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<h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/">Gorilla’s Guides</a></h1> <h2>“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”</h2> <div id="search"><form method="get" id="searchform" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s"/> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search"/> </div> </form> </div> </div> <hr/> <div id="content" class="span-13 append-1"> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11184"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/29/iraqis-seek-out-private-schools-to-educate-children/#respond" title="Comment on Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 29th, 2010 by Nabil</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/crisis/" rel="tag">crisis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/education/" rel="tag">Education</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/education-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Education Crisis (Iraq)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/education-ministry/" rel="tag">Education Ministry</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/muhsin-abd-ali-al-furaiji/" rel="tag">Muhsin Abd Ali al-Furaiji</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/private-schools/" rel="tag">private schools</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reuters/" rel="tag">Reuters</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reuters-alertnet/" rel="tag">reuters alertnet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/universities/" rel="tag">Universities</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>BAGHDAD, June 29 (<a title="Reuters" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65O0KM.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters</a>) – Once banned under Saddam Hussein, private schools have flourished in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion as Iraqis become increasingly frustrated with their government’s failure to provide basic services. </p> <p>Despite economic woes after seven years of sectarian warfare and insurgent attacks, Iraqi parents are forking out $1,500 a term to send their children to private schools in the hopes of giving them a better future. </p> <p>There are now 201 private schools in Iraq, not including kindergartens, according to the Education Ministry. </p> <p>"When I pay this money, I am quite confident that my son will gain a certain level of education in addition to social status," said Sura Abdul-Hasan, whose seven-year-old son Mustafa is enrolled in a private school. "The money is nothing compared to the benefits my son gets." </p> <p>Under Saddam’s Baath party, education was viewed as the exclusive domain of the state and private schools, with the exception of kindergartens and universities, were forbidden. </p> <p>Education was standardised and the curriculum tended to promote patriotism and one-party rule. </p> <p>Now, as overall violence retreats despite continuing insurgent attacks, Iraqis are growing frustrated by the pace at which their country is trying to get back on its feet. </p> <p>Jobs are scarce, bombings and assassinations remain a daily threat, and electricity, clean water, sewage treatment and other basic services are in short supply. Two people have been killed in violent protests over power shortages this month. </p> <p>The failure of political parties since a general election in March to form a coalition government has cast further doubt over the ability of Iraqi leaders to deliver. </p> <p>In education, some progress has been made. </p> <p>Yet, one in five Iraqis over the age of 15 is illiterate, with illiteracy rates of 28 percent among women being double that of men, according to the United Nations. </p> <p>Eighty-five percent of children aged from six to 11 years attended primary school in 2007, when the sectarian slaughter peaked, compared with 91 percent in 1990, the U.N. said. The government has increased spending on education, but officials say they lack schools and teachers, many of whom fled abroad. Thousands of families have been driven from their homes by violence, interrupting their children’s schooling. </p> <p>MORE MONEY </p> <p>There is not enough money for new schools. </p> <p>"Most of our budget is spent on salaries," said Muhsin Abd Ali al-Furaiji, a senior advisor in the Ministry of Education. </p> <p>Furaiji said only 35 percent of existing teachers in the country had been properly trained. In some of Iraq’s 18,000 government schools, there are up to 60 children per class. </p> <p>Mama Ayser, a private school which caters for children from the age of four months to 12 years, has seen interest soar since it first opened in 2004 and is at full capacity with 500 pupils. </p> <p>"I have a waiting list," said headmistress Ayser Al-Azzawi. "I don’t want to take more because I want to give them good service." There are no more than 20 children per class. </p> <p>Azzawi said parents are turning to private schools because they want their children to learn English from an early age and be exposed to a broader curriculum than they would get in a public school. </p> <p>Mama Ayser has running water and electricity — often a luxury in Iraq — as well as computer facilities. </p> <p>Azzawi said private schools suffer from some of the same problems as government schools, particularly a shortage of teachers and buildings suitable to run schools in. </p> <p>Safety also remains a big concern and many parents feel more at ease sending their children to private schools which they feel are better protected. Mama Ayser has hired three security guards to patrol its grounds. </p> <p>For Iraqi parents who do not live near a private school, they are not always an option in these still troubled times. </p> <p>University professor Hala Adnan enrolled her six-year-old daughter briefly in Mama Ayser before deciding the long commute was an unacceptable risk. </p> <p>"I fear someone who knows that her father and I are university professors and that she is in a private school might kidnap her," said Adnan. "Everything is possible, and of course there are the explosions which never stop."</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65O0KM.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters AlertNet – Iraqis seek out private schools to educate children</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11182"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/29/mag-conventional-weapons-management-and-disposal-update-may-2010/#respond" title="Comment on MAG Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal update – May 2010">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 29th, 2010 by Nabil</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/29/mag-conventional-weapons-management-and-disposal-update-may-2010/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to MAG Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal update – May 2010">MAG Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal update – May 2010</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/category/children/" title="View all posts in Children" rel="category tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/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/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/alertnet/" rel="tag">AlertNet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/anti-personnel-landmines/" rel="tag">anti-personnel landmines</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/anti-tank-landmines/" rel="tag">anti-tank landmines</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/daquq/" rel="tag">Daquq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demining/" rel="tag">demining</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/dibis/" rel="tag">Dibis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/diyala/" rel="tag">Diyala</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/erbil/" rel="tag">Erbil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/farmers/" rel="tag">farmers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/gdma/" rel="tag">GDMA</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kazewa/" rel="tag">Kazewa</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/khanaqin/" rel="tag">Khanaqin</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk/" rel="tag">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/landmines/" rel="tag">Landmines</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mosul/" rel="tag">Mosul</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraq/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reconstruction/" rel="tag">Reconstruction</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reuters/" rel="tag">Reuters</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reuters-alertnet/" rel="tag">reuters alertnet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/salw/" rel="tag">SALW</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sulimaniyah/" rel="tag">Sulimaniyah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tmeu/" rel="tag">TMEU</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/unicef/" rel="tag">UNICEF</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <blockquote><p>The existence of unsecured/unguarded CW in Iraq presents a major obstacle to the consolidation of national and regional peace and to socio-economic reconstruction and sustainable development. Iraq has been subjected to a protracted and intense conflict for more than 25 years, resulting in extensive CW contamination. </p> <p>The conflict in 2003 led to further CW contamination including large numbers of unsecured and abandoned caches of CW, some of which were used in daily attacks that target civilians, security and coalition forces. CW contamination represents a security threat in that items risk being looted and used by armed groups for lethal and unlawful purposes. </p> <p>MAG’s Small Arms and Light Weapons Risk Education (SALW RE) programme began with RE sessions in schools. Surveys conducted during the initial phase of the programme showed that nearly all of the children in the area have accessible guns and other weapons in their houses. </p> <p>The local police in Diyala and Kirkuk confirmed this data, estimating that there are SALW in 95 per cent of the households in the area. MAG’s SALW RE warns children of the threats of playing with SALW, with the aim of reducing the risk to children in homes with unguarded SALW.</p> <p>During May, an additional CWD response team was added to MAG Iraq’s three CWD response teams. The new team was trained by MAG Iraq’s training, monitoring and evaluation unit (TMEU) at MAG’s operations base in Sulimaniyah. The team deployed from Sulimaniyah base to undertake CWD operations on May 16t CWD response teams funded by WRA continued operations deploying to reported stockpiles of CW. Teams deployed 148 times from the programme’s three operation bases to 109 different villages completing 280 emergency conventional weapons destruction tasks in Sulimaniyah, Dohuk, Mosul, Diyala, Erbil and Kirkuk governorates. </p> <p>During this month 4,042 CW were safely destroyed. Items included 222 70mm PG, 546 anti-personnel landmines, six anti-tank landmines, 1,321 fuses, 574 mortars, 317 projectiles and 121 items of small arms ammunition, in addition to several other types of unexploded ordnance. Teams destroyed more than 43 stockpiles.</p> <p>The CWD team in Sulimaniyah deployed to Mahmod Qajar village, Diyala governorate to safely destroy a stockpile of 526 items of CW. Items were removed by a local mine action company undertaking clearance operations in a nearby minefield. The task was prioritised by the General Directorate for Mine Affairs (GDMA). The CWD team in Dohuk completed 14 tasks destroying 62 hazardous items in five different villages of Fayda sub-district, Mosul. Items were posing significant threat to the lives of the local communities.</p> <p>The dedicated MAG Community Liaison (CL) teams funded by WRA conducted 29 liaison visits to 18 different villages in Kirkuk, Diyala and Sulimaniyah, liaising with local authorities, farmers, shepherds, teachers, village leaders and other villagers. MAG CL teams conducted five SALW RE sessions to nine primary school students and 53 villagers in Kirkuk governorate. </p> <p>The SALW RE sessions are beneficial to SALW-affected communities by minimising the risk of SALW on individuals living, working and travelling through the contaminated areas.</p> <p>Partner teams funded by UNICEF delivered SALW RE sessions to youth from different youth centres in Laylan, Altun-Copri, Dibis, Daquq, Kazewa and Rizgary areas of Kirkuk governorate and Khanaqin in Diyala governorate. In total, 89 youth received SALW RE of which 34 were female and 55 were male.</p> <p>Local partner NGOs and MAG CL staff conducted a poster competition funded by the current UNICEF project. Youth centres from Kirkuk and Diyala governorates participated in the poster competition to design SALW RE posters to be used by MAG and partner NGO teams for the delivery of SALW RE. </p> <p>Final results of the poster competition will be announced during the first week of June, when posters from three youth centres will be chosen and will be printed to be used as SALW RE materials</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220485/127782163691.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters AlertNet – MAG Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal update – May 2010</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10545"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/16th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 16th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No 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the government formation process. The Turkish paper "Today’s Zaman" carried a long report on KRG leader Massoud Barzani’s visit to Ankara. Briefly the paper says that a rapprochement with KRG is part of Turkey’s attempts to solve it’s own "Kurdish problem" the article is well worth reading in full. </p> <p>Xinhua’s report on the al-Qaeda affiliated ISI’s choosing new leadership ends with this sharp piece of commentary:</p> <blockquote><p>The nominations of new al-Qaida leaders came after the killing of the two top al-Qaida leaders Abu Ayyub al-Musri and Abu Omer al- Baghdadi in a military operation by Iraqi and U.S. forces last month.</p> <p>Both Iraqi and U.S. officials said the killing of the two men dealt a big blow to al-Qaida in the war-torn country. However, major attacks continued across the country, leaving hundreds dead in the past several weeks</p> </blockquote> <p>Al Zaman’s English edition reports on General Babacer Zebari’s statement that 11 senior al-Qaeda commanders are still at large in Irak. The paper points out that the GZG blames almost all violence in the country on Qaeda bu that analysts and senior government officials say rival political factions with heavily armed militias are also to blame.</p> <p>On the economic front the United Arab Emirates newspaper "The National"  reports that the Chinese state-controlled petroleum company Sinochem has quit the Maysan oilfield project the article is long but it too will repay the time you spend reading it in full.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid"><em>Raed</em></p> <h3 style="color: #800000">The Day In Quotes:</h3> <p><strong>Independent High Electoral Commission Qassim al-Abboudi to Xinhua on the result of the Baghdad recount:</strong></p> <blockquote><p>"There is no change in the numbers of seats of any political entity by the re-count of votes of Baghdad province,"</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/16/c_13297567.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>source</strong></a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Independent High Electoral Commission Qassim al-Abboudi to AP on the result of the Baghdad recount</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>"I hope that all political blocks are satisfied now that the electoral process was honest and all allegations of fraud and forgery were totally incorrect".</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37173752/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</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: 285px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.reuters.com/" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters</a> have a guide to the "steps in Iraq’s crawl towards a government which I reproduce in full below:</p> <p><strong>Reuters AlertNet – FACTBOX-Deadlines, steps in Iraq’s crawl towards a government</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>REUTERS – A recount of votes cast in Baghdad did not change the results of Iraq’s March 7 election, leaving intact the two-seat lead of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s cross-sectarian Iraqiya coalition.</p> <p>Because no coalition won enough seats for a majority in parliament, weeks of political negotiations may be needed before the formation of a new government.</p> <p>Here are the next official steps and constitutional deadlines as Iraq’s fledgling democracy crawls toward establishing its next government:</p> <p>* The Independent High Electoral Commission said it would publish the preliminary results on Monday and objectors would have three days to file complaints before the results could be sent to a court for final certification.</p> <p>* The supreme court has no deadline for certifying the results but election officials said they did not expect a long delay. The court has been considering the results from 17 other provinces, excluding Baghdad, for several days already.</p> <p>* President Jalal Talabani must call on the new parliament to convene within 15 days from the date of the certification of the election results.</p> <p>* The oldest member of the Council of Representatives chairs the first session, in which members have a maximum of 15 days to elect a speaker and two deputies.</p> <p>* The council elects a new president within 30 days of its first session.</p> <p>* The new president has 15 days to ask the largest bloc in parliament to try to form a government and choose a prime minister.</p> <p>* The prime minister-designate must form a governing coalition and name a cabinet, or Council of Ministers, within 30 days.</p> <p>* If the prime minister-designate fails to pick a cabinet in the required time, the president has 15 days to nominate someone else to try to form a government.</p> <p>* The new prime minister designate has 30 days to try to form a governing coalition and council of ministers.</p> <p>* A new government is deemed to have been formed when a prime minister’s cabinet nominees and their programmes win the approval of an absolute majority of the members of the Council of Representatives, or parliament.</p> <p>SOURCE: Iraqi constitution, election officials </p> <p>(Reporting by Waleed Ibrahim, Muhanad Mohammed and Ahmed Rasheed, editing by Jim Loney)<strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64F0C6.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote></div> <p><strong>Iraq election recount confirms Iyad Allawi victory | World news | The Guardian</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>A recount of votes in Iraq’s general election did not change the allocation of seats, officials said today, leaving the cross-sectarian coalition led by Iyad Allawi with the biggest parliamentary presence.</p> <p>The secularist former prime minister Allawi’s Iraqiya bloc, supported heavily by Iraq’s minority Sunnis, won 91 seats in the 7 March vote, edging out the mainly Shia State of Law coalition led by the prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, which won 89.</p> <p>Allawi has insisted that winning the close election should give him the first opportunity to form a new government, but Maliki’s bloc has already announced an alliance with the Shia Iraqi National Alliance, which polled third, to form the largest grouping in parliament.</p> <p>The Shia-dominated alliance could push Allawi to the sidelines and anger Sunnis who supported Iraqiya, raising concerns about a potential revival of sectarian conflict as US troops prepare to end combat operations in Iraq by 1 September.</p> <p>The recount of 2.5m votes in Baghdad left intact Allawi’s two-seat lead. "There is a change, but not a significant change, for the [candidates] inside the blocs. … The number of the seats stays as is," said Saad al-Rawi, one of nine commissioners on the Independent High Electoral Commission. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/16/iraq-election-recount" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <p><em>See also: </em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/05/201051615121968150.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Result unchanged after Iraq recount</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds: From Red Lines to Red Carpets</strong><strong>: Today’s Zaman</strong></p> <blockquote><p>If all goes to plan Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will be paying his first official visit to Turkey next month. <br/>The decision to invite the Kurdish leader is in line with recent moves designed to end over a decade of hostility between Ankara and the Iraqi Kurdish leadership. Friendship with the Iraqi Kurds is one of the main pillars of Turkey’s attempts to solve its long-running Kurdish problem.</p> <p>Until recently Barzani, who is also the leader of the most powerful Iraqi Kurdish faction, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), was firmly embedded in Turkey’s official gallery of rogues. He was derided as a cocky tribal upstart who emboldened by U.S. support was accused of plotting against Turkey. Turkey’s hawkish generals would ever so often warn against the “red lines” that Barzani must not breach. “Don’t try to grab Kirkuk” or else… Don’t think about independence or else…” The subtext was that Turkey would invade the Kurdish controlled enclave. A defiant Barzani vowed to fight back. The potential for conflict between a critical NATO ally, Turkey, and its Kurdish friends in Iraq was long a source of worry in Washington. Now the red lines are fading. Turkey is preparing to roll out the red carpet for Barzani. The Kurds’ internationally respected leader is expected to meet with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and perhaps even with President Abdullah Gül.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-210325-100-turkey-and-the-iraqi-kurds-from-red-lines-to-red-carpets.html" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Qaida group in Iraq nominates new top leaders</strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong></p> <blockquote><p>BAGHDAD, May 16 (Xinhua) — Al-Qaida in Iraq insurgent group announced Sunday it has nominated new top leaders for its self- styled Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the group said in a statement posted on the internet.</p> <p>The Mujahdeen Shura Council (MSC), which is an al-Qaida-led umbrella organization of extremist Sunni militant groups, said it has chosen Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Hussieni al-Quraishi as the emir, or leader of the "believers" to be the head of the ISI.</p> <p>The statement said that the MSC also nominated Abu Abdullah al- Hassani al-Quraishi as first minister and deputy for Abu Bakr al- Quraishi.</p> <p>On Friday, the MSC nominated al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman as its "minister of war" for the ISI, who vowed to continue deadly attacks with "dark days in blood color."</p> <p>The nominations of new al-Qaida leaders came after the killing of the two top al-Qaida leaders Abu Ayyub al-Musri and Abu Omer al- Baghdadi in a military operation by Iraqi and U.S. forces last month.</p> <p>Both Iraqi and U.S. officials said the killing of the two men dealt a big blow to al-Qaida in the war-torn country. However, major attacks continued across the country, leaving hundreds dead in the past several weeks.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/16/c_13297379.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>11 Qaeda commanders still at large in Iraq, senior military officer says</strong><strong>:  | Azzaman in English</strong></p> <blockquote><p>Iraqi security troops have killed 32 out of 43 Qaeda commanders in the country, said Lt. Gen. Babaker Zaibari.</p> <p>Zaibari, who is Iraqi Chiefs of Staff Chairman, said there were 11 more senior Qaeda commanders at large “and their presence constitutes a security threat.”</p> <p>The Iraqi government blames almost all violence in the country on Qaeda but analysts and senior government officials say rival political factions with heavily armed militias are also to blame.</p> <p>They say some political factions with their unruly militias are embroiled in a bitter struggle and battle of liquidation of opponents.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-05-15%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <blockquote> </blockquote> <p><strong>Sinochem exits Iraq oilfield deal – The National Newspaper</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>A Chinese state-controlled petroleum company has quit an Iraqi oil project, voting with its feet against the scant returns on investment offered by Baghdad.</p> <p>Despite the undoubted importance of Iraq’s oil resources to China, which already imports significant volumes of Iraqi crude to fuel its economy, Sinochem International has withdrawn from a consortium led by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to develop the Missan oilfield complex in the south-east of Iraq. <br/>“Sinochem was not interested in the deal,” Abdul al Ameedi, the director of the licensing and contracting office of the Iraqi oil ministry, told Reuters.</p> <p>The withdrawal from one of a dozen big oil developments, on which Baghdad was pinning its hopes of more than quadrupling Iraq’s oil production capacity by 2017, is the second this year.</p> <p>Iraq, which pumps 2.4 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, has set 12 billion bpd as its target production capacity, rivalling that of Saudi Arabia, as it seeks to rebuild its shattered economy.</p> <p>But in late February, Iraq broke off talks with a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Oil, which Baghdad had chosen over rival groups led by Italy’s Eni and Spain’s Repsol to develop the Nassiriyah oilfield.</p> <p>During the failed negotiations, the Japanese companies had indicated concerns over how Baghdad would reimburse their costs for field development and handling workforce security and safety.</p> <p>In general, Chinese companies bidding on foreign oil projects have been more tolerant of tight contractual terms than western companies, because of the strategic energy agenda of their controlling shareholder, Beijing.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100516/BUSINESS/705169923/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10531"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/what-happens-next-in-iraq-after-baghdad-recount/#respond" title="Comment on What happens next in Iraq after Baghdad recount?">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Yusuf Al-Jezani</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/what-happens-next-in-iraq-after-baghdad-recount/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to What happens next in Iraq after Baghdad recount?">What happens next in Iraq after Baghdad recount?</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/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/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-najifi-osama/" rel="tag">al-Najifi -Osama</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-nujaifi-osama/" rel="tag">al-Nujaifi - 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They are just four seats short of a governing majority in the new 325-seat parliament. </p> <p>In theory, the president picked by the next parliament when it sits should give Allawi as the election winner the first shot at trying to form a government and 30 days in which to do so. </p> <p>The supreme court, though, has already issued an opinion stating that right could also legally be granted to the single biggest bloc in the new parliament. </p> <h3>WHO IS TALKING TO WHOM </h3> <p>In the meantime, State of Law and the INA will be talking to the recently unified Kurdish bloc about what concessions will be needed to bring the Kurds’ 57 or so seats into the fold. </p> <p>The Kurds want the presidency, a resumption in their oil exports, and commitments on disputed areas like Kirkuk, which the Kurds want wrapped into their semi-autonomous enclave. </p> <p>Maliki’s envoys will also be talking to members of Iraqiya who might cross the floor if offered a suitably attractive deal, such as a ministry. It will be important to bestow a Sunni tint on an otherwise Shi’ite-Kurdish dominated government. </p> <p>Among those who might be tempted to desert Allawi could be incumbent Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a prominent Sunni, or members of former Sunni lawmaker Saleh al-Mutlaq’s list. </p> <p>Hashemi would bring with him around 9 seats while Mutlaq’s former National Dialogue Front could deliver at least 20. Mutlaq himself was barred from the election because of alleged links to Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein’s outlawed Baath party. </p> <p>Sunni politician Osama al-Nujaifi, who controls around half of Iraqiya’s 20-odd seats in the violent northern province of Nineveh, may also be willing to deal with State of Law and INA. </p> <p>The inclusion of a large-enough Sunni bloc may defuse some of the outrage Sunnis will feel at Allawi being sidelined by the Shi’ite factions that have dominated Iraq since Saddam’s fall. </p> <h3>WHAT STILL STANDS IN THE WAY OF A SHI’ITE MEGA-MERGER </h3> <p>The pick of prime minister is a hurdle that could yet defeat the plans to create a Shi’ite mega-faction. </p> <p>Maliki, the top vote winner in the March election, insists that he be returned to office for a second term. </p> <p>But he is opposed by the movement of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, which won 39 of INA’s 70 seats and dislikes Maliki for sending troops to crush Sadr’s Mehdi Army militia. </p> <p>Maliki is viewed with disquiet within the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, which has seen its former dominance of Shi’ite politics whittled away by Maliki’s growing stature. </p> <p>In addition, the incumbent prime minister is thought to be viewed by Tehran as overly independent. Shi’ite power Iran has been an influential player in Iraq since its Shi’ite majority was propelled into political supremacy by the invasion. </p> <p>Under the tie-up, State of Law and INA were to create a 14-person committee to decide on a prime ministerial nominee. </p> <p>The formation of the panel has been stymied by disagreement within the INA as to who should be included in it, and by State of Law opposition to the INA side appointing too many Sadrists. </p> <p>The committee, once formed, will have a week to endorse a prime minister unanimously. If it fails, it will then vote on a selection. The winning candidate will need 80 percent support. If that also fails, a new mechanism will have to be agreed. </p> <h3>HOW LONG </h3> <p>It could still take months to form a new government. </p> <p>While the election results will most likely be certified by June, diplomats expect politicians to want a package deal on all remaining issues — prime minister, president and ministries — before the new parliament is allowed to hold its first session. </p> <p>A popular estimate for a new government is August, just when U.S. troops levels are supposed to go down by half to 50,000. </p> <h3>SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE </h3> <p>When Iraq waited months for a government in 2006, sectarian bloodshed took hold. Some fear history could repeat itself. </p> <p>But Iraq in 2010 is different to Iraq in 2006. </p> <p>The 650,000-plus troops and police Iraq now has have proven to be relatively professional, while not flawless, and capable of battling both Sunni insurgents and Shi’ite militia. </p> <p>Iraqis themselves are tired of war, and less inclined to turn a blind eye to or provide a safe haven for armed groups. </p> <p>Iraq has also signed 10 deals with global oil firms that could turn it into the world’s No. 2 oil producer. </p> <p>The allure of booming oil revenues may persuade many who might otherwise take up arms that it would be more profitable to join the government, than to fight it. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64E02O.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters AlertNet – SCENARIOS-What happens next in Iraq after Baghdad recount?</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10478"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/bus-bombings-show-plight-of-christians-in-iraq-reuters/#respond" title="Comment on Bus bombings show plight of Christians in Iraq – Reuters">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 14th, 2010 by Diya al din</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/bus-bombings-show-plight-of-christians-in-iraq-reuters/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Bus bombings show plight of Christians in Iraq – Reuters">Bus bombings show plight of Christians in Iraq – Reuters</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/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/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-hamdaniya/" rel="tag">al-Hamdaniya</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assyrian-students/" rel="tag">assyrian students</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assyrians/" rel="tag">Assyrians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bahnam-and-sara-church-qara-qush/" rel="tag">Bahnam and Sara church (Qara Qush)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bombings/" rel="tag">Bombings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bus-bombing/" rel="tag">bus bombing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bus-bombings/" rel="tag">bus bombings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/christian-accusations-against-peshmerga/" rel="tag">Christian accusations against Peshmerga</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/christian-students/" rel="tag">christian students</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/christians/" rel="tag">Christians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/christians-persecution-of/" rel="tag">Christians - 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We carried no weapons. Nevertheless, we were targeted," said Maha Tuma, a schoolmate of Shibib. </p> <p>"May God rest her soul and give patience to her family," Tuma said, sobbing at Shibib’s burial early on Tuesday at the cemetery of Bahnam and Sara church in Qaraqush. </p> <p>Numbering some 750,000 in a predominantly Muslim nation of about 30 million, Christians are trapped in the crossfire of sectarian strife and a simmering feud in disputed northern areas over land and some of the world’s richest oilfields. </p> <p>Hundreds of thousands of Christians — who Pope Benedict called "the most vulnerable religious minority in Iraq" in a Vatican appeal for better security — have left their country since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. </p> <p>The United Nations said around 4,100 Christians fled the restive northern city of Mosul, perhaps Iraq’s most dangerous place, between Feb. 20 and 27 after attacks in which eight Christians died; shot in the street, or at work. </p> <p>The four buses that carried Sandy Shibib and other students were travelling from the largely Christian district of Qaraqush, in the town of Hamdaniya, to Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, when the bombers attacked. </p> <h3>ORIGINAL SETTLERS </h3> <p>Qaraqush is located among the mostly Christian towns of the Nineveh plain. Christians believe they were the first settlers in the area, their roots tracing back hundreds of years before Christ to the Assyrians, one of the most famous civilizations born in Mesopotamia, the historical name of Iraq. </p> <p>"Christians are the original people of this area," said Louis Marqush Ayoub, a member of the Hamdaniya municipal council. "We Christians have not been a part of any conflict concerning power in Iraq. What is going on is a part of political, foreign and regional agendas." </p> <p>The Nineveh plain includes disputed areas that Kurds want to fold into the virtually autonomous northern region known as Iraqi Kurdistan. Those demands have been rejected by the central government in Baghdad and by Iraqi Arab factions. </p> <p>The disputed areas include Kirkuk, a city with an unsettled mix of Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and others that sits atop what U.S. officials say may be 4 percent of the world’s oil reserves. </p> <p>"The majority of Christians are living in the disputed areas. Because of this, they are now under the agenda of the internal groups, especially Kurds and Arab Sunnis," said William Warda, chairman of the Hammurabi Human Rights organization. </p> <h3>‘WEAKEST LINK’ </h3> <p>Christians have tried to keep a low profile during the sectarian warfare between Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims unleashed by the U.S. invasion but they have come under attack nonetheless. Bombers target churches and kidnappers hold priests for ransom. </p> <p>It is frequently unclear who is attacking Christians and why. Some see an official hand at work. Others say the motive could be as simple as robbery or extortion. </p> <p>Sunni Islamist extremists may despise them because they are Christians. Kurdish factions may covet their land or want to prevent them from voting for opponents. </p> <p>"There is a kind of plan to move the Christians and to put pressure on them … Christians do not have protection, nor do they have a militia," Warda said. "They are the weakest link in the chain." </p> <p>Because of the attacks, the Christian students of Hamdaniya have stopped going to Mosul University, the only university in Nineveh province. Dozens staged sit-ins this week to press authorities to find them a refuge for final exams. </p> <p>"Because of physical injuries and psychological damages we suffered from these attacks, we call on the prime minister and the minister of higher education to allow us to take the exams in our town, Qaraqush, or any peaceful and safe place," student Meron Bahnam said.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64C13V.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Bus bombings show plight of Christians in Iraq</a> By Saif Tawfiq <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/571273.htm?v=newsdesk" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters AlertNet</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10280"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/02/02-05-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 02-05-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 2nd, 2010 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/02/02-05-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 02-05-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">02-05-2010 Selected English Language Coverage</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/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/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-jazeera-english/" rel="tag">al jazeera english</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-naser-district-kirkuk/" rel="tag">Al Naser district (Kirkuk)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arab-league/" rel="tag">Arab League</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/asharq-al-awsat/" rel="tag">Asharq Al-Awsat</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/asharq-alawsat-newspaper/" rel="tag">asharq alawsat newspaper</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/aswat-al-iraq/" rel="tag">Aswat Al Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/attacks-on-green-zone-government-police/" rel="tag">Attacks on green zone government police</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/attacks-on-judges-and-lawyers/" rel="tag">Attacks on judges and lawyers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/barzani-massoud/" rel="tag">Barzani - 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They go in buses like that to Mosul’s university after the troubled times when Christians were targeted in the past". </p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64104F.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Reuters AlertNet – Bombs kill 1, injure 100 in north Iraq</strong></a><strong>: <br/></strong></li> <li><strong>Hind al-Bidairi on opening a female owned cafe with all-female waiting staff:</strong> <p>"I stand behind every woman trying to change the pattern of our society, to show that women are strong and have the right to get involved in all kinds of business," Bidairi said. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6410T220100502?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source. Baghdad cafe waitresses break down barriers</strong></a><strong>: </strong></li> </ul> <h3><font color="#800000">Politics & Security: </font></h3> <p><strong>Iraqiya Spokesman: I Have Received A Death Threat from the Prime Minister’s Office Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong><strong>:</strong></p> <blockquote><p>The political conflict in Baghdad over the formation of Iraq’s next government has reached a stage of "open" death threats, according to Iraqiya spokesman Haidar al-Mulla who claims to have received a personal death threat from the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.</p> <p><em>[snip]</em></p> <p>Al-Mulla went on to say that approximately one hour after this telephone call, an official from al Maliki’s office who is known to him and who he has spoken to him on the phone a number of times before telephoned him, swore at him and insulted him. Al-Mulla said that this official told him, "This is Nouri al Maliki’s message to you; we will cut off your head and your feet if you come to Iraq." Al-Mulla was outside of Iraq at the time of the phone call. Al-Mulla told Asharq Al-Awsat that he informed the official that he will be returning to Iraq next week, and that the official can do what he wants. <br/>Al-Mulla confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that he recorded this telephone call, which he received during an Iraqiya bloc meeting, and that a number of senior Iraqiya bloc members were in attendance. He said that he intends to submit the recording to the Iraqi judiciary and take al-Maliki to court. Asharq Al-Awsat attempted to obtain a comment from the office of the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, but did not receive a response by the time this article went to press.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20802" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>كونا : Arab League delegation participates in Baghdad’’s manual recount – الشؤون السياسية – 02/05/2010</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Arab League sent on Sunday a team to participate in the manual recount of ballots in Baghdad that kicks off on Monday.</p> <p>The team is led by Assistant Secretary General of Media and communications affairs Ambassador Mohammad Al-Khamleeshi.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080192&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Kurdistan President calls on US to solve Iraq’s problems before departure : Aswat Al Iraq</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Massoud Barazani called on the United States of America to solve Iraq’s problems before ordering troops to depart the country.</p> <p>“Problems between Kurdistan’s regional cabinet and Iraq’s federal government have to be solved prior to U.S. withdrawal from Iraq,” Barazani said on Saturday according to the Kurdistan regional cabinet’s Web site.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=131051" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>KUNA : Violence in Kirkuk leads to death of lawyer, injury of policeman – Military and Security – 02/05/2010</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>A lawyer was killed while a policeman was injured in two separate incidents in northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, said a security source Sunday.</p> <p>The source told KUNA that masked gunnmen opened fire on a car carrying two lawyers on the main road between Kirkuk city and Dagogma town, a incident which resulted in the death of one lawyer and the injury of another.</p> <p>The source added that masked gunmen opened fire on a policeman in Al-Naser neighborhood in Kirkuk, leading to the injury of the policeman.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080198&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <p><strong>Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Christians targeted in Mosul blasts</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>A shopkeeper has been killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, as two bombs went off near buses carrying Christian students.</p> <p>More than 100 people, including students and other civilians, were injured in the blasts on Sunday morning.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/05/201052113858638936.html" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>:  (</strong><strong>Editor note:</strong> Our own posting on this bombing is here: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/02/buses-bringing-christian-students-to-mosul-university-bombed/"><strong>Buses Bringing Christian Students To Mosul University Bombed | Gorilla’s Guides</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Society and Economy:</font></h3> <p><strong>Baghdad cafe waitresses break down barriers | Reuters</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Hind al-Bidairi’s dream of owning a cafe with an all-female waiting staff haunted her for years while Iraq was gripped by sectarian violence.</p> <p>Islamic fundamentalists would most likely have slaughtered her and her employees had she dared.</p> <p>But now, as Iraq struggles free from widespread bloodshed and the Islamist militia and insurgents who once sowed terror by killing women they considered inappropriately dressed have retreated to the shadows, her dream has come true.</p> <p>"I stand behind every woman trying to change the pattern of our society, to show that women are strong and have the right to get involved in all kinds of business," Bidairi said.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6410T220100502?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <p><strong>Trade Arabia – Middle East & GCC Business Information | Trade News Portal</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Iraq’s oil exports fell slightly in April to 1.767 million barrels per day (bpd) from 1.79 million bpd the month before, an official at the Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Saturday.</p> <p>Iraq exported an average of 1.42 million bpd from the southern oil hub of Basra and 341,965 bpd from the northern oilfields around Kirkuk, including about 9,983 bpd by trucks to Jordan, the official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.</p> <p>The official said the reason behind the fall in exports was due to bad weather in Basra and a brief halt of exports through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline after a bomb attack last month.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=OGN&artid=179022" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Thank you for reading!</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" 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Coalition</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/summaries/" rel="tag">Summaries</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>In today’s daily roundup of English language coverage that caught our attention we find mostly reports that dealt with the banning of 52 candidates. (one of them Saleh al Mutlaq’s brother). Saleh  Al-Mutlaq himself told Asharq Alawsat Newspaper that Maliki offered him any political office he wanted and the dropping of all charges against him if he would split from Allawi’s coalition, that report is well worth your while reading in full.</p> <p>Nur</p> <p> <strong>Editor-in-chief abducted from Baghdad home | Index on Censorship</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper al-Shahid, Saad al-Aossi, was abducted on 14 April. Armed men invaded his home, confiscated his computer and took him to an unknown location. There have been local reports that the men were from the police and the military, though Baghdad Operations Command issued a statement denying any involvement in his disappearance. His kidnapping came six days after he wrote an article condemning Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for a lack of transparency. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/04/editor-abductedbaghdad-home/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source:</strong></a> </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Al-Mutlaq: Al-Maliki Offered Presidency in Exchange for Withdrawal from Iraqiya Bloc Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Speaking from Amman yesterday, Saleh al-Mutlaq told Asharq Al-Awsat that "I met with Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, the former speaker of the Iraqi parliament, who informed me that he was acting as a representative of al-Maliki. He offered me the greetings of the Prime Minister and asked me to split from the Iraqiya bloc and join the State of Law coalition." Al-Mutlaq revealed that "al-Mashhadani conveyed to me that al-Maliki was offering me any position that I could want in the next government, starting with the Presidency." </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20729" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">The Day In Quotes:</font></h3> <ol> <li><strong>Anonymous politician to Patrick Cockburn on the recounts: </p> <p></strong>"If Iyad Allawi’s supporters and the Sadrists lose seats because of the recount they will never accept this." </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-intervenes-in-iraq-election-row-as-feared-militia-waits-in-wings-1954224.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong> </li> <li><strong>Iyad Allawi on the invalidation of Iraqiya list votes:</strong> <p>"We have instructed lawyers to appeal against the panel’s decision We are very concerned about certain groups controlling the political process in Iraq". </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE63P2BB.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source:</a></strong><strong> </strong></li> <li><strong>Ali Mahmud, spokesman for the Deba’athification panel chaired run by Ahmed Chalabi.</strong> <p>"Their participation in the election is considered cancelled" said Ali Mahmud, spokesman for the justice and accountability panel chaired by former deputy prime minister Ahmed Chalabi. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=38649" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source</strong></a>: </li> </ol> <h3><font color="#800000">Political Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Reuters AlertNet – Iraq’s Allawi to appeal panel decision on candidates</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Iraq’s former prime minister Iyad Allawi said on Monday his Iraqiya bloc had instructed lawyers to appeal a decision by an Iraqi review panel to invalidate votes cast for 52 candidates in last month’s vote.</p> <p>"We have instructed lawyers to appeal against the panel’s decision," he told a news conference in Ankara, adding: "We are very concerned about certain groups controlling the political process in Iraq.</p> <p>Allawi’s cross-sectarian bloc Iraqiya list won 91 seats, just two seats ahead of Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law. The panel’s decision threw into question the slim lead of the winning Sunni-backed alliance. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE63P2BB.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source:</a></strong><strong> </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Barring of candidates may change Iraq vote outcome – Yahoo! News</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>In an interview with The Associated Press, Independent High Electoral Commission chief Faraj al-Haidari said the recount was only requested — and granted — after the prime minister’s State of Law coalition failed to win the most seats.</p> <p>He said the demand for a recount was "just some kind of a political demonstration." <br/>"Now the other political blocs will also complain, ‘Why didn’t they respond to our complaints? Why did they just respond to the State of Law complaint?’" said a visibly exasperated al-Haidari.</p> <p>"We, as IHEC, consider the decision taken by the court to be incorrect," he said. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100426/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Iraq panel wipes out votes, result in doubt | Reuters</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>But any reduction in Iraqiya’s representation could reignite Sunni anger just as the sectarian violence unleashed after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion recedes.</p> <p>"The ruling of the review panel is politically motivated and could be detrimental to the whole democratic process in Iraq," said Mustafa al-Hiti, a senior member of Allawi’s Iraqiya alliance.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63P13820100426" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>US intervenes in Iraq election row as feared militia waits in wings – Middle East, World – The Independent</strong><strong>: By Patrick Cockburn in Arbil</strong></p> <blockquote><p>The United States is trying to resolve the growing crisis over the formation of a new Iraqi government, with a deal between current prime minister Nouri al-Maliki and his main rival Iyad Allawi under which each man would hold the post of prime minister for two years at the head of a coalition government, The Independent has learned. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-intervenes-in-iraq-election-row-as-feared-militia-waits-in-wings-1954224.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Security Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Iraq: Al-Qaeda offensive targets Diyala – Adnkronos Security</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote>Baghdad, 26 April (AKI) – Iraqi security forces have launched a fresh offensive on Al-Qaeda in the province of Diyala north of Baghdad on Monday, after operations led to the deaths and arrests of key leaders last week. Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirmed that two of its top leaders were killed in a joint operation by Iraqi and US forces a week ago. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.303432773" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full:</strong></a><strong> </strong></p></blockquote> <p> <strong>Three Iraqi policemen seriously injured in bomb blast (1st Lead) – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote>Baghdad – Three Iraqi policemen were seriously injured in a bomb blast in the western city of Falluja on Monday, police said, as some 26,000 Iraqi soldiers and police began a sweep of the area. <br/>The blast, which police said ripped through a patrol vehicle and left three policemen in serious condition, came amid a major police and military offensive against al-Qaeda and related armed groups in western Iraq. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1550980.php/Three-Iraqi-policemen-seriously-injured-in-bomb-blast-1st-Lead" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </p> <p></strong><em>see also: </em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1551005.php/Bombings-greet-police-raids-across-Iraq-2nd-Lead" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Bombings greet police raids across Iraq (2nd Lead) – Monsters and Critics</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p></blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Health Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Jaipur NGO holds limb fitment camp in Iraq</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>JAIPUR – A 22-member team of a Jaipur-based NGO that provides artificial limbs to the disabled has returned from Baghdad after holding a month-long artificial limb fitment camp there. </p> <p>The Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti (BMVSS) provided 882 Iraqis artificial limbs during the camp while 75 people were given crutches free of cost. </p> <p>The founder-chief patron of BMVSS D.R. Mehta led the team. Two technicians were from Pakistan where BMVSS is also running a rehabilitation centre. The team returned to Jaipur earlier this week. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/04/25/jaipur-ngo-holds-limb-fitment-camp-in-iraq-22102/" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Economic Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>albawaba.com middle east news information::Etihad Crystal Cargo launches services to Erbil</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, has launched a weekly service from its hub at Abu Dhabi International Airport to Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/315074" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9888"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/zarqawi/" rel="tag">Zarqawi</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p><strong>Secret prison for Sunnis revealed in Baghdad – latimes.com: </strong></p> <blockquote><p><a title="20100419_screenshot_latimes_malikis_secret_prisons" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4536503276/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="border-right: silver 2px solid; border-top: silver 2px solid; display: inline; margin: 5px 0px 65px 15px; border-left: silver 2px solid; border-bottom: silver 2px solid" alt="20100419_screenshot_latimes_malikis_secret_prisons" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304im_/http://static.flickr.com/4009/4536503276_f5a4e1c073.jpg" align="right"/></a>Hundreds of Sunni men disappeared for months into a secret Baghdad prison under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s military office, where many were routinely tortured until the country’s Human Rights Ministry gained access to the facility, Iraqi officials say. </p> <p>The men were detained by the Iraqi army in October in sweeps targeting Sunni groups in Nineveh province, a stronghold of the group Al Qaeda in Iraq and other militants in the north. The provincial governor alleged at the time that ordinary citizens had been detained as well, often without a warrant. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/africa/la-fg-iraq-prison19-2010apr19,0,4657710.story" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <h3>The Day In Quotes:</h3> <ol> <li><strong>Ammar al-Hakim on Allawi and Maliki</strong><strong>: </p> <p></strong>"We are talking about a person who should be accepted on a national level. This is the most important point because the prime minister is not going to be a prime minister of his own party or his political movement, but for all of Iraq … On such a basis, we find it’s difficult for Mr. Maliki or even Mr. Ayad Allawi to gain the needed acceptance." </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></li> <li><strong>Maliki on the killing of Abu Omar al Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al Masri</strong><strong>: <p></strong>"I give the happy tidings of the strike, which targeted and killed Abu Omar al Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al Masri, who were hiding in a hole in Tharthar area," </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/19/92419/two-al-qaida-leaders-killed-in.html" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></li> <li><strong>Kamal el-Saadi on the Electoral Commission Ordering A Recount in Baghdad</strong><strong>: <p></strong>"We expect that this will change the results for the benefit of State of Law,". </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE63I1AT" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>:</strong> </li> </ol> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE63I12J.htm" class="external" target="_blank"> </p> <p> </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE63I12J.htm" class="external" target="_blank"></a><br/> <h3><font color="#800000">Political Coverage:</font></h3> </p> <blockquote><p><strong></strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq appeals panel orders manual ballot recount in Baghdad | Xinhua :</strong> </p> <blockquote><p>An Iraqi appeals panel ordered Monday manual recount for ballots in Baghdad after reviewing complaints by political blocs, an electoral commission official said. </p> <p>"The appeals panel tasked with reviewing the complaints of the political blocs about the parliamentary elections decided to carry out manual recount for Baghdad province only," Hamdiya al-Husseiny, a commission member told reporters. </p> <p>Earlier, several blocs, including incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law bloc, demanded manual recount, claiming that hundreds of thousands of votes have been manipulated in five provinces. </p> <p>On April 11, Hachim al-Hassani, spokesman of Maliki’s bloc said that his bloc demanded manual recount of five provinces, including Baghdad, but he added that his bloc would accept manual recount even if it is at least only in Baghdad. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/19/c_13258385.htm"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Iraqi panel orders vote recount in Baghdad | Reuters: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Electoral commissioner Hamdiya al-Husseini said the manual recount would begin immediately but she was not sure how long it would take.</p> <p>The capital accounts for 68 seats in the 325-seat parliament, making it a key prize, and Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law alliance had been seeking a recount after coming a close second in the election.</p> <p>"We expect that this will change the results for the benefit of State of Law," said Kamal el-Saadi, a senior member of Maliki’s coalition.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE63I1AT" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Iraq Shiite cleric doubts front-runners in PM race – Yahoo! News: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The cleric who heads one of Iraq’s key Shiite political parties says neither front-runner in the March 7 parliamentary elections has enough popular support to lead country in the next government. </p> <p>Ammar al-Hakim of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council says he wouldn’t reject either candidate, if all sides jockeying for power since the inconclusive elections agree on one of them. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Turkey on Iraq’s side in all conditions: FM: Xinhua</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Turkey was and would be on Iraq’s side in all conditions. </p> <p>Davutoglu made the remarks at a joint press conference with the visiting Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi in the Turkish capital of Ankara. </p> <p>Turkey has good relations with all groups in Iraq, said Davutoglu, adding he is confident that all groups in Iraq would come together to build their country. </p> <p>Davutoglu said he discussed with al-Hashimi the post-election period in Iraq, adding Turkey views that the Iraqi parliament would possibly shape the next century of Iraq. </p> <p>For his part, al-Hashimi said the relations between Iraq and Turkey are "very constructive, successful and very clean." </p> <p>On his attitude towards the new Iraqi government, al-Hashimi said the most important thing in Iraq was to establish the new government according to the constitution. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/19/c_13258447.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong> </p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Security Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Iraq says 2 top al-Qaida leaders killed — Maliki | xinhuanet: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki announced Monday the killing of top leaders of Qaida in Iraq network, Abu Omer al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Musri. </p> <p>"A cell from our intelligence killed Abu Omer al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Musri during operation in Thirthar area in north of Baghdad," Maliki told reporters in a news conference. </p> <p>Maliki said that the Iraqi intelligence was following the al- Qaida top leaders for long time and the Iraqi troops managed to capture some leading Qaida militants who led the Iraqi security forces to the whereabouts of the two most wanted Qaida leaders in Iraq. </p> <p>Maliki also said that his troops got support from the U.S. troops "by helping the Iraqi side in checking verifying the intelligence reports. </p> <p>He also showed the news conference pictures of the two killed Qaida leaders. </p> <p>Abu Omer al-Baghdadi is the head of the self-style Islamic State of Iraq, which is an al-Qaida-led umbrella organization of extremist Sunni militants groups. </p> <p>Abu Ayyub al-Musri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, is the top leader of al-Qaida in Iraq network, who replaced the former Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, when Zarqawi was killed in a U. S. airstrike on June 7, 2006. </p> <p>Zarqawi’s killing was expected to undermine the Qaida organisation, but the main blow to the terrorist networks came when their local Sunni insurgent allies turned on them, sickened by their indiscriminate bloodshed against both Shiite and Sunni communities.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/19/c_13258638.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>: </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>U.S. soldier dies in raid that kills top al Qaida in Iraq leaders | McClatchy: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Iraqi and U.S. security forces said Monday that they’d killed the two top leaders of al Qaida in Iraq in what the American military said could be the most significant blow to the militant Sunni Muslim organization since it was formed. </p> <p>Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki announced that the men known as Abu Omar al Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al Masri were killed Sunday in a raid in northern Iraq. He displayed photographs for state television of the bodies of Baghdadi and Masri, both noms de guerre for leaders of the group. </p> <p>"I give the happy tidings of the strike, which targeted and killed Abu Omar al Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al Masri, who were hiding in a hole in Tharthar area,” Maliki said at a news conference in Baghdad. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/19/92419/two-al-qaida-leaders-killed-in.html" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong>: </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Al-Qaeda killing is a morale boost – but the fighting’s not over – Times Online</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The operation marks their biggest counter-terrorism success since the assassination three years ago of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, the previous leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. His demise was even more of a headline-grabbing triumph than the killing on Sunday of his successor, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who headed the Islamic State of Iraq, a shadowy, Islamist umbrella group linked to al-Qaeda. </p> <p>Al-Zarqawi was a better-known figure, deployed extensively as a propaganda tool by both sides, with al-Qaeda using him to instil fear in its enemies, while the United States made him the face of an insurgency that was spiralling out of control. </p> <p>His death, however, failed to reduce the tempo of the sectarian slaughter and mass bombings that escalated under the command of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who is thought to be Egyptian. </p> <p>With that in mind, it is very unlikely that his death and that of al-Baghdadi will signal the collapse of al-Qaeda in Iraq, because others will take over. </p> <p>What it will do, however, is damage morale and put even greater pressure on an organisation that has already seen its ability to wreak havoc undermined since 2007, when the US-led military stepped up its efforts against it.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7102312.ece" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>US soldier dies in non-combat incident in Iraq :</strong> </p> <blockquote><p>The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of non-combat related injuries in Iraq.</p> <p>A statement by the military on Monday says the United States Division-South soldier died of injuries sustained in southern Iraq on Sunday.</p> <p><em>[snip]</em></p> <p>The death raises to at least 4,392 the number of U.S. military personnel who have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. That’s according to an Associated Press count.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ_US_CASUALTIES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-04-19-07-57-15" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong> :</strong></p> </blockquote> <div style="border-right: silver 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: silver 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: silver 1px solid; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: silver 1px solid"><strong>Reuters AlertNet – FACTBOX-Military and civilian deaths in Iraq: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>A U.S. soldier was killed and three were injured when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq late on Saturday evening, the U.S. military said on Sunday. </p> <p>Following are the latest figures for soldiers and civilians killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003: </p> <p>U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES: </p> <ul> <li>United States 4,391 </li> <li>Britain 179 </li> <li>Other nations 139 </li> </ul> <p>IRAQIS: </p> <ul> <li>Military Between 4,900 and 6,375# </li> <li>Civilians Between 95,888 and 104,595 * </li> </ul> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6371KB.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>: </p></blockquote></div> <p> </p> <h3><font color="#800000">Economic Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Carrefour leads the way into postwar Iraq – Times Online: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Carrefour is set to become the first multinational retailer to enter the Iraqi market since the war. The world’s second-largest retailer will open a two-storey store in Iraq’s Kurdish north in September. </p> <p>Although Iraq has attracted natural resources groups, the country’s GDP of about £2,400 a head, coupled with political and military instability, has meant it has struggled to attract customer-focused companies. </p> <p>Carrefour’s store in Arbil, one of northern Iraq’s largest cities, will be run by Majid al-Futtaim Group (MAF), the French hypermarket group’s Dubai- based Middle East franchise partner. The store will anchor a development that will include an ice rink, a cinema complex and a bowling alley, according to the Arbil-based Kurdish Globe. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article7102270.ece" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>: </p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Health Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Cancer of the conflict zone: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>When my sister, 101st Airborne Army Capt. Chaplain Fran E. Stuart, returned from Iraq, she was forever changed. </p> <p>Not only had the desert sand, gun blasts and heat penetrated her psyche during her one-year deployment, but a carcinogen had made its way into her body as well. Unbeknown to her, the carcinogen was making a home in my sister’s body, along with the Anthrax vaccine, depleted uranium, burn pit smoke and contaminated water dished up at every meal. </p> <p>In March 2006, when my sister was 41, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive, stage-IV dysgerminoma cancer, also called “germ cell” cancer, which is usually only seen in pregnant women and teenage girls. The cancer was advancing quickly, wrapping itself around her internal organs like an octopus and gathering fuel from her central abdomen. My sister was flown to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for immediate surgery and further testing, when a volleyball-sized tumor was removed from her abdomen. Fortunately, doctors were able to corral her cancer, but only after 10 months and 35 rounds of exhaustive chemotherapy. She wasn’t the only one undergoing such trauma. While visiting her at Walter Reed, I witnessed many soldiers returning from Iraq with cancer, unknown to the public and unacknowledged by the military. Walter Reed had two floors dedicated solely to the soldiers arriving daily with cancer. Their lives were spared on the battlefield, but the cancer was ravaging their bodies from within.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2010/April/opinion_April116.xml&section=opinion&col=" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>: </p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Commentary and Analysis</font></h3> <p> <strong>Blackwater Officials Indicted for Weapons Violations: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Last week, the Justice Department announced that a federal grand jury had returned a fifteen-count indictment against five current and former Blackwater officials, charging them with conspiracy to violate a series of federal gun laws, obstruction of justice and making false statements to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Among those indicted were Blackwater owner Erik Prince’s longtime right-hand man, former company president Gary Jackson, Blackwater’s former legal counsel Andrew Howell and two former company vice presidents. Given Blackwater’s track record and the severity of other allegations against the company–including killing unarmed civilians–if the charges in this case stick, it would be somewhat akin to Al Capone going down for tax evasion. The one major difference being, the number-one man at Blackwater, Erik Prince, is evading prosecution and jail. Prince, who remains the Blackwater empire’s sole owner, was not indicted. </p> <p><em>[snip]</em></p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p>Meanwhile, as Blackwater officials face another round of attempted criminal prosecutions, the company continues to fight off the remaining civil lawsuits stemming from the Nisour Square shooting. Last year Blackwater settled with most of the victims, reportedly for a total of $5 million. The only remaining suit against the company over Nisour Square was brought by a small group of Iraqis, most prominent among them Mohammed Kinani, the father of the youngest known victim of the shooting. His 9-year-old son, Ali, was shot in the head that day and died shortly after from his injuries. Kinani originally sued Blackwater in state court in North Carolina, but last week a federal judge sided with Blackwater and took control over the case. That judge, Terrence Boyle, was a former legislative aide to the late Republican Senator Jesse Helms, who urged President Ronald Reagan to appoint Boyle, which Reagan did. For more than a decade, Democrats blocked Boyle’s nomination to the appelate court, characterizing him as an ultraconservative who opposed civil rights and was often over-ruled on appeal. It is hard to imagine a better judge for Blackwater to draw in this case. <p>As it has done in other cases, Blackwater has asked the Obama Justice Department to intervene in Kinani’s case and to make the US government–not Blackwater and the individual shooters in the case–the defendant. Legal experts have told The Nation that if the Justice Department did that, the case would be dead in the water. The Justice Department has not responded to Blackwater’s request. Blackwater, however, is not wasting any time seeking out alternatives. </p> <p>On April 7, lawyers for the six alleged shooters and Blackwater asked Judge Boyle to replace Blackwater and the shooters with the "United States" in the case, citing the Westfall Act, which was passed in 1988 "to protect federal employees from personal liability for common law torts committed within the scope of their employment, while providing persons injured by the common law torts of federal employees with an appropriate remedy against the United States." If Boyle were to do this, the case would likely be immediately dismissed. </p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100503/scahill2" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a>:</strong><strong> </strong></p></blockquote> <p><strong>Embedded war reporting cannot escape its own bias | Alison Banville | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:</strong> </p> <blockquote><p>The boast of "greater reality" attached to embedding is a falsehood which actually clouds the vision of anyone attempting to make sense of a conflict. News channels showing reports from journalists embedded with British troops while failing to give equal airtime to reports from embeds with opposing forces or civilians qualifies not only as blatant bias, it is fertile territory for propaganda. So why are we so eager to accommodate embeds?</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/18/embedded-war-reporting-iraq-afghanistan" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Does Saudi Arabia Really Want a United Iraq? | By Reidar Visser | The Gulf Research Unit’s Blog: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The list of Iraqi guests at the palace in Riyadh over the past weeks prompts numerous questions about Saudi policy towards its eastern neighbour. For several years now, Riyadh’s Iraq policy has been a lot more passive than that of Iran, characterised by more muttering than meddling, and with relatively few attempts to reach out more broadly beyond Sunni-oriented leaders. For a long time it seemed as if the Saudi leaders still held on to futile dreams of an Iraq where Shiites could be almost excluded, as indicated for example by reports that Riyadh played a role in scuppering the tentative but promising alliance between Abu Risha (the awakening leader of Anbar) and Nuri al-Maliki last summer.</p> <p>But with recent visits to Riyadh by ISCI’s Ammar al-Hakim and Kurdish leaders Jalal Talabani and Masud Barzani, it is clear that the problem does not have to do with insurmountable ethno-sectarian barriers, but rather with the Saudi choice of guests. Between them, messieurs Hakim, Talabani and Barzani must take the lion’s share of the responsibility for the virtual wrecking of the Iraqi state through the design of the new, highly decentralising Iraqi constitution in 2005, as well as subsequent measures between 2005 and 2007 to consolidate the new order (including a law on implementing federalism south of Kurdistan). By way of contrast, Nuri al-Maliki, the Shiite leader who has made the greatest attempts at reversing some of the unfortunate results of the 2005 constitution, especially since 2008, was not invited to Riyadh.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gulfunit.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/does-saudi-arabia-really-want-a-united-iraq/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>: </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Update:</strong></p> <p><strong>The Manual Recount in Baghdad: What Maliki Wants « Iraq and Gulf Analysis: </strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki and his SLA have been the driving force in demanding the recount. To better understand their aims it may be useful to revert to what a Maliki adviser, Ali al-Musawi, told media about their coalition visions back on 16 March, at a time when Maliki and Allawi were still neck and neck. He then said that SLA was looking to form a “political majority” with the “Kurds, parts of the Iraqi National Alliance, parts of Iraqiyya, Tawafuq and other small parties”. This would in many ways mean a return to the situation in 2007, after the defection of the Sadrists (November 2006, after the Maliki-Bush meeting) but before that of Tawafuq and Iraqiyya in the summer), though with Maliki in a relatively stronger position vis-à-vis the decentralisers among the Kurds and ISCI. It has also been suggested that the United States and Saudi Arabia would be happy with this kind of outcome, even though the ideological contradictions would still be much bigger than in a smaller, centralist Iraqiyya/SLA government, and to call it a “political majority” would be something of a euphemism.</p> <p> <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063304/http://gulfanalysis.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/the-manual-recount-in-baghdad-what-maliki-wants/#comments" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="span-10 last"> <div class="span-10" id="tabs"> <ul> <li class="ui-tabs-nav-item"><a href="#featured-articles">Featured Articles</a></li> <li class="ui-tabs-nav-item"><a href="#latest-articles">Latest Articles</a></li> </ul> <div id="featured-articles" class="widget"> <ul> 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