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Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorillasguides/5710865005/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom: silver 1px solid; border-left: silver 1px solid; margin: 1px auto; display: block; float: none; border-top: silver 1px solid; border-right: silver 1px solid" alt="20110511_guardian_screenshot_20110510_barber_unions_irak" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554im_/http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/5710865005_ac93a3ec1c_o.jpg" width="500" height="284"/></a></p> <p>اتهمت صحيفة الغارديان البريطانية الحكومة العراقية الاربعاء، بالسعي الى تحطيم النقابات العمالية والمهنية في العراق على الرغم من انها تشكل علاجا حيويا لمنع الاستبداد والطائفية. <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/10/iraq-union-crackdown" target="_blank" class="external">وذكرت الصحيفة</a> ان الحكومة العراقية تسبح بعكس الموجة الشعبية في المنطقة، موضحة انها تحاول القضاء على النقابات الحرة والمستقلة، مشيرة الى انها قررت منذ اسبوعين منع النقابة الرئيسية في العراق من العمل، وشكلت الحكومة لجنة لمصادرة ممتلكات الاتحاد العام لعمال العراق، والاشراف على ادارته حتى تنظيم انتخابات جديدة له. <br/>ووصفت الصحيفة البريطانية هذا القرار بانه وصفة خطرة تؤدي الى تفكيك احد الهيئات القليلة التي تبقت في العراق والتي توحد الناس خارج الروابط العشائرية والمذهبية والدينية والتي تظهر التزاما بحقوق المرأة وقيام عراق مسالم ومزدهر.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10840"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/30/selected-english-coverage-a-well-deserved-honour/#respond" title="Comment on Selected English Coverage: A Well-Deserved Honour">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 30th, 2010 by markfromireland</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/trade-unions/" rel="tag">Trade Unions</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>I have a lot of respect for Iraki journalists. The independent ones do a very dangerous job — between the frequent death threats and the actual assassinations, you would think that they would all just throw in the towel and find something less dangerous to do, but no. For every journalist I know who has quit working as a journalist because of the death of a colleague, or having received death threats. I know another who has kept on despite them being afraid for their life or another who has become a journalist despite knowing the risks.</p> <p>The word "indomitable" springs to mind.</p> <h3>Moaid Al-Lami</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: 305px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p><a title="20100529_Muaid_al-Lami_head_of_Journalists_Syndicate_elected_International_Federation_of_Journalists_2panel" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4652418904/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="20100529_Muaid_al-Lami_head_of_Journalists_Syndicate_elected_International_Federation_of_Journalists_2panel" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554im_/http://static.flickr.com/3245/4652418904_6feb0e66ac.jpg" border="0"/></a></p> <p style="width: 300px"><strong>Photos:</strong> Moaid Al-Lami speaking at the World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) , meeting in Cadiz</p> </p></div> <p>If the job of being a journalist is dangerous the job of being a journalist and running the Journalists’ Syndicate is doubly so. But that’s the job that  Moaid Al-Lami has chosen to do. It’s not as if he didn’t know the risks — his predecessor <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL27791748" class="external" target="_blank">Shihab al-Tamimi</a>, died of his wounds on February 27th, 2008 after being ambushed in his car by gunmen. (The Committee to Protect Journalists <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://cpj.org/2008/02/head-of-iraqi-journalists-syndicate-wounded-in-ass.php" class="external" target="_blank">has an account of that ambush here</a>).</p> <p>Al-Lami himself has escaped two assassination attempts the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.protectionline.org/Moaid-Al-Lami-attacked.html" class="external" target="_blank">first was on 20th September 2008</a>, two months after he’d been elected to succeed Al-Tamimi. That attempt was a targeted bombing that left al-Lami with a shattered arm that took months to heal. </p> <p>The second attempt was just a few weeks ago on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.newssafety.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18337:ifj-condemns-second-assassination-attempt-on-iraqi-journalists-leader&catid=83:iraq-media-safety&Itemid=100377" class="external" target="_blank">Sunday March 21st when he was attacked by gunmen</a> and narrowly escaped with his life.</p> <p>In between dodging assassination attempts he’s been running campaigns for a journalist protection law and to increase journalistic professionalism.</p> <p>In short he’s a brave chap, and a man who cares deeply about the integrity of his profession. So I was particularly pleased to be sent a link today, at which I read that he’d been elected by his fellow professionals to the Board of Advisers of the International Federation of Journalists at their conference in Cadiz.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">markfromireland</p> <blockquote><p>The World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) , meeting in Cadiz, Spain, elected members of the Administrative Committee and its advisers. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p><strong>The following have been elected as IFJ Advisers</strong></p> <p>1. Zuliana Lainez Otero, Peru, ANP                         249</p> <p>2. Khady Cisse, Senegal, SYNPICS                         239</p> <p><strong>3. Moaid Allami, Iraqi Union of Journalists            231</strong></p> <p><em>snip</em></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-world-congress-elects-new-board-and-advisers" class="external" target="_blank">IFJ.org – IFJ Global – IFJ World Congress Elects New Board and Advisers</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10825"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/30/%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d9%85%d8%a4%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a-%d8%b9%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%a7-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86/#respond" title="Comment on انتخاب مؤيد اللامي عضوا في اللجنة التنفيذية للاتحاد الدولي للصحفيين">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 30th, 2010 by Editors</div> <h3><a 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title="20100529_Muaid_al-Lami_head_of_Journalists_Syndicate_elected_International_Federation_of_Journalists_2panel" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4652418904/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px" alt="20100529_Muaid_al-Lami_head_of_Journalists_Syndicate_elected_International_Federation_of_Journalists_2panel" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554im_/http://static.flickr.com/3245/4652418904_6feb0e66ac.jpg" align="left" border="0"/></a>انتـُخب نقيب الصحفيين العراقيين مؤيد اللامي عضوا في اللجنة التنفيذية للاتحاد الدولي للصحفيين في ختام أعمال المؤتمر السادس والعشرين للاتحاد اليوم السبت في مدينة قاديس جنوب إسبانيا.</p> <p>وذكرت نقابة الصحفيين العراقيين في بيان لها أن انتخاب اللامي جاء وسط تأييد أغلب المشاركين في المؤتمر من قادة وأعضاء النقابات والاتحادات والجمعيات الصحفية في العالم، والذين مثلوا 111 بلدا، مضيفا أنها المرة الأولى التي يفوز بها العراق بهذا الموقع العالمي المهم.</p> <p>وتقدم اللامي خلال الانتخابات ليحتل المرتبة الثانية بعد مرشح بيرو من بين 26 مرشحا وبفارق كبير من الأصوات عن منافسيه وهم مرشحو عدد كبير من البلدان من بينها ألمانيا وإيران والولايات المتحدة وفلسطين وإيطاليا وماليزيا واستراليا وبريطانيا واليابان.</p> <p>واصدرت نقابة الصحفيين العراقيين البيان التالي : </p> <p>انتخب نقيب الصحفيين العراقيين الزميل مؤيد اللامي عضوا في اللجنة التنفيذية للاتحاد الدولي للصحفيين خلال المؤتمر السادس والعشرين للاتحاد الذي اختتم اعماله اليوم السبت في مدينة قاديس جنوب اسبانيا بمشاركة 335 من قادة وأعضاء النقابات والاتحادات والجمعيات الصحفية في العالم  يمثلون مائة واحد عشر بلدا وهي المرة الأولى التي يفوز فيها العراق بهذا الموقع العالمي الكبير .</p> <p>وقالت نقابة الصحفيين العراقيين في بيان لها اليوم السبت ان انتخاب الزميل اللامي جاء وسط تأييد حاشد من اغلب دول قارات أوربا وأميركا واسيا وإفريقيا والدول العربية حيث احتل المرتبة الثانية بعد مرشح بيرو متقدما على منافسيه وعددهم 26 مرشحا وبفارق كبير من الأصوات وهم مرشحو ايرلندا والنرويج والأرجنتين والدانمرك وألمانيا وإيران وتايوان والسويد والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية والأردن والبرازيل وروسيا وباكستان وفلسطين وايطاليا وماليزيا واستراليا والسنغال واسبانيا وزيمبابوي والكاميرون والهند وكرواتيا وبريطانيا والنيبال واليابان .</p> <p>واضاف البيان : ان المؤتمر شهد موقفا تضامنياً موحدا تجاه الصحفيين العراقيين من قبل الوفود المشاركة التي عبر رؤساؤها في كلمات لهم خلال جلسات المؤتمر عن تقديرهم لشجاعة الصحفيين العراقيين وعملهم المهني المستقل مؤكدين مساندتهم لنضال نقابة الصحفيين العراقيين في ترسيخ الديمقراطية وحرية الرأي والتعبير والعمل على بناء صحافة مستقلة في العراق . </p> <p>وقد وقف المؤتمرون طويلا  وسط تصفيق حار ومستمر حال انتهاء نقيب الصحفيين العراقيين الزميل مؤيد اللامي من إلقاء كلمته في المؤتمر والتي استعرض فيها تضحيات الصحفيين العراقيين  وشجاعتهم من اجل إيصال الخبر الصادق والمحايد إلى الرأي العام رغم سقوط أكثر من 350 شهيدا صحفيا عراقيا .   </p> <p>وأكد اللامي في كلمته طبيعة نضال الصحفيين العراقيين وهم يسهمون في إشاعة أجواء الحرية والسلام والمحبة في العراق . </p> <p>واشاد المؤتمرون بكلمة نقيب الصحفيين العراقيين متطلعين إلى  اليوم الذي يعمل فيه الصحفيون العراقيون بأجواء أكثر امنا  تليق بشجاعتهم واصرارهم على مواصلة عملهم المحايد المستقل .</p> <p>كما عبروا عن تقديرهم للصحافة العراقية من خلال تصويتهم الكبير لنقيب الصحفيين العراقيين .</p> <p>ويذكر أن مراسيم افتتاح المؤتمر جرت بحضور نائبة رئيس الحكومة الأسبانية ورئيس أقليم الأندلس فيما شهد حفل الختام حضور الأمير فيليب ولي العهد الأسباني إضافة إلى عدد من الوزراء وعمد المدن والأقاليم الأسبانية وكبار الصحفيين الأسبان ورؤساء النقابات والاتحادات والجمعيات الصحفية والمؤسسات الإعلامية في العالم . </p> <p>كما  أقام وفد النقابة المشارك في المؤتمر معرضا لصور شهداء الصحافة العراقية تضمن صورهم ومعلومات عن أهم الشخصيات الصحفية التي طالتها يد الإرهاب . وقد اثار المعرض ضجة إعلامية كبيرة إذ اطلعت وسائل الإعلام العالمية على حجم تضحيات العاملين في الصحافة العراقية  وتوزيع كراس باللغة الانكليزية لاطلاع الوفود الأجنبية المشاركة بتضحيات الصحفيين وتوزيع تقرير النقابة المعد في عيد الصحافة العالمي باللغات العربية والانكليزية والفرنسية مع تقرير لأحداث عام 2009  ويذكر ان حصول نقيب الصحفيين العراقيين مؤيد اللامي على هذا المنصب العالمي الرفيع يعد المرة الأولى في تأريخ الصحافة العراقية منذ تأسيس النقابة عام 1959 .</p> <p>مبروك للأسرة الصحفية العراقية هذا الانجاز الكبير وهو شرف يستحقوه  ومبروك لنقابتهم العريقة والمجاهدة على ماحصلت عليه ومبروك للشعب العراقي هذا التقدير والاحترام والتقييم من دول العالم ومبروك لكل من وقف مساندا وداعما لعمل نقابة الصحفيين العراقيين .</p> <p>حمى الله العراق وشعبه وأسرته الصحفية  <br/>نقابة الصحفيين العراقيين</p> <p>في التاسع والعشرين من أيار 2010</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10750"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/27/%d8%aa%d8%b8%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a6-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a9/#respond" title="Comment on تظاهرة لمنتسبي شركة الموانئ في البصرة للمطالبة بتحسين اوضاعهم المعيشية">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Ra'ed Al-Bayati</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/27/%d8%aa%d8%b8%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a6-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a9/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to تظاهرة لمنتسبي شركة الموانئ في البصرة للمطالبة بتحسين اوضاعهم المعيشية">تظاهرة لمنتسبي شركة الموانئ في البصرة للمطالبة بتحسين اوضاعهم المعيشية</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basrah/" rel="tag">Basrah</a>, <a 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بها وايجاد عدالة في توزيع قطع الاراضي بين المنتسبين وصرف الارباح لمنتسبي الشركة لعام 2009 التي تأخرت كثيرا. <br/>ولفت الى ان هنالك حالات من التفاوت في مسألة المساواة بين حقوق المنتسبين والتي ظهرت واضحة في عملية توزيع قطع الاراضي وكذلك في مجال العناوين الوظيفية التي لم يشمل بها العديد من المنتسبين رغم استحقاقهم.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10370"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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></span> Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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> <p 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day in 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/20130127091554/http://www.newint.org/features/2010/05/01/keynote-iraq-in-pieces/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>after seven years away</strong></a>.</p> <p>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).</p> <p>Nur</p> <h3 style="color: #800000">The Day In Quotes:</h3> <blockquote><ul> <li><strong>Hajim al-Hassani spokesman for Maliki’s State of Law coalition on Allawi’s narrowing options. </p> <p></strong>“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.” </p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/world/middleeast/05iraq.html?scp=4&sq=iraq&st=cse" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Shiite Blocs Join, Ensuring Dominance in Iraq – NYTimes.com</strong></a><strong>: <br/></strong></li> <li><strong>Brigadier-General Moussa Abdelhassan, head of police for the Southern Oil Company on the drive to provide saftety for oil companies <br/></strong> <br/>"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" <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1553354.php/Iraq-takes-extra-security-measures-to-protect-oil-fields" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraq takes extra security measures to protect oil fields</strong></a> </li> </ul> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights:</h3> <p><strong>Iraqi workers standing up for their rights</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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.</p> <p>While several versions of a new labour code have been drafted, political opposition and a gridlocked Parliament has seen them only gather dust. <br/>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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1250&theme=rights&country=iraq" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> <p><strong>Iraq’s two major Shiite blocs form new coalition</strong><strong>: Xinhua </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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. <br/>"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." <br/>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. <br/>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. <br/>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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/05/c_13278382.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq’s Shiites try to form new government</strong><strong>: Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>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. <br/>“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. <br/><strong>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.</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/iraqs-shiites-try-to-form-new-government" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: (emphasis added).</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>DAWN.COM | World | Iraq deal gives clerics final say: Report</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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. <br/>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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Iraqiya: Shia alliance made in Iran</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Discussions about who will become prime minister are now under way between the Shia parties, al-Asadi told Al Jazeera. <br/>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. <br/>"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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/201055161551418941.html" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq: Nouri Maliki’s bloc forges alliance with another Shiite faction – latimes.com</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>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. <br/>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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/topstories/la-fg-iraq-coalition-20100505,0,7759573.story" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Coalition still keen on al-Maliki after forming Shiite alliance – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>FT.com / Iraq – Iraqi Shia groups form alliance</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>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. <br/>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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Sunni cleric killed by gunmen in western Baghdad</strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>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. <br/>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. <br/>Fahdawi, two of his guards and a man who is his relative, were all killed by the attack, the source said. <br/>Fahdawi is also deputy head of Scholars of Iraq Council, a nongovernmental and politically independent body which represents moderate Islam that opposes religious extremism.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/05/c_13279216.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Ankara expects Kurdish help with PKK – UPI.com</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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. <br/>"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. <br/>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."</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <p><strong>Is Kurdistan the next Dubai? | Nicky Woolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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".</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/05/kurdistan-next-dubai-iraq" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>UPDATE 1-Russia’s TNK-BP makes foray into Iraqi oil and gas | News by Country | Reuters</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Iraq takes extra security measures to protect oil fields – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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. <br/>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. <br/>‘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. <br/>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. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Iraq lobbies for oil port expansions – UPI.com</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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. <br/>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. <br/>Low volumes of crude in storage were blamed for a 550,000-barrel-per-day decline in exports from Basra terminals in April.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> <p><strong>Tampering with the Political Process in Iraq Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20833" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10326"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/03/03-05-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 03-05-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by Um Thalit</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/03/03-05-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 03-05-2010 Selected English Language 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year old man on the experience of being tortured by British troops in Basrah: </p> <p></strong>“The main problem is that my reputation is ruined. The people in our area, when they hear I have been arrested by the British Army, assumed I had been abused by British soldiers. People associate the British Army with sexual abuse.”  </p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7114602.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Britain faces payout shame as hundreds of detainees claim soldiers abused them – Times Online</strong></a><strong>: </strong></li> <li><strong>Qassim al-Abbudi, an official with the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), to reporters:</strong> <p>"We will count 600 boxes today," </p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/05/03/107548.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al Arabiya.net | Middle East News | Baghdad begins vote recount requested by PM</strong></a><strong>: </strong>  </li> </ul> <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights:</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://en.rsf.org/www-rsf-org-predators2010-03-05-2010,37235.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Reporters Sans Frontières – Forty predators of press freedom</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">In Iraq, journalists who do their job face real dangers from the conflicts that keep erupting but the situation is slowly improving and the violence is affecting the general population more than journalists in particular. That is why Reporters Without Borders has withdrawn Islamist groups from the ranks of the predators.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7114602.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Britain faces payout shame as hundreds of detainees claim soldiers abused them – Times Online</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The cash-strapped Ministry of Defence faces the prospect of further compensation payouts as hundreds of Iraqis held in British custody file complaints of abuse, described to The Times by former detainees. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>The family of Baha Musa, an Iraqi who died in British custody in 2003, shared a £2.83 million MoD settlement with nine others. An inquiry into his death saw evidence suggesting that the illegal treatment of prisoners, such as hooding and sleep deprivation, was widespread. </p> <p>Substantial out-of-court settlements have also been reached with nine men who made allegations of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of British soldiers in 2003 at a base known as Camp Breadbasket. </p> <p>The MoD admitted in 2008 that Iraqis were unlawfully assaulted at the base in Basra. <br/>Leigh Day solicitors, who represented the nine men, said that a further 14 have since come forward. The law firm also represents about 100 other Iraqi citizens in claims against the MoD for alleged maltreatment by British forces, mainly relating to arrest and detention. “Fresh allegations continue to come forward, so the number of cases will undoubtedly rise,” a spokesman for the firm said. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">He said: “The main problem is that my reputation is ruined. The people in our area, when they hear I have been arrested by the British Army, assumed I had been abused by British soldiers. People associate the British Army with sexual abuse.” </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/military-court-hears-graners-abu-ghraib-appeal" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Military court hears Graner’s Abu Ghraib appeal | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The U.S. military’s highest court is considering whether a "Catch-22" prevented the alleged ringleader of detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq from getting a fair trial in 2005. </p> <p>In arguments today in Washington, Army Spc. Charles Graner’s lawyer told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces that the defense was wrongly denied access to classified documents indicating that some of the harsh treatment of detainees reflected "enhanced interrogation techniques" approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. </p> <p>One of the five justices questioned whether the secret nature of the documents made it impossible for the defense to request specific memos — a situation he called a Catch-22. </p> <p>The court is expected to rule by August on Graner’s request for a new trial.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/seal-accused-assault-iraq-goes-trial-norfolk" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>SEAL accused of assault in Iraq goes to trial in Norfolk | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The last of three U.S. Navy SEALs to face court-martial in connection with the alleged abuse of a suspected terrorist in Iraq is scheduled to stand trial this week at Norfolk Naval Station. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>The SEAL who will stand trial beginning today, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe, is the only one who is accused of physically harming Abed. The charges against him include assault for allegedly punching Abed in the midsection; dereliction of duty for not protecting Abed; and making a false statement to an investigator who later interviewed him about the matter.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/03/military-defends-prosecution-of-seal/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Military defends prosecution of SEAL – Washington Times</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">The U.S. military is issuing an extensive defense of its decision to prosecute three Navy SEALs on charges of abusing a terrorism suspect they had captured in Iraq, after two of the servicemen were found not guilty during courts-martial.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2010/05/03/monday-6-iraqis-killed-16-wounded/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Monday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded — Antiwar.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>At least six Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded as a manual recount of ballots begin today in Baghdad. The contentious recount was not without its own controversy as the prime minister’s party found fault with the procedures that could help them win more seats in the new parliament.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100503006020&newsLang=en" class="external" target="_blank"> <br/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080528&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>كونا : Three explosions kill three Iraqis, injured 13 – الدفاع والأمن – 03/05/2010</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>BAGHDAD, May 3 (KUNA) — Three Iraqi civilians wer killed and 13 others injured by explosions at Al-Zafarania, New Baghdad and Al-Kesra, Iraqi military sources said on Monday. <br/>The first explosion took place near Al-Kbaisi cafe at the main road of Al-Zafarania town. The booby-trapped car blast resulted in the wounding of four Iraqis, as well as the destruction of the cafe. <br/>The second explosion occured in Al-Darwesh Bakery in New Baghdad resulted in the death of one Iraqi civilian and the injurey of six others. <br/>At Al-Kesra town, northern Baghdad, an explosive device attached to a parked car killed two civilians, and injured three others.</p></blockquote> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_522069.html" class="external" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/20105371714653272.html"> <br/></a> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1552775.php/Three-killed-in-two-separate-attacks-in-Iraq" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Three killed in two separate attacks in Iraq – Monsters and Critics</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>An unidentified group of gunmen attacked two employees of the court of first instance in Toz, just south of the city Kirkuk, leaving one dead and the other injured.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">In a separate incident, an Iraqi soldier and a police officer were killed while walking along a road when a remotely controlled bomb exploded in a parked car in the province of Salah al-Din, security forces said. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080270&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>كونا : Iraqi electoral commission: manual re-counting starts officially in Baghdad – الشؤون السياسية – 03/05/2010</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced launch of the manual re-counting and sorting of ballots at Al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, IHEC Spokesman Qassim Al-Abodi said on Monday.</p> <p>It is expected that recount and sorting of 600 ballot stations would be done today and that 800 ballot boxes a day would be counted within the upcoming few days, he told reporters.</p> <p>Recount process is expected to last between 11 to 15 days, he said. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1552761.php/Al-Maliki-s-coalition-calls-for-halt-to-vote-recount-1st-Lead" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al-Maliki’s coalition calls for halt to vote recount (1st Lead) – Monsters and Critics</strong></a></p> <blockquote><p>Baghdad – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of law Coalition Monday called for halting the recount of votes cast in Baghdad, saying ‘it does not comply with the court’s decision’. </p> <p>Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission started earlier on Monday recounting votes of the March parliamentary elections in the capital, as ordered by a court last month. </p> <p>The coalition said it filed a new complaint to the court to say that the ‘commission insists that the results would not reflect the true will of the voters.’ </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>Al-Shahristani said that the process should have started by comparing the number of voters with the number of votes, and if they match, then they would start the manual recount. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=May2010&file=World_News201005036150.xml" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraq locked in two-man power struggle after vote : The Peninsula On-line: Qatar</strong></a>: </p> <blockquote><p>BAGHDAD: Two months after a general election that produced no outright winner, Iraq has become locked in a battle between two men fighting for power that threatens its fragile security and hopes for stability.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Whether or not Shia Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki and ex-Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are putting personal ambition ahead of the nation’s good, their battle could stoke sectarian tensions and invite foreign interference, analysts say. “The battle in many ways boils down to the personal antipathy between the two, something which is now threatening political stability,” IHS Global Insight Middle East analyst Gala Riani said.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/asia/03kurds.html?ref=asia&pagewanted=print" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Election Victories Help Kurds in Iraq Push for More Sovereignty – NYTimes.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>As the deadlock in Baghdad has deepened with the recent disqualification of some winning Sunni candidates and the coming vote recount in the capital, important bloc leaders like the Kurdish president, Massoud Barzani, have been heavily courted for support in forming coalitions.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">But no one has been more openly aggressive in the jockeying for position than Mr. Barzani, and he is being closely watched because the issues he seeks to influence all have stark ramifications for Iraq’s stability. In particular, his demands for a federalist approach to governing Iraq — a weakened national government and stronger regional control — have revived fears that his Iraqi Kurdistan region may eventually try to secede.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/topstories/la-fg-iraq-premier-20100503,0,6654673,print.story" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>An unlikely Iraqi leader emerges – latimes.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Among all the candidates being touted for the prime minister’s job in the next Iraqi government, one stands out for his near-total lack of political experience.</p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>But Sadr’s heritage puts him in the ranks of aristocracy, at least by Iraqi Shiite Muslim standards. He is the only son of the revered Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir Sadr, who was executed by Saddam Hussein in 1980 and whose portrait looms large on billboards in almost every Shiite community across the country. And he is a second cousin and brother-in-law of the radical cleric Muqtada Sadr, who commands a vast following among poor Shiites.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Jaafar Sadr’s pedigree alone was enough to ensure that when he ran from Baghdad on Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s State of Law list, he received the slate’s most votes after Maliki — albeit with a huge gulf. That secured him a seat in parliament. He also came in second in an advisory referendum Muqtada Sadr supporters held on the prime minister’s post, and he was named one of their two candidates for the job.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100503006020&newsLang=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Scania is back in Iraq | Business Wire</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Scania has a presence in Iraq again, including both production and sales. Trucks ordered by government customers are being assembled locally there, while an independent distributor is supplying the private sector market with imported vehicles. This distributor is also responsible for the reconstruction of Scania’s sales and service network in the country.</p> <p>“If the situation in Iraq continues to stabilise, within a few years the country can regain its position as Scania’s most important market in the Middle East,” says Martin Lundstedt, Executive Vice President and responsible for the company’s sales and marketing.</p> <p>In the early 1980s, Iraq was one of Scania’s largest markets. At the peak, sales totalled 3,900 trucks in one year (1981).</p> <p>Late in 2009, Iraq’s State Company for Automotive Industry (SCAI) began production of the first of 500 trucks ordered under the terms of an agreement between Scania and Iraq’s Ministry of Industry & Minerals. Production is taking place at the government’s Iskandariyah industrial complex south of Baghdad.</p> <p>“Creating jobs in the country’s industry has been an important aspect of the agreement between Scania and the Iraqi government,” Lundstedt says.</p> <p>Today the SCAI facility in Iskandariyah employs about 300 people in its Scania operations, which not only includes final assembly of truck chassis but also bodywork for delivery of ready-to-drive trucks.</p> <p>So far, SCAI has delivered some 150 fully equipped trucks to various public sector customers, for example tank trucks to the Ministry of Water Protection and Supply.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.dissentmagazine.org/atw.php?id=109" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Dissent Magazine | Seven Years–And There’s Still No Labor Law in Iraq</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Seven years since the invasion and Iraq still does not have a labor law. Workers in the public sector are denied the right to organise and join trade unions and collective bargaining is almost impossible. It’s a disgrace. The good news that the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has set up an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.iraqitradeunions.org/cgi-bin/campaign1.cgi" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi Labour Campaign</a>: For a Fair and Just Labour Law.  For a short history of the Iraqi unions before and after the invasion order <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-12149-f0.cfm" class="external" target="_blank">this rather splendid pamphlet</a> from the TUC. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=359092&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper – Qatar</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">The Iraqi Cultural Week got under way on Saturday as part of the ‘Doha, Capital of Arab Culture 2010’ celebrations. The week, featuring exhibitions and folk performances, will run until Wednesday at the Qatar National Theatre. </p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20816" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Intimidating the Iraqis Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid"><p>It is not strange for al-Maliki to try to hold onto his position – for this is the case with most Arab rulers – but by doing so he is threatening the political process and putting all of Iraq in danger. Al-Maliki is today trying to scare the Iraqis with the prospect of UN interference; however the UN is the chief election monitor and observer, and Iraq remains under the purview of Chapter VII of the UN Chapter which gives the UN Security Council the final say in this matter. Al-Maliki is right that there is no need to involve the UN, but the problem is that by trying to change the announced election results he has caused the elector bloc that originally won the most number of seats to call for help from the authorities in charge of supervising the elections. Al-Maliki has also called for a recount without first guaranteeing that this will take place in a transparent atmosphere and under the supervision of a party that is acceptable to all electoral blocs, not just his own. We do not understand what has afflicted al-Maliki to cause him to raise all of these obstacles, especially as there is no clear victor that would be able to form a government on their own, and al-Maliki or Allawi or anybody else cannot form a government or become Prime Minister without first allying with other parties.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10225"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/01/may-day-2010-parade-in-baghdad/#respond" title="Comment on May Day 2010 Parade In Baghdad">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 1st, 2010 by Ali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/01/may-day-2010-parade-in-baghdad/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to May Day 2010 Parade In Baghdad">May Day 2010 Parade In Baghdad</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/category/photos/" title="View all posts in Photos" rel="category tag">Photos</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/communist-party-of-irak/" rel="tag">Communist Party of Irak</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mayday-2010/" rel="tag">Mayday 2010</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/photographs/" rel="tag">photographs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/photos/" rel="tag">Photos</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/trade-unions/" rel="tag">Trade Unions</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>The annual May Day parade was held in Baghdad, marchers from trade unions, civil society organisations and the Communist Party took part. Click the photos to see full size <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/sets/72157623969164190/detail/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>or follow this link to see the set of five photos on flickr</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><a title="20100501_mayday_rally_baghdad_04 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4567994019/" class="external" target="_blank"><img height="333" alt="20100501_mayday_rally_baghdad_04" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554im_/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4567994019_43a624d219_o.jpg" width="999"/></a></p> <p> <a title="20100501_mayday_rally_baghdad_05 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4567994777/" class="external" target="_blank"><img height="667" alt="20100501_mayday_rally_baghdad_05" 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<br/>مشيرا إلى ان سيارات الاسعاف هرعت الى مكان الحادث لنقل الجرحى الى المستشفى لتلقي العلاج دون أن يذكر مزيدا من التفاصيل. <br/>من جهة ثانية قال مدير شرطة الطوارئ في قضاء خانقين الرائد دلير سيد قادر إن قوات شرطة الطوارئ وشرطة كرميان، اعتقلت اليوم الجمعة سبعة من أفراد تنظيم القاعدة كان بحوزتهم 21 قطعة من الاسلحة الخفيفة، في قرية قايه قرب جسر علوان ما بين ناحية جلولاء وقضاء خانقين. <br/>وأضاف قادر أن العملية تمت وفق معلومات استخباراتية، والتحقيقات جارية مع المعتقلين السبعة.</p> <p><strong>اصابة شرطيين اثر اشتباكات بين الجيش والشرطة في ديالى</strong></p> <p>قال مصدر امني في محافظة ديالى، الجمعة، ان شرطيين اصيبا بجروح أثر اشتباكات وقعت بينهم وبين قوات الجيش في قضاء بعقوبة.  </p> <p><strong>الحيدري يستبعد الاستفتاء على الاتفاقية الأمنية بالتزامن مع الانتخابات المقبلة</strong></p> <p>استبعدت المفوضية العليا للانتخابات تنظيم الاستفتاء على الاتفاقية الأمنية مع الولايات المتحدة بالتزامن مع الانتخابات التشريعية المقبلة . <br/>وأكد رئيس المفوضية العليا للانتخابات فرج الحيدري في حديث لوكالة السومرية نيوز أن الوقت المتبقي لإجراء الانتخابات البرلمانية قصير جداً ولا يسمح بتنظيم الاستفتاء بالتزامن مع موعدها، مبينا أن تنظيم الاستفتاء على الاتفاقية الأمنية أمر غير ممكن . <br/>وأشار الحيدري الى أن رئيس الحكومة نوري المالكي تحدث قبل نحو أربعة أشهر عن موضوع عرض الاتفاقية الأمنية على الاستفتاء الشعبي، لكن الموضوع ترك ولم يتابع من أية جهة رسمية.</p> <p><strong>الحوثيون في اليمن يقولون أن من يقصفهم هم طيارون عراقيون</strong></p> <p>أكد يحيى الحوثي الناطق باسم الحوثيين في اليمن و المقيم في برلين، أن ضباطاً بعثيين من بقايا النظام العراقي السابق يشاركون الجيش اليمني في حربهم ضد الحوثيين. <br/>وقال الحوثي كما ورد في وكالة المرصد العراقي ان الطائرات التي تضرب القرى اليمنية يقودها طيارون بعثيون كانوا قد هربوا بعد سقوط نظامهم في العراق، مبيناً في حديث له عبر ندوة أقامتها مؤسسة الأبرار الاسلامية في لندن عبر الهاتف أن مطالبهم هي احترام الخصوصية المذهبية لكل الطوائف ، وأن يتم توقيف التبشير بالمذهب الوهابي الذي انتشر في اليمن بمساعدة الحكومة السعودية .</p> <p><b>دمشق تغلق قناة مشعان الجبوري الفضائية</b></p> <p>اتخذت وزارة الإعلام السورية قرارا بغلق قناة الرأي الفضائية المملوكة لمشعان الجبوري وإعطاء مهلة امدها30 يوما لتصفية القناة. <br/>واشارت مصادر مقربة من الجبوري انه قام ببيع ممتلكات القناة بالكامل لمحطة جديدة سوف تفتح قريبا، يعتقد انها ايضا تروج للارهاب في العراق . <br/>ومن الأسباب التي أدت إلى غلق القناة حسب المصادر ظهور الجبوري في لقاء أسبوعي حيث بدأ بتبني علنا مواقف التحريض على ضرب الجيش الامريكي وقد يكون هذا احد العوامل في توتر العلاقة الامريكيين مع السورين.</p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار السياسية</font></h3> <p><strong>الائتلاف الوطني العراقي يوجه دعوة رسمية الى ائتلاف دولة القانون للانضمام إليه</strong></p> <p>قال رئيس المؤتمر الوطني احمد الجلبي ان الائتلاف الوطني العراقي قرر بالإجماع في اجتماعه الذي عقده الخميس توجيه دعوة رسمية الى ائتلاف دولة القانون ورئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي رئيس الائتلاف الى الانضمام مع الائتلاف الوطني. <br/>وأضاف الجلبي في تصريحات صحفية ان دمج الائتلافين سيجعل منهما قوة برلمانية تضمن للشعب التمثيل الأفضل ـ بحسب قوله، مشيرا الى ان أعضاء الائتلاف الوطني وخلال الاجتماع التنسيقي الذي ضمهم يوم الخميس قرروا توجيه هذه الدعوة بشكل رسمي .</p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار الاقتصادية</font></h3> <p><strong>رئيس الجمهورية يتبرع بمبلغ 50 مليون دينار للإتحاد العام لنقابات العمال</strong></p> <p>تبرع رئيس الجمهورية جلال طالباني بمبلغ 50 مليون دينار للإتحاد العام لنقابات العمال، مشيرا إلى ضرورة إنصاف الطبقة العاملة ودعم مطالبها المشروعة. <br/>وذكر بيان رئاسي إن طالباني التقى، ظهر الجمعة وفدا من الإتحاد العام لنقابات العمال في العراق ضم نائب رئيس الإتحاد جبار طارش فارس والأمين العام هادي علي لفته وأعضاء المكتب التنفيذي للإتحاد، مشيرا إلى أن طالباني إستمع الى مطالب الوفد المتمثلة بالإسراع في تشريع قانون العمل الجديد وإجراء الإنتخابات النقابية والخلاص من القوانين والقرارات المجحفة التي أصدرها النظام البائد بحق الطبقة العاملة. <br/>وأوضح البيان أن طالباني أبدى إستعداده الكامل لتأييد ومساندة الأهداف التي يناضل من أجلها الإتحاد العام لنقابات العمال، حيث تبرع بمبلغ 50 مليون دينار لتلبية إحتياجات الإتحاد، وأكد طالباني على أهمية دعم حركة عمالية مستقلة وتشكيل نقابات حقيقية تمثل جميع العمال بمختلف إنتماءاتهم المتنوعة.</p> <p><strong>بعد توقف دام 14 شهراً، محطة القدس الغازية تستأنف أعمالها في العراق</strong></p> <p>افتتح وزير الكهرباء كريم وحيد الوحدة العاشرة بمحطة القدس الغازية والتي كانت متوقفة لمدة 14 شهرا نتيجة خلل فني. <br/>وقال الناطق باسم وزارة الكهرباء هاشم سلطان لوكالة أصوات العراق ان وزير الكهرباء كريم وحيد افتتح الجمعة عملية تشغيل الوحدة العاشرة بمحطة القدس الغازية والتي كانت متوقفة لمدة 14 شهرا نتيجة خلل فني فيها ، مبينا ان الوحدة ستؤمن 100 ميكاواط تضاف الى شبكة الطاقة الوطنية. <br/>واشار الناطق الى ان عملية التأهيل تمت بواسطة احدى الشركات الروسية بالتعاون مع الكوادر العراقية ، مبينا ان الوزارة تعيد حاليا تأهيل وصيانة الوحدة الثالثة بمحطة القدس الغازية والتي ستؤمن عند انجازها 100 ميكا واط اخرى تضف للشيكة الوطنية. <br/>وذكر سلطان ان وزير الكهرباء يقوم بجولات منذ اسبوع على عدد من محطات انتاج الطاقة للأشراف ميدنيا على برامج اعادة التاهيل وتشغيل الوحدات الجديدة التي من المؤمل أن يدخل عدد كبير منها الى العمل قبل نهاية العام الحالي.</p> <p><b>سامي الاعرجي: شركة اماراتية تستأجر أراض زراعية في العراق</b></p> <p>يعتزم العراق ابرام صفقة زراعية بمليارات الدولارات مع شركة اماراتية من القطاع الخاص تتعلق بتأجير أراض زراعية لفترات طويلة،في أكبر صفقة يشهدها قطاع الزراعة في العراق حتى الان. <br/>وأكد رئيس الهيئة الوطنية للاستثمار في العراق سامي الاعرجي ان توقيع الصفقة وصل الى مراحل نهائية،موضحا ان الشركة الاماراتية المستثمرة التي رفض الاعرجي الافصاح عن اسمها ،ستقوم باستئجار اراضي زراعية في العراق لفترة طويلة ،بعد رفع الحظر على ملكية الاجانب للاراض في البلاد. <br/>واشار الاعرجي الى ان الصفقة تنص على زرع منتجات مثل القمح والشعير لكن الاهم أن الاستثمار سيشمل ايضا تركيب نظام لادارة المياه،واضاف ان هذا المشروع لن يكون مشتركا بل استثمار مباشر واقتسام للانتاج. <br/>ولفت الاعرجي الى ان شركات زراعية من المانيا والولايات المتحدة ابدت اهتمامها بتطوير مشروع في العراق لم يكشف عنه،قائلا: ليس هناك شيء نهائي بعد بصدد ذلك المشروع.</p> </p> <p> </p> <h3><font color="#800000">الصحة</font></h3> <p><strong>الهلال الاحمر تقيم دورات توعية ضد مرض انفلونزا الخنازير في الناصرية </strong></p> <p>كشف مدير جمعية الهلال الاحمر في الناصرية عقيل محمد رضا عن تشكيل 30 فرقة من المتطوعين قاموا بالعمل الميداني على كافة احياء المدينة للتوعية من مرض انفلونزا الخنازير. <br/>من جانب اخر اوضح رضا ان الجمعية لديها دورات تثقيفية للنساء حول مرض سرطان الثدي وكيفية اكتشافة ومعالجته. </p> <h3><font color="#800000">اخبار متفرقة من العراق</font></h3> <p><b>العثور على سمكة من عهد طوفان نوح تنقل الى متحف الامام الحسين</b></p> <p>أعلن علاء احمد ضياءالدين مسؤول متحف الإمام الحسين(ع) في كربلاء عن وصول قطعة أثارية نادرة عبارة عن سمكة متحجرة يرجح تاريخها إلى زمن الطوفان في عهد نبي الله نوح عليه السلام. <br/>وأوضح ضياءالدين"أن القطعة الأثارية التي وصلت إلى متحف الإمام الحسين (ع) هي عبارة عن قطعة من الحجر (alabaster) عثر عليها في قمة جبل البقاع في مدينة بعلبك اللبنانية تحتوي على سمكة متحجرة ترجح ان هذه السمكة تحجرت عند ارتفاع المياه في زمن الطوفان في عهد نبي الله نوح. <br/>واضاف ضياء الدين "أن هذه القطعة قد أهداها قاضي محكمة بيروت الشرعية الشيخ محمد الكنعان إلى متحف الإمام الحسين(ع) الذي يقوم بدوره باخضاع القطعة على جهاز حديث يطلق عليه اسم (كاربون 12) والذي يتمكن من احتساب نصف عمر القطعة الأثرية".</p> <p dir="rtl" align="right"> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-7620"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/11/02/icem-iraq-confronting-government-repression-interference-of-unions/#respond" title="Comment on ICEM – Iraq: Confronting Government Repression, Interference of Unions">No Comments</a></span> Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/11/02/icem-iraq-confronting-government-repression-interference-of-unions/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ICEM – Iraq: Confronting Government Repression, Interference of Unions">ICEM – Iraq: Confronting Government Repression, Interference of Unions</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/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/20130127091554/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/trade-unions/" rel="tag">Trade Unions</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Trade Unions in Iraq are faced with increasing interference and outright repression from government as they organize and increase their influence. Despite the right to organize being clearly guaranteed in the new constitution, Iraq’s government falls back on blatantly anti–union legislation, some of it dating to the Saddam era, to hamper and restrict trade union activity. <br/>But trade unions are fighting back. On 24 October, hundreds of workers marched on the streets of Basra. Members of 12 unions gathered in front of the headquarters of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers (GFIW) there with banners demanding the central government stop interfering in internal workers’ issues, before marching towards the government administration building in Basra. </p> <p>The GFIW is a Iraqi national centre of trade unions to which two ICEM-affiliated trade unions are members. Among the leaders of this demonstration was Hashmeyia Saadawi, President of the General Union of Electricity Workers and Technicians (GFIW), and a member of the ICEM Executive Committee. <br/>Slogans prominently displayed during the march demanded implementation of new ILO compliant labour law, as well as abolition of Saddam’s Law 150 of 1987, and ministerial Order 8750 of August 2005. <br/>The immediate issue at stake in the 24 October action is the government’s attempt to form a government committee to implement workers’ elections for unions – under the old laws and without involving GFIW’s executive board. This would continue to prevent workers in the public-sector from unionising, since public-sector workers are not officially allowed to join trade unions under the old legislation. </p> <p>Given that both the oil and gas industry, and the electric power industry remain publicly–owned, this makes elections in those unions, as well as many others, farcical. The problems are compounded by the continued use by authorities of a controversial decree, Order 8750 of 2005, which froze all trade union assets and financial accounts, making it impossible for unions to function effectively. <br/>On arrival at the local government offices, workers met with local officials who promised to support and pass along their demands to the central government. <br/>But this crucial struggle will continue. The Iraqi trade union movement is about to launch a national campaign calling on the government and Parliament to implement a fair and just labour code that gives all workers, in both public and private sectors, the right to join trade unions. Once such a law is in place, then elections must be held, elections that are free from government interference. </p> <p>The campaign has already attracted international attention and support. In the UK, Trades Union Congress (TUC) General Secretary Brendan Barber has written to Foreign Secretary David Miliband asking him to press Iraq to drop its interference, and instead put in place the ILO-compliant labour code that has been drafted, allowing all workers the right to form, join, and have a say in the running of trade unions. That letter is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-17128-f0.cfm ">here</a>. <br/>And LabourStart has begun an electronic campaign, in which workers can show their support. Join this campaign by hitting the link <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=588 ">here</a>. <br/>A statement issued by the GFIW can be found <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.icem.org/index.php?id=24&la=EN&doc=3467" class="external" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127091554/http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/3468-Iraq:-Confronting-Government-Repression-Interference-of-Unions" class="external" target="_blank">ICEM – Iraq: Confronting Government Repression, Interference of Unions</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-6018"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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