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certification of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/march-7th-2010-election-results/" rel="tag">March 7th 2010 Election results</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">صادقت المحكمة الاتحادية على نتائج الانتخابات البرلمانية التي جرت في السابع من اذار الماضي باستثناء اثنين من الفائزين احدهما من ائتلاف العراقية والاخر من الائتلاف الوطني العراقي. <br/>واكد رئيس مجلس القضاء الاعلى مدحت المحمود المصادقة على نتائج الانتخابات باستثناء عضو القائمة العراقية عمر عبد الستار الكربولي ، في ما قال عضو مجلس المفوضين سردار عبدالكريم ان تاخر وصول الكتاب الى المحكمة الاتحادية ادى الى عدم المصادقة على نتائج المرشحين .</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10796"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/29/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%a3%d8%ac%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%82%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7/#respond" title="Comment on العراقية: تأجيل المصادقة على نتائج الانتخابات محاولة مقصودة">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 29th, 2010 by Fatima Jameel</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/29/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%a3%d8%ac%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%82%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to العراقية: تأجيل المصادقة على نتائج الانتخابات محاولة مقصودة">العراقية: تأجيل المصادقة على نتائج الانتخابات محاولة مقصودة</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/adel-abdul-mahdi/" rel="tag">Adel Abdul Mahdi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-results/" rel="tag">election results</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iyad-allawi/" rel="tag">Iyad Allawi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ratification-of-the-election-results/" rel="tag">ratification of the election results</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ratification-of-the-election-results-delay-of/" rel="tag">ratification of the election results - delay of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/siic-formerly-sciri/" rel="tag">SIIC (Formerly SCIRI)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/state-of-law-coalition-vs-iraqiya-list/" rel="tag">State of Law Coalition vs. Iraqiya list</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">اعتبر ائتلاف العراقية بزعامة اياد علاوي تأجيل المصادقة على نتائج الانتخابات "محاولة مقصودة" لاعطاء ائتلافي دولة القانون والوطني وقتاً أكبر لانقاذ تحالفهما الانتخابي بعد الفشل المتواصل في حسم مرشح توافقي لرئاسة الحكومة. <br/>وقال عضو العراقية شاكر كتاب ان "المقصود من التأجيل هو كسب الوقت والحيلولة دون اجتماع البرلمان أطول وقت ممكن لاعطاء فرصة أكبر للائتلافين لانقاذ تحالفهما لا سيما بعد التلكؤ الاخير والاختلافات التي برزت بينهما في الآونة الاخيرة"حسب قوله. <br/>من جانبه قال مصدر في الائتلاف الوطني فضل عدم ذكر اسمه ان "الاسبوع المقبل سيشهد اجتماعاً مهماً للائتلاف الوطني ينصب على اختيار مرشح واحد من بين اثنين او ثلاثة من أعضائه للتنافس مع مرشح دولة القانون على منصب رئاسة الحكومة من داخل التحالف الجديد". <br/>ولفت الى ارتفاع حظوظ عادل عبدالمهدي القيادي في "المجلس الاعلى الاسلامي العراقي" بواقع 22 مقعداً امام منافسيه الآخرين. <br/>ورأى ان "عبد المهدي هو الاقرب الى هذه التصفيات كونه مدعوماً من حزب يحتل اكثر من 20 مقعداً داخل الائتلاف… وفي حال استوجب منصب رئيس الوزراء، بحسب ما يتفق عليه من نقاط، الى عدد اكبر من المقاعد فمن السهولة التحالف مع مكون آخر لتحقيق ذلك".</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10604"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ahmad-chalabi/" rel="tag">Ahmad Chalabi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-sadr/" rel="tag">al sadr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/allawi/" rel="tag">Allawi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/" rel="tag">Arabs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath/" rel="tag">Ba'ath</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath-party/" rel="tag">baath party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baathists/" rel="tag">baathists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bombings/" rel="tag">Bombings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/caretaker-government/" rel="tag">caretaker government</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/05/18/v-print/94397/qa-iraq-had-elections-so-why-isnt.html" class="external" target="_blank">Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn’t there a new government? | McClatchy</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10531"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-najifi-osama/" rel="tag">al-Najifi -Osama</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/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-10326"> <div 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The people in our area, when they hear I have been arrested by the British Army, assumed I had been abused by British soldiers. People associate the British Army with sexual abuse.”  </p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7114602.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Britain faces payout shame as hundreds of detainees claim soldiers abused them – Times Online</strong></a><strong>: </strong></li> <li><strong>Qassim al-Abbudi, an official with the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), to reporters:</strong> <p>"We will count 600 boxes today," </p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/05/03/107548.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al Arabiya.net | Middle East News | Baghdad begins vote recount requested by PM</strong></a><strong>: </strong>  </li> </ul> <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights:</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://en.rsf.org/www-rsf-org-predators2010-03-05-2010,37235.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Reporters Sans Frontières – Forty predators of press freedom</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">In Iraq, journalists who do their job face real dangers from the conflicts that keep erupting but the situation is slowly improving and the violence is affecting the general population more than journalists in particular. That is why Reporters Without Borders has withdrawn Islamist groups from the ranks of the predators.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7114602.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Britain faces payout shame as hundreds of detainees claim soldiers abused them – Times Online</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The cash-strapped Ministry of Defence faces the prospect of further compensation payouts as hundreds of Iraqis held in British custody file complaints of abuse, described to The Times by former detainees. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>The family of Baha Musa, an Iraqi who died in British custody in 2003, shared a £2.83 million MoD settlement with nine others. An inquiry into his death saw evidence suggesting that the illegal treatment of prisoners, such as hooding and sleep deprivation, was widespread. </p> <p>Substantial out-of-court settlements have also been reached with nine men who made allegations of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of British soldiers in 2003 at a base known as Camp Breadbasket. </p> <p>The MoD admitted in 2008 that Iraqis were unlawfully assaulted at the base in Basra. <br/>Leigh Day solicitors, who represented the nine men, said that a further 14 have since come forward. The law firm also represents about 100 other Iraqi citizens in claims against the MoD for alleged maltreatment by British forces, mainly relating to arrest and detention. “Fresh allegations continue to come forward, so the number of cases will undoubtedly rise,” a spokesman for the firm said. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">He said: “The main problem is that my reputation is ruined. The people in our area, when they hear I have been arrested by the British Army, assumed I had been abused by British soldiers. People associate the British Army with sexual abuse.” </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/military-court-hears-graners-abu-ghraib-appeal" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Military court hears Graner’s Abu Ghraib appeal | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The U.S. military’s highest court is considering whether a "Catch-22" prevented the alleged ringleader of detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq from getting a fair trial in 2005. </p> <p>In arguments today in Washington, Army Spc. Charles Graner’s lawyer told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces that the defense was wrongly denied access to classified documents indicating that some of the harsh treatment of detainees reflected "enhanced interrogation techniques" approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. </p> <p>One of the five justices questioned whether the secret nature of the documents made it impossible for the defense to request specific memos — a situation he called a Catch-22. </p> <p>The court is expected to rule by August on Graner’s request for a new trial.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/seal-accused-assault-iraq-goes-trial-norfolk" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>SEAL accused of assault in Iraq goes to trial in Norfolk | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The last of three U.S. Navy SEALs to face court-martial in connection with the alleged abuse of a suspected terrorist in Iraq is scheduled to stand trial this week at Norfolk Naval Station. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>The SEAL who will stand trial beginning today, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe, is the only one who is accused of physically harming Abed. The charges against him include assault for allegedly punching Abed in the midsection; dereliction of duty for not protecting Abed; and making a false statement to an investigator who later interviewed him about the matter.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/03/military-defends-prosecution-of-seal/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Military defends prosecution of SEAL – Washington Times</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">The U.S. military is issuing an extensive defense of its decision to prosecute three Navy SEALs on charges of abusing a terrorism suspect they had captured in Iraq, after two of the servicemen were found not guilty during courts-martial.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2010/05/03/monday-6-iraqis-killed-16-wounded/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Monday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded — Antiwar.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>At least six Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded as a manual recount of ballots begin today in Baghdad. The contentious recount was not without its own controversy as the prime minister’s party found fault with the procedures that could help them win more seats in the new parliament.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100503006020&newsLang=en" class="external" target="_blank"> <br/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080528&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>كونا : Three explosions kill three Iraqis, injured 13 – الدفاع والأمن – 03/05/2010</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>BAGHDAD, May 3 (KUNA) — Three Iraqi civilians wer killed and 13 others injured by explosions at Al-Zafarania, New Baghdad and Al-Kesra, Iraqi military sources said on Monday. <br/>The first explosion took place near Al-Kbaisi cafe at the main road of Al-Zafarania town. The booby-trapped car blast resulted in the wounding of four Iraqis, as well as the destruction of the cafe. <br/>The second explosion occured in Al-Darwesh Bakery in New Baghdad resulted in the death of one Iraqi civilian and the injurey of six others. <br/>At Al-Kesra town, northern Baghdad, an explosive device attached to a parked car killed two civilians, and injured three others.</p></blockquote> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_522069.html" class="external" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/20105371714653272.html"> <br/></a> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1552775.php/Three-killed-in-two-separate-attacks-in-Iraq" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Three killed in two separate attacks in Iraq – Monsters and Critics</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>An unidentified group of gunmen attacked two employees of the court of first instance in Toz, just south of the city Kirkuk, leaving one dead and the other injured.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">In a separate incident, an Iraqi soldier and a police officer were killed while walking along a road when a remotely controlled bomb exploded in a parked car in the province of Salah al-Din, security forces said. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080270&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>كونا : Iraqi electoral commission: manual re-counting starts officially in Baghdad – الشؤون السياسية – 03/05/2010</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced launch of the manual re-counting and sorting of ballots at Al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, IHEC Spokesman Qassim Al-Abodi said on Monday.</p> <p>It is expected that recount and sorting of 600 ballot stations would be done today and that 800 ballot boxes a day would be counted within the upcoming few days, he told reporters.</p> <p>Recount process is expected to last between 11 to 15 days, he said. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1552761.php/Al-Maliki-s-coalition-calls-for-halt-to-vote-recount-1st-Lead" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al-Maliki’s coalition calls for halt to vote recount (1st Lead) – Monsters and Critics</strong></a></p> <blockquote><p>Baghdad – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of law Coalition Monday called for halting the recount of votes cast in Baghdad, saying ‘it does not comply with the court’s decision’. </p> <p>Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission started earlier on Monday recounting votes of the March parliamentary elections in the capital, as ordered by a court last month. </p> <p>The coalition said it filed a new complaint to the court to say that the ‘commission insists that the results would not reflect the true will of the voters.’ </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>Al-Shahristani said that the process should have started by comparing the number of voters with the number of votes, and if they match, then they would start the manual recount. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=May2010&file=World_News201005036150.xml" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraq locked in two-man power struggle after vote : The Peninsula On-line: Qatar</strong></a>: </p> <blockquote><p>BAGHDAD: Two months after a general election that produced no outright winner, Iraq has become locked in a battle between two men fighting for power that threatens its fragile security and hopes for stability.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Whether or not Shia Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki and ex-Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are putting personal ambition ahead of the nation’s good, their battle could stoke sectarian tensions and invite foreign interference, analysts say. “The battle in many ways boils down to the personal antipathy between the two, something which is now threatening political stability,” IHS Global Insight Middle East analyst Gala Riani said.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/asia/03kurds.html?ref=asia&pagewanted=print" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Election Victories Help Kurds in Iraq Push for More Sovereignty – NYTimes.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>As the deadlock in Baghdad has deepened with the recent disqualification of some winning Sunni candidates and the coming vote recount in the capital, important bloc leaders like the Kurdish president, Massoud Barzani, have been heavily courted for support in forming coalitions.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">But no one has been more openly aggressive in the jockeying for position than Mr. Barzani, and he is being closely watched because the issues he seeks to influence all have stark ramifications for Iraq’s stability. In particular, his demands for a federalist approach to governing Iraq — a weakened national government and stronger regional control — have revived fears that his Iraqi Kurdistan region may eventually try to secede.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/topstories/la-fg-iraq-premier-20100503,0,6654673,print.story" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>An unlikely Iraqi leader emerges – latimes.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Among all the candidates being touted for the prime minister’s job in the next Iraqi government, one stands out for his near-total lack of political experience.</p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>But Sadr’s heritage puts him in the ranks of aristocracy, at least by Iraqi Shiite Muslim standards. He is the only son of the revered Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir Sadr, who was executed by Saddam Hussein in 1980 and whose portrait looms large on billboards in almost every Shiite community across the country. And he is a second cousin and brother-in-law of the radical cleric Muqtada Sadr, who commands a vast following among poor Shiites.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Jaafar Sadr’s pedigree alone was enough to ensure that when he ran from Baghdad on Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s State of Law list, he received the slate’s most votes after Maliki — albeit with a huge gulf. That secured him a seat in parliament. He also came in second in an advisory referendum Muqtada Sadr supporters held on the prime minister’s post, and he was named one of their two candidates for the job.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100503006020&newsLang=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Scania is back in Iraq | Business Wire</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Scania has a presence in Iraq again, including both production and sales. Trucks ordered by government customers are being assembled locally there, while an independent distributor is supplying the private sector market with imported vehicles. This distributor is also responsible for the reconstruction of Scania’s sales and service network in the country.</p> <p>“If the situation in Iraq continues to stabilise, within a few years the country can regain its position as Scania’s most important market in the Middle East,” says Martin Lundstedt, Executive Vice President and responsible for the company’s sales and marketing.</p> <p>In the early 1980s, Iraq was one of Scania’s largest markets. At the peak, sales totalled 3,900 trucks in one year (1981).</p> <p>Late in 2009, Iraq’s State Company for Automotive Industry (SCAI) began production of the first of 500 trucks ordered under the terms of an agreement between Scania and Iraq’s Ministry of Industry & Minerals. Production is taking place at the government’s Iskandariyah industrial complex south of Baghdad.</p> <p>“Creating jobs in the country’s industry has been an important aspect of the agreement between Scania and the Iraqi government,” Lundstedt says.</p> <p>Today the SCAI facility in Iskandariyah employs about 300 people in its Scania operations, which not only includes final assembly of truck chassis but also bodywork for delivery of ready-to-drive trucks.</p> <p>So far, SCAI has delivered some 150 fully equipped trucks to various public sector customers, for example tank trucks to the Ministry of Water Protection and Supply.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.dissentmagazine.org/atw.php?id=109" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Dissent Magazine | Seven Years–And There’s Still No Labor Law in Iraq</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Seven years since the invasion and Iraq still does not have a labor law. Workers in the public sector are denied the right to organise and join trade unions and collective bargaining is almost impossible. It’s a disgrace. The good news that the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has set up an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.iraqitradeunions.org/cgi-bin/campaign1.cgi" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi Labour Campaign</a>: For a Fair and Just Labour Law.  For a short history of the Iraqi unions before and after the invasion order <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-12149-f0.cfm" class="external" target="_blank">this rather splendid pamphlet</a> from the TUC. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=359092&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper – Qatar</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">The Iraqi Cultural Week got under way on Saturday as part of the ‘Doha, Capital of Arab Culture 2010’ celebrations. The week, featuring exhibitions and folk performances, will run until Wednesday at the Qatar National Theatre. </p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20816" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Intimidating the Iraqis Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid"><p>It is not strange for al-Maliki to try to hold onto his position – for this is the case with most Arab rulers – but by doing so he is threatening the political process and putting all of Iraq in danger. Al-Maliki is today trying to scare the Iraqis with the prospect of UN interference; however the UN is the chief election monitor and observer, and Iraq remains under the purview of Chapter VII of the UN Chapter which gives the UN Security Council the final say in this matter. Al-Maliki is right that there is no need to involve the UN, but the problem is that by trying to change the announced election results he has caused the elector bloc that originally won the most number of seats to call for help from the authorities in charge of supervising the elections. Al-Maliki has also called for a recount without first guaranteeing that this will take place in a transparent atmosphere and under the supervision of a party that is acceptable to all electoral blocs, not just his own. We do not understand what has afflicted al-Maliki to cause him to raise all of these obstacles, especially as there is no clear victor that would be able to form a government on their own, and al-Maliki or Allawi or anybody else cannot form a government or become Prime Minister without first allying with other parties.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10186"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/30/iraqiya-could-lose-narrow-lead-iwpr/#respond" title="Comment on Iraqiya Could Lose Narrow Lead – IWPR">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Harith</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/30/iraqiya-could-lose-narrow-lead-iwpr/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraqiya Could Lose Narrow Lead – IWPR">Iraqiya Could Lose Narrow Lead – IWPR</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: 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candidate from the Iraqiya list of former premier Ayad Allawi, could potentially erase Iraqiya’s two-seat lead over the State of Law coalition headed by incumbent prime minister Nuri al-Maliki. </p> <p>Should this reversal occur, politicians and analysts fear a protracted period of political deadlock and possibly a return to sectarian tensions that could plunge Iraq into civil war. </p> <p>In a statement released on April 27, the leadership of Iraqiya called on the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, which oversees judicial affairs, to protect the “judiciary from political influence, as this may have serious ramifications for the stability of the country”. </p> <p>The coalition said it would hold to account those responsible for “distorting the election results by the appropriation of the electorate’s votes through malicious disqualification”. </p> <p>Iraqiya said it was considering a formal request to the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and the Arab League to press for a rerun of national elections in an “environment free of any political manipulation”. </p> <p>“Iraqiya will hold legally liable those who are trying to undermine the political process and steal the voices of the people, harming Iraq’s security and its social peace and drawing it into the unknown,” the statement concluded. </p> <p>Iraqiya has been negotiating with other parties to form a government since winning 91 seats – the most of any bloc – in the nationwide vote last month. If the reconfigured results shift the majority of seats to Maliki’s State of Law coalition, it will be a victory for the prime minister and a boost for his bid for a second term. State of Law won 89 of Iraq’s 325 parliamentary seats. </p> <p>“The court is clearly targeting the Iraqiya list,” Usama al-Nujaifi, a senior Iraqiya leader, said. “This is another attempt to prevent Iraqiya from exercising its constitutional right to form the next government. It is one of many continuous attacks against Iraqiya. We will reconsider our participation in the political process if we find out that it will not be a truly democratic one.” </p> <p>State of Law officials have strongly denied manipulating the courts or the electoral process. </p> <p>“Iraq’s judiciary body is independent and so is the electoral commission. We don’t have any power over them. We practiced our right by going to the judiciary and it is up to the judiciary which complaint they accept and which they refuse. We do not interfere in judiciary,”Eisa al-Freji, a senior State of Law official from the Dawa Party, said. </p> <p>“Recounting will not cause a dramatic change to the election results. There will be slight change, but recounting will assure Iraqi voters their right is protected and that law is the only authority in this country. No one can affect people’s will. Also, recounting will return our right to [form the government] and of course it will show people that we were right when we insisted on recounting,” Freji added. </p> <p>But for many Iraqis, power struggles in Baghdad are all too familiar. Some are now worried that a war of words between the Shia-led ruling party and the mainly Sunni and secular Iraqiya could spill out into the streets. </p> <p>“Things are going to be explained this way: the body that issued the ban and the recount is Shia, while the parties that will be hurt by these decisions are Sunni. So any possible progress in negotiations between Maliki’s [majority Shia] lists and Allawi’s Sunni and secular parties has become a very difficult, if not an impossible, option,” said Abdullah Jaafar , a political analyst and retired political science professor at Baghdad University. </p> <p>“On the ground, the court’s decisions can only create more problems between the sects. Sunnis who voted for Iraqiya now believe that becoming part of the government is a distant dream. Their next step could be to take up arms again; they feel there is no other hope for them,” he added, referring to the Sunnis’ perception of disenfranchisement that fuelled sectarian violence after the 2005 elections. </p> <p>A review panel of the Independent High Electoral Commission, IHEC, on April 26 upheld the recommendation of the controversial Accountability and Justice Committee, AJC, to throw out the votes cast for 52 candidates who stood in the March 7 vote. Among those banned, the only winning candidate was Iraqiya’s Ibrahim al-Mutlaq, who was disqualified for his alleged ties with the outlawed Baath Party of Saddam Hussein. The AJC is tasked with rooting out Baathist influence in Iraq. </p> <p>Mutlaq won a parliamentary seat in Baghdad, in a constituency once held by his brother, the prominent Sunni secular politician Saleh al-Mutlaq, who was barred prior to the election by the AJC. An additional six to nine other winning candidates, all aligned with Iraqiya, are expected to be ruled on next week, according to local media. </p> <p>The votes cast for any banned candidates will be discarded. Although candidates have a right to appeal against the disqualification, analysts see this option as extending the already lengthy period required to form a government.  The United States, which plans to remove 50,000 combat troops from Iraq by August, has pressed for a new administration to be in place by the time of withdrawal. </p> <p>“There have been obvious attempts to take the right to form a government away from Iraqiya. All of these moves will only prolong the negotiations needed to form a government. It is necessary to have a government in place as soon as possible in order to prevent terrorists from exploiting the political vacuum,” senior Iraqiya official Alia Nesaif told IWPR. </p> <p>Last week, the same electoral court ruled in favour of State of Law’s appeal for a recount in Baghdad, where 70 parliamentary seats are at stake. </p> <p>Several parties and coalitions appealed for recounts in various provinces, cities and voting stations, but were all denied by the elections commission. </p> <p>Iraqiya officials have pushed for the recount to be expanded to all provinces and have expressed concern that the ballots may have been tampered with in the six weeks since the election. </p> <p>The elections commission has stressed that the Baghdad recount will be monitored by all political parties and representatives from the UN and NGOs. </p> <p>According to Iyad al-Kenani, an IHEC commissioner, the recount should take no more than seven to ten days once the process is approved by IHEC officials. He admitted to reluctance within the elections commission to the court-ordered process. </p> <p>The commission “did not want to recount ballots. We think we did our job properly and there is no need for recounting. We refused requests made by other parties but an order from the Iraqi judicial authority is binding”, Kenani said. </p> <p>“We can guarantee a transparent recounting process and we would like to assure all political parties that they can send representatives to attend the recounting sessions,” he added. </p> <p>Even so, State of Law’s legal adviser, Tariq al-Harb, has little doubt about the results. </p> <p>“We think that hand counting will be foolproof and it will put State of Law ahead of the other lists. State of Law will gain one or two seats from Iraqiya or the Iraqi National Alliance,” said Harb, who filed the recount appeal for the coalition. </p> <p>“I have been asked by the head of State of Law (Maliki) to be in charge of this issue, and I will win,” he added. </p> <p>This possibility has some observers concerned about the fallout from such an abrupt election turnaround that would reassign the right to initiate the next government. </p> <p>“Political blocs should be aware of the dangerous direction in which Iraq is beginning to drift. If things keep going in this direction, the certain result is a serious intractable sectarian war,” Jaafar said. </p> <p>“This time there will be no solution, and no way out.”</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.iwpr.net/report-news/iraqiya-could-lose-narrow-lead" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqiya Could Lose Narrow Lead</a> | By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.iwpr.net/people/abeer-mohammed" class="external" target="_blank">Abeer Mohammed</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.iwpr.net/people/charles-mcdermid" class="external" target="_blank">Charles McDermid</a> – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.iwpr.net/programme/iraq" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq</a>  |  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.iwpr.net/" class="external" target="_blank">IWPR Institute for War & Peace Reporting</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10170"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/30/29-04-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 29-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Harith</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/30/29-04-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 29-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">29-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/abu-ayyub-al-masri/" rel="tag">Abu Ayyub al-Masri</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/abu-omar-al-baghdadi/" rel="tag">Abu Omar al-Baghdadi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-qaeda/" rel="tag">Al Qaeda</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-rasheed-hotel/" rel="tag">al rasheed hotel</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-ahrar-party-sadrists/" rel="tag">Al-Ahrar Party (Sadrists)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-gatoon-west-baqubah/" rel="tag">al-Gatoon (west Baqubah)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-iraqiya/" rel="tag">Al-Iraqiya</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-mashtal-southeas-baghdad/" rel="tag">al-Mashtal (southeas Baghdad)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-shab/" rel="tag">al-shab</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-shabaab/" rel="tag">Al-Shabaab</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-sharqiya/" rel="tag">Al-Sharqiya</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-shurta-al-rabia/" rel="tag">al-Shurta al-Rabia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/alcohol-shops-bombings-of/" rel="tag">alcohol shops - 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There are Shi’ites, plenty of arms available for everyone, political and security chaos, a weak central government and occupation to justify the carrying of arms." </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LD30Ak02.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source: Sami Moubayed on Muqtada al-Sadr and the new improved Mahdi Army</strong></a>  </li> <li>"What has the government brought us in the past four years except prisons and new graves?" <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0429/New-twist-in-Iraq-election-crisis-Maliki-s-enemies-latch-onto-torture-allegations" class="external" target="_blank">Source: Sadrisdt leader Hazem Al-Araji  on the revelation of torture in the "secret" prisons run by Maliki’s Office</a></strong><strong> </strong></li> </ul> <blockquote></blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq’s IHEC to start votes recount on Monday: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <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>al-Haidari, also said that there will be a decision on a Kurdish call for a recount in the northern town of Hawija on Monday.</p> </p></div> <p>BAGHDAD, April 29 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said Thursday it will start manual recount of all ballots for Baghdad province on Monday and would continue for around two to three weeks.</p> <p>"The electoral commission decided to start the recount for the ballots of Baghdad province next Monday," Faraj al-Haidari, head of the IHEC told press conference here. <br/>Haidari also said that his commission would call on representatives of political bloc which ran in March 7 elections, along with media and international monitors to attend the recount process.</p> <p>Hamdiyal al-Hussieni, a female commission member told reporters in the press conference that her commission estimated the recount process to take two to three weeks.</p> <p>She said that the recount would take place in the al-Rasheed Hotel in the Green Zone that houses some Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies, including the U.S. one.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/29/c_13272940.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Human Rights:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Iraqi human-rights worker killed by roadside bomb – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Baghdad – An Iraqi human-rights worker was killed by a roadside bomb in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk Thursday, police told the German Press Agency dpa. </p> <p>Police Colonel Salah al-Din Taha said the man was critically injured by a roadside bomb as he drove down al-Quds street in Kirkuk. </p> <p>Emergency responders rushed the injured man to hospital, where he died of his wounds, Taha said. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1551904.php/Iraqi-human-rights-worker-killed-by-roadside-bomb" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> <p><strong><em>See also</em>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/29/shirwan-ubaid-murdered-in-kirkuk/">Shirwan Ubaid Murdered In Kirkuk | Gorilla’s Guides</a></strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Political Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Baghdad vote recount to take 2 to 3 weeks – Conflict in Iraq- msnbc.com</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Iraq’s election officials said Thursday that a recount of the Baghdad ballots could take up to three weeks as a car bomb killed eight people in the capital, highlighting again the tenuous security situation while the chaos arising from the March 7 parliamentary vote drags on.</p> <p>The timeline — possibly even longer than it took to count the whole country’s ballots after the March 7 election— means another delay for an election process that has already dragged on for weeks and threatens to undermine the country’s fragile stability. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36852711/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>New twist in Iraq election crisis: Maliki’s enemies latch onto torture allegations – CSMonitor.com</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <h4>Key political bloc pummels Maliki over torture </h4> <p>The Sadr movement, the most powerful member of a Shiite political bloc that had contemplated joining forces with Maliki’s State of Law coalition, lashed out over the torture allegations. </p> <p>"What has the government brought us in the past four years except prisons and new graves?" Sadr official Hazem Al-Araji told Al-Sharqiya television network.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0429/New-twist-in-Iraq-election-crisis-Maliki-s-enemies-latch-onto-torture-allegations" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq: Allawi’s List Threatens Civil Disobedience Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote>Salih al-Mutlak, the leading figure in Al-Iraqiya List that is led by the former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, has threatened the withdrawal of their coalition, which won 91 seats in the next Iraqi parliament in the recent legislative elections, from "the entire peace process and to take to the streets to side with the Iraqis and lead massive demonstrations and sit-ins and to call for a general civil disobedience if the arbitrary measures against the List, its members, and its supporters were not stopped."</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20768" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Clinton urged to protect ‘fragile’ Christian minority in Iraq</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Church leaders from various denominations have urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to work with Iraqi authorities in protecting the persecuted Christian minority. <br/>The National Council of Churches and its partners throughout the world on Monday sent a letter to Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates expressing concern about "the ongoing situation of violent attacks on minority groups in Iraq."</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.christiantoday.com/article/clinton.urged.to.protect.fragile.christian.minority.in.iraq/25808.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Security Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Civilian killed, 8 injured in Iraq’s violence</strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>A civilian was killed and eight people wounded in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad and Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala on Thursday, police said. </p> <p>A roadside bomb went off in the morning near a police foot patrol in southeastern neighborhood of Mashtal in Baghdad, wounding four policemen and two civilians, </p> <p>In Diyala province, a civilian was killed and two injured in a roadside bomb explosion near their vehicle close to the town of Wajihiyah, near the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, an anonymous provincial police source told Xinhua. </p> <p>In a separate incident, Iraqi security forces captured five al- Qaida militants while they were planting three roadside bombs at the residential area of al-Gatoon in western Baquba, the source added. </p> <p>During the day, Iraqi security forces arrested 12 more suspects in separate search operations across the province, which stretches from the eastern edges of Baghdad to the Iranian border east of the country, the source added.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/29/c_13272507.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Car bomb near Baghdad liquor store kills 8 – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Eight people were killed Thursday evening when a car bomb exploded near a liquor store in Baghad, Iraqi news agencies reported. </p> <p>Another 20 persons were injured by the blast, which completely destroyed two stores located right next to each other. </p> <p>The attack came in the Al-Shurta Al-Rabia district in the south- western part of the city. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1552086.php/Car-bomb-near-Baghdad-liquor-store-kills-8" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong> </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>كونا : Car bomb in Baghdad kills 6, injures 18 – الدفاع والأمن – 29/04/2010</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Six people were killed in a car bomb explosion in western Baghdad on Thursday, an Iraqi policy source said. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2079639&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank">Source: KUNA</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Qaeda ‘postman’ dispatched Iraq chiefs to deaths</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>BAGHDAD – An Al Qaeda messenger unwittingly dispatched two top Islamist commanders to their deaths this month, when a US-backed force tracked him to their den and killed them, investigators told AFP on Thursday. </p> <p>Abu Omar Al Baghdadi and Abu Ayub Al Masri, who had direct links with Osama bin Laden, were killed in a shootout when a joint Iraqi-US force raided their safehouse north of Baghdad on April 18. </p> <p>Baghdadi was the political leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) while Masri, an Egyptian militant, was the insurgent group’s self-styled ‘minister of war.’ </p> <p>The pair, according to investigators, did not use cell phones or the Internet but relied on their own postman who relayed messages between them and other insurgents. <br/>Once a week the man, whose identity was not revealed, sat in a Baghdad cafe where he discreetly made contact with insurgents, delivering messages from Baghdadi and receiving others for the top Al Qaeda operative. </p> <p>Iraqi officials learned of the messenger’s existence on March 11 when security forces captured Munaf Abdul Rahim Al Rawi, the Al Qaeda chief in the Iraqi capital who was known as the ‘governor of Baghdad.’</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2010/April/middleeast_April498.xml&section=middleeast&col=" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Al-Shabaab responds to AQI killings – UPI.com</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 29 (UPI) — Somali al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabaab said it carried out a suicide attack on peacekeepers in Mogadishu in retaliation for the deaths of Iraqi al-Qaida leaders. </p> <p>Al-Shabaab said it targeted the base for peacekeepers with the African Union in Mogadishu in response to the killing of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq. The two were killed last week in Tikrit during a joint raid by Iraqi and U.S. forces.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/04/29/Al-Shabaab-responds-to-AQI-killings/UPI-30981272553011/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al-Shabaab responds to AQI killings – UPI.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Health Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Iraqi doctors use acupuncture during drug shortage | Reuters</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Iraqi doctors faced with a shortage of anaesthetic drugs in a capital city hit by years of conflict have successfully used acupuncture to treat mothers during caesarean section births.</p> <p>Reporting on Thursday on a small study of 200 cases at a Baghdad hospital, the doctors said their results suggested the ancient Chinese technique could also be a useful addition to standard medical practice in fully equipped hospitals.</p> <p>The doctors used acupuncture, where fine needles are inserted into certain points on the body, to see if they could replace or reduce the need for a drug called oxytocin which is often given to mothers just after a c-section delivery to help the womb contract and to cut the risk of bleeding. Oxytocin is a hormone that also occurs naturally in the body during labour.</p> <p>The study covered emergency caesarean section at the Red Crescent Hospital for Gynecology and Obstetrics in Baghdad between 2004 and 2006, when oxytocin stocks were low.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63R6C120100428" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong> </p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Economic Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>FT.com / Iraq – Iraq in talks to buy BAE Hawk jets</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The Iraqi government is in talks to buy Hawk trainer jets from the UK in a deal that could be worth up to £1bn and would be a boost for BAE Systems, the defence contractor that manufactures the aircraft.</p> <p>It would be Iraq’s biggest arms purchase from Britain for more than two decades. It is understood that officials from the Iraqi Air Force will be visiting the UK next month to test the Hawk, which is used to train fast-jet pilots.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a469906-5369-11df-bfdf-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Kuwait: UN pays $590 mln in damages for 1990 invasion – Adnkronos Security</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>A United Nations commission has paid 590 million dollars to nine successful claimants in connection with Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. </p> <p>The latest round of payments brings the total amount of compensation disbursed by the UN Compensation Commission to individuals, corporations, governments and international organisations to nearly 29.5 billion dollars, the UN said on Thursday. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.321531713" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq’s air dream to London turns into a nightmare</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The first commercial flight between Baghdad and London in 20 years has turned into a nightmare for Iraq after its national airline boss had his passport seized and a chartered plane was impounded. </p> <p>The transport ministry in Baghdad on Thursday confirmed that Iraqi Airways chief Kifah Hassan’s travel document was taken after papers were served by lawyers acting for Kuwait Airways, which says it is owed 1.2 billion dollars. </p> <p>The dispute dates back to now executed dictator Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, when, according to the oil-rich emirate, 10 of its planes were plundered after its airport had been seized. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/April/international_April1524.xml&section=international&col=" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Commentary and Analysis</font></h3> <p><strong>Muqtada unleashes new, improved army : By Sami Moubayed : Asia Times Online</strong>: </p> <blockquote><p>All the ingredients that led to the creation of Hezbollah in Lebanon in 1982 exist in Iraq today. There are Shi’ites, plenty of arms available for everyone, political and security chaos, a weak central government and occupation to justify the carrying of arms.</p> <p>Muqtada has been working hard for two years to transform the Mahdi Army into another Hezbollah, personally inspired by Hassan Nasrallah. That is why he froze all activities of the Mahdi Army, so he can take a long hard look at membership and filter out the undisciplined, the reckless and the corrupt (of which there were plenty in 2003-2007).</p> <p>That is why he went back to the seminary, so he could elevate his academic credentials and rise from the rank of sayyed to that of an ayatollah (which enables him to issue fatwas) and grants him greater authority within the Shi’ite community at large. And that explains why, against all odds, he has insisted on refraining from any sectarian rhetoric, copying the Nasrallah model in Lebanon, who always speaks of Lebanon, not of Shi’ites.</p> <p>Muqtada also copied Hezbollah’s massive charity network, monopolizing education, hospitals and fund-raising within the Shi’ite districts of Iraq to make sure that no family goes to bed hungry and all receive a monthly stipend from the Mahdi Army. Much like a modern Robin Hood, Muqtada is suiting himself to become spokesmen, defender and leader for the poor of Iraq.</p> <p>Now is the time to unveil the new Mahdi Army. It will look, sound and act like Hezbollah. No more street violence or sectarian tension triggered by the Sadrists. On the contrary, the Mahdi Army – this time with strong Iranian support – will replace the failed state of Maliki. It will extend an arm to the Sunnis and Kurds willing to work with it, making sure that no prime minister is brought to power, without full consent of Muqtada.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LD30Ak02.html" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong></p></blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10154"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/29/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%b6-%d8%a5%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%88%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a8/#respond" title="Comment on الحيدري يرفض إعادة الانتخابات ويهدد بالاستقالة من منصبه">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Yusuf Al-Jezani</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/29/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%b6-%d8%a5%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%88%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a8/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to الحيدري يرفض إعادة الانتخابات ويهدد بالاستقالة من منصبه">الحيدري يرفض إعادة الانتخابات ويهدد بالاستقالة من منصبه</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-results/" rel="tag">election results</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/electoral-commission/" rel="tag">Electoral Commission</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/faraj-haidari/" rel="tag">Faraj Haidari</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">قال رئيس المفوضية العليا المستقلة للانتخابات فرج الحيدري إنه سيستقيل فيما اذا تقرر إعادة الانتخابات، مبينا انه ليس هناك مبرر لإعادتها. <br/>وذكر الحيدري أن "المفوضية ليست مستعدة لإعادة الانتخابات ولا تستطيع اجراء انتخابات افضل منها كما لا يمكن انجاز انتخابات يكون فيها الكل الفائز"، لافتا الى انه "في حال طلب اعادة الانتخابات ساستقيل من منصبي". <br/>واوضح انه "ليس هناك مبرر لإعادة الانتخابات التي حصلت على تقييم دولي"حسب قوله. <br/>وبشأن المستبعدين قال الحيدري انه "اضافة الى الـ52 غير الفائزين فان هناك تسعة اخرين من الفائزين سينظر القضاء بأمرهم، وسوف يتسببون بتأخير اعلان النتائج حيث يحق لهم الطعن بالقرار خلال شهر". <br/>وكانت القائمة العراقية قد لوحت امس بالانسحاب من العملية السياسية في حال عدم الغاء قرارات اجتثاث مرشحيها الفائزين او اعادة الانتخابات في عموم العراق تحت حكومة تصريف اعمال.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10084"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/26/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%8a%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d8%ad%d8%b0%d9%81-%d8%a7%d8%b5%d9%88%d8%a7/#respond" title="Comment on الهيئة التمييزية تصدر قرارا بحذف اصوات المشمولين بقانون المساءلة والعدالة">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 26th, 2010 by Nabil</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/26/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%8a%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d8%ad%d8%b0%d9%81-%d8%a7%d8%b5%d9%88%d8%a7/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to الهيئة التمييزية تصدر قرارا بحذف اصوات المشمولين بقانون المساءلة والعدالة">الهيئة التمييزية تصدر قرارا بحذف اصوات المشمولين بقانون المساءلة والعدالة</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ali-al-lami/" rel="tag">Ali al-Lami</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/debaathification-laws-abuse-of/" rel="tag">DeBa'athification laws - abuse of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-results/" rel="tag">election results</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-results-setting-aside-of/" rel="tag">election results - setting aside of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-rigging/" rel="tag">election rigging</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/electoral-commission/" rel="tag">Electoral Commission</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">قررت الهيئة التمييزية القضائية اليوم الاثنين حذف اصوات المشمولين بقانون هيئة المساءلة والعدالة الذين شاركوا في الانتخابات النيابية وعدم ارجاع اصواتهم الى قوائمهم، بحسب مصدر مطلع في الهيئة. <br/>واوضح المصدر ان الهيئة التمييزية القضائية "قررت حذف اصوات المشمولين بقانون هيئة المساءلة والعدالة الذين شاركوا في الانتخابات النيابية ويبلغ عددهم 52 شخصا وعدم ارجاع اصواتهم الى قوائمهم"، دون ذكر المزيد من التفاصيل. <br/>وكان المدير التنفيذي لهيئة المساءلة والعدالة علي اللامي قد اعلن في وقت سابق ان ستة من المرشحين الفائزين هم ضمن المشمولين بإجراءات الاجتثاث، مشيرا الى ان الهيئة قدمت شكوى لدى الهيئة التمييزية بخصوص الموضوع مطالبة باستبعاد الأصوات التي حصل عليها الـ 52 شخصا بمن فيهم الـ 6 الذين حصلوا على مقاعد في البرلمان وينتمون إلى كتل برلمانية مختلفة.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9956"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/21/21-04-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 21-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 21st, 2010 by Maryam</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/21/21-04-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 21-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">21-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-anbar-governorate/" rel="tag">Al Anbar (Governorate)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/albu-farraj/" rel="tag">Albu Farraj</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/artists/" rel="tag">Artists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/attacks-on-academics-students-teachers/" rel="tag">Attacks on academics students teachers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/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/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baath/" rel="tag">Ba'ath</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/balad-roz/" rel="tag">Balad Roz</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baquba/" rel="tag">Baquba</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bombings/" rel="tag">Bombings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/contractors/" rel="tag">Contractors</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/crime/" rel="tag">Crime</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/diyala/" rel="tag">Diyala</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-results/" rel="tag">election results</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-results-recounts/" rel="tag">election results - 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In her <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.ihec.iq/Arabic/press_releases.aspx?id=2536" class="external" target="_blank">statement [Arabic]</a> al- Husseini said that the commission was getting ready to carry out the decision of the appeals court. As <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/20/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8/">reported by my colleague yesterday [Arabic]</a> according to Iyad Kanani the time taken to carry out the manual recount may take as long as (but should not exceed) ten days.</p> <p>Antiwar.com’s daily roundup lists <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2010/04/21/wednesday-7-iraqis-killed-49-wounded/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>7 Iraqis Killed, and 49 Wounded</strong></a>. </p> <p>The Angolan state oil company Sonangol, signed deals to take over oil fields in Qayara and Najmah, in Ninawa governorate. I don’t see how they think they will make a profit there as it’s accurately described as one of the most dangerous regions in Iraq. </p> <p>Maryam</p> <h3><font color="#800000">The Day In Quotes:</font> </h3> <ol> <li><strong>Michael Schwartz, on "The Definition Of Withdrawal,” As Applied To Iraq <br/></strong> <br/>And, more broadly, we see here that the U.S. government has not even begun to abandon its original intent of turning Iraq into a client state, that is, fully compliant with U.S. decision-making about both its internal policies (as evidenced here) and its relationship to its neighbors (as evidenced in myriad other documents). </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/51625" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source</strong></a><strong>: </strong></li> <li><b>Jim Miles on </b><b>Wikileaks – Rules of Engagement, Rules of Empire, Self-righteous Apologetics, and Collateral Murder</b><strong>: <br/></strong> <br/>It is about murder, as witnessed by the video and regardless of the mission imperatives, it is still murder. Not even collateral murder, murder straight and simple. And it is murder brought on by an invading and occupying force that is there illegally under international law and thus becomes a crime under international law. <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=38547" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source</strong></a><strong>: </strong></li> <li><b>William J. Astore in "American Kleptocracy"</b><strong>: <br/></strong> <br/>Is it any surprise then that, in seeking to export our form of government to Iraq and Afghanistan, we’ve produced not two model democracies, but two emerging kleptocracies, fueled respectively by oil and opium? <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=38546" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source</strong></a><strong>: </strong></li> </ol> <h3><font color="#800000">Political Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Editorial:</strong> The main story is the preparation for a recount. The rest of today’s political coverage dealt with empty statements and posturing. Which I shall not burden our readers or myself with.</p> <p>Maryam.</p> <h3><font color="#800000">Security Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Teacher killed, five schoolchildren injured in Iraq violence – Monsters and Critics: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>One female teacher was killed and five schoolchildren were injured by a car bomb in the city of Baquba, Iraqi security sources said Wednesday. <br/>Security sources said the bomb went off near a primary school in the centre of Baquba, </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1549755.php/Teacher-killed-five-schoolchildren-injured-in-Iraq-violence" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>:   </p></blockquote> <p> <strong>3 Iraqis killed in Diyala violence: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The most bloodiest incident occurred in central Baquba, the capital of Diyala province, when a booby-trapped car detonated at crowded intersection where several popular restaurants located, killing three people and wounding 14 others </p> <p><em>[snip]</em> </p> <p>In separate incident, two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a police patrol in the town of Baladruz, some 30 km east of Baquba, the source added. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/21/c_13261281.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>:</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>16 wounded in mortar barrage on village in western Iraq: Xinhua </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Sixteen people were wounded when several mortar rounds struck a residential area in a village near the city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, on Wednesday, a provincial police source said. <br/>At least seven mortar rounds landed in the morning on six houses in the village of Albu Farraj, near Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, wounding 16 people, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. <br/>The attack caused severe damages to the houses, three of which appeared to belong to police personnel, the source said. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/21/c_13261583.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>: </p></blockquote> <p> <strong>Opening arguments begin in court-martial of Navy SEAL in Iraq | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com:</strong><br/> <blockquote>A U.S. sailor testified Wednesday he saw a Navy SEAL punch an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding the killings in 2004 of four U.S. private security contractors, as the court-martial of another member of the elite unit allegedly involved in the incident opened at a military base outside Baghdad. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://hamptonroads.com/2010/04/opening-arguments-begin-courtmartial-navy-seal-iraq" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a> </p></blockquote> <p><strong>Judge delays capital court-martial of Minneapolis soldier until 2011 – TwinCities.com: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>A military judge on Tuesday delayed until next year the capital court-martial of an Army sergeant charged with killing a superior and a fellow U.S. soldier in 2008 while they served in Iraq. </p> <p>Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich had been scheduled to stand trial June 7. However, both prosecutors and Bozicevich’s defense lawyers argued they needed more time to prepare. The judge opted to postpone the trial until February. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_14922163" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p></blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Economic Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Iraq Oil Bases Sprout as Halliburton, Schlumberger Seek Profit – Bloomberg.com</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The world’s biggest oilfield contractors are building bases in the deserts of Iraq in a bet they’ll profit as the country strives to boost crude oil output to rival Saudi Arabia. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ahDNetWhgBqo" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong> </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>AfricaNews – Angola sign ‘dangerous’ oil deal in Iraq </strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote>Angola has signed a lucrative but potentially dangerous oil deal with war-torn Iraq. The state-owned oil company, Sonangol, signed the deals which will see it take over oil fields in Qayara and Najmah, in the restive Nineveh province, described as one of the most dangerous regions in Iraq. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.africanews.com/site/Angola_sign_dangerous_oil_deal_in_Iraq/list_messages/28989" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p></blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Commentary and Analysis</font></h3> <p> <strong>Iraq: Nevermind our secret torture jail, we killed al Qaida leaders – Michael Roston – Newsbroke – True/Slant:</strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>But these reports do reveal a couple of crucial facts. For instance, the Post notes that the two leading Al Qaida in Iraq figures – Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi – were killed in an operation late on Saturday night/very early Sunday morning, i.e. less than 24 hours prior to the LA Times’s newsbreak on Old Muthanna. And the Journal reports that DNA testing on the corpses of the two killed leaders by the American military had not yet been completed to confirm their identities. Is it possible that they weren’t certain of who they had killed, or whether this was the opportune moment to announce it?</p> <p>So let’s total this up: The US helps Iraq kill two top al Qaida leaders in Iraq, but the US sits on the development for more than 24 hours, and it wasn’t clear that Maliki had the DNA evidence before he claimed credit for the mission. But it sure led the day in terms of American interest in foreign news.</p> <p>Meanwhile, what secret torture prisons in Iraq are you referring to? You must be talking about <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7607442/Britain-hands-over-prisoners-in-Afghanistan-to-face-torture.html" class="external" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>… </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://trueslant.com/level/2010/04/19/iraq-nevermind-our-secret-torture-jail-we-killed-al-qaida-leaders/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Baghdad politics and the US-Iranian balance </strong><strong>: George Friedman : Asia Times Online</strong></p> <blockquote><p>The status of Iraq has always framed the strategic challenge of Iran. Until 2003, regional stability – such as it was – rested on the Iran-Iraq balance of power. The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 on the assumption that it could quickly defeat and dismantle the Iraqi government and armed forces and replace them with a cohesive and effective pro-American government and armed forces, thereby restoring the balance of power. When that expectation proved faulty, the United States was forced into two missions. The first was stabilizing Iraq. The second was providing the force for countering Iran. </p> <p>The United States and Iran both wanted to destroy Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath regime, and they collaborated to some extent during the invasion. But from there, their goals diverged. The Iranians hoped to establish a Shi’ite regime in Baghdad that would be under Tehran’s influence. The United States wanted to establish a regime that would block the Iranians. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LD22Ak01.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>: </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Art in Iraq: New Life Stirring in Arab Cultural Capital – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International</strong>:<br/> <blockquote> <p>For decades Baghdad was the cultural capital of the Arab world. War changed all that and it is only now that the Iraqi art scene is slowly blossoming again. As artists struggle with the aftermath of conflict and a lack of patrons, they say that the state of art is closely linked with the state of their nation.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,690433,00.html#ref=rss" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a>: </p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044650/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/election-results/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 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> <li><a 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