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The International Crisis Group, in their last report, called for the demilitarization of ethnically mixed regions and the replacement of soldiers with police, but Iraqi officials rejected the idea because security in these areas is poor.</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/21/iraqi-officials-reject-demilitarization-of-disputed-territories-rudaw-in-english/#more-13421" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11700"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/10/26/exodus/#respond" title="Comment on Exodus">No Comments</a></span> Posted on October 26th, 2010 by Ali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/10/26/exodus/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Exodus">Exodus</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/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/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/category/human-rights/" title="View all posts in Human Rights" rel="category tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/category/religion/" title="View all posts in Religion" rel="category tag">Religion</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-amin/" rel="tag">al-Amin</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/america/" rel="tag">America</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/" rel="tag">Arabs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arbil/" rel="tag">Arbil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/archbishop-paul-faraj-kidnapping-and-murder-of/" rel="tag">Archbishop Paul Faraj - 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The mosque’s minarets tower over the cathedral, but the Maronites were built a spanking new archbishop’s house between the two buildings as compensation. Yet every day, the two calls to prayer – the clanging of church bells and the wailing of the muezzin – beat an infernal percussion across the city. Both bells and wails are tape recordings, but they have been turned up to the highest decibel pitch to outdo each other, louder than an aircraft’s roar, almost as crazed as the nightclub music from Gemmayzeh across the square. But the Christians are leaving.</p> <p>Across the Middle East, it is the same story of despairing – sometimes frightened – Christian minorities, and of an exodus that reaches almost Biblical proportions. Almost half of Iraq’s Christians have fled their country since the first Gulf War in 1991, most of them after the 2004 invasion – a weird tribute to the self-proclaimed Christian faith of the two Bush presidents who went to war with Iraq – and stand now at 550,000, scarcely 3 per cent of the population. More than half of Lebanon’s Christians now live outside their country. Once a majority, the nation’s one and a half million Christians, most of them Maronite Catholics, comprise perhaps 35 per cent of the Lebanese. Egypt’s Coptic Christians – there are at most around eight million – now represent less than 10 per cent of the population.</p> <p>This is, however, not so much a flight of fear, more a chronicle of a death foretold. Christians are being outbred by the majority Muslim populations in their countries and they are almost hopelessly divided. In Jerusalem, there are 13 different Christian churches and three patriarchs. A Muslim holds the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to prevent Armenian and Orthodox priests fighting each other at Easter. </p> <p>When more than 200 members of 14 different churches – some of them divided – gathered in Rome last week for a papal synod on the loss of Christian populations in the lands where Christianity began, it was greeted with boredom or ignored altogether by most of the West’s press.</p> <p>Yet nowhere is the Christian fate sadder than in the territories around Jerusalem. As Monsignor Fouad Twal, the ninth Latin patriarch of Jerusalem and the second to be an Arab, put it bleakly, "the Israelis regard us as 100 per cent Palestinian Arabs and we are oppressed in the same way as the Muslims. But Muslim fundamentalists identify us with the Christian West – which is not always true – and want us to pay the price." With Christian Palestinians in Bethlehem cut off from Jerusalem by the same Israeli wall which imprisons their Muslim brothers, there is now, Twal says, "a young generation of Christians who do not know or visit the Holy Sepulchre".</p> <p>The Jordanian royal family have always protected their Christian population – at 350,000, it is around 6 per cent of the population – but this is perhaps the only flame of hope in the region. The divisions within Christianity proved even more dangerous to their community than the great Sunni-Shia divide did to the Muslims of the Middle East. Even the Crusaders were divided in their 100-year occupation of Palestine, or "Outremer", as they called it. The Lebanese journalist Fady Noun, a Christian, wrote a profound article from Rome last week in which he spoke of the Christian loss as "a great wound haemorrhaging blood", and bemoaned both Christian division and "egoism" for what he saw as a spiritual as well as a physical emigration. "There are those Christians who reach a kind of indifference… in Western countries who, swayed by the culture of these countries and the media, persuade eastern Christians to forget their identity," he wrote.</p> <p>Pope Benedict, whose mournful visit to the Holy Land last year prompted him to call the special synod which ended in the Vatican at the weekend, has adopted his usual perspective – that, despite their difficulties, Christians of the "Holy Land" must reinvigorate their feelings as "living stones" of the Middle Eastern Church. "To live in dignity in your own nation is before everything a fundamental human right," he said. "That is why you must support conditions of peace and justice, which are indispensable for the harmonious development of all the inhabitants of the region." But the Pope’s words sometimes suggested that real peace and justice lay in salvation rather than historical renewal.</p> <p>Patriarch Twal believes that the Pope understood during his trip to Israel and the West Bank last year "the disastrous consequences of the conflict between Jews and Palestinian Arabs" and has stated openly that one of the principal causes of Christian emigration is "the Israeli occupation, the Christians’ lack of freedom of movement, and the economic circumstances in which they live". But he does not see the total disappearance of the Christian faith in the Middle East. "We must have the courage to accept that we are Arabs and Christians and be faithful to this identity. Our wonderful mission is to be a bridge between East and West."</p> <p>One anonymous prelate at the Rome synod, quoted in one of the synod’s working papers, took a more pragmatic view. "Let’s stop saying there is no problem with Muslims; this isn’t true," he said. "The problem doesn’t only come from fundamentalists, but from constitutions. In all the countries of the region except Lebanon, Christians are second-class citizens." If religious freedom is guaranteed in these countries, "it is limited by specific laws and practices". In Egypt, this has certainly been the case since President Sadat referred to himself as "the Muslim president of a Muslim country".</p> <p>The Lebanese Maronite Church – its priests, by the way, can marry – understands all too well how Christians can become aligned with political groups. The Lebanese writer Sami Khalife wrote last week in the French-language newspaper L’Orient-Le Jour – the francophone voice of Lebanon’s Christians – that a loss of moral authority had turned churches in his country into "political actors" which were beginning to sound like political parties. An open letter to the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, warning him to try to turn Lebanon into a "front line" against Israel, was signed by 250 Lebanese. Most of them were from the minority Christian community.</p> <p>Nor can the church ignore Saudi Arabia, where Christianity is banned as a religion just as much as the building of churches. Christians cannot visit the Islamic holy cities of Mecca or Medina – the doors of the Vatican and Canterbury Cathedral are at least open to Muslims – and 12 Filipinos and a priest were arrested in Saudi Arabia only this month for "proselytism" for holding a secret mass. There is, perhaps, a certain irony in the fact that the only balance to Christian emigration has been the arrival in the Middle East of perhaps a quarter of a million Christian Filipino guest workers – especially in the Gulf region – while Patriarch Twal reckons that around 40,000 of them now work and live in Israel and "Palestine".</p> <p>Needless to say, it is violence against Christians that occupies the West, a phenomenon nowhere better, or more bloodily, illustrated than by al-Qa’ida’s kidnapping of Archbishop Faraj Rahho in Mosul – an incident recorded in the US military archives revealed on Saturday – and his subsequent murder. When the Iraqi authorities later passed death sentences on two men for the killing, the church asked for them to be reprieved. In Egypt, there has been a gloomy increase in Christian-Muslim violence, especially in ancient villages in the far south of the country; in Cairo, Christian churches are now cordoned off by day-and-night police checkpoints.</p> <p>And while Western Christians routinely deplore the falling Christian populations of the Middle East, their visits to the region tend to concentrate on pilgrimages to Biblical sites rather than meetings with their Christian opposite numbers. </p> <p>Americans, so obsessed by the myths of East-West "clashes of civilisation" since 11 September 2001, often seem to regard Christianity as a "Western" rather than an Eastern religion, neatly separating the Middle East roots of their own religion from the lands of Islam. That in itself is a loss of faith.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-exodus-the-changing-map-of-the-middle-east-2116463.html" class="external" target="_blank">Robert Fisk: Exodus. 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Their businesses are targeted by extremists. Their leaders are kidnapped and assassinated. The Christian minority in Iraq, once a community left in peace to prosper, continues to be under threat from a campaign of persecution which has forced as many as 500,000 Christians to flee the country.</p> <p>During the reign of Saddam Hussein, the estimated 1.4 million Christians – many of them Chaldean-Assyrians and Armenians, with small numbers of Roman Catholics – were generally left alone if they didn’t oppose the government and they lived in relative peace with the country’s Sunnis and Shiites. </p> <p>Some, such as Tariq Aziz, Saddam’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister, rose to the highest levels of power.</p> <p>Things changed after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq toppled Saddam’s regime. Christians became a target of violence when Islamist groups and ordinary Muslims angered by the military action began seeing them as the enemy, associating with them with the "crusaders" – the invading armies of the United States and Britain.</p> <p>Tensions over their religious ties with the West and their differing beliefs to the strict Islamic majority, which had been simmering for years, spilled over as the occupying forces dug in.</p> <p>"Iraqi Christians became caught up in the overlapping violence and multiple conflicts unleashed after 2003," Dr. Kristian Ulrichsen, an Iraq expert at the London School of Economics and Political Science, told Deutsche Welle. "They became exposed to the similar patterns of kidnappings, extortion, beheadings, rape and forced taxation that affected all other communities as the erosion of central government control left a security vacuum that was exploited by organised and opportunistic criminality and anti-occupation resistance groups." </p> <p>"In addition to this, Christians specifically were targeted by Church bombings and assassination attempts owing to a perceived association with the aims and intentions of the occupying forces."</p> <h3>Association with occupying powers makes Christians targets</h3> <p>In 2004, insurgents launched a coordinated bombing campaign targeted churches in Baghdad. In 2007, after Pope Benedict XVI made comments perceived to be anti-Islam, nationwide attacks on churches hit an all-time high and a priest in the northern city of Mosul was kidnapped and later found beheaded. In January 2009, 40 Iraqi Christians were killed and approximately 12,000 fled their homes.</p> <p>In February this year, at least 10 Iraqi Christians were killed by unknown gunmen in Mosul as the country was preparing for the March 7 elections. The escalating violence ahead of the ballot led to hundreds of Iraqi Christians taking to the streets in a number of protests, chanting slogans such as "Stop the killing of Christians."</p> <p>During the years since the invasion, life for the Christian minority has become beset by danger. The waves of violent attacks against churches, businesses and homes have forced more than half of the Christian population to flee for their lives, according to statistcs from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Those churches which remain standing are mostly empty, their congregations long gone or too afraid to attend.</p> <p>"The Christian minority in Iraq has been reduced to a shadow of its former self," said Ulrichsen. "Up to two-thirds of the pre-war community has been displaced or forced to flee the country. Although conditions in Iraq have improved somewhat since 2007, the security situation remains intensely fragile and prone to reversal, and the return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes has been very slow and halting."</p> <p>"There’s a real possibility that 2,000 years of settlement by Christian communities in Iraq is in danger of near-total extinction." </p> <h3>US withdrawal leave Christians’ fate in Iraqi hands</h3> <p>As the United States steps up its military withdrawal from Iraq, the Christian minority is forced to look at the Iraqi security structure for protection. However, the prospect of being protecetd by the Iraqi police and armed forces fails to instill any confidence in the Christian minority.</p> <p>"The greatest concern about a US pullout is that extremists will exploit any lapses in security and attack vulnerable groups, including Christians," Samer Muscati, an Iraq expert from the Middle East division at Human Rights Watch, told Deutsche Welle. </p> <p>"Although the Iraqi government publicly condemns violence against Christians and other minority groups, it has not taken measures to bolster security in areas where minorities are particularly vulnerable to attacks, and it has not thoroughly investigated attacks," he added. "Iraqi security forces rarely apprehend, prosecute and punish perpetrators of such attacks, which has created a climate of impunity."</p> <h3>Christians search for ways to protect themselves </h3> <p>One muted proposal to protect the Christian minority involves the creation of an autonomous province on a neglected area of land located to the north and west of Mosul, called Ninawah Plain, which would act as a sanctuary.</p> <p>While advocates of the idea say it wouldn’t stop the violence against Christians in the large, high-risk cities of Mosul, Baghdad, and Al-Basrah, it would give the Christians a place where their needs could be met, their beliefs supported and their security guaranteed.</p> <p>The proposals suggest that Ninaweh Plain would an autonomous administrative region in which the Christian minority could govern themselves and would be free to participate in the federalist system which is developing in Iraq.</p> <h3>Creation of autonomous region plagued by problems </h3> <p>However, the idea of an autonomous region for the Christian minority in reality looks unviable. </p> <p>"The image of a real autonomy is unrealistic," Nizar Hanna, director of the Assyrian Democratic Movement’s Baghdad office, told Deutsche Welle. "Up to now, there are no concrete plans which show how this would work. Even in the Kurdish constitution, they have the right to autonomy in the areas where they are the majority but nowhere is this the case. Besides, there are no areas in which only Christians live. Shabak, Yazidis, Kurds and Arabs also live there." </p> <p>"To an extent a safe haven for Christians exists in Iraqi Kurdistan," Kristian Ulrichsen said. "Thousands of internally displaced Iraqi Christians have moved there. Although viable on humanitarian grounds, the creation of a specific region for Christians would be a short-term measure that does not offer a longer-term solution to the reconstruction of Iraqi society and the reintegration of its communities."</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6052335,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi Christians fear escalating persecution as US forces withdraw | World | Deutsche Welle | 09.10.2010</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/20130127040702/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/20130127040702/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/20130127040702/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/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ahmad-chalabi/" rel="tag">Ahmad Chalabi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-sadr/" rel="tag">al sadr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/allawi/" rel="tag">Allawi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/" rel="tag">Arabs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath/" rel="tag">Ba'ath</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath-party/" rel="tag">baath party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baathists/" rel="tag">baathists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bombings/" rel="tag">Bombings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/caretaker-government/" rel="tag">caretaker government</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/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/20130127040702/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-9382"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/28/asharq-al-awsats-interview-with-iyad-allawi/#respond" title="Comment on Asharq Al-Awsat’s Interview With Iyad Allawi">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 28th, 2010 by Nur Hussein Ghazali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/28/asharq-al-awsats-interview-with-iyad-allawi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Asharq Al-Awsat’s Interview With Iyad Allawi">Asharq Al-Awsat’s Interview With Iyad Allawi</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/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/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/" rel="tag">Arabs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/asharq-al-awsat/" rel="tag">Asharq Al-Awsat</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-results/" rel="tag">election results</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraqiya-list/" rel="tag">Iraqiya list</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iyad-allawi/" rel="tag">Iyad Allawi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/jalal-talabani/" rel="tag">Jalal Talabani</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdish-bloc/" rel="tag">Kurdish Bloc</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/" rel="tag">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/march-7th-2010-election-aftermath/" rel="tag">March 7th 2010 Election aftermath</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/national-iraqi-alliance/" rel="tag">National Iraqi Alliance</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sectarianism/" rel="tag">sectarianism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/separatism/" rel="tag">Separatism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/state-of-law-coalition/" rel="tag">State of Law Coalition</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkmen/" rel="tag">Turkmen</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/yazhidi/" rel="tag">Yazhidi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/yazidis/" rel="tag">yazidis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/yezidis/" rel="tag">Yezidis</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>London, <a title="Asharq Al-Awsat" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20383" class="external" target="_blank">Asharq Al-Awsat</a> – In this interview, Asharq Al-Awsat talks to the head of the Iraqiya National List, Iyad Allawi. It was announced on Friday evening that the Iraqiya bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s March 7 parliamentary elections. </p> <p>Q) How would you describe your relationship with the Kurds? </p> <p>A) We have deep and historical ties with our Kurdish brothers, as we have been allies, partners and companions on a long path of struggle spanning decades. Of course we might disagree in some areas but we agree on a lot more. Honestly, we consider Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, Muslims, Sunni or Shia, Christians, Sabians and Yazidis and all other segments and elements of Iraqi society partners in this country. None of these partners or citizens is above the other. </p> <p>Q) Will you ally with the Kurdistan Alliance to form a parliamentary bloc? </p> <p>A) We are serious about the alliance with our brothers in the Kurdistan Alliance and we will not forget the important national position of the Kurds as they nurtured the Iraqi opposition from the beginning of the 1990s and opened headquarters for opposition parties and made large sacrifices in this regard as the future of the opposition in Kurdistan was subjected to many problems with the former government. </p> <p>Q) Will you support President Jalal Talabani’s nomination for a second presidential term? </p> <p>A) Of course. It seems that President Talabani is the Kurdistan Alliance’s candidate for the presidency and we respect this nomination and waiting for this nomination to be made official. In the Iraqiya List we strongly contributed to the election of our brother Jalal Talabani as he is a national Iraqi figure. In general, authoritative positions will not be subjected to political quotas whether presidencies or [other] important posts. I repeat that we are waiting for the official nomination from the Kurdistan Alliance for President Jalal Talabani’s second term and this will be part of the dialogue and discussions that will take place after the final election results and there will be a political alliance that will include all centers. </p> <p>Q) There is talk about the possibility of the National Iraqi Alliance merging with the State of Law coalition, what is your comment in this regard? </p> <p>A) Each electoral bloc is free to make its decisions and they (the National Iraqi Alliance and the Daawa Party which is headed by Nouri al Maliki, head of the State of Law coalition) were allies. In fact they formed a large parliamentary bloc and this ended for reasons relating to management. I believe that restoring this coalition today will be unsuccessful, this is my personal opinion, [but] they are free to decide themselves. </p> <p>Q) Don’t you think that such a merger or alliance between the National Iraqi Alliance and the State of Law would be based on sectarianism? </p> <p>A) If that is the case then, God forbid, the situation will go back to square one with the formation of sectarian axes. In my discussions with the brothers in the Supreme Islamic Council and the Sadrist current I didn’t feel that they were willing to ally themselves based on sectarianism. Rather, we felt they were keen to ally themselves based on nationalism because they realized that coalitions (founded on sectarianism) did not succeed and they discovered that the Shia have a large and influential national, historical role. </p> <p>Q) Has there been any talk or discussions with the State of Law coalition headed by Nouri al Maliki? </p> <p>A) We do not have any ties to the State of Law coalition and we do not know their approaches. Our conversations are limited to the Kurdistan Alliance, the Sadrists and the Supreme Islamic Council and other Iraqi national political bodies and individuals. We want to form an Iraqi national government away from any kind of sectarian and political quotas in order to implement a program to build an institutional state, a state that respects the judiciary and the law and achieves services for the Iraqis and provides [good] economic conditions, a state that relies on Iraqi capabilities and works on returning migrants to their homes and their nation. We hope that the Iraqi electorate voted for this program and God willing the Iraqi citizen will raise his head [with pride].</p> <p><strong>Source</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20383" class="external" target="_blank">Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Iyad Allawi</a> By Maad Fayad Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9110"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/14/the-undoing-of-obamas-cairo-speech/#comments" title="Comment on The undoing of Obama’s Cairo speech">2 Comments</a></span> Posted on March 14th, 2010 by markfromireland</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/14/the-undoing-of-obamas-cairo-speech/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The undoing of Obama’s Cairo speech">The undoing of Obama’s 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President Obama’s speech "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/" class="external" target="_blank">Remarks By The President On A New Beginning</a>" at al-Azhar on June 4, 2009 actually represented a new beginning.  My experience of reactions amongst Muslims in general and Muslim Arabs in particular was neither Obama’s election or his speech had much effect. That Muslims in general were going to wait and see if the eleoquence and fine words were matched by actions.</p> <blockquote><p>Although a new team is now in the White House, much of the distrust persists. For example, the 2009 poll finds that in predominantly Muslim nations, there is generally little support for U.S.-led anti-terrorism efforts. Large numbers continue to consider the U.S. an enemy, including big majorities in Pakistan (64%) and the Palestinian territories (77%). And majorities in six of the seven Muslim nations surveyed say they are worried that the U.S. may become a military threat to their country some day.</p></blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1300/many-muslim-nations-less-favorable-to-obama" class="external" target="_blank">Obamamania Misses Most Muslim Countries – Pew Research Center</a></p> <p>Most of my American friends, in particular those who are on what, in America passes for the left wing, told me vehemently that I was wrong. That America had turned a new leaf, that when I said that from what I could see that when it came to Irak, Iran, Palestine, and Afghanistan that not only was the Obama administration exactly the same as the Bush adminsitration but that all the signs were that it intended massively ramping up the war in Affghanistan and massively ramping up the sabre rattling against Iran. That any administration which had the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/2715-hillary-clinton-will-speak-at-aipac-conference" class="external" target="_blank">Zionist supporting Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAZmO80dLfE" class="external" target="_blank">avowed Zionist Joe Biden</a> as Vice President would take anything that the Zionists would dish out. That they would work tirelessly to make sure that while their President could say as many pretty things as he liked that the ugliness and viciousness of American actions in the Middle East and South Asia would continue, would indeed be escalated.</p> <p>So what do what have?</p> <ul> <li>The American withdrawal from Irak is going precisely according to the Bush timetable and spare me please that oxymoronic garbage about "non-combat troops". </li> <li>America is indeed ramping up its war in Afghanistan and ramping up the "black" prisons and slaughter of civilians to boot. </li> <li>Then today we have learn that America is once again stockpiling "bunker buster" bombs on Diego Garcia: <br/>   <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/14/another-step-on-americas-road-to-war-with-iran/">Another Step On America’s Road To War With Iran | Gorilla’s Guides</a>:<br/> <blockquote>Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran</p></blockquote> </li> <li>To put it bluntly it seems that yet another American "war of choice" with a Muslim county, in this case Iran, is in the offing. </li> </ul> <p>The article below is from al-Jazeera as is the title of this posting. Read it and weep.</p> <p>markfromireland</p> </p></div> <p>The visit to Israel by Joe Biden, the US vice-president, may usher in a new stage in US foreign policy towards the Middle East peace process, a phase that is clearly different from what many Arabs hoped for after listening to Barack Obama, the US president, in Cairo last June.</p> <p>At that time, the young and charismatic president, who enjoyed wide Arab sympathy and support during his presidential election campaign, called for "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world", a new start that is based on mutual respect and honest politics.</p> <p>"America will align our policies with those who pursue peace and will say in public what we say in private," Obama said about the Arab-Israeli peace process, calling on Israel to "stop" the building of settlements.</p> <p>But just a few months later, Obama gave up on asking Israel to freeze the construction of settlements.</p> <p>He told <em>Time</em> magazine in January: "If we had anticipated some of these political problems on both sides [Israel and the Palestinians] earlier, we might not have raised expectations as high."</p> <p>He meant the expectations of the Palestinians, who refused to participate in peace talks unless the Israeli government of Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, declares a total freeze of settlement activities in the occupied territories. </p> <h3>Old politics</h3> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 250px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p><strong>Editor’s Note:</strong> More in depth coverage from Al-Jazeera can be found at the following links.</p> <h4>Videos:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/201031154037497783.html" class="external" target="_blank">Biden peace push frustrated</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/20103113455591684.html" class="external" target="_blank">Biden explains Israel rebuke</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/201031242923606941.html" class="external" target="_blank">Biden still believes in two-state solution</a> </li> </ul> <h4>Q&A:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/08/2009824145130254273.html" class="external" target="_blank">Settlements</a> </li> </ul> <h4>Focus</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/03/2010397570700354.html" class="external" target="_blank">Biden: America’s Middle East fixer?</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/imperium/2010/03/12/israeli-shoe-aimed-biden" class="external" target="_blank">Israeli shoe aimed at Biden</a> </li> </ul></div> <p>Moreover, the US administration turned the heat up on the Palestinians, urging them to engage in peace negotiations after Netanyahu announced a partial freeze of settlement activities in the West Bank for nine months.</p> <p>When the Palestinians, with Arab backing, agreed to start indirect negotiations, Israeli authorities shocked everyone, including Biden, by announcing new massive settlement construction plans during his visit.</p> <p>Biden responded by a strong condemnation and Netanyahu apologised for the "timing" of the announcement.</p> <p>At the end of his visit to Israel Biden told an audience in Tel Aviv that he "appreciated" the response of the Israeli prime minister, who "clarified that the beginning of actual construction on this particular project would likely take several years".</p> <p>Clearly, Biden failed to stop the illegal settlement plans. A very weak response to what many, including Israelis, considered an "insult" to the visiting vice-president.</p> <p>Moreover, his speech at Tel Aviv University was in many aspects the opposite of Obama’s Cairo speech.</p> <p>At Cairo University, Obama looked young, idealistic, charismatic and an advocate of change. At Tel Aviv University, Biden looked old, realistic, boring, and pragmatic.</p> <p>Listening to Biden’s speech reminds you of Senator Biden speaking to the annual dinner of the Washington-based pro-Israel lobby, Aipac, rather than the US vice-president going on an international tour to push forward the daunting Middle East peace process.</p> <p>In his speech, Biden used many of his old clichés that he used in the past to appeal to pro-Israel audiences.</p> <p>Those included statements from his first visit to Israel, his meeting with Golda Meir, the late Israel president, and his belief that "change will come to the Middle East when there is absolutely no space between America and Israel" and that "you don’t need to be a Jew to be a Zionist".</p> <p>It was a sad reminder of the old American political rhetoric that fails to find new common ground between Arabs and Israelis.</p> <p>Moreover, Biden downgraded the US role in the Middle East peace process from one of a guarantor and a sponsor, which Arabs expect, to one of a "facilitator", a "trust-builder" and a "bridging mechanism".</p> <h3>Facilitator</h3> <p>Biden emphasised his understanding of US role as "a facilitator" to a concerning level stressing that "the US cannot want peace more than the Israelis and the Palestinians want it".</p> <p>Biden forgot that Arabs joined the current peace process in 1991 at a crucial historical moment. It was only a couple of years after the end of the Cold War and a few months after the US successfully led an international coalition to expel Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader, from Kuwait.</p> <p>At that time, Arabs thought that only America, the sole superpower, could help to deliver peace to the Middle East.</p> <p>Biden also forgot that most of the progress achieved on the Arab Israel peace process – such as the establishment of the Palestinian Authority and the signing of a peace agreement between Israel and Jordan – took place during the years of Bill Clinton’s US presidency, when the US enjoyed unparallelled political and economic world power.</p> <p>It was the administration of George Bush, Obama’s predecessor, that squandered US prestige and financial advantage on many fronts, and which brought the US peace process to a semi-halt.</p> <p>The Bush-era was known for its neo-conservative bias towards Israel, disdain for diplomacy and distrust of Arabs and their interest in peace altogether.</p> <p>Since Obama came to office, many Arabs have been wondering if the US, under the Bush administration, lost the strategic and political capital necessary to push and guarantee the daunting "peace process".</p> <p>They saw a new administration busy with a domestic financial crisis, a divided and partisan political system, two unwinnable wars and competition with China.</p> <p>Some were afraid that Israel was quicker than Arabs in realising America’s weakness by fending off Obama’s calls for a freeze of settlements.</p> <p>Unfortunately, Biden speech could only deepen such fears.</p> <h3>‘Politically costly’</h3> <p>Since it came to the White House, the Obama administration has failed to achieve clear progress on many Middle East fronts.</p> <p>It could not persuade or pressure Iran away from its nuclear programmes, Syria away from Iran, Iraqi politicians away from sectarianism, Arab regimes towards democracy or Israel away from its expansionist and confrontational policies.</p> <p>During his speech, Biden told his audience repeatedly that Dennis Ross, a veteran peace negotiator from the Clinton administration and a known pro-Israel advocate, is with him. He said it about three times.</p> <p>Ross serves now as a special adviser to the US president at the US National Security Council.</p> <p>In his latest book, <em>Myth, Illusions, & Peace: Finding A New Direction for America</em> in the Middle East, Ross advocates many of the ideas and policies repeated by Biden and other senior Obama administration officials recently.</p> <p>Ross believes that successful peace negotiation should start with "gaining a sense of what Israel could live with and then trying to move the Arabs or Palestinian position accordingly".</p> <p>He ultimately believes that "it is politically costly for [Arab] regimes that lacked basic legitimacy to look as if they were conceding before getting anything from Israel".</p> <p>Therefore, he argues against "pressuring" or even "surprising" Israel.</p> <p>"American has many roles to play in helping peace – from clarifying, to mobilising financial and political support, to protecting and insulating, to assuring and guaranteeing, providing such guarantees can relate to the agreement itself – meaning the readiness to guarantee the implementation of the terms of the agreement."</p> <h3>"Common interests"</h3> <p>Unfortunately, such perspective sees peace between Israel and Palestinians as a long term goal that could wait while Arab regimes and Israel could co-operate urgently on more serious threats such as Iran and the Islamists.</p> <p>"Most Arab governments want Israel to be strong when it comes to Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Syria," says Ross.</p> <p>He believes that the "Palestinian issue" is a public consumption issue for many Arab regimes, an emotional cause that is often used to drain the West and to divert public attention from urgent domestic Arab needs.</p> <p>He argues that recent Israeli wars in Lebanon (2006) and Gaza (2009) did lead to some Arab street protests. But, they did not lead to the overthrow of any Arab regime or to a new oil curfew.</p> <p>Instead, he believes that "common interests" between Israel and the Arab countries, on issues such Iran and confronting the Islamists, are larger than expected.</p> <p>He believes that pushing the peace process forward will help strengthen Arab co-operation with Israel on such threats and push up to the surface. However, he obviously does not think it is a priority or an urgent need.</p> <p>Such views are clearly different from what many Arabs hoped for when they heard Obama speak at Cairo last June.</p> <p>They seem on the rise, which deals a serious blow to Arabs’ hope for a real change in US foreign policy towards the Middle East under the current administration</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/20103138156966488.html" class="external" target="_blank">Al Jazeera English – Focus – The undoing of Obama’s Cairo speech</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-8517"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/01/28/arab-turkmen-blocs-reject-deployment-of-peshmerga-in-kirkuk-aswat-al-iraq/#respond" title="Comment on Arab, Turkmen blocs reject deployment of Peshmerga in Kirkuk : Aswat Al Iraq">No Comments</a></span> Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Khaled</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/01/28/arab-turkmen-blocs-reject-deployment-of-peshmerga-in-kirkuk-aswat-al-iraq/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Arab, Turkmen blocs reject deployment of Peshmerga in Kirkuk : Aswat Al Iraq">Arab, Turkmen blocs reject deployment of Peshmerga in Kirkuk : Aswat Al Iraq</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/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/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arab-bloc-in-kirkuk/" rel="tag">Arab bloc in Kirkuk</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/" rel="tag">Arabs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assyrian/" rel="tag">Assyrian</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/aswat-al-iraq/" rel="tag">Aswat Al Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/aswat-al-iraq-features/" rel="tag">Aswat Al Iraq Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk/" rel="tag">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurds/" rel="tag">kurds</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peshmerga/" rel="tag">Peshmerga</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peshmerga-unlawful-deployments-of/" rel="tag">Peshmerga - 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Because of the strategic geographical location of the city, Kirkuk was the battle ground for three empires, Assyria, Babylonia and Media which controlled the city at various times. </p> <p>Kirkuk is the centre of the northern Iraqi petroleum industry. It is a historically and ethnically mixed city populated by Assyrians, Kurds, Arabs and Iraqi Turkmen. 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/saudi-arabia/" rel="tag">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sectarian-violence/" rel="tag">sectarian violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sectarianism/" rel="tag">sectarianism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/syria/" rel="tag">Syria</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/torture/" rel="tag">Torture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">مدينة الصدر‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/youtube/" rel="tag">YouTube</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>The Iraqi Ba’ath party was formed in 1954 by anti-communist and reactionary nationalist Shiite and Sunni Arabs.<b> </b> </p> </p> <p> From the beginning, the party was anti-democratic and soon after its formation it turned into a fascist organisation, with an Arab nationalist ideology that believed in attaining political power through non-democratic means, and in obliterating all other Iraqi democratic parties by the use of excessive force. This included the assassination of political opponents and co-operation with any external superpower that would enable them to take control of the state.[1] <p>Since 1979, the Ba’ath party has mainly been led by Sunni leaders, but this has not always been the case. During the early years of its formation, the Ba’ath party comprised a mixture of Shiite and Sunni leadership and policy makers. During the 50’s and up to the 1963 coup d’état when they first came into power, most of the political leaders in the party were Shiite. They included the founder of the Iraqi Ba’ath Party, Fouad Al Rikabi and the leader of the CIA-organised coup d’état in 1963, Ali Salih Al-Sadi, his second in command Hani Fkaiki, and many other leaders. I have covered this issue in more detail in several of my previous articles.[2] </p> <p>By the 1979 Ba’ath conference, the Saddam wing of the party succeeded in ousting all of its opponents within the "Iraqi Command" of the party. This was the milestone which turned the party into a sectarian organisation, utilising the state as the main sectarian tool against the Shiites and Kurds. It is important to emphasise that the Iraqi Sunni community were not to blame on this issue. </p> <p>The Iraqi Ba’ath party was then split into several factions after the March 2003 US/UK occupation of Iraq and the arrest of Saddam Hussein in December 2003. </p> <p>From studying the history of the past fifty years, we see that the Iraqi Ba’ath party was frequently used as an instrument for accomplishing US and UK policies in the Middle East and Gulf region. The overwhelming evidence is that the CIA used the Ba’ath party in order to achieve US objectives and that the CIA and the British MI6 were behind the 1963 and 1968<b> </b>coups d’état which twice brought the Ba’ath party to power.[3] </p> <p>The Ba’ath was the major tool used in the bloody coup d’etat of 1963 against the Kassim regime and the progressive movements in Iraq. Ali Salih Al-Sadi, the Ba’ath party leader who headed the coup and consequently became Prime Minster, later admitted that they came to power in a coup organised and financed by the CIA and British Intelligence Services, in order to freeze Law 80. The law was introduced by General Kassim’s government in 1961 to recover over 99.5% of Iraqi territory from the control of the international oil companies (IOCs) and return it to Iraqi sovereignty.[4] </p> <p>The role the Iraqi Ba’ath party played in the success of the US plans to control the Middle East has now been well recognised by many historians. </p> <p>Detailed information concerning this was revealed in the book, <i>A Brutal Friendship: The West and the Arab Elite</i> (1997) by Said K. Aburish, which sets out in depth, not only how the CIA closely controlled the planning stages, but also how it played a central role in the subsequent purge of suspected democrats and communists after the coup. The author believes that 5,000 people were killed, giving the names of 600 of them — including many doctors, lawyers, teachers and professors who formed Iraq’s educated elite. The massacre was carried out on the basis of death lists provided by the CIA. The Ba’ath party leaders, in return for CIA support, agreed to "undertake a cleansing programme to get rid of the communists and their democratic allies." Hani Fkaiki, a Ba’ath party leader, says that the party’s contact man who orchestrated the coup was William Lakeland, the US assistant military attaché in Baghdad.[5] </p> <p>There are also many documented claims that Saddam Hussein started working as a CIA agent back in 1957, at the time when he joined the Ba’ath party.[6] </p> <p>On July 17 1968, the Ba’ath party returned to power for the second time and then on July 30, 1968 there was a coup within the coup, the purpose of which was stated on Iraqi TV by Saddam Hussein, to remove two of the original organisers who were representing the CIA. </p> <p>In 1980, the Ba’ath regime started an eight year war against Iran to bring to a halt the spreading of ideas and influence of the 1979 Iranian revolution, in line with the objectives of US strategy in the Gulf at the time. The Ba’ath government was supported militarily, politically and financially by the US, UK and all the Arab reactionary regimes in the area during this war. The US succeeded not only in countering the influence of the Iranian revolution, but also in returning to the US all the hundreds of billions of dollars which states in the area had accumulated from the sale of their oil in the 1980’s.[7] </p> <p>After the collapse of the USSR in 1989, the US was no longer interested in a partnership with the Iraqi Ba’ath party (in a similar way that it withdrew support from Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega in 1989) and instead shifted their policies to the direct and full control of the Gulf area. This meant that the US now had no more need for the Iraqi Ba’ath party and when the Iraqi Ba’athists attacked and occupied Kuwait in August 1990, this allowed the US, the only super power left, to use this opportunity to take full military, political and economical control of the Middle East. </p> <p>Therefore, no one should be surprised if US policy makers may today be hoping to use the Ba’ath party as it did in 1963 and 1980. </p> <p>Furthermore, some Iraqi and international analysts who supported the 2003 US occupation of Iraq are now becoming supporters of the CIA’s plans to officially return the Ba’ath party to the political arena in Iraq. They insist that all the mistakes and brutality which happened during both periods that the Ba’ath party held power, had in fact nothing to do with the fascist ideology of the Ba’ath party and that the only people responsible were the principal leaders, such as Saddam Hussein. </p> <p>However, if we study fascist movements through history, we see that they all needed to create, "The Leader" in order to succeed in controlling their people. The German Nazis created Hitler, the Italian Fascists made Mussolini, whereas the Iraqi Ba’athists produced Saddam in order to rule Iraq for 35 years. It is not the leader who creates the movements, as some would have us believe, in order to place all the blame on that one individual and allow the fascist ideas to re-emerge after the old leader vanishes following his military defeat. </p> <p>Today with the re-emergence of the Ba’ath party as a major military threat to the political process in Iraq (again with the help of the CIA) and in open co-operation with the US plans, they are in the process of creating leaders to replace Saddam Hussein, such as Iyad Allawi (a Shiite Ba’athist), Saleh Al-Mutlag, Mohammed Younis, and even Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri. </p> <p>There are some who will disagree with this analysis of the Ba’ath regime in Iraq as a pro-Western regime because of the nationalisation of Iraqi oil between 1972 and 1975. However, if we look in depth at what happened in the 1970’s, we will see that the first country to start the process of oil nationalisation was Algeria in 1970, when they nationalised the interests of "Total," the French oil giant, in Algeria. This was followed by Libya in 1971, when colonel Gadafi nationalised BP’s shares in Libyan oil. </p> <p>Between 1972 and 1979, all the Gulf countries, including the states that had newly emerged from under British occupation, nationalised their oil. This included the Shah of Iran (who had been re-instated by the CIA/MI6 coup d’état in1953 after the nationalisation of Iranian oil by Dr. Mossadeq), and the newly appointed Saudi king who was brought to power after the assassination of King Faisal in 1974 (an assassination widely believed in the Middle East to be organised by the CIA after Faisal ordered the halt of Saudi oil exportation during the October 1973 war between Israel and the Arabs), the Iraqi Ba’ath regime and all the other Gulf states. Furthermore, the rulers of Kuwait, UAE, Qatar and Oman who nationalized their oil were still very much under strong British influences and control throughout the 1970’s. </p> <p>We should not underestimate the significance of oil nationalisation in the 1970’s, but these<b> </b>nationalisations took place for different reasons, which are not covered in this analysis, and do not indicate that they were signs of an anti-Western shift, as the vast majority of the countries who did nationalise their oil were very much under US/British influences and control. </p> <p>We should take note here that almost all the Middle Eastern countries, to this date, have kept their oil completely nationalised, including the pro-Western Saudi and Kuwaiti regimes, but excluding the Iraqi Ba’ath regime that started its privatisation program with the first Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) contract with the Russian oil company, Lukoil, in 1997, which was followed by a second PSA contract in 2000 with the Chinese oil company, CNOC, and subsequently followed by several PSA contracts with other foreign companies. </p> <h3>What are the new US policies in Iraq? </h3> <p>The US occupation of Iraq in 2003 did not for the most part achieve the neo-conservatives’ aims to privatise and control the oil and gas wealth and turn Iraq into the main US military base in the Middle East; but they have not entirely failed.<b> </b> </p> </p> <p> It is quite obvious now that the existing political process in Iraq, with all its negatives, including corruption and its sectarian structure, will not guarantee the US to fully achieve its objectives. That is why US policies and tactics in Iraq needed to be changed. Thus, US officials have become interested in bringing back the Ba’athists, their "old friends," who are more likely to guarantee the success of US plans. <p>The first step occurred in the middle of 2004, when the US occupying administration appointed Iyad Allawi, the CIA man and an old Shiite Ba’athist, as Prime Minister, who within days of his appointment started his massacre — in cooperation with the United States — of thousands of civilians in Najaf, Sadr city and Fallujah. He returned thousands of old Baath army officers to the newly formed Iraqi army and developed the "Iraqi National Intelligence Service" ( INIS), under the leadership of the old Baathist general, Muhammed Abdulla Al-Shahwani, an organisation which became directly operated, financed and controlled by the CIA in Baghdad. </p> <p>But the major change in the US tactical policies took place at the time of the Baker-Hamilton report (Iraqi Study Group — ISG), which represented for the first time the combined views of the neo-conservative Republicans and the Democrats following the US midterms elections of 2006. Since that report the US administration started secret negotiations with many elements of the insurgents and their biggest success since the start of the occupation was the creation of the "Awakenings" groups or "Alsahwa" movements. They succeeded in turning over 120,000 of the old enemies to their local private armies, by offering them a share of political power. By arming and financing them at the same time, they succeed in keeping them under US army control. They brought the "Alsahwa" movements into the political process with the assurance of their support for US plans. However, the above achievements still did not guarantee the full success of the US administration’s plans. </p> <p>The Bush administration started officially forcing their new policies of Re-Ba’athification on the Iraqi parties in the political process in 2006, under the slogan of "re-conciliation." They began with a meeting between President Bush and the Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki in Amman, which was followed by meetings between Bush and Al-Hakim of the Shiite SCIRI and Al-Hashmi of the Sunni Islamic party; these were followed immediately by the so-called "conference of re-conciliation" in Baghdad, to which several Ba’ath party officials were invited. The policy of co-operation with the Ba’athists represents a major shift in the policies of the Shiite SCIRI movement, which was previously against such co-operation with the Ba’athists, demonstrating the SCIRI’s weakness and inability to resist US pressure.[8] </p> <p>The latest speech of the new leader of the SCIRI, Mr. Ammar Al Hakim, on Nov. 17, 2009, who took over the leadership of SCIRI after the recent death of his father, clearly stated that the Ba’ath party should be accepted back in the Iraqi political arena and called for their return.[9] </p> <p>We should not be surprised to see the change of heart within the SCIRI leadership, as their new financial interests are connected to sustaining the US influence in Iraq, and several of their leaders were old members of the Ba’ath party, including the existing Vice President of Iraq, Mr. Adel Abdul Mahdi, who was a member of the Ba’ath National Guards when it carried out its killings in 1963. In addition, after the collapse of the Ba’ath regime in April 2003, thousands of Shiite Ba’athists, many of whom were part of the Ba’ath party’s security apparatus and responsible for the mass torture and killings of tens of thousands of Shiite civilians during the Ba’ath regime, joined the SCIRI in order to escape the revenge of ordinary Shiite people and return to new positions of power through their new leaders. </p> <p>The new US administration is now working very hard to bring all wings of the Ba’ath party to the political process through all types of negotiations, but on the condition that Washington will be assured of their support. </p> <p>In early 2008, under intense American pressure, Mr. Maliki pushed through Parliament a law to ease restrictions on the return of Ba’ath Party leaders to public life. However, eighteen months later, the US has still been unable to achieve its aim, and this has become a main obstacle to the US plan to bring the Ba’ath party back.[10] </p> <p>On April 18, 2009, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell, flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of Saddam Hussein’s top generals, the commander of the final defence of Baghdad in 2003, Lt. Gen. Raad Majid al-Hamdani, to return to Iraq, giving him all kind of assurances that he will have a place in the new Iraq. This was all happening at the same time that the general was meeting with representatives of Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri, who was a Vice President under Saddam Hussein, and also with representatives of Douri’s rival for the party leadership, Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed. General Hamdani also confirmed that American and British officials had attended nearly every meeting since March 2008, in both Amman and Baghdad.[11] </p> <p>Posters were distributed in many parts of Baghdad and the western provinces of Iraq in the past few weeks, signed by Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, calling for all Ba’athists and their friends to support the "Iraqi National List" which is headed by Iyad Allawi (a Shiite Ba’athist) and Saleh Al-Mutlag (a Sunni Ba’athist) in the March 2010 election. At the end of July, a statement by al-Douri was also placed on the Ba’ath Party and insurgent’s website, suggesting political reconciliation.[12] </p> <p>The recent terrorist bombs attacks in August, October and December 2009 in Baghdad were well organised mass explosions, which resulted in the killings of hundreds and injury to thousands of innocent civilians. These were well orchestrated tactics designed to insure that ordinary Iraqi civilians accept as a reality, that as long as the Ba’ath party is not included in the political process, then massacres will continue to happen and thus that the Iraqi people have no alternative but to accept the Ba’ath party back, if they want the killings to stop. </p> <p>The evidence to this date, points the finger at the wing of the Ba’ath party which is headed by Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, using his friends from Al Qaida as suicide bombers, (who are heavily financed by sources in Saudi Arabia), but with — according to members of the Iraqi parliament — the full co-operation of the CIA-controlled Iraqi security organisation INIS. This organisation has thousands of Shiite, Kurd and Sunni employees, who were part of the old Ba’ath security services organisations. This was revealed after the first bombing which happened in August 2009. On the second day after the August bombing, the Iraqi Prime Minister called the head of the INIS, General Muhammed Al Shahwani, to his office and confronted him with the clear evidence that INIS men were involved in the bombing. According to several Arabic TV stations, he sacked Al Shahwani and the CIA flew him back the same night to the US, where he was a US resident before the 2003 occupation of Iraq. It is a well-known secret that the INIS is a CIA-controlled Iraqi security organisation, which is managed and operated by the CIA, paid for from Swiss banks from CIA accounts, as it was pointed out several times by some members of the Federal Iraqi parliament in open sessions. This CIA-controlled Iraqi security organisation is still to this date operating, but with a new acting head, from their headquarters in the green zone.</p> <p>It is in the interest of all sections of the Ba’ath party to continue the sectarian divisions in Iraq, in order to maintain their influence on Iraqi politics. The Ba’athists have lost all their support and organisations in the Kurdish and Shiite areas, and they are aware that they have no future there. The only way for them to keep their role in the future of Iraq is to sustain such divisions. Without them they will fade away from the political map, as was the case for many fascist movements around the globe.[13] </p> <p>It is important to emphasise that when we talk about the Ba’ath party and their crimes, we are talking about the senior leaders of the party who were responsible for planning and carrying out all the crimes against the ordinary civilian Iraqi people and the other Iraqi political movements. This includes members of their security apparatus, who tortured and killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis during the forty years or so since 1963, when they first came to power and senior Ba’athist army officers who carried out with much enthusiasm the crimes of the party. These are not the ordinary members of the party, many of whom joined the party for various personal reasons and were not involved in these crimes. The US plans are to return to power the most vicious Ba’athist criminals, the main leaders of the party and members of the old security services and army officers who were and still are involved in the massacres.</p> <p>The US Vice President’s trip at the beginning of July 2009, which was aimed at pressurising Iraq to comply with US demands ahead of a supposed American military pullout by 2011, comes just after President Barack Obama charged Biden with overseeing the US hypothetical departure. Biden is well known in Iraq for his earlier support of a plan to divide Iraq into three "autonomous" regions, one for each major ethnic group here — Sunni Arab, Shiite Arab and Kurd — under some kind of fake central government. A stark reminder of the legacy inherited by Obama’s administration, however, came in Sadr City, where thousands of supporters of Sadr, chanted anti-US slogans. "No, no America, No, no occupation, Yes, yes Iraq" they shouted as a US flag was reduced to ashes.[14] </p> <p><b>Conclusions</b></p> <p>1. The US neo-conservatives’ policies did not succeed in keeping Iraq under direct US occupation or as a complete satellite state, but this should not be interpreted as the total failure of the old polices.</p> <p>2. The 2003 US neo-conservative administration had several objectives from their easy military victory in the April 2003 occupation of Iraq. One of the main objectives of the occupation was the privatisation of Iraqi oil and gas wealth, together with the complete control of this wealth in order to control the oil resources of the world. Although US officials have been unable to swiftly succeed in their privatisation policies, they have still managed to achieve some success in partially controlling this wealth, and anticipate that 2010 will bring the Oil Law to life, and they will then be able to privatise Iraqi’s oil.</p> <p>The second objective was to make Iraq the central military base to control the Persian/Arabian gulf area. They aimed to use Iraq as a forward base for the attack on the Iranian Islamic government, in order to stop their influence in the area and replace the regime in Syria with a more friendly one which will accept the full US/Israeli control of the Middle East. They are still working hard to achieve these goals with the help of the US/Iraqi Strategic Framework agreement with their call that the only enemies to the Iraqi people are the Iranians and not the 130,000 US solders with 120,000 foreign mercenaries.</p> <p>3. Recent Iraqi history has shown that no political party in the area had served the US strategic polices in the Middle East better then the Iraqi Ba’ath party.[15]</p> <p>From studying the history of the past fifty years, the Iraqi Ba’ath party was frequently used as an instrument in accomplishing US and UK strategic policies in the Middle East and the Gulf. The evidence today is overwhelming, that the CIA has used the Ba’ath party to reach his objectives and that the CIA and the British MI6 were behind the 1963 and 1968 coups d’état which twice brought the Ba’ath party to power.[16]</p> <p>4. The existing US administration’s policies in Iraq are determined to bring most, if not all, the old and new wings of the Ba’ath party to play a major role in the Iraqi political process. The US administration in Iraq is working hard to make it acceptable to some parties in the political process to be acquainted with the Ba’ath party as one of the "democratic" powers of Iraqi society and they are arranging their plans in stages.</p> <p>The first stage is to introduce the newly-formed Ba’athist coalition, which is called "The Iraqi National list" of Iyad Allawi and Saleh Al-Mutlag, as one of the main Sunni political blocs in the Federal parliament in the March 2010 election.</p> <p>5. The US administration wants to get rid of Al Maliki’s government after the 2010 election and replace him with a combination of political coalitions that are more loyal to Washington; these will include the two Kurdish parties, the KDP and PUK, as representatives of all the Kurds, the SCIRI as representatives of the majority of the Shiites and the "Iraqi National list" as representatives of the Sunnis. All the three coalitions, and in particular, Mr. Masoud Al Barazani, are very keen to get rid of Al Maliki’s government.</p> <p>If the results of the March 2010 election give the "Iraqi National List" wide Sunni support, then a serious attempt will be made to form a new pro-US Iraqi government which could be mainly formed from the above coalitions and will very likely exclude from power, not only the Sadr movement, as is the case today, but most likely both wings of the Al Dawa party.</p> <p>6. If the US does not succeed in bringing such pro-US groups to power after the 2010 election, it is possible it will also work on a backup plan for organising an army coup d’état, as most of the senior and middle ranking officers in the army and the security services and in particular the INIS are connected to one or another wing of the Ba’ath party.</p> <p>7. The US’s alternative policy in Iraq to return to the use of an army coup d’état in order to bring the Ba’ath party to power, is not a new US policy.</p> <p>It seems that the threat by the old Bush administration of an army coup d’état, was used against Al Maliki’s government at the beginning of 2007, in order to force Maliki’s government to accept the Bush administrations plans at the time. The threat at the time was a serious one from the US administration and the reason they did not carry it out was because it would have been a serious failure to the so called "Democratisation policies" of the neo-conservatives.</p> <p>Today the threat is much more serious. Firstly, Obama’s administration do not have any problem with using the slogan of "democratisation" as part of their policy’s cover-up and it is not even part of their political ‘vocabulary’. Secondly, the political mood nowadays, whereby the Kurdish parties and the SCIRI might accept the sharing of power with the old Ba’athists, is now more acceptable than it was back in 2007. </p> <p>Additionally, the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians since the start of the occupation has lessened public resistance to the Ba’athists, as some people are now hoping that if the Ba’ath party does return to power then this will stop the Ba’athists from carrying out their bloody civilian killings.</p> <p>It should be noted that while the Ba’athists were carrying out their massacres against the civilians, they always placed the blame of the killings on the Iranians. </p> <p>8. All the wings of the old Ba’ath party are still pursuing the same anti-democratic and fascist goal: they will only be content if they take full control of the political process in Iraq, making all the other political parties no more than satellites to them.</p> <p>9. Today, the two wings of the Ba’ath party are the only organized political/military force in Iraq which can wipe out by force, with US backing, the existing political process. They would eradicate any possible hope for any future democratic progress in Iraq, returning Iraq to the times of the barbarians’ rule of the one party state and at the same time serve all the US interests, without any impediments, as they have twice done in the past.</p> <p><b>Notes</b></p> <p>1. Munir Chalabi, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/2221" class="external" target="_blank">Political Observations on Sectarianism in Iraq</a>," ZNet, Jan. 24, 2007. </p> <p>2. See the source above and Munir Chalabi, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/2364" class="external" target="_blank">Political Observations Concerning the Immediate Future of Iraq</a>," ZNet, Jan. 7, 2007. </p> <p>3. Sean Mac Mathuna, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/cia_iraq.htm" class="external" target="_blank">CIA coups in Iraq in 1963 & 1968 helped put Saddam Hussein in power</a>," Flame. </p> <p>4. Richard Sanders, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/217.html" class="external" target="_blank">Regime Change: How the CIA put Saddam’s Party in Power</a>," Oct. 24, 2002. </p> <p>5. Sanders, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/217.html" class="external" target="_blank">Regime Change: How the CIA put Saddam’s Party in Power</a>." </p> <p>6. Mac Mathuna, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/cia_iraq.htm" class="external" target="_blank">CIA coups in Iraq in 1963 & 1968 helped put Saddam Hussein in power</a>." </p> <p>7. You Tube: "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeY05iS5iv0" class="external" target="_blank">Saddam Hussein — The Trial you will never see</a>." This documentary video tells the story of the Ba’ath regime’s full participation in the US plans. </p> <p>8. Chalabi, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/2364" class="external" target="_blank">Political Observations …Immediate Future</a>." </p> <p>9. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.yanabeealiraq.com/news_folder/n18110905.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Arabic article</a>. </p> <p>10. Sam Dagher, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/world/middleeast/26baathists.html" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq Resists Pleas by U.S. to Placate Baath Party</a>," <i>New York Times</i>, April 26, 2009. </p> <p>11. Damien McElroy, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6030153/Saddam-Husseins-Baath-Party-loyalists-engage-with-US-over-Iraq.html" class="external" target="_blank">Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party loyalists engage with US over Iraq</a>," Telegraph, Aug. 14, 2009. </p> <p>12. Reuters, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5701F120090801" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi Baath leader urges insurgents enter politics</a>," Aug. 1, 2009; Phil Sands, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090823/FOREIGN/708229888/1011/ART" class="external" target="_blank">Baath Party is back in the picture</a>," The National (UAE), Aug. 23, 2009. </p> <p>13. Chalabi, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/2221" class="external" target="_blank">Political Observations … Sectarianism</a>." </p> <p>14. France24, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.france24.com/en/20090704-joe-biden-iraq-us-political-disengagement-violence-spikes-vice-president" class="external" target="_blank">US threatens political disengagement if ethnic, sectarian violence return</a>," July 4, 2007. </p> <p>15. You Tube: "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeY05iS5iv0" class="external" target="_blank">Saddam Hussein — The Trial you will never see</a>." </p> <p>16. Sanders, "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/217.html" class="external" target="_blank">Regime Change: How the CIA put Saddam’s Party in Power</a>."</p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/23534" class="external" target="_blank">Ba’ath Is Coming Back</a> By<strong> </strong>Munir Chalabi. <i>Munir Chalabi</i> is an Iraqi political and oil analyst living in the UK</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-8125"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/12/31/nouri-al-maliki-and-the-conundrum-of-kirkuk/#respond" title="Comment on Nouri al-Maliki and the conundrum of Kirkuk">No Comments</a></span> Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/12/31/nouri-al-maliki-and-the-conundrum-of-kirkuk/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nouri al-Maliki and the conundrum of Kirkuk">Nouri al-Maliki and the conundrum of Kirkuk</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/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/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/accordance-front/" rel="tag">Accordance Front</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/amil/" rel="tag">Amil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/" rel="tag">Arabs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/article-140/" rel="tag">Article 140</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/asia-news/" rel="tag">Asia News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/elections/" rel="tag">Elections</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ethnic-cleansing/" rel="tag">Ethnic Cleansing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/invasion-of-iraq/" rel="tag">invasion of iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk/" rel="tag">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/krg-maliki-visits-to/" rel="tag">KRG - Maliki visits to</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdish-separatism-resistance-to/" rel="tag">Kurdish Separatism - resistance to</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/" rel="tag">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/militia/" rel="tag">Militia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/militiamen/" rel="tag">militiamen</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/pensions/" rel="tag">pensions</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peshmerga/" rel="tag">Peshmerga</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkmen/" rel="tag">Turkmen</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 360px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p>The forthcoming visit of Prime Minister to Kurdistan is hope for a reconciliation with Baghdad. But Kirkuk, which owns 25% of Iraqi oil, is in the sights of Arabs and Turkmen. Iran fears a Kurdish state power, the U.S. fear a conflagration that could delay their departure from Iraq in 2011. </p> </p></div> <p>Baghdad (<a title="AsiaNews" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=17241&size=A" class="external" target="_blank">AsiaNews</a>) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is due to visit the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan to sign an agreement with President Massoud Barzani on the future of the Kurdish peshmerga militia. The news was anticipated by the agency <i>Aswat al-Iraq</i>, without setting a specific date. Under the agreement, the Baghdad government will recognize the peshmerga in exchange for the government in Erbil to deliver the revenues derived from taxes and duties detained so far in its coffers. As a result, salaries and pensions of 90 thousand militiamen, the primary burden of the Kurdish government, becomes the responsibility of the central government.    </p> <p>Is Maliki’s trip a political move to divert attention from the recent bombings in Baghdad and create new alliances with the eternal enemies of the north ahead of elections next March? Or is it the result of strong U.S. pressure for the implementation of Art. 140 of the Iraqi constitution that calls for a referendum on the status of Kirkuk to determine if its inhabitants want to remain under the government of Baghdad or Erbil?    </p> <p>Kurdistan already holds between l0% and 15% of oil reserves in the country. Kirkuk alone has around 25%. If the city were to fall into the hands of the Kurds, Erbil would control roughly 40% of the deposits of all of Iraq. Unacceptable to the Arabs and Turkmen who claim it for themselves, but also for Syria, Iran and Turkey, fearful that a strong Kurdistan, territorially and economically, would inflame the Kurdish demands to annex the communities within them.    </p> <p>Ever since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, observers have viewed Kirkuk as the possible fuse that could ignite a civil war. This is why the referendum was always postponed and the relations between Maliki and the Kurdish authorities have started to oscillate between tension and cooperation.    </p> <h3>Two years of haggling</h3> <p>Maliki began to woo the Kurds in 2007, after losing his major Sunni and Shiite allies, promising compliance with Article. 140 and the "normalization" of Kirkuk, which saw the forced relocation of about 12 thousand Iraqi Arab families settled by Saddam in the town as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the 80s. Standardization is the necessary precondition to the implementation of the referendum. These promises have ensured the survival of Maliki’s cabinet when the Sadrists, Iraqi National List and Iraqi Accordance Front broke with him. But the premier disillusioned expectations: he continuously postponed the referendum and in mid-2007 did nothing to prevent attacks against Turkish bases of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Kurdistan.    </p> <p>As a result, improving the security situation in Iraq has removed many of the excuses for delaying the normalization process and Kurdish politicians have begun to suspect that Maliki intended to use the growing power of central government to thwart hard won gains by the Kurds after the American invasion, when the Baghdad government was weak.    </p> <p>The enmity between the two leaders is such that al-Maliki and Barzani rarely speak. Iraqi troops and Kurdish peshmerga have clashed repeatedly in disputed areas, forcing officials of the United States to mediate to avoid an escalation.    </p> <p>Today, the Iraqi prime minister has more than ever, need of strong political support: a probable success in the upcoming elections has been made more difficult after the bloody attacks in August, October and December. The Obama administration is also much more determined than the Bush administration was to resolve the matter of Kirkuk. An escalation of tension between Arabs and Kurds, in fact, could delay the completion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces, expected by 2011. The Vice-President Joe Biden is pushing for an amicable solution between the parties that claim Kirkuk. But to offset U.S. pressure are those in Tehran, totally opposed to concessions to Kurdistan and very influential on Maliki. He, therefore, may be aiming to reach an agreement with Erbil, hoping once again that small temporary concessions will help him to postpone again the referendum. At least until his re-election in March.    </p> <p>Thus, while the other security challenges are becoming more manageable, the Arab-Kurd divide in Kirkuk has become increasingly dangerous. This could make the relative stability of Kirkuk, a thing of the past.  </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=17241&size=A" class="external" target="_blank">IRAQ Nouri al-Maliki and the conundrum of Kirkuk – Asia News</a> by Layla Yousif Rahema</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-7708"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/11/13/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b3-12-%d9%86%d9%88%d9%81%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%b1-2009/#respond" title="Comment on الخميس, 12 نوفمبر 2009">No Comments</a></span> Posted on November 13th, 2009 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/11/13/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b3-12-%d9%86%d9%88%d9%81%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%b1-2009/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to الخميس, 12 نوفمبر 2009">الخميس, 12 نوفمبر 2009</a></h3> <p 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15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 405px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p><strong>مسؤولون عراقيون يسكتون عن مقتل 17 عراقيا مقابل الدولارات</strong> </p> <p dir="rtl" align="right"><strong>روابط ذات علاقة </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/middleeast/11blackwater.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" class="external" target="_blank">Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died</a></p> <p>اباح مدراء كبار في شركة بلاكووتر الامنية الخاصة اعطاء رشى تبلغ حوالي مليون دولار الى مسؤولين عراقيين بهدف السكوت عن انتقادها وشراء دعمهم بعد حادثة ايلول/ سبتمبر 2007، التي قتل فيها حراس من الشركة 17 مدنيا عراقيا في بغداد. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/middleeast/11blackwater.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" target="_blank" class="external"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin: 5px auto" alt="20091112_nyt_blackwater_screenshot" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702im_/http://static.flickr.com/2452/4097991811_3dfcb47d50.jpg"/></a> <br/>وقال مسؤولون سابقون في شركة بلاكووتر لصحيفة نيو يورك تايمز ان الشركة وافقت على دفع الاموال في كانون الاول/ ديسمبر 2007 ، فيما كانت الاحتجاجات على اطلاق النار في ساحة النسور تلهب الغضب في العراق على الممارسات الطائشة لموظفي الشركة الامنية. <br/>واضاف اربعة مدراء تنفيذيون سابقون في لقاءات اجرتها الصحيفة معهم ان غراي جاكسن، الذين كان في وقتها رئيس بلاكووتر، قد ايد اعطاء رشى، وكانت الاموال ترسل من عمان، في الاردن، التي تستخدمها الشركة كمحور عمليات، الى مدير رفيع المستوى في العراق.</p> <p><strong>السامرائي يطالب بالتدقيق في المعلومة الخاصة بشركة بلاك ووتر وكشف المتلاعبين بدماء العراقيين</strong></p> <p>طالب نائب رئيس لجنة الامن والدفاع عبد الكريم السامرائي الدوائر المعنية التدقيق في المعلومة الخاصة بشركة بلاك ووتر الامنية الخاصة وكشف المتلاعبين بدماء العراقيين. <br/>واضاف السامرائي في تصريح لوكالة الصحافة المستقلة ان هناك معلومات تشير الى وجود بعض مظاهر الفساد حتى في الدوائر السياسية، مشددا على انه يجب التحقيق بمدى صحتها و أن تسفر هذه التحقيقات عن نتائج واضحة بحق من يتلاعب بدماء العراقيين. <br/>و اكد السامرائي على ان هناك دعوى قضائية ضد هذه الشركة ويجب ان تكتمل بسرعة من اجل ان ياخذ العراقيون حقوقهم كاملة، مشيرا الى ان الحكومة هي التي تضطلع بأمر الموافقة على تجديد عقود الشركات من عدمها.</p> </p></div> <p><strong>سؤولون أمركيون يعملون لمصالح الولايات المتحدة التجارية في العراق</strong> </p> <p>كشفت صحيفة فايننشال تايمز النقاب عن مسؤولين أميركيين بارزين في إدارة الرئيس السابق جورج بوش يُروجون لمصالح الولايات المتحدة التجارية في العراق. <br/>الصحيفة نشرت الخبر في عددها الصادر يوم الأربعاء وكشفت فيه عن أسماء عدة تعمل في هذا المجال، بينها السفير الأميركي السابق لدى العراق زلماي خليل زاد، والجنرال المتقاعد جاي غارنر، فضلاً عن ضباط ودبلوماسيين، يساعدون الشركات الأجنبية بخبراتهم على دخول السواق العراقية، أو يديرون شركات خاصة بهم هناك. <br/>وقالت الصحيفة البريطانية أن خليل زاد أسس شركة استشارية باسمه افتتحت هذا العام مكاتب لها في بغداد وأربيل، و أنه زار العراق عدة مراتٍ خلال العام الحالي. <br/>و بينت أن غارنر، الذي كان الحاكم الفعلي للعراق بعد 2003، يشغل الآن منصباً بارزاً بشركة نفط أميركية اشترت قبل عامين حصة مقدارها 37% من نفط إقليم كردستان العراق المصدّر. <br/>و نسبت الصحيفة إلى كارين ليساكرز مديرة معهد ( ريفينيو ووتش ) في نيويورك قولها إن المسؤولين الأميركيين الذين اتجهوا لممارسة أعمال تجارية في مناطق كان لهم نفوذ سياسي كبير فيها، سيثيرون شكوك الجمهور حتى وإن كانت نشاطاتهم سليمة.</p> <p><b>محافظ نينوى يعلن سحب الثقة عن قائممقام قضاء سنجار</b></p> <p>أعلن محافظ نينوى اثيل النجيفي عن سحب الثقة عن قائممقام قضاء سنجار واستدعائه لمجلس المحافظة . <br/>وأضاف النجيفي في تصريح صحفي انه تقرر سحب الثقة عن قائممقام سنجار وإحالته الى مجلس محافظة نينوى لاتخاذ الإجراء اللازم بحقه ، مبيناً ان القرار إداري بحت ولا علاقة له بالامور السياسية. <br/>من جهة اخرى دعا النجيفي الحكومة المركزية الى نشر قواتها في جميع مناطق محافظة نينوى، لان هذه مسؤوليتها وان تحمي جميع مواطنيها، وان تولي هذا الامر جدية اكثر وان تفرض القانون والدستور على جميع اهالي محافظة نينوى.</p> <p><strong>تحديد يوم 18 من كانون الثاني المقبل موعدا لاجراء الانتخابات </strong></p> <p>اعلنت المفوضية العليا المستقلة للانتخابات امس ان مجلس الرئاسة ابلغها ان موعد الانتخابات سيكون يوم 18 من كانون الثاني المقبل. <br/>وقال رئيس المفوضية فرج الحيدري في مؤتمر صحفي مشترك مع ممثل الامين العام للامم المتحدة اد ميلكرت ان عدد مقاعد مجلس النواب سيكون 323 مقعدا بدلا من 275، وذلك في ضوء قاعدة البيانات التي وردت من وزارة التجارة والتي سجلت اكثر من 32 مليون عراقي.</p> <p><strong>ملايين الألغام والقنابل العنقودية غير المنفلقة مدفونة داخل الأرضي العراقية</strong></p> <p>أكد مدير المنظمة العراقية لتطهير الألغام زاحم جهاد مطر أن العراق يعتبر أكبر مجتمع سكاني في العالم يعيش وسط منطقة خطرة فيها 25 مليون لغم أرضي والملايين من القنابل غير المنفلقة والعنقودية والمخلفات الحربية التي تشكل جميعها أكبر خطر على ساكنيه. <br/>وقال جهاد في تصريح نشرته وكالة يقين إن أغلب مدن العراق تشكو من هذه المخلفات والألغام وتعتبر محافظات البصرة وميسان وواسط وديالى وذي قار والمثنى وصلاح الدين وكركوك والانبار الأكثر تضرراً. <br/>وأكد مطر أن المسوحات والإحصاءات التي أجرتها مؤسسات دولية بالتعاون مع الأمم المتحدة والتي أشرفت منظمته على العديد منها أن 4444 حقل ألغام موجود في العراق وهو رقم قابل للزيادة وأن هناك 9996 منطقة خطرة يعيش بها أو قريب منها تجمعات سكانية. <br/>وأضاف أن العراق يحتاج إلى 19 ألف مزيل ألغام وهو لا يمتلك الآن سوى 300 مزيل في أجهزة الشرطة والدفاع والأجهزة الأخرى وأن العراق لو امتلك 20 ألف مزيل للألغام فإنه سيطهر 50% من أراضيه خلال عشر سنوات.</p> <p><strong>المفتش العام في أمانة بغداد يحيل قضيتي فسادٍ إداري إلى النزاهة</strong></p> <p>أحال مكتب المفتش العام في أمانة بغداد قضيتي فسادٍ الى هيئة النزاهة. <br/>وقال المفتش العام في أمانة بغداد سهيل نجم القريشي في تصريح لصحيفة الصباح أنه تمت إحالة قضيتي فسادٍ الى هيئة النزاهة تتعلق بأسماء عمال وهميّين وتشابه تواقيع بعض الملاكات في دائرتين بلديتين. <br/>ومن جانب اوضح القريشي أن المكتب استحدث شعبتين ترتبطان به لمراقبة الدوائر التابعة لأمانة بغداد في جانبي الكرخ والرصافة للاطلاع على الواقع الخدمي في الدوائر البلدية ، مؤكدا انهما ستكونان في داخل الدائرة البلدية لتشخيص مكامن الخلل والحد من ظاهرة تعاطي الرشوة والقضاء على الفساد الإداري والمالي.</p> <p> </p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار السياسية</font></h3> <p><strong>مسؤول محلي : قانون الانتخابات أغفل الزيادة السكانية الحاصلة في كركوك</strong></p> <p>قال الامين العام لجبهة كركوك العراقية إن قانون الانتخابات أغفل الزيادة السكانية الحاصلة في المحافظة بموجب المادة 140. <br/>وأوضح احمد حميد العبيدي لوكالة أصوات العراق أن القانون أغفل الزيادات السكانية التي ظهرت بموجب المادة 140، حيث بلغ عدد القوائم بهذا الخصوص 36 مرحلة (من مراحل تطبيق المادة) وبمعدل 1600 عائلة لكل مرحلة من المهجرين وبحساب بسيط إذا كان متوسط العائلة خمسة أفراد سيكون العدد أكثر من ربع مليون شخص يقابله نقص في المرحلين العرب بـ22 ألف عائلة. <br/>وأضاف انه بنفس الطريقة الحسابية يظهر النقص العربي بأكثر من مئة ألف شخص وبهذا يعتبر موضوع الانتخابات محسوم قبل إجراءها، ويتحمل المسؤولية بذلك النواب العرب من ممثلي كركوك في مجلس النواب الذين لم يتوقفوا عند هذه النقطة أو أغفلوها. <br/>وبين أن هذا ستترتب عليه نتائج خطيرة رغم أن القانون نص على عدم اعتبار نتائج الانتخابات في محافظة كركوك قبل الانتهاء من تدقيق سجلات الناخبين كأساس لأي عملية انتخابية مستقبلية أو سابقة لأي وضع سياسي أو إداري. <br/>وتابع قائلا انه بهذا التصرف فإن أمر كركوك قد حسم، لأن الفرق السكاني قد بات واضحا وهذا القرار من مجلس النواب ومرة أخرى يتحمل مسؤوليته النواب العرب، وسيظهر بوضوح بعد فترة التدقيق البالغة سنة بموجب نص القانون نفسه.</p> <p><strong>التركمان يسعون الى جعل كركوك اقليما مستقلا</strong></p> <p>قال العضو التركماني بمجلس محافظة كركوك تحسين كهية ان التركمان يريدون حلا جذريا لمشكلة كركوك بحيث لا يكون على حساب باقي المكونات، لافتا الى تقديم مشروع لجعل كركوك اقليما مستقلا. <br/>وقال كهية لوكالة اصوات العراق ان التركمان يريدون حلا جذريا لقضية كركوك لكن ذلك ينبغي أن لا يكون على حساب المكونات الاخرى، بل حلا يرضي جميع الأطراف. <br/>واضاف كهية انهم قدموا مشروعاً لتحديد الصيغة النهائية لحل مشكلة كركوك، يتمثل في جعلها إقليما خاصا يتمكن كل أبنائها من الاستفادة من ثرواتها وقدراتها ، منوها الى ان مشكلة كركوك أصبحت تعيق إقرار الكثير من القوانين وقد لمس الجميع ذلك عند إقرار قانون الانتخابات. <br/>واوضح ان التركمان مع الانتخابات وإجرائها في وقتها المحدد، لكنهم لايرضون لانفسهم أن يظلمون مرة أخرى من قبل الآخرين بعدما ذاقوا الأمرين.</p> <p><strong>مجلس نينوى يقرر حسم موضوع قائمة نينوى المتاخية قريبا </strong></p> <p>قرر مجلس محافظة نينوى ان يحسم موضوع قائمة نينوى المتاخية خلال الفترة المقبلة. <br/>وقال مصدر في المحافظة لوكالة الصحافة المستقلة ان المجلس قرر اتخاذ الاجراءات القانونية ضد نواب قائمة نينوى المتآخية في حال عدم حضورهم لاربع جلسات من جلسات مجلس المحافظة، مضيفا ان المجلس <br/>قرر التصويت باقالة نواب قائمة نينوى المتاخية من عضوية مجلس محافظة نينوى.</p> <p><strong>مسؤول محلي يتهم قوات البيشمركة بمنع الفرق الصحية من اداء واجباتها غرب الموصل </strong></p> <p>ذكر نائب رئيس مجلس محافظة نينوى دلدار الزيباري ان قوات البيشمركة تمنع الفرق الصحية من اداء واجباتها غرب مدينة الموصل ، لافتا الى ان تلك القوات التي تسيطر على المنطقة ستجبر الناس على المضي الى الانتخابات والتصويت باتجاه يضر بمصلحة العراق ويشكل خطوة اولى لتقسيمه. <br/>وقال الزيباري لوكالة اصوات العراق ان قوات البيشمركة تمنع مفارز تلقيح الأطفال من الوصول الى منطقة سنجار غرب الموصل لاداء مهامها في تلقيح الأطفال في تلك المناطق، في محاولة منها لافشال الحكومة المحلية. <br/>وحذر زيباري من استمرار سيطرة قوات كردية على تلك المناطق، موضحان انه بقي شهران على الانتخابات واذا لم يكن هناك رادع لهذه القوات فسيجبرون الناس الى المضي للانتخابات والتصويت باتجاه يضر بمصلحة العراق ويشكل خطوة اولى لتقسيمه ، حسب تعبيره.</p> <p><strong>حكومة اقليم كردستان تؤكد ان الاكراد لم يضايقو الاقليات في نينوى</strong></p> <p>أعربت حكومة اقليم كردستان العراق عن رفضها الشديد لتقرير منظمة حقوق الانسان الدولية هيومن رايتس هووتش عن مضايقة القوات الكردية للاقليات في نينوى. <br/>وأوضحت الحكومة في بيان نشر الأربعاء على موقعها الالكتروني ان المغزى الرئيسي لهذا التقرير مضلل بشكل فادح وتؤكد حكومة الإقليم رفضها الشديد في هذا الصدد ، ذلك انها بذلت الجهود في سبيل حماية الأقليات أكثر من أي كيان آخر في العراق، و مازالت تصر على تعزيز التسامح و التعايش السلمي في الإقليم و في كافة أنحاء العراق. <br/>وأضافت حكومة الاقليم أن التقرير يكشف عن سوء فهم منظم للأوضاع في نينوى و تجاهل مقلق لتاريخ العراق وان المنظمة رسمت صورة خاطئة عن الوضع ، حيث لا يمكن عد التقرير قاعدة للأحكام و الإثباتات الصحيحة. <br/>واشارت حكومة كردستان الى انها تعتبر قضايا الأقليات في العراق ذات أهمية حقيقية ، وهم على استعداد للقيام بدورهم لضمان احترام وتقدير جميع المواطنين على حد سواء واكدوا على ذلك في صياغة مسودة دستور العراق و إقليم كردستان و تبقى حكومة الإقليم ملتزمة بأحكام المعاملة العادلة لكافة مواطني إقليم كردستان المناطق المتنازعة عليها. وخلصت إلى القول ان السبل الكفيلة لحل القضايا في نينوى تكون من خلال بذل الجهود المشتركة و المنسقة بين حكومة الإقليم و حكومة العراق الاتحادية بغية استتباب الأمن في المناطق المتنازع عليها بالتعاون مع قوات التحالف. </p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار الاقتصادية</font></h3> <p><strong>وزارة الموارد المائية تنجز حفر 129 بئراً خلال شهر اب في عموم المحافظات </strong></p> <p>انجزت الملاكات الفنية والهندسية في الهيأة العامة للمياه الجوفية احدى تشكيلات وزارة الموارد المائية تنفيذ اعمال حفر (129) بئراً وفحص (101) بئراً ونصب (75) طاقم ضخ وصيانة وتصليح (23) طاقم ضخ في عموم المحافظات . <br/>ففي محافظة بغداد تم حفر (19) بئراً في قرى متعددة منها وفحص (14) بئراً ونصب (19) طاقم ضخ امافي محافظة ديالى فقد تم حفر (15) بئراً وفحص (16) بئراً ونصب (14) طاقم ضخ وانجاز(17) بئراً في مناطق متفرقة من محافظة البصرة و(6) طواقم ضخ وصيانة طاقمين فيماشهدت محافظة كربلا ءالمقدسة حفر (12) بئراً مائياً ، وفي كل من محافظة كركوك والديوانية وبابل تم حفر (8) ابار لكل منها وفحص (26) بئراً ونصب (3) طاقم ضخ واحد وصيانة (4) طواقم ضخ ، وفي محافظتي صلاح الدين وميسان تم حفر (6) ابار لكل منها وفحص (9) ابار ونصب (10) طواقم ضخ وصيانة طاقم ضخ واحد ، امافي محافظة واسط فقد تم حفر (7) ابار ونصب (12) طاقم ضخ وصيانة طاقمين ، كما تم حفر (4) ابار في محافظة الانبار وفحص (4) ونصب (7) طواقم ضخ وصيانة طاقم ضخ واحد ، واخيراً انجزت الهيأة حفر (3) ابار في محافظة نينوى وفحص (10) ابار ونصب (3) طواقم ضخ.</p> <p><strong>حملة لتجهيز محافظة بغداد بمادة الطحين لحصة شهري اب وأيلول الماضيين</strong></p> <p>اعلنت الشركة العامة لتصنيع الحبوب احدى تشكيلات وزارة التجارة عن بدء عملية مناقلة الطحين المجهز من محافظتي واسط وكربلاء لتوزيعه على وكلاء الطحين لتجهيز محافظة بغداد لحصة شهري اب وأيلول الماضيين. <br/>وذكر مصدر مخول في الشركة في تصريحات صحفية ان مطحنة الدورة الحكومية اعُتمدت كمركز رئيسي لإستلام الطحين الوارد من محافظات البلاد الجنوبية لغرض توزيعه عبر شبكة الناقلين على وكلاء الطحين في بغداد. <br/>واضاف المصدر ان الجهات المسؤولة في الوزارة وجهت بضرورة الاهتمام بمتطلبات النظافة والتعفير في المطحنة لأنتاج نوعيات جيدة من مادة الطحين التي تلبي ذوق المواطن العراقي.</p> <p><b>محافظ المثنى يدعو إلى استغلال المياه الجوفية في بادية السماوة للزراعة</b></p> <p>دعا محافظ المثنى ابراهيم سلمان الميالي إلى استغلال المياه الجوفية في بادية السماوة لغرض الزراعة بعد الشحة الكبيرة في مياه نهر الفرات . <br/>وأضاف الميالي إن بادية السماوة تحوي على مياه جوفية عالية من المفترض استغلالها في زراعة المساحات الشاسعة المتوفرة بها خاصة بعد أن شهدت المحافظة في السنوات الأخيرة جفافاً كبيراً أثر حتى على مياه الشرب بسبب انخفاض مناسيب مياه نهر الفرات. <br/>وأشار ان التجربة هذه تعد البديل الناجح لانعاش القطاع الزراعي وعليه وضعنا خطة زراعية في منطقة البادية الصحراوية بالاعتماد على المياه الجوفية من خلال حفر الآبار الاتوازية. <br/>وطالب الميالي الحكومة المركزية إلى استثمار هذا المساحات الصحراوية الشاسعة كونها تحوي على الأرض الصالحة للزراعة والتي من شأنها توفير البديل الزراعي لعموم العراق. <br/>يذكر أنه وحسب مديرية الموارد المائية فإن كمية المياه الجوفية في بادية السماوة تتراوح مابين 130 إلى 170 متر مكعب من النوع المتجدد والاحتياطي فيما كشفت مديرية زراعة المثنى أن مساحة الأراضي الزراعية في بادية السماوة تقدر بـ 18 مليون دونم.</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.5em"><font color="#800000">الاخبار الامنية</font></span></strong></p> <div id="container"> <div id="content"> <div id="dynamic_box_center"> <div id="box_center_holder"> <div id="article_holder"> <div id="article_body"> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="text-justify: kashida; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-kashida: 0%"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: times new roman"><span>شهدت العاصمة بغداد وبعض المحافظات العراقية اليوم الخميس 12/11/2009<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>أحداثا أمنية راح ضحيتها عدد من الشهداء والجرحى، كما شهدت عمليات عسكرية شنتها القوات الأمنية العراقية على أوكار الإرهابيين والخارجين عن القانون ومخازن الاعتدة والذخائر والعبوات الناسفة في مناطق متفرقة ففي <span style="color: red">بغداد</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>انفجرت عبوة ناسفة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>كانت مزروعة بجانب الطريق الرئيسي المؤدي الى الجامعة التكنولوجية<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>وسط العاصمة بغداد . وذكر مصدر امني ان "الانفجار<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>لم يسفر عن وقوع<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>ضحايا<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>،مضيفا ان القوات الامنية اغلقت الطريق المؤدي الى الجامعة التكنولوجية على خلفية الانفجار ". من جهة اخرى عثرت احدى مفارز قاطع نجدة بغداد الجديدة صباح اليوم على ثلاث قذائف هاون عيار (60) ملم في احدى الدور بمنطقة النعيرية التابعة لمنطقة بغداد الجديدة شرق العاصمة بغداد . وذكر مصدر ان " المفرزة فرضت<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>طوقاً امنياً في المنطقة المذكورة ، ولم يذكر اي تفاصيل اخرى ".وفي <span style="color: red">صلاح الدين</span> انفجرت عبوة ناسفة ظهر اليوم مستهدفة دورية للجيش العراقي في قضاء بلد شمال العاصمة بغداد .وذكر مصدر امني ان" حادث انفجار العبوة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>كان اثناء مرور دورية الجيش<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>داخل القضاء المذكور ،مشيرا الى ان الحادث اسفرعن اصابة(4) من افراد<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>الدورية بجروح<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>متوسطة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>تم على اثرها<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>نقلهم الى مستشفى القضاء<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>لتلقي العلاج ،مبينا ان القوات الامنية اتخذت اجراءات امنية مشددة والقيام بحملة تفتيش بحثا عن المشتبه بهم ". من جانب اخر انفجرت عبوة ناسفة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>صباح اليوم جنوب مدينة تكريت مركز محافظة صلاح الدين . وذكر مصدر امني ان "عبوة ناسفة زرعها مجهولون على جانب احد الشوارع الرئيسة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>في ناحية الاسحاقي<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>التابعة لقضاء البلد 80 كم جنوب<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>مدينة تكريت<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>اسفر انفجارها عن اصابة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>احد افراد الصحوة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>في المنطقة المذكورة ". من جانب اخر اصيب احد عناصر الصحوة في سامراء بجروح اثر اطلاق نار عليه من قبل مجموعة ارهابية مسلحة في قضاء سامراء 40كم شرق مدينة تكريت مركز محافظة صلاح الدين. وذكر مصدر امني ان عنصر الصحوة أحمد صبري نقل الى المستشفى لتلقي العلاج ، بينما لاذ المهاجمون بالفرار الى جهة مجهولة ، مشيرا الى ان القوات الامنية فرضت طوقا امنيا على مكان الحادث بحثا عن المهاجمين " .من جهة اخرى القت مساء هذا اليوم قوة من شرطة محافظة تكريت القبض على 6 من المشتبه قيامهم باعمال ارهابية وسط مدينة تكريت 175 كم شمال مدينة بغداد. وذكر مصدر ان "قوة من شرطة المحافظة المذكورة داهمت<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>عدد من المنازل على وفق معلومات استخباراتية ادلى بها الموطنين لشرطة المحافظة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>،مشيرا الى انه تم تطويق مكان تواجد<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>المشتبه بهم والقاء القبض عليهم وفي حوزتهم اسلحة غير مرخص بها والتحقيق مازال جاري معهم لمعرفة الجهة التي ينتمون لها".وفي <span style="color: red">نينوى</span> القت<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>احدى دوريات<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>مكافحة الارهاب<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>التابعة لشرطة نينوى القبض على اثنين من المطلوبين<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>الخطرين في مدينة الموصل مركز المحافظة . وذكر مصدر امني ان "عملية القاء القبض تمت داخل<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>مطعم<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>سباهي الواقع في منطقة المجموعة الثقافية<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>شمال مدينة الموصل<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>اثر معلومات استخبارتية<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>افادت بتواجد المطلوبين في المكان المذكور ". من جهة اخرى تمكن فريق مكافحة المتفجرات<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>من ابطال مفعول عبوة ناسفة شمال مدينة الموصل مركز محافظة نينوى. وذكر مصدر امني ان" قوة من الفوج الثاني شرطة نينوى عثرت على العبوة وكانت مزروعة على احد الشوارع الرئيسية في حي القدس<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>شمال المدينة فاستدعت فريق مكافحة المتفجرات الذي تمكن من ابطالها دون وقوع خسائر تذكر<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>. وفي حادث متصل<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>تمكنت دورية تابعة لشرطة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>نينوى من ابطال مفعول عبوة ناسفة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>كانت مزروعة على احد الشوارع الرئيسية<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>في منطقة باب لكش وسط الموصل .وذكر مصدر امني<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>ان فريق من مكتب مكافحة المتفجرات في شرطة نينوى تمكن من ابطال<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>مفعولها دون وقوع خسائر.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>وعلى الصعيد نفسه ذكر مصدر امني ان دورية تابعة للفرقة الثالثة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>في الجيش<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>العراقي القت القبض على ثلاثة من المطلوبين<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>قضائيا متهمين<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>بتنفيذ عدد من الاعمال الارهابية في ناحية<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>بادوش (35) كم<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>غرب مدينة الموصل مركز محافظة نينوى . واضاف ان" العملية تمت وفقا لورود معلومات<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>استخباراتية عن المتهمين ، وان تحقيقا تم معهم حول علاقتهم بالاعمال الارهابية في الناحية " . جهة اخرى القت<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>دورية تابعة للفرقة الثالثة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>للجيش العراقي<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>القبض على احد المطلوبين<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>قضائيا<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>في منطقة رجم الحديد (10)كم غرب<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>مدينة الموصل <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>وذكر مصدر امني ان معلومات استخباراتية<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>قادت الى اعتقال المطلوب ".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>اعتقلت مديرية شرطة الفلوجة (2) من المطلوبين<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>امنيا<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>في منطقة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>(احصي)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>في ناحية عامرية الفلوجة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>(55) كم<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>شرق مدينة الرمادي مركز محافظة الانبار . ان"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>عملية الاعتقال جاءت اثر معلومات امنية<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>تفيد ان المطلوبين<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>مسؤولين عن زرع<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>عبوات ناسفة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>واعمال عنف ضد<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>القوات الامنية ."وفي <span style="color: red">الانبار</span> اعتقلت قوة مشتركة عراقية امريكية<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>تساندها خمسة طائرات مروحية احد المتهمين بالتعاون مع تنظيم القاعدة الارهابي في قضاء الفلوجة بمحافظة الانبار . وذكر<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>مدير شرطة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>الفلوجة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>العقيد محمد فياض العيساوي<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>ان المطلوب الذي القي القبض عليه ويدعى طالب احمد العيساوي يملك صيرفة اليقين في منطقة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>الحي العسكري<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>بالمدخل الرئيسي لمدينة الفلوجة<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>،وان عملية الاعتقال جاءت حسب مذكرة اعتقال صادرة من القضاء العراقي في<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>بغداد بتهمة تقديم الدعم للارهاب المرتبط بتنظيم القاعدة " .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">     </span></span><span></span></span></span></p> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p> <h3><font color="#800000">اخبار متفرقة من العراق</font></h3> <p><strong>التربية: قرار عزل مدارس الذكور عن الإناث في مدينة الصدر أمر طبيعي</strong></p> <p>وصفت وزارة التربية قرارها بعزل مدارس الذكور عن الاناث في مدينة الصدر بالامر الطبيعي. <br/>وقال مصدر مسؤول في وزارة التربية إن اعتراضات معلمون ومعلمات عن هذا القرار امر مرفوض، موضحا أن العمل بهذا القرار شمل الرصافة الثالثة وقسما من الرصافة الثانية. <br/>واشار المصدر الى ان الهيئات التعليمية والمدراء والكوادر الإدارية يسري عليهم هذا القرار، اذ ان مدارس الذكور يشرف عليها معلمون ، ومدارس الإناث يشرف عليها معلمات. <br/>وكانت مديرية تربية الرصافة الثالثة قررت توحيد الجنس في مدارس مدينة الصدر حصرا.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040702/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/page/2/">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="span-10 last"> <div class="span-10" id="tabs"> <ul> <li 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