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Defending Iraq's Religious Minorities



Thursday, September 6, 2007; A20

Regarding Nina Shea's Aug. 27 op-ed, "Iraq's Endangered Minorities":


  

Diyarbakır mayor takes flak after ‘call for war’



5 september 2007

Diyarbakır Mayor Osman Baydemir was the recipient of harsh words from the government and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) yesterday after he complained his southeastern city was subject to discrimination and declared his pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) was ready if the government wants to launch a war on Diyarbakır.

  

Former Saddam Hussein commanders on trial



Tue August 21, 2007

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali" and 14 others faced charges of crimes against humanity for the brutal crushing of a Shiite uprising after the 1991 Gulf War Tuesday as Iraq's third trial against former regime officials began with three of the defendants already sentenced to death in another case.


  

Europe must play greater role in Iraq: Kouchner



Tue Aug 21, 2007 | By Aseel Kami

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner called on Europe on Tuesday to play a bigger role in Iraq because "the Americans will not be able to get this country out of difficulty alone."


  

Iraqi court opens trial against former regime officials



Tuesday, August 21, 2007  | The Associated Press

BAGHDAD: A witness on Tuesday recalled the random shooting deaths of a teenaged girl and three other people in a square packed with detainees as Saddam Hussein's forces rounded up Shiites after a 1991 uprising against his regime after the Gulf War.


  

Iraq leaders hold "cordial, candid" talks



Sat Aug 18, 2007 | By Mariam Karouny

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's political leaders held "cordial but candid" talks on Saturday in an attempt to revive national reconciliation efforts and repair the fractured unity government.


  

Up To 500 Dead In Iraq War's Worst Attack



BAGHDAD, Aug. 16, 2007

PM Announces New Unity Government, But No Sunnis Aboard; New Blast Hits Baghdad

(CBS/AP) The search continued Thursday in Iraq for victims of a coordinated string of bombings two nights earlier that killed at least 250, but possibly as many as 500 members of a small religious sect in northern Iraq.


  

The Kurdish Question



Monday, Jul. 30, 2007 | By LYDIA WILSON/ARMAVIR

It's 4 a.m. and the groom is tucking into what looks like raw trout, stopping every now and then for a shot of vodka. He's 25 and a fledgling entrepreneur, flush with Russian money.


  

KRG Oil law moves forward



Aug. 2, 2007  | Ben Lando, UPI Energy Correspondent

WASHINGTON - The Iraqi Kurdistan oil minister says progress on a regional oil law shows "democracy at work," but final approval will be next week at the earliest.


  

Turkish Election Results: More or Less Stability?



July 26, 2007 | Featuring Soner Cagaptay, Matthew Bryza, and Alan Makovsky

On July 23, 2007, Soner Cagaptay, Matthew Bryza, and Alan Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Dr. Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute. Mr. Bryza is deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. Mr. Makovsky is a senior staff member with the House Committee on International Relations.