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<h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/">Gorilla’s Guides</a></h1> <h2>“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”</h2> <div id="search"><form method="get" id="searchform" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s"/> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search"/> </div> </form> </div> </div> <hr/> <div id="content" class="span-13 append-1"> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13674"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/09/12/feature-iraqis-pay-the-bill-of-911-every-day/#respond" title="Comment on Feature: Iraqis pay the bill of 9/11 every day">No Comments</a> Posted on September 12th, 2011 by Mohammed Khader Hashi</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/who/" rel="tag">WHO</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/widows/" rel="tag">Widows</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua/" rel="tag">Xinhua</a> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <blockquote> BAGHDAD, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — "Yes, the September 11 attacks in the United States were tragedy, but we (Iraqis) are the people who pay the bill of such tragedy," Mahir Abbas, 53, a journalist in the Iraqi capital Baghdad told Xinhua. "Hundreds of thousands of my people were killed either by the military operations that turned my country’s cities into war zones, or by the various militant groups that fought the Americans as well as each other in the once safe neighborhoods," Abbas said, referring to his once volatile and mainly Sunni neighborhood of Ameriyah in western Baghdad. </blockquote></div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/09/12/feature-iraqis-pay-the-bill-of-911-every-day/#more-13674" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13618"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/07/04/xinhua-iraqi-public-differ-over-planned-u-s-pullout/#respond" title="Comment on Xinhua: Iraqi public differ over planned U.S. pullout">No Comments</a> Posted on July 4th, 2011 by Haleema Al-Azzawi</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/07/04/xinhua-iraqi-public-differ-over-planned-u-s-pullout/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Xinhua: Iraqi public differ over planned U.S. pullout">Xinhua: Iraqi public differ over planned U.S. pullout</a></h3> Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/america/" rel="tag">America</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/anbar/" rel="tag">Anbar</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/autonomous-region/" rel="tag">autonomous region</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bombings/" rel="tag">Bombings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-squads/" rel="tag">Death Squads</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/domestic-security/" rel="tag">domestic security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/extremists/" rel="tag">Extremists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iran/" rel="tag">Iran</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/" rel="tag">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kuwait/" rel="tag">kuwait</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/logistics/" rel="tag">Logistics</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/militia/" rel="tag">Militia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/militias/" rel="tag">Militias</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/national/" rel="tag">national</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/occupation/" rel="tag">occupation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peshmerga/" rel="tag">Peshmerga</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/religion/" rel="tag">Religion</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/resistance/" rel="tag">Resistance</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadr-city/" rel="tag">Sadr City</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/saudi-arabia/" rel="tag">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/syria/" rel="tag">Syria</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkey/" rel="tag">Turkey</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/violence/" rel="tag">violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua/" rel="tag">Xinhua</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua-reports/" rel="tag">xinhua reports</a> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> Little less than six months away from a scheduled U.S. troops’ withdrawal, Iraqi public cannot wait to see the occupiers leave and their national sovereignty restored. Yet unwillingly they expect a continued U.S. presence as few believe the Americans will leave such a deeply-invested and strategically-important place. For Iraqis, the debate on U.S. troops’ departure is intertwined with national dignity, security uncertainty and wariness of its coveting neighbors. Some doubt Iraqi security forces have the capability to curb insurgents and defend the country on their own while others fear a residual American force could sanction continued violence by militias. Quite a few worry neighboring countries will swoop in and exploit the vacuum left by the U.S. whereas a considerable number think the U.S. will manipulate the fragile government behind scenes even if they draw down their troops. <h3>"DON’T EVER THINK U.S. WILL LEAVE EASILY" </h3> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/07/04/xinhua-iraqi-public-differ-over-planned-u-s-pullout/#more-13618" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12410"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/02/19/protests-against-poor-basic-service-corruption-continue-across-iraq/#respond" title="Comment on Protests against poor basic service, corruption continue across Iraq">No Comments</a> Posted on February 19th, 2011 by Diya al din</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/02/19/protests-against-poor-basic-service-corruption-continue-across-iraq/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Protests against poor basic service, corruption continue across Iraq">Protests against poor basic service, corruption continue across Iraq</a></h3> Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/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/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basra/" rel="tag">Basra</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/corrupt-officials/" rel="tag">corrupt officials</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/corruption/" rel="tag">Corruption</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demonstrations/" rel="tag">Demonstrations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/interior-ministry/" rel="tag">Interior Ministry</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peaceful-demonstration/" rel="tag">peaceful demonstration</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/protests/" rel="tag">protests</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/shatt-al-arab/" rel="tag">shatt al arab</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/students/" rel="tag">Students</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/unemployment/" rel="tag">unemployment</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-resources/" rel="tag">water resources</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua/" rel="tag">Xinhua</a> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right">   <blockquote>More than 1,000 Iraqis took to the streets across the country Friday to continue their protests against poor basic services and corruption, local sources told <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/18/c_13739083.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Xinhua</a>. About 300 intellectuals and university students staged a peaceful demonstration on Friday morning in Mutanabi Street in central Baghdad, calling for reform of the country’s political system and elimination of administrative corruption, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The protestors also demanded more job opportunities for the unemployed and better services, such as more power and clean water resources, he added. Meanwhile, some protestors went to Tahrir Square in central Baghdad to emphasize the need for combatting corruption, the source said, adding the protestors held banners and chanted slogans, such as "no to administrative corruption," "no to unemployment," "no to bloodshed," "no to bribe" and "the people want reform of the system." About 1,000 people also protested in the southern city of Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, local police source told Xinhua. The demonstration started from the center of Shatt al-Arab river, about 2 km east of the city, demanding better services, new job opportunities for the unemployed, adequate supply of food and punishment of corrupt officials. They also urged the provincial governor to resign. Some young demonstrators blocked the bridge linking the city with the center of Shatt al-Arab for more than an hour, he added. Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, Iraq has long been faced with lacking of power plants and qualified water resources, which always provokes protests in summer with brutal heat waves. Recently, several thousand of Iraqis held protests in several provinces across the country against unemployment, poor public services and a sharp rise in food prices. At least three people have been killed and dozens wounded in the past several days when security guards opened fire to stop protestors from appealing to violence. </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/18/c_13739083.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Protests against poor basic service, corruption continue across Iraq</a> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10714"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/25/%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a5%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%a4%d9%83%d8%af%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%a3/#respond" title="Comment on تقرير إخباري: عراقيون في سوريا يؤكدون أن سياسة الاغتيالات تهدف إلى عرقلة تشكيل الحكومة العراقية">No Comments</a> Posted on May 25th, 2010 by Nur Hussein Ghazali</div> <h3><a 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والتخويف في صفوف القائمة العراقية الفائزة بالمرتبة الأولى في الانتخابات العراقية. وقال المحلل السياسي العراقي فاضل الربيعي المقيم في سوريا منذ سنوات لمراسل وكالة أنباء (شينخوا) بدمشق إن حادث اغتيال النائب عن القائمة العراقية عن محافظة الموصل بشار العكيدي يجب ان يقرأ في اطار " مخطط لتمزيق القائمة العراقية وعرقلة المساعي لتشكيل حكومة عراقية". وأشار الربيعي إلى أن اغتيال العكيدي يحمل رسالة " ترويع وتخويف لاقطاب القائمة العراقية وحملهم على الاندماج دون اياد علاوي في ائتلافات اخرى "، لافتا إلى وجود " عصابات في المنطقة لها مصلحة في استهداف نواب في محافظتي الموصل وكركوك ". وحذر الربيعي من وقوع عمليات اغتيال مشابهة في تلك المناطق في الايام القادمة في محاولة " لفرض سياسة الامر الواقع "، مؤكدا أن هذه الاغتيالات تصب في اطار اضعاف القائمة العراقية وافشال مساعيهم في تشكيل حكومة وطنية. وكان مسلحون مجهولون اغتالوا أمس (الاثنين) بشار العكيدي احد اعضاء البرلمان العراقي الجديد عن القائمة العراقية التي يتزعمها اياد علاوي رئيس الوزراء الاسبق والتي فازت بالمركز الاول في الانتخابات التي جرت في السابع من مارس الماضي، في مدينة الموصل كبرى مدن الشمال العراقي. من جانبه، أكد الدكتور احمد الديلمي الناطق الرسمي باسم القائمة العراقية في سوريا ل (شينخوا) أن موضوع الاغتيالات الذي تم تأجيجه من قبل خصوم القائمة العراقية لا يصب في مصلحة تحقيق المصالحة الوطنية العراقية ويهدف إلى " وضع العصي في العجلات امام تشكيل الحكومة العراقية التي ينتظرها الشارع العراقي بفراغ الصبر ". ودعا الديلمي إلى ضرورة نبذ العنف والاحتكام الى لغة الحوار بين الاطراف السياسية للاسراع في تشكيل الحكومة التي تمر في مخاض عسير بسبب رفض ائتلاف دولة القانون الذي يتزعمه نوري المالكي رئيس الوزراء المنتهية ولايته افساح المجال امام القائمة العراقية التي فازت في الانتخابات. واكد الديلمي ان فقدان احد نواب القائمة لن يؤثر على مسيرة " العراقية "، مشيرا الى ان هذا " سيزيد من اصرار القائمة بالتمسك بموقفها الحازم ازاء تشكيل الحكومة". يشار الى ان القائمة العراقية بزعامة علاوي تصدرت نتائج الانتخابات التي جرت في السابع من مارس الماضي بالحصول على 91 مقعدا، في حين حصل ائتلاف دولة القانون بزعامة رئيس الوزراء العراقي نوري المالكي على 89 مقعدا، والائتلاف الوطني العراقي على 70 مقعدا، والقائمة الكردستانية على 43 مقعدا. وكان رئيس الوزراء العراقي الاسبق رئيس القائمة العراقية إياد علاوي توقع امس بدء مفاوضات تشكيل الحكومة العراقية الجديدة بعد عشرة ايام، موضحا ان العراق في طريق "الميل النهائي" لاستقراره. من جهته، استنكر الشيخ احمد عبد الله امين عام المجلس الوطني الموحد لشيوخ عشائر العراق في سوريا عملية اغتيال النائب بشار العكيدي، واصفا اياها بـ " الجريمة البشعة"، مؤكدا "أن دل هذا على شيء فأنما يدل على ضعف الحكومة العراقية الحالية في تحقيق الامن والاستقرار للعراقيين ". وبين الشيخ احمد ان المقصود من وراء ذلك " التماطل والتباطؤ في تشكيل العملية السياسية في العراق "، موضحا أن هناك جهات سياسية في العراق لا تريد ان يتحقق الاستقرار والهدوء في العراق ، مشيرا الى ان الشعب العراقي هو" الضحية ". يذكر أن الخلافات بين ائتلافي دولة القانون الذي يتزعمه نوري المالكي والقائمة العراقية مازال متأججا بسبب رفض المالكي السماح للقائمة العراقية بتشكيل الحكومة العراقية لكونها الفائزة في الانتخابات ويصر على ان الكتلة الاكبر في البرلمان هي من تشكل الحكومة 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The UN via its World Food Programme hopes to kickstart the labour market as well as reduce food insecurity by running a cash-for-work programme. If the programme succeeds it will be expanded. As my colleague Diya al din reported on May 14th ( <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%ae%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%84%d9%807-%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%8a-%d9%84%d8%a7/">دراسة: الدخل اليومي لـ7 ملايين عراقي لا يتجاوز الدولارين | Gorilla’s Guides</a> ) more than seven million people have to try to live on the equivalent of US$2 per day so such programmes are desperately needed. The National has a long article on the new airport in Erbil. The context of all of this is that the Kurdish Regional Government hope to use any revenues from this project as a boost to their arguments for increased autonomy eventually perhaps leading to independence. Xinhua reports on the agreement to allow Kurdish oil exports to resume. If you read nothing else read The National’s report  "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199937/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">Chinese oil firms make friends abroad</a>" on a day on which the USA has managed to get further sanctions on on Iran the paragraphs below are especially worth bearing in mind: <blockquote>Until recently, China’s state-controlled oil companies have had limited success in gaining access to the region’s biggest oil and gas deposits, and to the rapidly expanding local markets for oil and gas. That is mainly because the national oil companies of major Gulf oil exporters were seeking access to technology only available from the West. The Chinese oil producers, however, were able to establish a beachhead in Iran, as the US-led sanctions against the country discouraged western investment. </blockquote> Finally I have included an article by Kirk W. Johnson on how as the US draws down it is stabbing its local collaborators in the back by leaving them to their own devices. <blockquote>We know where this road leads. When British forces drew down from southern Iraq just two years ago, militias conducted a systematic manhunt for their former Iraqi employees. </blockquote> What Johnson, who is after all an American, fails to see is that it’s not only militias and takfiri groups who will be after these collaborators. There is universal loathing for them as traitrors who sided with a hated invader against their own country and their own people. When the Americans leave many of their collaborators’ survival prospects will be dismal indeed. Saba Ali <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> UN agency kicks off first cash-for-work initiative in Iraq: <blockquote>19 May 2010 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a cash-for-work initiative to help poor Iraqis earn money to provide food for their families. “While there’s food in the shops, not everyone can afford it and nearly a million people still need food assistance and millions more depend on government aid,” WFP Country Director Edward Kallon said. “Cash-for-work projects are an innovative way to provide a much-needed influx of cash to poor communities who struggle to make ends meet and provide food for their families,” he added. “They are appropriate when food is readily available in the markets but out of their reach.” Participants in the programme will be paid the equivalent of $10 per day for a three-month period for carrying out tasks such as clearing and rehabilitation of sewage and irrigation canals, tree planting, rehabilitation of farmland and a sanitation campaign. While beneficiaries will initially be paid in cash on a weekly basis, WFP is exploring the possible use of electronic technology, such as smart cards, to facilitate payments and reduce security risks in future programmes. Some 1,400 households will be involved in the pilot project which will be carried out in the central Iraqi governorate of Diyala with the help of WFP’s partner organization, Mercy Corps. The cash-for-work project is part of the Diyala Initiative to provide assistance to facilitate the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and other vulnerable groups. That effort is being led by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the participation of several other UN and partner agencies. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34742&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>:   </blockquote> Airlines may put Erbil on the map – The National Newspaper: <blockquote> ERBIL, IRAQ // The UAE Government hopes flydubai and Air Arabia will join Etihad Airways in flying to Iraqi Kurdistan this year as companies look to benefit from the region’s attempt to attract tourists. snip Built to handle 3 million passengers a year, the new terminal can handle wide-body Airbus A380s as well as other aircraft types and will offer the least expensive airline fuel in the world, he said. snip <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199959/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraq approves agreement to resume Kurdish oil exports: Xinhua <blockquote> BAGHDAD, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Iraqi government said it has approved an agreement that would allow the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern part of the country to resume oil exports, an Iraqi newspaper said on Wednesday. The agreement between Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) stated that the Ministry of Finance in Baghdad will pay the foreign oil firms operating in Iraqi Kurdish region their expenses, the al-Mashriq newspaper quoted government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh as saying. Since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the Kurds have independently signed nearly two dozen deals with western oil companies. Baghdad maintains the deals are illegitimate because they bypass the central government. In June 2009, the KRG started oil exports of around 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the oil fields of Taq Taq and Tawke in northern Iraq, but were suspended a few months later when the central government refused to pay the foreign firms and said the Kurds should pay from their share of the national budget. The latest agreement will pave the way for the KRG to resume oil exports through the national pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the paper said without setting a date for resuming the exports. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/19/c_13303988.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: Xinhua </blockquote> Iraq exports 53 million barrels of oil in April – People’s Daily Online: <blockquote> Iraqi Oil Ministry said Tuesday it has exported 53 million barrels of oil in April, bringing in revenues of 4.222 billion U.S. dollars with an average price of 79. 66 dollars a barrel. A statement by the ministry obtained by Xinhua said that 42.7 million barrels were exported through the southern port of Basra, and 10.3 million barrels were exported via Turkey’s port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea. In March, the ministry said the country exported 57.1 million barrels of oil, gaining revenues of 4.351 billion dollars. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6989885.html" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Chinese oil firms make friends abroad – The National Newspaper: <blockquote> The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has acquired 35 per cent of the Syrian oil and gas unit of Royal Dutch Shell, which could help boost Chinese access to some of the world’s biggest oil reserves. The Syrian accord, which is worth an estimated US$1.5 billion (Dh5.51bn), in itself is unlikely to boost crude reserves significantly for either company. Instead, it may be aimed at strengthening ties between China’s biggest producer and international oil companies including Shell, as Beijing seeks to expand its presence throughout the Middle East. Yesterday’s deal would increase CNPC’s existing holdings in three oil and gas production licences covering 40 small fields. Last year, Syria Shell Petroleum Development pumped 23,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from those fields. “This is not a lot of oil and gas for a company like CNPC, which is producing about 2.5 million barrels a day,” Gordon Kwan, the head of energy research at Mirae Asset Securities in Hong Kong, told Bloomberg yesterday. “The agreement strengthens the partnership between Shell and CNPC,” the Chinese company said. Until recently, China’s state-controlled oil companies have had limited success in gaining access to the region’s biggest oil and gas deposits, and to the rapidly expanding local markets for oil and gas. That is mainly because the national oil companies of major Gulf oil exporters were seeking access to technology only available from the West. The Chinese oil producers, however, were able to establish a beachhead in Iran, as the US-led sanctions against the country discouraged western investment. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199937/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> Foreign Policy: Leaving Iraqi Employees Behind : NPR: <blockquote> There are no serious contingency plans to evacuate the thousands of Iraqis who’ve worked for the United States and live alongside U.S. troops and civilian officials as interpreters, engineers, and advisors. When the U.S. military shutters its bases, these Iraqis will be cut loose to run the resettlement gauntlet, which typically takes a year or more. I recently came across a frightening document that outlines another group’s designs for the coming U.S. withdrawal. Published in Fallujah by the Islamic State of Iraq, the umbrella organization composed of numerous insurgent and terrorist groups (including al Qaeda in Iraq), the manual sets forth their "balanced military plan" in chilling simplicity: "1) nine bullets for the traitors and one for the crusader, 2) cleansing, and 3) targeting." They are practical: "This cannot be accomplished within one or two months, but requires continuous effort." Those who believe the group’s threats have been rendered hollow by the surge might reflect upon the scores of victims from its triple-suicide car bombing that targeted foreign embassies just weeks ago. This past Friday, upon a string of attacks that killed another hundred Iraqis, the group’s "minister of war" declared: "What is happening to you nowadays is just a drizzle." We know where this road leads. When British forces drew down from southern Iraq just two years ago, militias conducted a systematic manhunt for their former Iraqi employees. Seventeen interpreters were publicly executed in a single massacre; their bodies were dumped throughout the streets of Basra. This predictable churn of violence against those who "collaborated" with an occupying power has been repeated through history, from the tens of thousands of Algerian harkis who were slaughtered after the 1962 French withdrawal to the British loyalists hunted by American militias after the Revolutionary War. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126971991&ft=1&f=1057" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10582"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/18/17th-18th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 17th-18th May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a> Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Nabil</div> <h3><a 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selected Nizar Latif’s article "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100517/FOREIGN/705169809/1002/rss" class="external" target="_blank">Alliance could keep al Maliki in power</a>" in "The National" because it covers very well the situation that the other blocs find themselves in with regard to the Sadrists. In that context I should mention this posting (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/18/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%af-%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b1%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%88%d9%81%d8%af-%d8%b1%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b9-%d8%a5%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a5%d9%8a%d8%b1/">العراقية تستعد لإرسال وفد رفيع إلى إيران لمقابلة السيد مقتدى الصدر | Gorilla’s Guides</a>) made by my colleague Nabil which reveals that a delegation from Allawi’s list (the Iraqiyal list) met members of the Sadrist trend’s political bureau and that they are preparing to send a delegation to Iran to meet Muqtada al-Sadr. I have also picked an article that appeared in the London "Times" about the plan to build a wall around Baghdad in the hope of keeping bombers out. More immediately there is a lot of interest in the two al-Qaeda members arrested and who apparently were planning to attack the World Cup in South Africa. A lot has been made of the claims that one of them was a Saudi military officer, "not so fast" say the Saudis. (And if you think from Major General Mansour al-Turki’s name that Saudi Arabia is a family business you’d be right). Did you know that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.411141523" class="external" target="_blank">"most of the prisoners freed by American forces from their prisons in the last few years have become Al-Qaeda leaders once they are released"</a> ? No? No, I did not know it either, but it does explain why every time that an alleged al-Qaeda member is killed/captured/accidentally blows themself up that they are always described as being a "senior" al-Qaeda commander/leader/prince/warlord. 62 of them were sentenced to death today i don’t know how many of them received a fair trial or how many of them were truly members of an al-Qaeda affiliated movement. ( That there is an al-Qaeda inspired fighter movement in parts of Irak is true and they enforce their will brutally as the slaughter of two clergy proved). Nabil <h3 style="color: #800000">The Day(s) In Quotes:</h3> <ul> <li>Sheikh Dhea al Shouki, a leading preacher at Kufa mosque, in the Sadrists’ heartland to Nizar Latif on the political crisis: “I tell the Iraqi people to look out for themselves and to protect themselves because the coming situation will be one of sectarianism and interference in Iraq by neighbouring countries. The Iraqi government is corrupt and the Iraqi army is not serving the people well.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100517/FOREIGN/705169809/1002/rss" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a> </li> <li>Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman  Major General Mansour al-Turki to Asharq Al-Awsat on the identity of the Saudi military officer detained in Irak as an al-Qaeda commander  "The identity of the individual mentioned by the material evidence requires verification, especially as the public information confirms that he has previously impersonated another figure. " </li> </ul> <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights:</h3> 62 Iraqis sentenced to death: Xinhua <blockquote>RAMADI, Iraq, May 18 (Xinhua) — A court in Anbar province gave death penalties to 62 Iraqis and different prison terms, including life imprisonment, to 130 others, a source from Anbar police command said on Tuesday. The court in the province delivered the verdicts according to article 4 of the Iraqi counter-terrorism law after the court found them guilty for crimes of killings, bombings, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Some senior leaders of the al-Qaida organization and leaders of other insurgent groups were among those who received death sentences, the source said. Many of the 130 convicts were either fighters of al-Qaida group or involved in assisting the group to carry out deadly attacks, the source added. "All the convicts were residents of Anbar province," he said <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/18/c_13301622.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> Alliance could keep al Maliki in power – The National Newspaper: <blockquote>snip Until yesterday it had seemed unlikely that Mr al Maliki would be chosen as the new alliance’s candidate for prime minister, with the Sadrists, a major faction in INA, saying they would veto his election. However, that threat has now apparently been withdrawn, giving a significant boost to Mr Maliki’s hopes of leading the country for another four years. “We have no veto over Mr al Maliki being chosen as prime minister and we can work with him, for the good of Iraq,” said Bahar al Araje, a senior Sadrist, confirming statements made by Saleh al Obeidi, a spokesman for the group’s leader, cleric Muqtada al Sadr. snip According to Mr al Araje, the Sadrists continue to harbour reservations about Mr al Maliki and he made it clear that, while the Sadr movement would not veto the prime minister’s coveted reappointment, it may not give him its outright support. “We still have criticisms of Mr al Maliki, including that he does not consult when he makes decisions, that he continues to detain followers of Muqtada al Sadr and that he has politicised the security forces,” Mr Araje said. “While we will not veto him, and while we will continue in an alliance with the State of Law coalition, I do not expect Mr al Maliki to be prime minister again, It will be another candidate.” The Sadr movement indicated it had laid down conditions for ending its veto against Mr al Maliki, including that he release scores of detainees. That has not yet happened. While a major obstruction to Mr al Maliki’s return as prime minister appears to have been removed, his position is far from certain. The State of Law/INA alliance has yet to name its leader, with a 14-member committee supposed to make the selection. snip Although the Sadrist leadership appears to have ended its open hostility to Mr al Maliki, Muqtada al Sadr’s followers seem far from convinced. With the atmosphere in Iraq increasingly one of alarm at rising violence and recent deadly sectarian attacks, Sheikh Dhea al Shouki, a leading preacher at Kufa mosque, in the Sadrists’ heartland, said he feared for the future. “I tell the Iraqi people to look out for themselves and to protect themselves because the coming situation will be one of sectarianism and interference in Iraq by neighbouring countries,” he said in a telephone interview. “The Iraqi government is corrupt and the Iraqi army is not serving the people well.” snip <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100517/FOREIGN/705169809/1002/rss" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Baghdad to enclose city with 15ft wall to keep suicide bombers out – Times Online: <blockquote>Baghdad is to resort to one of the oldest forms of defence by building a massive wall around the capital to keep out insurgents, The Times has learnt. A series of recent suicide bombings has driven the governor of the Iraqi capital to propose the concrete barrier, which will be 15ft (4.5m) high and 70 miles (112km) long. Every man, beast and vehicle entering will be searched at one of only eight gates along the main highways. Baghdad, roughly the same size as London and with approximately five million inhabitants, will face severe disruption as a result. Freedom of movement will be limited and workers and visitors alike will probably have to wait for at least an hour to enter. Once inside, though, it is hoped they will be much safer. Shatha al-Obeidi, an aide to Salah Abdul Razzaq, the governor, said: “We want to stop the terrorist from sneaking in. With the wall it will be much easier.” Building work is expected to take about a year. Once the wall is completed, officials plan to remove most of the 1,500 checkpoints and many miles of cement blast barriers that have sprung up inside Baghdad over the past few years. “We have become a city filled with concrete,” said Ms al-Obeidi. “That will change.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7129217.ece" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraqi forces capture 2 non-Iraqi Arab Qaida leaders: Xinhua <blockquote> BAGHDAD, May 17 (Xinhua) — Iraqi security forces said Monday they have arrested two non-Iraqi Arab Qaida leaders, and one of them is said to be part of a plan to carry out terrorist act during the coming soccer World Cup in South Africa. The two were allegedly a Saudi and Algerian nationals who were captured in separate raids in Baghdad, according to a military spokesman. Azzam Saleh al-Qahtani, known as Sinan al-Saudi, 31, was an officer in the Saudi Army before he came to Iraq in 2004. Al-Saudi later became an al-Qaida security leader in Anbar and Salahudin provinces in western and central Iraq respectively, Major General Qassim Atta told a news conference. Atta said that al-Saudi was involved in "planning and coordination to carry out attacks during the World Cup in South Africa in complicity with Ayman al-Zawahiri (al-Qaida’s No. 2 top leader)." Al-Saudi was also involved in the Baghdad massive bombings and many robberies against jewellers and killings of many people, Atta added. Another Qaida leader named Tariq Hassan Abdul Qader, known as Abu Ysseen al-Jazairi, 34, an Algerian national, was also captured by a joint U.S. and Iraqi force, Atta said, adding that al-Jazairi was captured in November last year but his captured was not announced as he was interrogated for information about his terrorist group. Al-Jazairi, who entered Iraq in 2005 through Anbar province, was the leader of al-Qaida’s military wing in Karkh area, the west side of Tigris River that bisects the Iraqi capital, Atta said. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/17/c_13299597.htm" class="external" target="_blank">source</a>: </blockquote> Saudi Arabia Wants to Verify Identity of World Cup Terrorist Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English): <blockquote> After the Iraqi security services announced their arrest of Saudi citizen Abdullah Azzam Saleh Misfar al-Qahtani, Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour al-Turki informed Asharq Al-Awsat that Saudi Arabia is also looking for a fugitive with a similar name and characteristics. Iraq claims that al-Qahtani is a former Saudi army officer and a senior member in the Al Qaeda organization in Iraq, and that he was planning to carry out a terrorist attack at this year’s World Cup which is set to begin in South Africa in the next few weeks. Saudi Interior Ministry Security spokesman Major General Mansour al-Turki refused to confirm or deny that al-Qahtani had been arrested, telling Asharq Al-Awsat that "the identity of the individual mentioned by the material evidence requires verification, especially as the public information confirms that he has previously impersonated another figure. " In his statement to Asharq Al-Awsat, Major General al-Turki said that the information available to the Saudi security apparatus "refers to the departure of a Saudi citizen who has a similar name [to this] outside of Saudi Arabia as part of an unessential holiday in the month of Shawwal 1425 (2004) and that his return [to Saudi] has not been recorded until now." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20993" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraq: Former prisoners ‘becoming Al-Qaeda leaders’ – Adnkronos Security: <blockquote>Iraqi security forces are concerned that many of the prisoners released by US troops are becoming leaders in the Al-Qaeda terror network on their release. According to local news site, Al-Sumaria News, Baghdad security forces spokesman Major General Qassim Atta revealed the level of concern to reporters on a visit to Abu Ghraib prison. "Most of the prisoners freed by American forces from their prisons in the last few years have become Al-Qaeda leaders once they are released," he told reporters. "To stop this phenomenon we have signed a security accord with US troops, so that before freeing any prisoner they ask Iraqi forces their opinion." In the past US troops, who had more than 20,000 prisoners in Iraqi prisons, could release prisoners without informing local security forces. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.411141523" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> News – World: Imams ’slaughtered in Iraq’: <blockquote>Baquba – Two Sunni Arab imams were brutally killed on Monday in Iraq, including one who was decapitated and had his head planted on a power pole, in attacks blamed on al-Qaeda, military officials said. The slayings in the province of Diyala, north-east of Baghdad, were against anti-Qaeda preachers who regularly railed against the terror network during Friday sermons. "At around 2.00pm (11.00 GMT), armed al-Qaeda members captured Sheikh Abdullah Shakur while he was in Saadiyah market," said a Diyala military command officer who declined to be identified, referring to the central town. "They returned an hour later with his head and attached it to an electricity post." Shakur, imam of Saadiyah’s mosque, had received several death threats from al-Qaeda, who had demanded that he leave the town, which is home to large Sunni, Shiite and Kurd populations. The town, located about 100 kilometres east of the Diyala provincial capital Baquba, was an al-Qaeda stronghold during Iraq’s sectarian conflict in 2006 and 2007. According to the Diyala military officer, in the village of Al-Bushaheen, 20 kilometres north of Baquba, gunmen burst into the home of Sheikh Hashim Arif at about 3.00am (00.00 GMT), dragged him to his garden and shot him dead in front of his family. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20100517165430331C338773" class="external" target="_blank">source</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> France24 – Iraq signs oil field deal with Chinese, Turkish firms: <blockquote>Iraq signed a deal with Chinese energy giant CNOOC and Turkey’s TPAO on Monday to develop a major southern oilfield complex, its 11th deal with foreign energy firms as Baghdad aims to boost crude output. Among the cluster of fields in the Maysan complex, along Iraq’s border with Iran, is a field partially claimed by Tehran, whose forces temporarily took over an oil well in the Fakka oilfield in December for several days but withdrew after talks between the two countries. snip CNOOC and TPAO agreed to be paid 2.30 dollars per barrel of oil extracted from the Maysan cluster of fields, which has proven reserves of 2.6 billion barrels of oil. Under the deal, output is projected to be ramped up to 450,000 barrels per day (bpd), compared to current production of around 100,000 bpd. The Chinese firm will have an 85-percent stake in the joint venture, while TPAO holds the remaining 15 percent. The Iraqi government will have a 25-percent stake in the overall project. The agreed deal was worth around a tenth of what was initially requested — CNOOC and Sinochem, another Chinese energy firm, had originally asked for 21.4 dollars per barrel when the field was auctioned to foreign firms last June. Sinochem has since pulled out of the deal. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.france24.com/en/20100517-iraq-signs-oil-field-deal-with-chinese-turkish-firms" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraq, Kuwait still going at it » Kuwait Times Website: <blockquote> A fierce legal fight between the national airlines of Iraq and Kuwait has revived deep resentments that have been simmering since Saddam Hussein first sent his army into oil-rich, neighboring Kuwait back in 1990. The dispute has been playing out in British courts since soon after the end of the first Gulf War, with Kuwait Airways claiming it is owed $1.2 billion by Iraqi Airways for 10 aircraft and spare parts that were looted during the occupation by Iraqi forces. Lawyers representing Kuwait have accused Iraq of perjury, forgery and a general pervasion of the justice system. In turn, Kuwait has been accused of exploiting Iraq’s instability and being insensitive to the suffering of the Iraqi people. The dispute resurfaced April 25 when the first Iraqi Airways flight from Baghdad to London in more than 20 years was met at Gatwick Airport by lawyers representing Kuwait Airway armed with an injunction issued by a British court. The authorities confiscated the passport of Iraqi Airways director Kifah Hassan Jabbar, and impounded the aircraft, which had been leased from a Swedish company. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTMzNjM5NTE2NQ==" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10545"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/16th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 16th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a> Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Ra'ed Al-Bayati</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/16th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 16th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">16th-May-2010 Selected English Language 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The Turkish paper "Today’s Zaman" carried a long report on KRG leader Massoud Barzani’s visit to Ankara. Briefly the paper says that a rapprochement with KRG is part of Turkey’s attempts to solve it’s own "Kurdish problem" the article is well worth reading in full. Xinhua’s report on the al-Qaeda affiliated ISI’s choosing new leadership ends with this sharp piece of commentary: <blockquote>The nominations of new al-Qaida leaders came after the killing of the two top al-Qaida leaders Abu Ayyub al-Musri and Abu Omer al- Baghdadi in a military operation by Iraqi and U.S. forces last month. Both Iraqi and U.S. officials said the killing of the two men dealt a big blow to al-Qaida in the war-torn country. However, major attacks continued across the country, leaving hundreds dead in the past several weeks </blockquote> Al Zaman’s English edition reports on General Babacer Zebari’s statement that 11 senior al-Qaeda commanders are still at large in Irak. The paper points out that the GZG blames almost all violence in the country on Qaeda bu that analysts and senior government officials say rival political factions with heavily armed militias are also to blame. On the economic front the United Arab Emirates newspaper "The National"  reports that the Chinese state-controlled petroleum company Sinochem has quit the Maysan oilfield project the article is long but it too will repay the time you spend reading it in full. Raed <h3 style="color: #800000">The Day In Quotes:</h3> Independent High Electoral Commission Qassim al-Abboudi to Xinhua on the result of the Baghdad recount: <blockquote>"There is no change in the numbers of seats of any political entity by the re-count of votes of Baghdad province," <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/16/c_13297567.htm" class="external" target="_blank">source</a> </blockquote> Independent High Electoral Commission Qassim al-Abboudi to AP on the result of the Baghdad recount: <blockquote>"I hope that all political blocks are satisfied now that the electoral process was honest and all allegations of fraud and forgery were totally incorrect". <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37173752/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 285px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.reuters.com/" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters</a> have a guide to the "steps in Iraq’s crawl towards a government which I reproduce in full below: Reuters AlertNet – FACTBOX-Deadlines, steps in Iraq’s crawl towards a government: <blockquote>REUTERS – A recount of votes cast in Baghdad did not change the results of Iraq’s March 7 election, leaving intact the two-seat lead of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s cross-sectarian Iraqiya coalition. Because no coalition won enough seats for a majority in parliament, weeks of political negotiations may be needed before the formation of a new government. Here are the next official steps and constitutional deadlines as Iraq’s fledgling democracy crawls toward establishing its next government: * The Independent High Electoral Commission said it would publish the preliminary results on Monday and objectors would have three days to file complaints before the results could be sent to a court for final certification. * The supreme court has no deadline for certifying the results but election officials said they did not expect a long delay. The court has been considering the results from 17 other provinces, excluding Baghdad, for several days already. * President Jalal Talabani must call on the new parliament to convene within 15 days from the date of the certification of the election results. * The oldest member of the Council of Representatives chairs the first session, in which members have a maximum of 15 days to elect a speaker and two deputies. * The council elects a new president within 30 days of its first session. * The new president has 15 days to ask the largest bloc in parliament to try to form a government and choose a prime minister. * The prime minister-designate must form a governing coalition and name a cabinet, or Council of Ministers, within 30 days. * If the prime minister-designate fails to pick a cabinet in the required time, the president has 15 days to nominate someone else to try to form a government. * The new prime minister designate has 30 days to try to form a governing coalition and council of ministers. * A new government is deemed to have been formed when a prime minister’s cabinet nominees and their programmes win the approval of an absolute majority of the members of the Council of Representatives, or parliament. SOURCE: Iraqi constitution, election officials (Reporting by Waleed Ibrahim, Muhanad Mohammed and Ahmed Rasheed, editing by Jim Loney)<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64F0C6.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a>: </blockquote></div> Iraq election recount confirms Iyad Allawi victory | World news | The Guardian: <blockquote>A recount of votes in Iraq’s general election did not change the allocation of seats, officials said today, leaving the cross-sectarian coalition led by Iyad Allawi with the biggest parliamentary presence. The secularist former prime minister Allawi’s Iraqiya bloc, supported heavily by Iraq’s minority Sunnis, won 91 seats in the 7 March vote, edging out the mainly Shia State of Law coalition led by the prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, which won 89. Allawi has insisted that winning the close election should give him the first opportunity to form a new government, but Maliki’s bloc has already announced an alliance with the Shia Iraqi National Alliance, which polled third, to form the largest grouping in parliament. The Shia-dominated alliance could push Allawi to the sidelines and anger Sunnis who supported Iraqiya, raising concerns about a potential revival of sectarian conflict as US troops prepare to end combat operations in Iraq by 1 September. The recount of 2.5m votes in Baghdad left intact Allawi’s two-seat lead. "There is a change, but not a significant change, for the [candidates] inside the blocs. … The number of the seats stays as is," said Saad al-Rawi, one of nine commissioners on the Independent High Electoral Commission. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/16/iraq-election-recount" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a>: See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/05/201051615121968150.html" class="external" target="_blank">Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Result unchanged after Iraq recount</a>: </blockquote> Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds: From Red Lines to Red Carpets: Today’s Zaman <blockquote>If all goes to plan Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will be paying his first official visit to Turkey next month. The decision to invite the Kurdish leader is in line with recent moves designed to end over a decade of hostility between Ankara and the Iraqi Kurdish leadership. Friendship with the Iraqi Kurds is one of the main pillars of Turkey’s attempts to solve its long-running Kurdish problem. Until recently Barzani, who is also the leader of the most powerful Iraqi Kurdish faction, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), was firmly embedded in Turkey’s official gallery of rogues. He was derided as a cocky tribal upstart who emboldened by U.S. support was accused of plotting against Turkey. Turkey’s hawkish generals would ever so often warn against the “red lines” that Barzani must not breach. “Don’t try to grab Kirkuk” or else… Don’t think about independence or else…” The subtext was that Turkey would invade the Kurdish controlled enclave. A defiant Barzani vowed to fight back. The potential for conflict between a critical NATO ally, Turkey, and its Kurdish friends in Iraq was long a source of worry in Washington. Now the red lines are fading. Turkey is preparing to roll out the red carpet for Barzani. The Kurds’ internationally respected leader is expected to meet with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and perhaps even with President Abdullah Gül. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-210325-100-turkey-and-the-iraqi-kurds-from-red-lines-to-red-carpets.html" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Qaida group in Iraq nominates new top leaders: Xinhua <blockquote>BAGHDAD, May 16 (Xinhua) — Al-Qaida in Iraq insurgent group announced Sunday it has nominated new top leaders for its self- styled Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the group said in a statement posted on the internet. The Mujahdeen Shura Council (MSC), which is an al-Qaida-led umbrella organization of extremist Sunni militant groups, said it has chosen Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Hussieni al-Quraishi as the emir, or leader of the "believers" to be the head of the ISI. The statement said that the MSC also nominated Abu Abdullah al- Hassani al-Quraishi as first minister and deputy for Abu Bakr al- Quraishi. On Friday, the MSC nominated al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman as its "minister of war" for the ISI, who vowed to continue deadly attacks with "dark days in blood color." The nominations of new al-Qaida leaders came after the killing of the two top al-Qaida leaders Abu Ayyub al-Musri and Abu Omer al- Baghdadi in a military operation by Iraqi and U.S. forces last month. Both Iraqi and U.S. officials said the killing of the two men dealt a big blow to al-Qaida in the war-torn country. However, major attacks continued across the country, leaving hundreds dead in the past several weeks. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/16/c_13297379.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a>: </blockquote> 11 Qaeda commanders still at large in Iraq, senior military officer says:  | Azzaman in English <blockquote>Iraqi security troops have killed 32 out of 43 Qaeda commanders in the country, said Lt. Gen. Babaker Zaibari. Zaibari, who is Iraqi Chiefs of Staff Chairman, said there were 11 more senior Qaeda commanders at large “and their presence constitutes a security threat.” The Iraqi government blames almost all violence in the country on Qaeda but analysts and senior government officials say rival political factions with heavily armed militias are also to blame. They say some political factions with their unruly militias are embroiled in a bitter struggle and battle of liquidation of opponents. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-05-15%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <blockquote> </blockquote> Sinochem exits Iraq oilfield deal – The National Newspaper: <blockquote>A Chinese state-controlled petroleum company has quit an Iraqi oil project, voting with its feet against the scant returns on investment offered by Baghdad. Despite the undoubted importance of Iraq’s oil resources to China, which already imports significant volumes of Iraqi crude to fuel its economy, Sinochem International has withdrawn from a consortium led by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to develop the Missan oilfield complex in the south-east of Iraq. “Sinochem was not interested in the deal,” Abdul al Ameedi, the director of the licensing and contracting office of the Iraqi oil ministry, told Reuters. The withdrawal from one of a dozen big oil developments, on which Baghdad was pinning its hopes of more than quadrupling Iraq’s oil production capacity by 2017, is the second this year. Iraq, which pumps 2.4 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, has set 12 billion bpd as its target production capacity, rivalling that of Saudi Arabia, as it seeks to rebuild its shattered economy. But in late February, Iraq broke off talks with a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Oil, which Baghdad had chosen over rival groups led by Italy’s Eni and Spain’s Repsol to develop the Nassiriyah oilfield. During the failed negotiations, the Japanese companies had indicated concerns over how Baghdad would reimburse their costs for field development and handling workforce security and safety. In general, Chinese companies bidding on foreign oil projects have been more tolerant of tight contractual terms than western companies, because of the strategic energy agenda of their controlling shareholder, Beijing. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100516/BUSINESS/705169923/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a>: </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10505"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/15/14th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 14th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a> Posted on May 15th, 2010 by Suheila Jamil</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/15/14th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 14th-May-2010 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The Hilla Husseiniyah bombing also got a lot of coverage. I have sleected an article about the  Danish Refugee council funding an expansion of help for refugees in rural areas of Syria. (Maryam wrote about the Syrian Red Crescent’s MHUs here -  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/21/red-crescent-mobile-health-clinics-reach-out-to-refugees-and-rural-poor/">Red Crescent Mobile Health Clinics Reach Out To Refugees and Rural Poor</a>). The wheat Harvest should be good this year according to the FAO and I have also picked out two feature articles one is commentary "Mosque and State" from Nikolas K. Gvosdev who lectures at  the U.S. Naval War College, the other is the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.nytimes.com/" class="external" target="_blank">New york times</a> profile of Hadi al-Mahdi whose talk radio show is very popular because he is so outspoken. Suheila. <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights & Humanitarian:</h3> ReliefWeb » Document » Denmark helps Syria cope with the long-lasting Iraqi displacement : <blockquote>The Danish Refugee Council has established a community centre in Dara’a, where a significant number of Iraqi refugees have found temporary settlement. The centre will be opened on a ceremony May 13 attended by the governor of Dara’a and the Danish ambassador. The ceremony will mark the second step in a plan to expand the response of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) to Iraqi refugees residing outside Damascus and support the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in the assistance it provides to refugees and Syrian vulnerable families in areas far from the capital city where the international aid remains concentrated. DRC has been providing educational, vocational training and community services support to Iraqi refugees in Damascus since early 2008. Those services have, since late 2009, been expanded to the countryside cities of Homs and Dara’a. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MYAI-85F3PP?OpenDocument" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> Baghdad recount completed, ‘no fraud’ | Radio Netherlands Worldwide: <blockquote> A manual recount of votes in Baghdad has been completed and no instances of fraud were found there from the March election, electoral commission spokesman Qassim al-Abboudi said on Friday. "We finished the recount of 11,298 ballot boxes and no violations or fraud have been found," he told a news conference in the capital, adding that the results would be released on Monday. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/baghdad-recount-completed-no-fraud" class="external" target="_blank">source</a>: See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/05/2010514154641560714.html" class="external" target="_blank">Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Iraq vote recount reveals no fraud</a>: </blockquote> Kurds urge U.S. intervention to end Iraq stalemate – latimes.com: <blockquote>Qubad Talabani, the Kurdish region’s representative in Washington, says the U.S. must ‘look out for its interests’ to ensure Iraq has a stable, democratic government. The spokesman for Iraq’s Kurdish region criticized the Obama administration Thursday in Washington for not doing enough to end the current political impasse and urged American officials to embark on "intense shuttle diplomacy" between the deadlocked political parties. Qubad Talabani, who represents the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, said U.S. officials in Iraq have had limited involvement in efforts by political parties to form a government in the two months since the inconclusive national elections in March. Talabani said the Obama administration appeared determined to avoid the perception that it is "trying to concoct a democratic Iraq." But, he said, the U.S. must "look out for its interests" to ensure the country has a stable, democratic government. "It would be a shame to see an undemocratic government, after all the sacrifices," Talabani said in an interview after an appearance at the Nixon Center think tank in Washington. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-fg-us-iraq-20100514,0,7083755,print.story" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraq’s new al-Qaida leader vows to continue deadly attacks: Xinhua <blockquote> BAGHDAD, May 14 (Xinhua) — Iraqi al-Qaida group has nominated its new leader called "minister of war" and vowed to continue deadly attacks with "dark days in blood color," said a statement posted on a militant website on Friday. The so-called "minister of war" of the Islamic State of Iraq was identified as al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman and he will replace Abu Ayyub al-Musri, who was killed in a military operation by Iraqi and U.S. forces last month. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/14/c_13295134.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: Xinhua </blockquote> Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Blast hits Iraq football match: <blockquote>Suicide bombers have struck a football match in northern Iraq, leaving at least 25 people dead and many more wounded. The blast targeted a game taking place on Friday in the town of Tal Afar, around 60km west of the city of Mosul. A local police official said a car bomb exploded at about 6pm local time (1500GMT) near a crowd of spectators. As people fled the scene of the first blast, two more bombers activated explosive belts in the crowd, the sources said. Local hospital officials put the number of injured at 125. "Many people were gathered to watch the match," Hussein Nashad, who witnessed the attack, told the AFP news agency. "We heard a loud explosion and the people behind me shielded me from the shrapnel. "I ran away, but then I heard someone shout ‘Allahu-akbar’ [God is greatest], and then there was another explosion," Nashad added, speaking from hospital where he was being treated for shock. <h4>‘Dark days’</h4> Many of the wounded were taken by ambulance to Dahuk, 95km away, because local hospitals were unable to cope with the influx of wounded spectators. Tal Afar is a predominantly Shia Turkomen town and has been a regular target for suicide bombers in the past. The attacks follow blasts in the city last October and July that left dozens of people dead. In March 2007, 152 people were killed when truck bombs targeted markets in the town. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/2010514161932327374.html" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Blast targeting Shiite mosque leaves 18 injured in Iraq – Monsters and Critics: <blockquote>Hilla, Iraq – At least 18 people were injured by an explosive device that went off after Friday prayers in Hilla, a police source said. The bomb was planted beside the Shiite Imam al-Kadhim mosque in the city, 100 kilometres south of the south of Baghdad. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1555771.php/Blast-targeting-Shiite-mosque-leaves-18-injured-in-Iraq" class="external" target="_blank">source</a>: </blockquote> Iran Frees Iraqi Soldier in Border Incident – ABC News: <blockquote>Iran released an Iraqi border patrol officer Friday after he was detained briefly when Iraqi border guards were mistaken for Kurdish rebels on a northern stretch of the two countries’ border, an official said. The guard was released unharmed Friday evening, said Brigadier General Ahmed Gharib, head of Iraq’s border guards in Iraq’s northern Kurdish province of Sulaimaniya. "It was a misunderstanding. It’s not the first time it has happened," Gharib said. Officials said Iranian troops fired into the air after mistaking the Iraqis for rebels Thursday. There was no exchange of fire between the two sides in the incident, contrary to some reports, said Major General Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for Iraq’s Kurdish peshmerga security forces. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10650140" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> Iraq expects bumper wheat harvest this year: Azzaman in English: <blockquote> Good weather conditions will help Iraq reap up to 2 million tons of wheat this year, according to U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Last year grain production declined drastically in the country due to severe drought. The drop in yields turned Iraq into one of the world’s largest wheat importers. Last year’s wheat produce was in the range of 1 million tons while Iraq’s needs are estimated at more than 4 million tons. Iraq’s wheat imports just from the U.S. cost the treasury up to $1.4 billion last year. Iraq’s reliance on food imports has increased and widened. The country currently imports vegetables and fruits as well as grains, meat, chicken, legumes, sugar and tea. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-05-14%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">source</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> Mosque & State: by Nikolas K. Gvosdev  The National Interest: <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"> Nikolas K. Gvosdev, a senior editor at The National Interest, is a professor of national-security studies at the U.S. Naval War College. The views expressed are entirely his own </div> The accord signed in recent weeks between the two leading Iraqi Shiite political blocs—the Iraqi National Alliance and the State of Law party—has not only cleared the way for a new government to be formed in Iraq, but also, for the first time, has explicitly guaranteed a role for the senior Shiite clergy. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has been named as the final, binding arbiter for any disputes among the members of the governing coalition. “The marjaiya [the assembly of the most senior ayatollahs] has the final say in solving all the disputes between the two sides and its directives and guidance are binding,” the agreement states. Seven years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Shiite clergy, who already exercised a great deal of behind-the-scenes influence over the political process, have now been given a more public role. True, this is not a constitutional mandate; the clerics have no formal power to interfere with government policy. And if the current Shiite coalition should dissolve (or lose power in subsequent elections), the agreement would not be binding on future governments. Nevertheless, this development is quite at odds with the vision of a secular Iraq that many Americans believed would be created in the wake of Hussein’s ouster. However, Iraq is not on the verge of being transformed into an Arab version of Iran’s Islamic Republic. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s novel innovation—creating a clerical “guardian” to oversee the state (velayat-e faqih) as an Islamic version of Plato’s philosopher-king—was rejected by the Shiite clergy of Iraq. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.nationalinterest.org/PrinterFriendly.aspx?id=23400" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Saturday Profile – Hadi al-Mahdi, a Strident Political Voice on Iraqi Radio – NYTimes.com: <blockquote>HADI AL-MAHDI, a man you might call the Rush Limbaugh of Iraq, bounded up the stairs to a radio studio in a converted villa beside the Tigris River. “Today,” he said, with impish determination, “we are going to defend the Sunnis.” For the next hour Mr. Mahdi, a Shiite married to a Kurd, did just that. In a sonorous, sarcastic voice, he ridiculed the murky process that disqualified Sunni candidates in Iraq’s recent elections as an assault on the multiethnic, multifaith democracy Iraq is supposed to be creating. As the sun set on another dusty Baghdad evening rush, he condemned not only the man behind the disqualifications (“He’s illiterate.”) but also Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki (“Is there glue in your chair?”), Mr. Maliki’s main challenger in the election, Ayad Allawi; the ministers of education and electricity, “this dirty Parliament” and the rest of Iraqi officialdom “living in the Green Zone, while your family is living abroad.” “Who is going to die? Your son?” Mr. Mahdi’s program — “To Whoever Listens” on Radio Demozy, FM 104.1 — is a thrice-weekly, populist jeremiad of all that is wrong with Iraq’s fledgling democracy, and one measure of what the overthrow of Saddam Hussein has done for it. His is not the only radio talk show in Iraq, but it is arguably the most breathtaking exercise of free speech in a place where its limits are still being established. It is, by some accounts, one of the most popular programs on the air in Baghdad. It is, without question, immensely entertaining. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/world/middleeast/15mahdi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10370"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/05/5th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 5th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a> Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/05/5th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 5th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">5th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage</a></h3> Category: <a 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the English language coverage of Irak was, :-) but that wasn’t all that happened. We found a story on the how trade unions are trying to get a labour protection law passed, things are not as rosy with Turkey as the the KRG would have you believe, the South Oil Company is massively ramping up their security, (there’s no mention of the massive Ajil oil refinery fire in the north). The Guardian’s, Nicky Woolf thinks that KRG is on its way to being the next Dubai, and Hadi Ditmars writes about returning to Baghdad <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.newint.org/features/2010/05/01/keynote-iraq-in-pieces/" class="external" target="_blank">after seven years away</a>. There is no mention either of the progress of the negotiations between the Arab bloc and the Kurds over Mosul – the governor is pleased with progress. (What is missing from English language coverage of events here is as fascinating to me as what they do cover). Nur <h3 style="color: #800000">The Day In Quotes:</h3> <blockquote><ul> <li>Hajim al-Hassani spokesman for Maliki’s State of Law coalition on Allawi’s narrowing options. “In the end, the nominee for prime minister will be from the alliance. I think Iraqiya will realize that in the end the only choice is to be part of the new government.” Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/world/middleeast/05iraq.html?scp=4&sq=iraq&st=cse" class="external" target="_blank">Shiite Blocs Join, Ensuring Dominance in Iraq – NYTimes.com</a>: </li> <li>Brigadier-General Moussa Abdelhassan, head of police for the Southern Oil Company on the drive to provide saftety for oil companies "We removed thousands of mines and cluster bombs that were left in the oil fields in order to be able to dig and repair the wells and extend the network of oil pipelines here" Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1553354.php/Iraq-takes-extra-security-measures-to-protect-oil-fields" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq takes extra security measures to protect oil fields</a> </li> </ul> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights:</h3> Iraqi workers standing up for their rights: <blockquote>Nearly seven years after the fall of the Saddam’s regime, many of its laws continue to apply, making it impossible for Iraqi trade unions to organise and bargain on behalf of their members. Workers in the public sector can not join unions, trade union assets have been frozen by the Government, and governmental authorities have attempted to take over trade unions. These laws are undermining the immense contribution democratic and independent trade unions can make to Iraq’s fledgling democracy. While several versions of a new labour code have been drafted, political opposition and a gridlocked Parliament has seen them only gather dust. In response workers and unions from across the country – from Basra to Iraqi Kurdistan – have come together to urge the government to put in place labour law. In spite of tremendous personal risk, the campaign is also a pioneering effort in bridging religious, political, ethnic and geographic divides. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1250&theme=rights&country=iraq" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> Iraq’s two major Shiite blocs form new coalition: Xinhua <blockquote>BAGHDAD, May 4 (Xinhua) — The State of Law alliance led by Iraqi incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) have formed a coalition, according to a statement released on late Tuesday. "The two alliances reached an agreement to form a parliamentary bloc," said INA official Abdul-Razzak al-Kazimi at a press conference in Baghdad, adding "the alliance was a major step and would open to other Iraqi national forces." The new alliance was "determined to provide all the requirements for the success of the political process and to build an effective parliamentary system," said the official while reading the statement. According to initial results, the State of Law won 89 seats and the Iraqi National Alliance got 70 in the recent parliamentary elections. After combined, the two have 159 seats, very close to the needed 163 seats to form the new government. Al-Kazimi said the newly formed alliance vowed to name a prime minister committed to this program and pledged to promote an " institutional building of the state and the effective and constructive role of Iraq at the Arab, Islamic and international levels," the official said. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/05/c_13278382.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraq’s Shiites try to form new government: Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion <blockquote> The coalition deal was announced at a news conference, but the question of who would be prime minister could threaten to derail their plans to form a government. “Despite the challenges and the risks, both coalitions have agreed to announce the formation of a single parliamentary bloc,” said Abdul-Razaq al-Kazemi of the Iraqi National Alliance. Al-Kazemi, who took no questions from reporters, was flanked by officials from State of Law and the movement of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose followers make up the strongest group in the Iraqi National Alliance. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/iraqs-shiites-try-to-form-new-government" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: (emphasis added). </blockquote> DAWN.COM | World | Iraq deal gives clerics final say: Report: <blockquote>BAGHDAD: An agreement signed by the two main Iranian-backed Shia blocs seeking to govern Iraq gives the final decision on all their political disputes to top Shia clerics, according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. If the alliance succeeds in forming the next government, the provision could increase the role of senior clergy in politics. The provision would likely further alienate Iraq’s Sunni minority, which had been hoping the March election would boost their say in the country. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-iraq-deal-gives-clerics-final-say-report-rs-06" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Iraqiya: Shia alliance made in Iran: <blockquote>Discussions about who will become prime minister are now under way between the Shia parties, al-Asadi told Al Jazeera. However, it is widely believed that the agreement came to light only after assurances were given by the State of Law that al-Maliki would not continue in his post. "Mr al-Maliki has left the decision to the leadership of the alliance. There are certain internal methods to choose the PM candidate at the end of the day, and everyone should respect them," al-Asadi said. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/201055161551418941.html" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraq: Nouri Maliki’s bloc forges alliance with another Shiite faction – latimes.com: <blockquote> Maliki’s path to retaining the premiership is far from clear. He faces stiff opposition from the bloc loyal to Sadr, who despise the prime minister for launching several military offensives against its armed wing, the Mahdi Army, in Baghdad and southern Iraq. The newly formed coalition constitutes 159 of the parliament’s 325 seats, just four seats short of the majority needed to govern. Its formation delivers a blow to the bloc led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a secular Shiite and onetime favorite of the West with close ties to U.S. allies in the Middle East. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/topstories/la-fg-iraq-coalition-20100505,0,7759573.story" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Coalition still keen on al-Maliki after forming Shiite alliance – Monsters and Critics: <blockquote>Baghdad – The State of Law coalition said Wednesday it plans to nominate its leader and current Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki for the premiership, after allying with the Iraqi National Alliance. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1553357.php/Coalition-still-keen-on-al-Maliki-after-forming-Shiite-alliance" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> FT.com / Iraq – Iraqi Shia groups form alliance: <blockquote> Mr Dabbagh said the Shia alliance would seek to reach out to Iraqiya to include it in the government, but made it clear Iraqiya would not be considered a major party in the next administration. He said that State of Law and the INA would decide internally on their candidate for prime minister, which has already been a point of contention between the Shia groups because of Mr Maliki’s insistence that he retain the position of prime minister. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a46c890-581c-11df-9eaf-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?ftcamp=rss" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Sunni cleric killed by gunmen in western Baghdad: Xinhua <blockquote> BAGHDAD, May 5 (Xinhua) — A Sunni cleric and three other people were shot dead by gunmen in a western Baghdad neighborhood on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack took place in the morning when gunmen in a car opened fire on Abdul Jalil al-Fahdawi, Imam of a Sunni mosque in the neighborhood of Amriyah while he was leaving his home, adjacent to the mosque building, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Fahdawi, two of his guards and a man who is his relative, were all killed by the attack, the source said. Fahdawi is also deputy head of Scholars of Iraq Council, a nongovernmental and politically independent body which represents moderate Islam that opposes religious extremism. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/05/c_13279216.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Ankara expects Kurdish help with PKK – UPI.com: <blockquote>PKK attacks in Turkey are increasing as the spring thaw begins. Ankara believes attacks are on the rise because of a pending visit to Turkey by Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq. "We are expecting active support from the regional administration (in northern Iraq)," the foreign minister was quoted in the English-language newspaper Hurriyet as saying. Davutoglu added that Barzani was a welcome partner in Ankara. On trilateral efforts between U.S., Iraqi and Turkish officials on the PKK issue, the foreign minister stressed that Ankara’s "determination is continuing." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/05/05/Ankara-expects-Kurdish-help-with-PKK/UPI-60931273069164/" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> Is Kurdistan the next Dubai? | Nicky Woolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: <blockquote>As in Dubai, urban planners are reclaiming swathes of desert or scrubland with ambitious projects like Dream City, a development of brand new homes set in landscaped gardens with shops, schools and a mosque; or the planned Korek Tower, an angular glass-clad skyscraper that its owners, a home-grown mobile phone company, even describe as "Dubai-style". Based on the Dubai model, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is planning to expand the scope of the economy from purely oil-based to tourism and services. The minister for tourism has outlined an ambitious five-year plan for the construction of the industry practically from scratch, focusing on new intercity highways, airports and luxury hotels. Erbil’s citadel has recently been awarded Unesco World Heritage status and is the recipient of a multi-million dollar restoration scheme, and there are even plans to construct a ski resort in the mountain town of Haj Omaran. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/05/kurdistan-next-dubai-iraq" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> UPDATE 1-Russia’s TNK-BP makes foray into Iraqi oil and gas | News by Country | Reuters: <blockquote>Russia’s TNK-BP, half owned by BP , has established a joint venture to develop oil and gas fields in Iraq, joining Russian majors, which are tapping the world’s third-largest crude reserves. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://af.reuters.com/article/ivoryCoastNews/idAFLDE6442BK20100505?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=ivoryCoastNews&rpc=401&sp=true" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraq takes extra security measures to protect oil fields – Monsters and Critics: <blockquote>Iraq has begun implementing extra security measures to protect oil fields in and around the south-eastern city of Basra, security sources announced on Wednesday. Iraq’s oil pipelines have frequently been attacked in the past. Last month, a bomb destroyed a section of pipeline linking northern Iraqi oil fields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. ‘We removed thousands of mines and cluster bombs that were left in the oil fields in order to be able to dig and repair the wells and extend the network of oil pipelines,’ Brigadier-General Moussa Abdelhassan, head of police for the Southern Oil Company told dpa. Security forces are cooperating with oil companies connected to the oil ministry, and have signed security agreements with foreign companies licensed to develop a number of oil fields in the area. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1553354.php/Iraq-takes-extra-security-measures-to-protect-oil-fields" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> Iraq lobbies for oil port expansions – UPI.com: <blockquote>The South Oil Co. is moving to boost export capacity through an offshore reconstruction project at the southern port in Basra. Upgrades include a 6-mile onshore and a 38-mile offshore pipeline to expand export capacity, the online Oil & Gas Journal reports. A spokesman for the state-owned oil company said the project is part of a plan to increase export capacity from Basra ports from 1.8 million barrels per day to 4 million barrels per day during the next four years. Companies were invited to submit their interest Wednesday. Low volumes of crude in storage were blamed for a 550,000-barrel-per-day decline in exports from Basra terminals in April. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/05/05/Iraq-lobbies-for-oil-port-expansions/UPI-21571273067809/" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> Tampering with the Political Process in Iraq Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English): <blockquote>Prime Minister Al-Maliki does not consider himself the prime minister of a caretaker government. He is administering a normal government, in fact more than normal, because due to the constitutional vacuum he has immense powers that he has never had during his rule in the past four years. The prime minister now governs the country without consulting the parliament, as the term of the Council of Representatives has lapsed; therefore, the prime minister can sign whatever he wants of decisions and contracts. Also the prime minister does not need the Presidency Council, because it is semi-honorary; he understands that the army is at his disposal as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces; and the relations with the United States – according to the security agreement – is under the authority of the prime minister’s office, and hence cannot be activated, even in case of internal dispute as is the case today, except at the wish of the prime minister. This means that practically he is the president, he is the prime minister, he is the parliament, he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and his is the controller of the relations with the United States. Thus it is in the interest of Al-Maliki and his government to prolong as much as possible the current situation, because it is a golden opportunity in which he has all the powers to spend, appoint, and change in any way he likes. To what can this time-wasting game, which is comfortable for the government, lead? It certainly will lead to a state of restlessness and political chaos, because the competing sides will consider every passing day to be at their own expense. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20833" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a>: </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10350"> <div class="postmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/04/4th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 4th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a> Posted on May 4th, 2010 by Hussein Kareem</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/04/4th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 4th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">4th-May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage</a></h3> 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/syria/" rel="tag">Syria</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/syrian-border/" rel="tag">Syrian border</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/trauma/" rel="tag">trauma</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water/" rel="tag">Water</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua/" rel="tag">Xinhua</a> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights</h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/france-germany-top-eu-asylum-table-as-requests-rise-to-260000_64389.html" class="external" target="_blank">France, Germany top EU asylum table as requests rise to 260,000 < French news | Expatica France</a>: <blockquote>Germany received the second largest amount of asylum claims in Europe, with more than 31,000, over 7,000 of whom were Iraqis. However it topped the table of positive decisions on those aslum applications, allowing in 9,765 to France’s 5,050. </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?ArticleID=514506&ChannelId=4" class="external" target="_blank">Lebanon: Calls for end to arbitrary deportation of refugees</a>: <blockquote>Lebanon must halt its practice of arbitrarily detaining and deporting refugees, a human rights organization said Monday.At least 14 refugees, mostly from Iraq, have been coerced into signing deportation orders since the beginning of 2010, said Berna Habib, secretary of the board at Frontiers Ruwad (FR). After unlimited periods of arbitrary detention in miserable prison conditions, the refugees are signing the orders “out of despair,” FR’s Habib told The Daily Star.Late last month, an Iraqi refugee was deported ahead of a court hearing which would have determined whether he could remain in Lebanon. Ali Faris, another recognized refugee from Iraq, was deported on March 31 through the Lebanon-Syrian border. A court hearing held after he left ruled against his expulsion, Habib said. “All deportation orders should be suspended and reviewed, meanwhile, refugees who are arbitrarily detained should be released immediately,” said Habib.At least 1,500 migrants have been detained since 2007, with half of those remaining in custody arbitrarily for months or years, she added. </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_wires-navyseal_0504may04,0,7658734.story" class="external" target="_blank">Judge refuses to drop charges facing Navy SEAL – dailypress.com</a>: <blockquote>The court-martial of a Navy SEAL accused of punching a suspected terrorist in Iraq opened Monday with the judge rejecting a defense motion to dismiss the case based on something Geraldo Rivera said on television. Attorneys for Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe of Perrysburg, Ohio, introduced a transcript of an April 22 broadcast in which Rivera told the Fox network’s Bill O’Reilly that someone close to the military official who ordered the court-martial told him the official was pressured by a higher authority not to drop the case. snip McCabe attorney Haytham Faraj said Monday that the Rivera report suggested "unlawful command influence," and he asked that the charges be dismissed The judge, Capt. Moria Modzelewski, dismissed the TV commentary as speculation and declined the defense request. </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Health</h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g46-V90DS8j1vpyarmMkIkzYVz6QD9FFQV8O0" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqis try to heal mental scars after years of war: Google News</a> <blockquote>Jabar Abdul-Zahra’s flashbacks are so vivid he can feel the asphalt against his cheek that night six years ago when he lay pinned to the ground between his two critically wounded brothers, the three of them caught in the crossfire as American troops and local militiamen fought in a Baghdad neighborhood. The memory of waiting till dawn for the fighting to subside so he could ferry them to hospital has overshadowed the grief he felt when one brother later died from his wounds. But the 43-year-old computer engineer didn’t understand what was causing the flashbacks, or the palpitations and sheer terror that still overcome him whenever he sees people in uniform. Until he happened to get a contract to hook up the computers at a new center being set up in the backyard of the Imam Ali Hospital. There he met psychiatrist Haitham Abdul-Razaq — and found out he was one of tens of thousands of Iraqis with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/world/middleeast/04awakening.html?ref=world&pagewanted=print" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi Sunnis Frustrated as Awakening Loses Clout – NYTimes.com</a>: <blockquote>FALLUJA, Iraq — Sheik Aiffan Saadoun al-Aiffan stepped across a scorched patch of farmland, raised his shotgun and fired once. A bird fell to the ground. “Shooting Qaeda,” he said, explaining how he had honed his accuracy, fighting alongside American forces. But those times of counterinsurgency, when tribal leaders like him switched sides in what became known as the Sunni Awakening, are giving way to the rise of a new political order in Iraq. The recent parliamentary elections were a serious blow to the Awakening, which has been regarded as not just a movement to pacify restive areas, but also as a potential political force to re-empower Sunnis. </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080586&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank">كونا : Iraqi electoral commission: Re-count results match previous results up to now – الشؤون السياسية – 04/05/2010</a>: <blockquote>BAGHDAD, May 4 (KUNA) — The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said the results of Monday and Tuesday’s recount of votes matched previous results up to now. Head of IHEC’s electoral department Hamdiya Al-Hussaini told KUNA here Tuesday that the results were the same, but more checking was still required. IHEC recounted on Monday votes of 600 out of Baghdad’s nearly 11,000 centers. On Tuesday, it would recount votes of 800 other centers. The Rule of Law Coalition said, Monday, it expects that the results of the recount would match previous results, if IHEC insists on ignoring the comparison of results with the voters records.(end) </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1553036.php/Two-dead-in-Iraq-violence-two-al-Qaeda-leaders-arrested-1st-Lead" class="external" target="_blank">Two dead in Iraq violence, two al-Qaeda leaders arrested</a>: Deutsche Presse Agentur <blockquote>Two civilians were killed and 14 injured in a attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, while police arrested two al-Qaeda leaders, security officials said. The officials said gunmen shot and killed a pharmacist working at al-Salam hospital in the northern city of Mosul. Meanwhile police detained alleged Saudi al-Qaeda leader Mohamed Mahmoud Salama in a raid in western Mosul, a security source told the German Press Agency dpa. The two sides exchanged fire during the raid, leaving two policemen injured. Salama is believed to have entered Iraq in 2004. He was arrested by security forces in 2006 but managed to escape. Security forces announced that the imam of a Sunni mosque in Mosul was shot and killed by unknown gunmen after evening prayers on Monday night. On Monday, an Iraqi security operation targeting the hideouts of al-Qaeda militants in the city of Baquba led to the arrest of 25 al- Qaeda members, including a prominent leader. ‘Among those arrested is the emir of Baquba, known as Haji Basem, who is involved in the deaths of 24 people and the displacement of 50 families in the area during the years of escalated sectarian violence, between 2005 and 2007,’ a security source said on Tuesday. </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/04/c_13277981.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi intelligence officer killed in Baghdad bombing</a>: Xinhua <blockquote>An intelligence officer affiliated to Iraqi Interior Ministry was killed and a government employee was wounded by two separate bomb explosions in their cars in Baghdad on Tuesday, the police said. Lieutenant Colonel Ali Hussein, head of intelligence service in northern Baghdad, was killed when a bomb planted in his car detonated in Baghdad’s northern district of Kadhmiyah, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The attack took place in the morning when the officer was driving to work, the source said. <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 360px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> Editor’s note: The civil servant wounded in this bombing works  in the Prime minister’s office. Hussein Kareem </div> Meanwhile, another bomb attached to the car of an employee in the office of the Iraqi ministerial council detonated in the Qahtan Square in western Baghdad, wounding him and two civilians who were close to the scene, the source added. </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/04/c_13277994.htm" class="external" target="_blank">13 wounded in car bombing in northern Iraq</a>: (Xinhua) <blockquote>A booby-trapped car parked in the dense populated neighborhood of al-Dawassa in central Mosul detonated in the morning, wounding 13 people and damaging several nearby buildings and civilian cars, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The blast occurred at the same neighborhood where the governor of Nineveh Atheel al-Nujaifi lives, the source said, adding that the blast caused no casualty to Nujaifi and his house </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQNZ-iDlwjFMX9HrXgX7-7y-RuGQD9FFRKL80" class="external" target="_blank">2 US soldiers in Iraq die in non-combat incidents</a>: Google News <blockquote>The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in Iraq from injuries sustained in separate incidents unrelated to combat. </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> here <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/585058-muddying-the-waters" class="external" target="_blank">Muddying the waters – Energy – ArabianBusiness.com</a>: <blockquote>Iraq’s oil minister has raised questions over the country’s planned energy expansion by indicating Baghdad would consider OPEC output curbs that may keep supply well short of ambitious capacity targets. After Baghdad signed contracts to add around ten million barrels per day (bpd) to its oil supply, tough talks were expected within the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on an eventual output target for Iraq. But Iraqi oil minister Hussain Al Shahristani seems to have jumped straight to the end game before even sitting down at the negotiating table with his fellow ministers. </blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view/201005042_more_mideast_airlines_have_iraq_on_their_radar/" class="external" target="_blank">2 more Mideast airlines have Iraq on their radar – BostonHerald.com</a>: <blockquote>Two fast-growing Middle Eastern airlines said Tuesday they are considering starting up services to Iraq, looking to join the growing fleet of carriers serving the war-scarred country. The chief executives of FlyDubai and Qatar Airways each said they are weighing expansions to Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, including the Shiite holy city of Najaf and Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region. If the airlines go ahead, they will be joining a growing number of carriers — including Germany’s Lufthansa and Bahrain’s Gulf Air — entering the Iraqi market as security improves and business picks up. FlyDubai is also eyeing Sulaimaniyah in the north and Basra in the south, according to CEO Ghaith al-Ghaith. He told The Associated Press in an interview he is in talks with Iraqi and Emirati authorities to win approval for the routes. </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> here here here   أخبار العراق </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua/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 href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124053155/http://gorillasguides.com/2012/04/19/hezbollah-says-latest-bombings-in-iraq-thwart-mission-to-build-state/">Hezbollah says latest bombings in Iraq “thwart mission to build 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