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Parliament in a mess over election law

'Hopes for a January election in Iraq faded today after Shiite Muslim and Kurdish legislators teamed up to vote for a new version of an election law that in effect takes seats away from Sunnis and is almost certain to draw another veto from the ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Mahmoud Othman

Mobile phones are biggest benefit of US invasion

What was happening in Iraq in 2000:"A woman known as Um Haydar was beheaded reportedly without charge or trial at the end of December 2000. She was 25 years' old and married with three children. Her husband was sought by the security authorities ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  23 Nov 2009

No peace in Iraq since 1970s

I have been thinking about this post for a few days and I thought about titling it “Ugly Peace in Iraq since 1980”. Some Iraqis (especially Kurds) would argue that even in the 1970s Iraq did not have real peace. Recently I have read a few articles ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Al-Qaeda,  Iraqi Army,  Columbia University,  Human Rights Watch

January 31 election deadline "impossible"

'A senior Kurdish leader on Friday moved to defuse the latest threat to Iraq's imperiled elections – a possible Kurdish boycott – saying ongoing discussions with Iraqi leaders and political party blocs were close to resolving their differences. "I am ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Electoral Commission,  United Nations

The sectarian segregation of Baghdad

Baghdad has been increasingly segregated by sect over the last six years as a result of the conflict. I read Joel Wng's post in which he mentioned that Amriya was listed as Shiite-majority in 2003, which struck me as odd. My uncles moved to Amriya ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  20 Nov 2009

Is global warming irreversible?

What was happening in Iraq in 2000:"A woman known as Um Haydar was beheaded reportedly without charge or trial at the end of December 2000. She was 25 years' old and married with three children. Her husband was sought by the security authorities ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  19 Nov 2009

Saddam's conversation with the FBI

According to Saddam, James Baker told Saddam that Iraq would be taken back to the pre-industrial age of if he did not comply with US conditions. After 40 consecutive days and nights of bombing, the former Secretary of State fulfilled his promise. ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  James Baker,  Central Intelligence Agency

Iraq war and nation-building have been expensive

The war has been huge for Iraqis, especially in terms of lives lost and forever changed by violence. For America the war in Iraq has also been very expensive. America's increased debt as a result of the war will only help China and other US creditors, ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Post Company

Al Qaeda in Iraq becoming less foreign

'Al Qaeda in Iraq is becoming more Iraqi and less dominated by foreigners as the insurgent group increasingly joins forces with Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party, the commander of U.S. forces said on Wednesday. Investigations into massive suicide ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Saddam Hussein,  Ray Odierno

Hashemi vetoes election law

What was happening in Iraq in 2000:"A woman known as Um Haydar was beheaded reportedly without charge or trial at the end of December 2000. She was 25 years' old and married with three children. Her husband was sought by the security authorities ...

From IRAQI MOJO, Iraqi Mojo,  18 Nov 2009

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