Word: iraqi
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...found WMD in Iraq and New Orleans has been rebuilt [Feb. 11]. The measure of success for the surge was to have been progress in passing legislation in Iraq. Despite the expenditure of billions of dollars and the lost lives of more than 900 brave soldiers and countless Iraqi citizens, very little has been accomplished on the political front. In a few months, we may have the same number of troops stationed in Iraq as before the surge and still have to decide if we want to follow the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. Larry Nicholl, NAUVOO...
...Iraqi family is suing the Australian government for damages after they were shot by Australian soldiers. The case has raised questions about the liabilities of defense personnel who harm civilians in a war zone, and prompted angry soldiers to demand better care and protection from the government on their return...
...collective gasp issued from close observers of the Iraqi parliament when news broke on Thursday that a key piece of legislation had stalled. The provincial powers bill, already ratified by the country's legislature, had been vetoed. That piece of legislation had been hailed by the Bush Administration as an important step in defining the nature of the Iraqi government. Basically, it gave the central government in Baghdad - as embodied by the Prime Minister and the national parliament - the right to remove a provincial governor from office. That did not sit well with one of the most important regional power...
...that the nature of most legislative processes in democracies? As with anything in Iraq, there was a lot more to this veto than a quibble about constitutional law. The dissenting vote on the Presidential Council was cast by Vice President Adel Abdul-Medhi whose Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) is the Shi'a power bloc with relatively closer ties to the U.S. than the rival party run by Shi'ite strongman Moqtada al-Sadr, who leads the contentious, trigger-happy Mahdi Army. Abdul-Medhi said that the Provincial Powers law contravened the constitutional right of voters of each province...
...right. There is a Civics 101 debate for Iraq's parliament to work through here. But in this case, Abdel-Medhi's veto has a whiff of desperate self-preservation, given how much his party stands to lose when the law passes. Now the law is back to the Iraqi parliament to be revised. It will need a two-thirds majority to pass when lawmakers return from their recess on March 18. While the debate may be contentious and the law's language may be altered, U.S. officials believe there will be enough votes to get the legislation through...