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...friends. Thirty years later, with oil prices spiraling in the wake of regional conflicts, she was one of a generation of female professors, department heads, and even ministers in Baghdad. To this day, her daughter, my aunt, fights for women’s rights, unbowed and unscarved, in the Iraqi capital...
...Iraq has improved in the last year, with casualty counts dropping off significantly since 2007’s bloody spring. Any improvement comes despite the news last September that agents of Blackwater USA, the private security contractor, were responsible for the senseless deaths of at least 14 innocent Iraqi civilians. The mercenaries responsible have enjoyed impunity for their deadly carelessness; nearly nine months have passed since the Iraqi government demanded that Blackwater depart, and the firm remains—enduring only a tasteful corporate redesign. In April, their contract was renewed for another year...
...This agreement is so meager and poor, it achieves only the American security benefits and nothing for Iraq or the Iraqi people," said parliamentarian Umar Abdul Satar, a member of the main Sunni political bloc. "I don't know how the government will persuade itself or the parliament or the people...
...American officials have said they hope to have a deal finalized by the end of July, a deadline negotiators appear unlikely to reach at this point. Virtually no details of the agreement have emerged during recent months as U.S. and Iraqi officials got started on hammering out drafts. Washington's public stance thus far suggests that the American vision for its relationship with Iraq is largely in step with widely aired Iraqi demands for full sovereignty. U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker has said the agreement, which would replace the existing U.N. mandate allowing coalition forces in the country, will...
...other divisive issues of sovereignty the agreement will likely have to tackle remain unresolved as well: The ability of U.S. troops to arrest and detain Iraqis and the applicability of Iraqi law on U.S. forces. At present U.S. forces are exempt from Iraqi law and have essentially unchecked powers to arrest and jail Iraqi citizens as part of military operations. Many Iraqis see revoking this as key to restoring a real sense of sovereignty to the country. But it's difficult to imagine U.S. policymakers agreeing to have their hands tied militarily in Iraq or allowing U.S. troops to risk...