Instead I get "politics!"
"Iraqi foes give mediation a chance; UMass scholar at center of talks on Kirkuk" by James F. Smith, Globe Staff | November 19, 2009
The status of Kirkuk has been a point of angry contention since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, who had tried to “Arabize’’ the city, expelling hundreds of thousands of Kurds.
Israel-Palestine, anyone?
The Turkmen minority also has complained of being squeezed out, as Kurds have poured back in and reasserted their influence.
Related: Turkey Celebrates Kurdish Slaughter
The issue of sharing income from oil in the Kirkuk region remains another divisive point.
Also see: Occupation Iraq: The Founding Father of Modern Iraq
Nice job, flakker!
The Kirkuk conference takes place at a critical moment for Iraq. The Sunni Arab vice president yesterday vetoed part of the election law regarding the votes of Iraqis outside the country, throwing into doubt the national election in January. In addition, a dispute over the relative weight of votes in the Kurdish-dominated north resurfaced yesterday as a threat to the January ballot....
UMass professor Padraig O’Malley: “The only restraining force in Kirkuk right now is the presence of the Americans, but they are pulling out, and they are saying, ‘You’d better get your act together.’ ’’
If this is true, then we were lied to for years about having to stay, weren't we?
Yes, we have to send the troops to OTHER WARS NOW!
We NEVER GAVE a DAMN about the IRAQIS -- but we did build permanent bases for permanent troops as per the PNAC documents!!!!
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"Iraqi lawmakers struggle over election law dispute" by Christopher Torchia, Associated Press | November 20, 2009
BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers will vote tomorrow on how to break a deadlock over a key election law after a vice president vetoed the legislation, causing a crisis that could delay a national vote scheduled for January and change the timetable for an American troop withdrawal....
I'm tired of typing the same thing over the same carrot out in front of my face for six years, world. I haven't seen a troop come home. I keep reading such things, but it's just talk.
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"Divisive talks in Iraq jeopardize Jan. elections" by Steven Lee Myers, New York Times | November 24, 2009
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s torturous effort to hold parliamentary elections on schedule in January collapsed yesterday, raising the prospect of a political crisis next year as the United States begins withdrawing the majority of its combat troops. After two days of divisive sessions and failed talks....
--more--"Yeah, so what? WHO CARES about s*** political fooleys amongst puppets?
What about the ACTUAL WAR?!!!
"Sunni leader in Iraq sentenced to death" by New York Times | November 20, 2009
BAGHDAD - A leader of a Sunni Awakening Council was sentenced to death for kidnapping and murder yesterday, setting off charges that the Shi’ite-dominated Iraqi government was trying to weaken the Sunni movement, which is credited with much of the reduction in sectarian violence since 2006.
The Sunni leader, Adil al-Mashhadani, who led the Awakening militia in the impoverished Fadhil neighborhood of Baghdad, was arrested in March on charges of terrorism. A spokesman for the Justice Ministry, Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar, provided no further details.
The Awakening Councils, also known as the Sons of Iraq, are local groups, including former insurgents and Ba’athists, who turned against the insurgency and received pay, first from the Americans and now from the Iraqis. Under their agreement with the government, they have tacit amnesty for past acts of sectarian violence but not for crimes like murder.
Other Awakening leaders had mixed reactions to Mashhadani’s sentencing. “Nobody is above the law,’’ said Nabil Ahmed, an Awakening leader in the Adhamiya neighborhood. Ahmed Qais, also of Adhamiya, said that Mashhadani had “saved his neighborhood from the killing, displacement, and sectarianism’’ and that the government had falsely imprisoned other Awakening members. Mashhadani has long been a controversial figure, described by some in Fadhil as a protector, others as a brutal extortionist who buried victims alive.
I don't know; we always read the most ridiculous lies here in the AmeriKa MSM!
We turn on this guy, or.... ?
Other residents said that since Mashhadani’s arrest, insurgent groups had returned to the neighborhood.
Ah, must be the return of Al-CIA-Duh!
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Yeah, and....
"Blackwater guard’s case to be dropped" by Associated Press | November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents yesterday.
Yes, there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY for AMERIKAN WAR CRIMES!
The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. It touched off a string of investigations that ultimately led the State Department to cancel the company’s lucrative contract to guard diplomats in Iraq.
Except THAT is a LIE!
"the company still does some work for the department in Iraq"
Also see: The Boston Globe's Invisible Ink: Blackwater's Bribe
Oh, I'm sorry; I guess that IS NOT TECHNICALLY UNDER "CONTRACT."
WHY I HAVE TO PLAY such SEMANTIC WORD GAMES with my AmeriKan "newspaper" is BEYOND ME!
Iraqis have said they’re watching closely to see how the US judicial system handles the five men accused of unleashing an unprovoked attack on civilians with machine guns and grenades.
A one-paragraph notice filed yesterday says only that prosecutors have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., be dropped.... Slatten was an Army sniper who served two tours in Iraq before joining Blackwater. The request itself was sealed, so it’s unclear why the case was being dropped. But it could be a bad sign for the government....
And for THOSE IRAQIS who DEMAND JUSTICE!!!
I know it is the LAMEST THING I can say; however, after having FAILED YOU FOR SO LONG, Iraqis, I AM SORRY for what MY NATION has done yo yours over the MOST UNHOLY LIES! Please, if you can find it in your hearts someday, maybe not even in this life, to FORGIVE US for FAILING YOU!
I have never been more embarrassed or ashamed to be an American.
