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However, breaking the duopoly on power by the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan will be difficult. The two main parties are led by two feudal and politically powerful families, the Barzanis and Talabanis, which, along with their extensive security forces, have waged at times violent civil war against each other. Since 2003, however, the two have cooperated to form a coalition that dominates the Kurdish parliament (as well as the Kurdish contingent to the national legislature in Baghdad). They have also split the most prestigious titles between them: Massoud Barzani is president of the KRG; Jalal...
President Jalal Talabani on Sunday congratulated Ahmadinejad on his re-election. There were congratulatory messages, too, from top Shi'ite leaders Abdel Aziz al-Hakim and Moqtada al-Sadr. Hakim is in Tehran, receiving treatment for cancer, and Sadr is believed to be training to become an ayatullah in the Iranian holy city...
...acre complex is the largest U.S. embassy in the world. "Today is about more than raising a flag and dedicating an embassy. It is about new direction and a new future," said U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, standing on an outdoor stage with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. "In the security agreement, we have made commitments, and we will fulfill those commitments while continuing to assist Iraqi forces in maintaining security...
...This structure that you have built is not only a part of this embassy but a symbol of the deep and great affinity between the American and Iraqi peoples," Talabani said during his speech. (See pictures of Iraq's revival...
...tribal groups are akin to the Sahwa, or Awakening, movement. That movement (of Sunni tribal sheiks in the once al-Qaeda-infested western province of Anbar) sided with the U.S military and the Baghdad government to drive the insurgents out. And on Wednesday, Maliki delivered his own shot across Talabani's bow, defending the legality of the councils and rejecting claims that they are beholden to him. The councils are in the service of the state and will serve future governments, he said in an open letter to Talabani written on Nov. 27 and posted on the Iraqi Cabinet...