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For Iraqis, the documents and transcripts which were part of a massive state archive that American forces captured after they invaded Iraq in 2003 are considered a treasure and part of Iraq’s national heritage which should be returned to Iraq.</p> <p> <div style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; padding-left: 5px; width: 48%; padding-right: 5px; float: right; border-top: black 1px solid; border-right: black 1px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <p>All the archive of Saddam’s era were taken to the US after the invasion and Iraqis want them back, writes Salah Nasrawi</p> </p></div> <p> A very small portion of the documents, which include notes and recorded meetings, were made available to a few American and British media outlets and researchers last week, raising eyebrows among many Iraqis about the morality, legal responsibility and academic honesty of keeping and re-examining foreign documents seized during occupation. What makes the matter worse is that Iraqis have had no access to these documents and no single Iraqi expert participated at the discussions co-sponsored by the National Defence University and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, though they were supposed to provide new perspectives on Iraq under Saddam.</p> <p>Among the documents released were some which give a highly unusual look into Saddam’s most intimate thoughts and his calculations and perceptions of foreign affairs, such as American policy, Iran, Turkey, and relations with his Arab neighbours. The records of conversations of Saddam and his government which can give historians a window into Iraq’s former regime far surpass with their political and historic significance that of WikiLeaks documents which are merely diplomatic cables.</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/11/04/iraqs-stolen-memory/#more-13869" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13374"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/16/shiite-groups-behind-iraq-killings-officials-say-reuters/#respond" title="Comment on Shi’ite groups behind Iraq killings, officials say | Reuters">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 16th, 2011 by Burhan Aydin</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/16/shiite-groups-behind-iraq-killings-officials-say-reuters/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Shi’ite groups behind Iraq killings, officials say | Reuters">Shi’ite groups behind Iraq killings, officials say | Reuters</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-qaeda/" rel="tag">Al Qaeda</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assassination-campaigns/" rel="tag">Assassination campaigns</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assassinations/" rel="tag">Assassinations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath/" rel="tag">Ba'ath</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath-party/" rel="tag">baath party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baathists/" rel="tag">baathists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bombs/" rel="tag">bombs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-squads/" rel="tag">Death Squads</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/defense-ministry/" rel="tag">Defense Ministry</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/interior-ministry/" rel="tag">Interior Ministry</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/militia/" rel="tag">Militia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/militias/" rel="tag">Militias</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-violence/" rel="tag">political violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reuters/" rel="tag">Reuters</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/security-operations/" rel="tag">Security operations</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <p>Shi’ite militias rather than Sunni Islamist al Qaeda are behind a recent wave of assassinations of Iraqi government, police and military officials in Baghdad, security officials said.</p> <p>Militants have used silenced guns and bombs stuck to their targets to kill more than 38 officials in the last five months, according to Baghdad security operations. Interior Ministry sources have reported at least 51 such killings to Reuters in the same period.</p> <p>"This issue is the biggest concern for the security apparatus currently," said Major-General Hassan al-Baidhani, chief of staff for Baghdad’s security operations command.</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/16/shiite-groups-behind-iraq-killings-officials-say-reuters/#more-13374" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11184"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/29/iraqis-seek-out-private-schools-to-educate-children/#respond" title="Comment on Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 29th, 2010 by Nabil</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/29/iraqis-seek-out-private-schools-to-educate-children/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children">Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/category/children/" title="View all posts in Children" rel="category tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/alertnet/" rel="tag">AlertNet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath-party/" rel="tag">baath party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/crisis/" rel="tag">crisis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/education/" rel="tag">Education</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/education-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Education Crisis (Iraq)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/education-ministry/" rel="tag">Education Ministry</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/muhsin-abd-ali-al-furaiji/" rel="tag">Muhsin Abd Ali al-Furaiji</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/private-schools/" rel="tag">private schools</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reuters/" rel="tag">Reuters</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reuters-alertnet/" rel="tag">reuters alertnet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/universities/" rel="tag">Universities</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>BAGHDAD, June 29 (<a title="Reuters" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65O0KM.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters</a>) – Once banned under Saddam Hussein, private schools have flourished in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion as Iraqis become increasingly frustrated with their government’s failure to provide basic services. </p> <p>Despite economic woes after seven years of sectarian warfare and insurgent attacks, Iraqi parents are forking out $1,500 a term to send their children to private schools in the hopes of giving them a better future. </p> <p>There are now 201 private schools in Iraq, not including kindergartens, according to the Education Ministry. </p> <p>"When I pay this money, I am quite confident that my son will gain a certain level of education in addition to social status," said Sura Abdul-Hasan, whose seven-year-old son Mustafa is enrolled in a private school. "The money is nothing compared to the benefits my son gets." </p> <p>Under Saddam’s Baath party, education was viewed as the exclusive domain of the state and private schools, with the exception of kindergartens and universities, were forbidden. </p> <p>Education was standardised and the curriculum tended to promote patriotism and one-party rule. </p> <p>Now, as overall violence retreats despite continuing insurgent attacks, Iraqis are growing frustrated by the pace at which their country is trying to get back on its feet. </p> <p>Jobs are scarce, bombings and assassinations remain a daily threat, and electricity, clean water, sewage treatment and other basic services are in short supply. Two people have been killed in violent protests over power shortages this month. </p> <p>The failure of political parties since a general election in March to form a coalition government has cast further doubt over the ability of Iraqi leaders to deliver. </p> <p>In education, some progress has been made. </p> <p>Yet, one in five Iraqis over the age of 15 is illiterate, with illiteracy rates of 28 percent among women being double that of men, according to the United Nations. </p> <p>Eighty-five percent of children aged from six to 11 years attended primary school in 2007, when the sectarian slaughter peaked, compared with 91 percent in 1990, the U.N. said. The government has increased spending on education, but officials say they lack schools and teachers, many of whom fled abroad. Thousands of families have been driven from their homes by violence, interrupting their children’s schooling. </p> <p>MORE MONEY </p> <p>There is not enough money for new schools. </p> <p>"Most of our budget is spent on salaries," said Muhsin Abd Ali al-Furaiji, a senior advisor in the Ministry of Education. </p> <p>Furaiji said only 35 percent of existing teachers in the country had been properly trained. In some of Iraq’s 18,000 government schools, there are up to 60 children per class. </p> <p>Mama Ayser, a private school which caters for children from the age of four months to 12 years, has seen interest soar since it first opened in 2004 and is at full capacity with 500 pupils. </p> <p>"I have a waiting list," said headmistress Ayser Al-Azzawi. "I don’t want to take more because I want to give them good service." There are no more than 20 children per class. </p> <p>Azzawi said parents are turning to private schools because they want their children to learn English from an early age and be exposed to a broader curriculum than they would get in a public school. </p> <p>Mama Ayser has running water and electricity — often a luxury in Iraq — as well as computer facilities. </p> <p>Azzawi said private schools suffer from some of the same problems as government schools, particularly a shortage of teachers and buildings suitable to run schools in. </p> <p>Safety also remains a big concern and many parents feel more at ease sending their children to private schools which they feel are better protected. Mama Ayser has hired three security guards to patrol its grounds. </p> <p>For Iraqi parents who do not live near a private school, they are not always an option in these still troubled times. </p> <p>University professor Hala Adnan enrolled her six-year-old daughter briefly in Mama Ayser before deciding the long commute was an unacceptable risk. </p> <p>"I fear someone who knows that her father and I are university professors and that she is in a private school might kidnap her," said Adnan. "Everything is possible, and of course there are the explosions which never stop."</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65O0KM.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters AlertNet – Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11015"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/11/turkey-muddies-the-water/#respond" title="Comment on Turkey muddies the water">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 11th, 2010 by Nur Hussein Ghazali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/11/turkey-muddies-the-water/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Turkey muddies the water">Turkey muddies the water</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a 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In response, the government signed a deal with the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development to begin a project on the Tigris close to the Syrian-Turkish-Iraqi border, diverting enough water to fertilise 200,000 hectares.</p> <p>Baghdad was infuriated by the project and called Damascus to an "emergency meeting" to clarify the details of the "surprise plan" which would divert river water over long distances inside Syrian territories. Iraq’s Water Resources Ministry stated that any diverted water will affect Iraq’s already meagre water quota, which would negatively influence local agriculture and the economy. Iraqi officials also predicted that the plan will jeopardise already worsening relations between the two neighbouring states.</p> <p>Syria has not responded to Iraq’s invitation. Informed Syrian sources asserted that the project was conceived decades ago, and not a new concept at all, as the Iraqis are claiming. In fact, it is an indicator of warming relations between Syria and Turkey, because Ankara gave Damascus the green light to go ahead and begin the project.</p> <p>The plan is indeed old, but was delayed because previous governments in Turkey refused to sign any agreement to share water with Syria and Iraq. With encouragement from abroad, Ankara was fooled into believing that it would be stronger and have more leverage by controlling the water flow.</p> <p>Syria and Iraq have fought over water resources in the past. In the 1980s, it threatened to ignite a war. Eventually the quarrel came to include Turkey, especially after Ankara began building large dams on the Euphrates and Tigris. So far, no three-way agreement has been reached because Turkey refuses to share the water with Syria and Iraq.</p> <p>The heart of the problem lies in differences of interpretation of Syria and Iraq on the one hand, and Turkey on the other. Turkey believes the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which originate in the Taurus Mountains in Turkey and pass through Syria and Iraq, to be "marginally cross-border rivers" because they barely pass inside the borders of Syria and Iraq. But Syria and Iraq consider them major international water bodies which should be evenly divided among everyone.</p> <p>When the regimes in Damascus and Baghdad fell out in the 1970-80s, this negatively affected their rights to the waters of the Euphrates and Tigris and a number of smaller rivers, because they refused to sit together or with the Turkish side. Ankara used Syrian- Iraqi tensions to exercise control over the waters of the rivers and keep a much larger share than stipulated in international water agreements for itself. It constructed massive dams on the rivers, using their waters in agricultural and industrial projects along their banks. It cut down the amount of water going to each country, and refused to recognise that the two rivers were international waterways but rather local Turkish rivers which happen to pass through Syria and Iraq on their way to the Arab shore, south of Basra in Iraq.</p> <p>In 1974, Turkey began the Southeastern Anatolian (GAP) project which consists of 21 dams, 17 of which on the Euphrates including Ataturk Dam and four others on the River Tigris. It also included 19 power stations and 47 water reservoirs, and a variety of other projects in the fields of agriculture, industry, transportation, irrigation and communication. Ankara earmarked $32 billion for the project and received a large part of the budget from international funding in the form of loans and grants, especially from the US, Canada, Israel and France.</p> <p>In 1987, Syria and Iraq tried to gain some recognition over the waters of the two rivers, but it was too late. Turkey refused to negotiate with them as one party and dealt with each side separately, taking a disproportionate amount for itself. Damascus and Baghdad could do nothing, especially in light of the fact that Ankara continued its plans to construct dams and was able to cut off the flow of the river altogether to both neighbours.</p> <p>In 1989, Syria and Iraq agreed to divide the quota of the Euphrates River given to them, whereby Syria’s share amounted to 42 per cent and 52 per cent went to Iraq. Later, in 2000, the two sides agreed that Syria should receive a share of the Tigris water (which flows 50km inside its border), enough to irrigate almost 200,000 hectares of land.</p> <p>In the end, sharing the waters of the Euphrates and Tigris became a capricious matter, not relying on clear and precise agreements based on international law. Turkey’s whims dictate quotas with no base in international law. In 2007, a three-way meeting failed to result in a comprehensive agreement on the issue because Turkey refused to change the status quo and wanted to make it a de facto arrangement.</p> <p>Syria’s project to divert Tigris water, which it started publicly planning at the beginning of this year, has antagonised the Iraqis to an unexpected degree, and Baghdad’s reaction came as a surprise to Damascus. This is especially true since there is a preliminary agreement regarding this issue with the previous regime in Iraq, which Iraqis today consider invalid. The Syrians counter that the agreement was concluded with a legitimate Iraqi government and not one person per se, and it is illogical to annul agreements between countries every time the regime changes.</p> <p>Syrian political circles feel that Iraq’s reasoning is another attempt by Iraq’s government to raise tensions between the two countries, and manipulate this domestically now that Iraq is about to form a new government.</p> <p>Relations between the two neighbours have not been at their best for almost one year, after Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki accused Syria of hosting and assisting Al-Baath Party elements who support the ousted regime in Baghdad. Iraq claims these elements are behind a number of attacks in Baghdad which have killed hundreds of Iraqis. These accusations also came as a surprise for the Syrians who said they have tried their utmost in the past few years to prevent fighters from going into Iraq by more vigilant control of the border. At the same time, Syria is home to 1.5 million Iraqi refugees and says it has cooperated with Iraqi authorities.</p> <p>Syrian officials believe that Iraq’s objections to the Tigris project are not a result of Iraqi concerns over water but have other political goals to do with domestic Iraqi politics, power struggles among Iraqi factions, and complications in forming Iraq’s new cabinet.</p> <p>No doubt, the quarrel between Syria and Iraq over the past decades has allowed Turkey to do as it pleases with the waters of the Euphrates and Tigris. Today, closer ties between Damascus and Ankara — which could almost be described as a strategic alliance — are still not enough to convince Turkey to admit that these are international rivers, and it continues to control them unilaterally.</p> <p>Observers believe that rising political friction between Syria and Iraq, their distraction with secondary issues over more important ones, and their lax positions towards Turkey on the water issue and other matters have not only caused tension, but resulted in immense strategic losses for both parties. </p> <p>They will have to look beyond this current spat and focus on the real problem — resolving the quota issue with Turkey.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1002/re85.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Turkey muddies the water</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10604"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/19/qa-iraq-had-elections-so-why-isnt-there-a-new-government-mcclatchy/#respond" title="Comment on Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn’t there a new government? | McClatchy">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Nur Hussein Ghazali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/19/qa-iraq-had-elections-so-why-isnt-there-a-new-government-mcclatchy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn’t there a new government? | McClatchy">Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn’t there a new government? | McClatchy</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ahmad-chalabi/" rel="tag">Ahmad Chalabi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-sadr/" rel="tag">al sadr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/allawi/" rel="tag">Allawi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/" rel="tag">Arabs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath/" rel="tag">Ba'ath</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath-party/" rel="tag">baath party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baathists/" rel="tag">baathists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bombings/" rel="tag">Bombings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/caretaker-government/" rel="tag">caretaker government</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/chalabi-ahmed/" rel="tag">Chalabi - 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The margin was so close, however, that political maneuvering to change the results has delayed the seating of a new government.</p> <p>Here’s a look at where the election results stand, what happens next and when a new government might take shape in Baghdad.</p> <p>Q: Have the major players changed since election day?</p> <p>A: Not much. The main blocs are still Allawi’s Iraqiya, a mixed-sect ticket with broad Sunni support; Maliki’s State of Law, mostly from his conservative Shiite Dawa Party; the Iraqi National Alliance, the main religious Shiite grouping of Iranian-backed parties, including politicians loyal to militant cleric Muqtada al Sadr.</p> <p>The two main Kurdish parties ran on a single ticket as the Kurdistan Alliance. An upstart Kurdish opposition party, Gorran, won some seats, as well.</p> <p>Q: One of the first snags was an attempt to disqualify some winning candidates by accusing them of ties to the late dictator Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party. Did they lose their seats?</p> <p>A: There were several rounds of de-Baathification, the controversial process of rooting out former Baathists and barring them from public service. Former exile and Bush administration ally Ahmad Chalabi and his deputy Ali al Lami, who both ran in the elections, oversaw the purges.</p> <p>Hundreds of candidates were eliminated, but an Iraqi court Monday ruled in favor of nine victorious candidates whose cases were in dispute. Those candidates are expected to take their seats in the next parliament.</p> <p>Q: Maliki rejected the election commission’s results and demanded a partial recount. Did the recount uncover fraud or change the results?</p> <p>A: At Maliki’s insistence, a court ruled that the election commission should conduct a recount, but only in Baghdad province. The recount uncovered no major fraud and didn’t alter Allawi’s Iraqiya bloc’s slight lead.</p> <p>Q: OK, so now the recount is over and the de-Baathification efforts have been suspended. What’s next?</p> <p>A: The next step is for Iraq’s top court to certify the final election results, which would start the clock on forming a government in accordance with the Iraqi constitution. The chief delay now is the intense, behind-the-scenes haggling over who’ll get the prime minister’s post and other key positions. With no group winning an outright majority, alliances are starting to take shape.</p> <p>For now, it looks as if Maliki’s State of Law and the Shiite-dominated Iraqi National Alliance are pairing up to challenge Allawi’s group for a majority in parliament. However, the Sadrists, a backbone of the Alliance, have long opposed Maliki as premier, which jeopardizes cooperation between the two groups.</p> <p>Also, there’s growing concern that cutting out Allawi, whose bloc was the nation’s top vote-getter, would be unacceptable to millions of Iraqis who voted for him, especially the Sunni minority.</p> <p>Q. What do ordinary Iraqis think?</p> <p>A. The word on the street is similar to the criticism from political quarters: The leadership is too busy guarding its own interests to pay attention to the security and other needs of ordinary citizens.</p> <p>With so many government offices in limbo, Iraqis say, everyday aspects of life have slowed to a halt: obtaining passports, approving state jobs, road and utility repairs, awarding contracts, to name just a few.</p> <p>The longer and bloodier this transition becomes, the more Iraqis begin to question their participation in the democratic process.</p> <p>Q. So when can we expect to see a new government?</p> <p>A. It’s hard to say. Maliki has predicted that it won’t take longer than July. Foreign diplomats speculate it’ll be sometime this summer; religious authorities hope things will be resolved in time for the holy month of Ramadan, which begins in August; and other political observers fear that it could last into the fall.</p> <p>Q. What are some of the main points of negotiation among all these blocs?</p> <p>A. Each bloc holds some powerful cards. Allawi’s bloc is the top vote getter, has the most Sunni support and is looked upon favorably by both the Americans and Iraq’s Arab neighbors. Maliki also won a huge number of votes, is the incumbent and has branded himself with some success as a nationalist.</p> <p>The chief kingmakers are the Sadrists, who want hundreds of their prisoners released and some senior cabinet posts, and the Kurds, who are insisting on keeping the presidency, gaining control of oil-rich Kirkuk and other territories that Sunni Arabs also claim, and holding cabinet positions in numbers that are proportionate to the Kurdish population.</p> <p>Q. What’s the role of the Americans, the Iranians and other foreign powers with vested interests in the outcome of the Iraqi elections?</p> <p>A. Both the Americans and Iranians have played it cool publicly, while meeting privately with all the key players.</p> <p>The Americans prefer a government that includes Sunnis and other minorities and is diverse enough to act as a spoiler to outright Iranian control.</p> <p>The Iranians, who have numerous allies and agents in Iraq, would like to see a continuation of Tehran-friendly, Shiite-dominated government, though some Iranian officials have said that some of Allawi’s allies must be included in order to work toward a more stable Iraq.</p> <p>Q. Who’s in charge while all these negotiations are going on? Are there limitations on the caretaker government?</p> <p>A. Maliki’s administration is carrying on with business as usual, but absent a parliament, the government cannot enter into international treaties, declare war or make any other major decisions that normally would require parliamentary approval.</p> <p>Q. Are there constitutional mechanisms to ensure that the paralysis doesn’t last forever?</p> <p>A. Yes. However, the current government found loopholes after the last parliamentary elections in 2005. For example, the constitution calls for the naming of a speaker of parliament in the legislature’s first session. To get around this and buy more time, the last parliament simply called a session to order and didn’t adjourn it for several weeks.</p> <p>Strictly speaking, once the top court certifies the election results, the parliament must convene within 15 days. In the first session, the members are required to choose a speaker and two deputy speakers. After that, they’re supposed to name the Iraqi president, though the constitution doesn’t specify a timeline.</p> <p>Once a president is elected by parliament, the president has 15 days to ask the nominee of the largest bloc in parliament to form a government within a month. If that fails, the president can ask another candidate from any bloc to try.</p> <p>Q. Will the delay in forming a government affect security in Iraq?</p> <p>A. Many Iraqis, including members of the current parliament, argue that the delay already has chipped away at security.</p> <p>In the aftermath of a series of devastating bombings, including a day when attacks killed more than 100 people, some Iraqi politicians said that militants were taking advantage of the security void, which they blamed on the Iraqi leadership’s preoccupation with political negotiations.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/05/18/v-print/94397/qa-iraq-had-elections-so-why-isnt.html" class="external" target="_blank">Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn’t there a new government? | McClatchy</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10531"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/what-happens-next-in-iraq-after-baghdad-recount/#respond" title="Comment on What happens next in Iraq after Baghdad recount?">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Yusuf Al-Jezani</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/what-happens-next-in-iraq-after-baghdad-recount/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to What happens next in Iraq after Baghdad recount?">What happens next in Iraq after Baghdad recount?</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-najifi-osama/" rel="tag">al-Najifi -Osama</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-nujaifi-osama/" rel="tag">al-Nujaifi - 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They are just four seats short of a governing majority in the new 325-seat parliament. </p> <p>In theory, the president picked by the next parliament when it sits should give Allawi as the election winner the first shot at trying to form a government and 30 days in which to do so. </p> <p>The supreme court, though, has already issued an opinion stating that right could also legally be granted to the single biggest bloc in the new parliament. </p> <h3>WHO IS TALKING TO WHOM </h3> <p>In the meantime, State of Law and the INA will be talking to the recently unified Kurdish bloc about what concessions will be needed to bring the Kurds’ 57 or so seats into the fold. </p> <p>The Kurds want the presidency, a resumption in their oil exports, and commitments on disputed areas like Kirkuk, which the Kurds want wrapped into their semi-autonomous enclave. </p> <p>Maliki’s envoys will also be talking to members of Iraqiya who might cross the floor if offered a suitably attractive deal, such as a ministry. It will be important to bestow a Sunni tint on an otherwise Shi’ite-Kurdish dominated government. </p> <p>Among those who might be tempted to desert Allawi could be incumbent Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a prominent Sunni, or members of former Sunni lawmaker Saleh al-Mutlaq’s list. </p> <p>Hashemi would bring with him around 9 seats while Mutlaq’s former National Dialogue Front could deliver at least 20. Mutlaq himself was barred from the election because of alleged links to Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein’s outlawed Baath party. </p> <p>Sunni politician Osama al-Nujaifi, who controls around half of Iraqiya’s 20-odd seats in the violent northern province of Nineveh, may also be willing to deal with State of Law and INA. </p> <p>The inclusion of a large-enough Sunni bloc may defuse some of the outrage Sunnis will feel at Allawi being sidelined by the Shi’ite factions that have dominated Iraq since Saddam’s fall. </p> <h3>WHAT STILL STANDS IN THE WAY OF A SHI’ITE MEGA-MERGER </h3> <p>The pick of prime minister is a hurdle that could yet defeat the plans to create a Shi’ite mega-faction. </p> <p>Maliki, the top vote winner in the March election, insists that he be returned to office for a second term. </p> <p>But he is opposed by the movement of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, which won 39 of INA’s 70 seats and dislikes Maliki for sending troops to crush Sadr’s Mehdi Army militia. </p> <p>Maliki is viewed with disquiet within the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, which has seen its former dominance of Shi’ite politics whittled away by Maliki’s growing stature. </p> <p>In addition, the incumbent prime minister is thought to be viewed by Tehran as overly independent. Shi’ite power Iran has been an influential player in Iraq since its Shi’ite majority was propelled into political supremacy by the invasion. </p> <p>Under the tie-up, State of Law and INA were to create a 14-person committee to decide on a prime ministerial nominee. </p> <p>The formation of the panel has been stymied by disagreement within the INA as to who should be included in it, and by State of Law opposition to the INA side appointing too many Sadrists. </p> <p>The committee, once formed, will have a week to endorse a prime minister unanimously. If it fails, it will then vote on a selection. The winning candidate will need 80 percent support. If that also fails, a new mechanism will have to be agreed. </p> <h3>HOW LONG </h3> <p>It could still take months to form a new government. </p> <p>While the election results will most likely be certified by June, diplomats expect politicians to want a package deal on all remaining issues — prime minister, president and ministries — before the new parliament is allowed to hold its first session. </p> <p>A popular estimate for a new government is August, just when U.S. troops levels are supposed to go down by half to 50,000. </p> <h3>SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE </h3> <p>When Iraq waited months for a government in 2006, sectarian bloodshed took hold. Some fear history could repeat itself. </p> <p>But Iraq in 2010 is different to Iraq in 2006. </p> <p>The 650,000-plus troops and police Iraq now has have proven to be relatively professional, while not flawless, and capable of battling both Sunni insurgents and Shi’ite militia. </p> <p>Iraqis themselves are tired of war, and less inclined to turn a blind eye to or provide a safe haven for armed groups. </p> <p>Iraq has also signed 10 deals with global oil firms that could turn it into the world’s No. 2 oil producer. </p> <p>The allure of booming oil revenues may persuade many who might otherwise take up arms that it would be more profitable to join the government, than to fight it. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64E02O.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters AlertNet – SCENARIOS-What happens next in Iraq after Baghdad recount?</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10126"> <div 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Ramadani of London Metropolitican University on the political crisis in Baghdad </p> <p></strong>“The struggle for power has an economic underpinning with the conflict over oil resources, over control of key strategic posts in the government. These groupings have got their hands in the till, if you like, and the competition will be very intense. Neither side will give in, because it’s extremely lucrative to be in power in Iraq today." </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.english.rfi.fr/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source</strong></a> </li> </ol> <h3><font color="#800000">Human Rights</font></h3> <p> <strong>KUNA : Iraqi PM orders release of 379 detainees for lack of evidence – Military and Security – 27/04/2010</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki ordered on Tuesday the release of 379 detainees for lack of evidence. </p> <p>A statement by Maliki’s office said the order came upon a request by a panel formed by the prime minister in his capacity as commander of the armed forces. </p> <p>The statement provided no further details or the centers from which the 379 detainees would be freed. </p> <p>Reports leaked by the media earlier spoke of a secret prison in the Al-Muthanna Airport in Central Baghdad where scores of detainees are being held without trial, a matter which the government denied. (end) ahh.aj KUNA 271248 Apr 10NNNN </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2078909&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source</strong></a>: </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Who’s talking about torture in Iraq? | Chris Ames | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>A new report from Amnesty International highlights human rights abuses in present-day Iraq, mainly by armed groups, and the failure of the Iraqi authorities to take effective action to stop such abuses. It comes a week after revelations about a secret prison under the jurisdiction of the Iraqi prime minister, where detainees were allegedly tortured. How concerned is the UK government about these issues? Concerned mainly to play them down, it appears. </p> <p>Last Monday the Los Angeles Times reported that: "Hundreds of Sunni men disappeared for months into a secret Baghdad prison under the jurisdiction of prime minister Nouri Maliki’s military office, where many were routinely tortured." The existence of the prison is not disputed, and the allegations of abuse – including the death of one detainee –were apparently substantiated by an internal US embassy report. <br/>The report received very little coverage in Britain. I asked the Foreign Office if it had any comment, or had taken up the allegations with the Iraqi government. A spokesman said the FCO would not make a statement because of pre-election purdah but gave me general factual information to the effect that: "We discuss with senior Iraqi officials our concerns regarding allegations of the abuse of detainees, and urge the Government of Iraq to use all efforts to improve monitoring of all detention facilities in Iraq."</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/apr/27/torture-iraq-human-rights" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Political Coverage:</font></h3> <p> </p> <p> <strong>albawaba.com middle east news information::Iraq: Ruling on candidates delayed</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>A ruling by an Iraqi review panel on whether to wipe out the votes of nine winning candidates from March 7’s election has been delayed, possibly until next week, officials said on Tuesday. On Monday, the panel threw the Iraqi political process into turmoil after invalidating votes cast for 52 other candidates in last month’s ballot.</p> <p>The decision to debar candidates cast doubt on the two-seat lead of the cross-sectarian Iraqiya alliance. However, according to Reuters, members of the alliance, led by ex-premier Iyad Allawi, expect no change in its final tally of parliamentary seats because the candidate would be replaced by the next Iraqiya nominee in line in the same constituency.</p> <p>A separate decision that had been expected on Tuesday over the fate of nine winning candidates was seen as more significant and more likely to affect the result. "It has been postponed till Monday," said Faraj al-Haidari, head of the Independent High Electoral Commission. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/315283" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </p> <p></strong><em>See also: </em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63Q2IN20100427?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/topNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Top%20News%29" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq delays ruling on election candidate ban | Reuters</a>: </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>France24 – Iraq postpones election ruling</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>An Iraqi judicial panel postponed until Wednesday a decision on whether nine election-winning candidates be barred from taking up their seats, further complicating plans to form a new government.</p> <p>The judicial panel was due to decide on Tuesday if the candidates should be disqualified after allegations they had links to the Baath party of the late dictator Saddam Hussein or the military forces that dominated his regime.</p> <p>But a spokesman said the decision had been delayed until Wednesday.</p> <p>"Discussions took place but there will be no decision today. It will be tomorrow," said Ali Mahmud, spokesman for the controversial Justice and Accountability Committee (JAC) that recommended the disqualifications.</p> <p>Mahmud confirmed that only one winning candidate had been barred by the three-judge panel on Monday, rather than two as was originally stated. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.france24.com/en/20100427-iraq-postpones-election-ruling" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong> </p> </blockquote> <p><strong></strong></p> <h3><font color="#800000">Security Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Gunmen kill 2 college students in north Iraq</strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong></p> <blockquote><p>"Unidentified armed men in a car opened fire on students while they were leaving the dormitory of the College of Education in Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/27/c_13269670.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-8633"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/02/08/coups-dtats-in-iraq/#respond" title="Comment on Coups d’états in Iraq">No Comments</a></span> Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Ali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/02/08/coups-dtats-in-iraq/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Coups d’états in Iraq">Coups d’états in Iraq</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sectarian-government/" rel="tag">sectarian government</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/secular-vs-religious/" rel="tag">Secular vs. Religious</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/team-members/" rel="tag">Team Members</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/torture/" rel="tag">Torture</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Fatih Abdulsalam’s 4 part series was published in Al-Zaman newspaper’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/" class="external" target="_blank">English edition</a> between the third and sixth of February. (Links and "teaser" extracts are at the end of this posting.) The articles, as one expects from Fatih Abdulsalam, are well writtenn and worth reading in their entirety. I however want to concentrate upon an essential point: </p> <blockquote><p>Not every member of the Baath party was loyal to Saddam Hussein or his policies. <strong>There is a big difference between “Saddamists” and “Baathists”.</strong> The commission is treating both the same way. </p> <p>This blunder has made every Baathist a Saddamist whther they like it or not. And who was not a member of the Baath party. Without registering in the Baath party, there was no possibility for getting a job. And the government was almost the sole employer.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news�0-02-04kurd.htm" target="_blank" class="external">Will there be a coup d’état in Iraq? (2)</a></p> <p>He is right. This is a monumental blunder and one which, even if reversed, has caused massive damage to our already shredded political and social fabric. </p> <p>I know all about Saddamists. Like many who write on this site I experienced the Saddamist terror firsthand, I was one of those who rose in rebellion in 1991 and my wife and young family were first tortured and then killed by Saddam’s Mukhabarat. I completely understand the terror and loathing felt for the Saddamists by those now in power. But that does not blind me to the fact that <em>there is an enormous difference between somebody who joined the Ba’ath because they were forced to and a committed Ba’athist</em> who wholeheartedly supported Saddam’s regime of thugs, thieves, and torturers.</p> <p>In 1991 I was one of those who who was stupid enough to believe the cynical lies of American President President George H. W. Bush who on February 15, 1991, encouraged us to rise and remove Saddam from power saying this :</p> <blockquote><p>GEORGE H.W. BUSH: There is another way for the bloodshed to stop, and that is for the Iraqi military and the Iraqi people to take matters into their own hands and force Saddam Hussein, the dictator, to step aside, and then comply with the United Nations’ resolutions and rejoin the family of peace-loving nations.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source 1 (Text):</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/05/cp.00.html" class="external" target="_blank">CNN.com – Transcripts</a> </p> <p><strong>Source 2 (Text):</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=15016" class="external" target="_blank">KurdishMedia.com: The role and diplomacy of non-state actors: Case study on Kurds in Iraq </a></p> <p><strong>Source: 3 (Audiovisual):</strong> You watch and hear Bush saying it <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/video/ghw_bush_19_wm.html#v271" class="external" target="_blank">here from 2:33 in the recording</a>.</p> <p>Bush’s speech is perhaps the best known encouragement from the Americans to us and the Kurds to rise against Saddam but it was only one of many. <br/>American radio stations particularly Voice of America, and the Saudi-based radio station maintained and paid for by the CIA "Voice of Free Iraq"  made broadcast after broadcast urgng the Kurds and the Shi’a to rise up against Saddam and promising American support.</p> <p>Many of us were fooled by this cynical American ploy and rose against the tyrant. We lost. Far from helping us <em><strong>the Americans actively colluded with Saddam</strong></em>. The American general <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Schwarzkopf,_Jr." class="external" target="_blank">Schwartzkopf</a> allowed Saddam to use his airpower and heavy weaponry against us and with that our defeat and the defeat of the Kurds was a foregone conclusion. </p> <p>Nobody has ever been able to put reliable figures on how many were killed but at least 100,000 Shi’a were slaughtered and more than a million became refugees. The figures for the Kurds are equally horrific <em>at the very least</em> 100,000 Kurds were killed or "disappeared" and the numbers forced to flee their homes are again at least 1 million. Extrapolating from the numbes of found in mass graves since Saddam’s regime fell it seems that at 300,00 Kurds, Shia Arab Muslims and other dissidents were killed in reprisal for the uprising.</p> <p><strong>I and many others have very good reason to hate and despise Saddam’s followers.</strong></p> <p>I was wounded in the fighting and we had learned that I had been recognised and was being sought by officers of the Third Directorate of the <em>Mukhabarat</em>. That I am alive today is because a brave friend hid me, treated my injuries, and then arranged for me to be smuggled out of the country. My wife and young family were not so lucky as me. They were seized by men from the <em>Mukhabarat </em>as they fled from our home, they were tortured by the <em>Mukhabarat</em> and killed. Years later when they had tracked me down, Saddam’s <em>Mukhabarat</em> arranged for a tape of my wife and family’s screams begging their torturers to kill them to be sent to me. I still do not know where they are buried.</p> <p>I have as I say very good reason to hate and despise Saddam’s followers – and I do.  But there is as Fatih Abdulsalam rightly says <em>"a big difference between “Saddamists” and “Baathists”"</em>. There is a big difference between Saddamists, (who were mostly secularists), and Sunni Muslims. In any case as anybody with a shred of honesty will tell you many of Saddam’s most ardent supporters were from a Shia background.</p> <p>For the sake of short term political advantage the current political powers that be are trying to ram through yet another political measure aimed at disenfranchising not so much at Sunni Muslims <em>per se</em> as at secularists who mostly come from a Sunni background. In doing so they risk turning our country into a jigsaw of warring cantons. This is why the conflicts over Kirkuk, Mosul, and the other parts of Irak that are sometimes called "disputed areas" are heating up. Various groups are jostling for advantage in the struggles that will take place when (and <em>if</em>) the Americans leave.</p> <blockquote><p>Once withdrawn, local forces will take over, and Iraq’s file will no longer be of international interest. It will be purely a domestic affair. </p> <p>The possibility of a coup in these circumstances will be even higher. But no plotter and no coup would have the ability to spread control across the country. Coups will only have dominance over certain regions.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news�0-02-06kurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Fatih Abdulsalam:  Will there be a coup d’état in Iraq? (4)</a></p> <p><cite>"Coups will only have dominance over certain regions"</cite> or in other words the breakup of my country. The thing that the American invaders have wanted and worked so hard for. It falls to all of us who love our country to prevent this.</p> <p><em>Ali</em> </p> <h3>Extracts and Links</h3> <dl> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-02-03%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Fatih Abdulsalam:  Will there be a coup d’état in Iraq?</a> </dt> <dd>"The staging of a coup d’état is still there in the minds of some politicians but the possibility of its success is no longer there in Iraq, a high senior government official has been reported as saying…. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-02-03%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>   03/02/2010 </dd> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-02-04%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Fatih Abdulsalam:  Will there be a coup d’état in Iraq? (2)</a> </dt> <dd>The place of military coups in Iraqi political life, as I said earlier, needs more than one article. The reason is the fear that what now looks like a possibility will sooner or later turn into reality.p… <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-02-04%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>   04/02/2010 </dd> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-02-05%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Fatih Abdulsalam:  Will there be a coup d’état in Iraq? (3)</a> </dt> <dd>Politics is like football. The winner is only declared at the end of the game. But in football, the game is time-limited. In politics it is timeless…. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-02-05%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>   05/02/2010 </dd> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126153714/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-02-06%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Fatih Abdulsalam:  Will there be a coup d’état in Iraq? 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