karim Wahid al-Hasan - and deputy prime minister - Barham Saleh !"

 

 

 

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  • "Bodman said - that the private sector - should be the locus of resources !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and he strongly encouraged them - to open the - electricity market !"

 

 

 

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  • "to foreign - investment !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Trade - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD2381

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  • "US secretary commerce - Gutierrez - pressed Iraq !"

 

 

 

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  • "to change the - investment climate !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "particularly in the - hydrocarbon sector - with oil !"

 

 

 

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  • "Gutierrez pressed Iraq - to open the country - to international trade !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US had begun - to lobby - key members - of the parliament !"

 

 

 

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  • "for openness - in the oil - and gas sectors !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Military - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD2161

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  • "minister of human rights - Wijdan Mikhail Salim - requested !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "that the - US military - Haditha investigation !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "should include - Iraqi government - observers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "given the growing lack of confidence - among Iraqis !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "crimes - have to be punished - in Iraq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Prime Minister Maliki - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD1869

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  • "several times - Prime Minister Maliki - noted his "deep concern"  !"

 

 

 

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  • "about the situation in - Basrah !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "nefarious foreign involvement - compromised police force !"

 

 

 

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  • "and collapse - of the infrastructure - there !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Inflation - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD3601

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  • "Iraq's consumer price index - CPI - noted - 15.1% !"

 

 

 

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  • "in one month - one year - 76.6% !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Poultry Products - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD1382

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  • "the US embassy - received a correspondence - from the cabinet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "of ministers - to all ministries - directing them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to prohibit - the entrance of chicken !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "table egg - and hatching egg - to Iraq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to protect the - domestic poultry market - and provide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "support - for the development - of the domestic poultry sector !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy - had vigorously lobbied the - Iraqi government - against !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Food Subsidy - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD1286

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  • "Iraq intended - to reform its - public distribution system !"

 

 

 

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  • "PDS - a US$ 3 billion - subsidy program !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy - had lobbied the - Iraqi government !"

 

 

 

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  • "to gradually eliminating - this subsidy program !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Budget - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD955

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  • "one-third - of the Iraqi budget - US$ 3.2 billion !"

 

 

 

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  • "went to the - security ministries - interior - and defense !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "increased by 150 percent - from US$ 2.1 billion !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fuel - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD936

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  • "fuel supplies - were short - across Iraq !"

 

 

 

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  • "especially gasoline - diesel - and LPG - liquefied petroleum gas !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "refineries - were producing - less than half - of normal production !"

 

 

 

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  • "supplies continued - to be imported !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Corruption - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD750

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  • "Iraqi state oil - marketing organization - SOMO !"

 

 

 

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  • "director - al-Dujayli - said "the Fadhila party"  !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "had been blatantly - trying to use !"

 

 

 

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  • "control - over the ministry of oil !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "money from corruption - also deputy prime minister !"

 

 

 

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  • "Chalabi - himself - was involved in corruption - on oil contracts !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trade Union - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BAGHDAD282

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  • "the number one concern - of the labor union - leaders !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "they demanded - a certain legal status - in Iraq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "( under Saddam Hussein - there had been a ban on - public sector unionization ! )"

 

 

 

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  • "the labor union leaders say - more has to change !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IRAQ - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ IRAQ

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al-‘Irāq - Wikipedia AR: LINK ¤ al-‘Irāq
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