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Iraq Kurd leader rejects Baker report as 'inappropriate'


BAGHDAD (AFP) - The president of        Iraq's Kurdish Autonomous Region issued a strongly worded rebuke of the Iraq Study Group's report on the situation of Iraq and recommendations for US policy, describing it as "unrealistic and inappropriate".

  

A 1991 Kurdish Betrayal Redux?



By Najmaldin Karim
Special to washingtonpost.com
Saturday, December 2, 2006; 12:00 AM

The media are building up the forthcoming report of the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James Baker, and former Democratic Congressman, Lee Hamilton, as the solution to America's problems in Iraq.


  

Saddam trial hears Kurd witness



27 November 2006

A Kurd has testified how he survived a firing squad by Iraqi forces at the resumption of Saddam Hussein's genocide trial in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

  

Man Tells Saddam Trial He Saw Family Die



By SAMEER N. YACOUB and JAMAL HALABY

BAGHDAD, Iraq Nov 27, 2006 (AP)— An Iraqi Kurd who said he survived a firing squad of Saddam Hussein's soldiers testified Monday in the former dictator's genocide trial, describing the day nearly two decades ago when he watched as his mother and sisters were shot to death.


  

Hussein`s genocide trial resumes


  By Sameer N. Yacoub The Associated Press, 27 November 2006

Iraqi Kurd says he witnessed executions of his family members 


BAGHDAD, Iraq // Two Iraqi Kurds who left their homeland for the United States after Saddam Hussein's crackdown on the minority group testified today in the former dictator's genocide trial, describing harrowing days of firing squads and mass graves.


  

Iraqi leader expects Saddam to hang soon


 By Kirk Semple / The New York - November 9, 2006

BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq predicted in a televised interview that former President Saddam Hussein would be hanged by the end of the year.


  

Kurdish part of Iraq calm for now


 By Aamer Madhani
Tribune staff reporter
Published November 9, 2006, 7:47 PM CST

IRBIL, Iraq -- The skyline in this northern Iraqi boomtown is a mosaic of half-built concrete retail centers, sparkling new hotels and giant earthmovers and cranes working overtime. The cafe-lined streets buzz late into the night.

  

Saddam verdict: Voices from Iraq




Sunday, 5 November 2006
Saddam Hussein has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. Speaking to the BBC, Iraqis living in the country give their reaction to the former leader's sentence.

  

Saddam dominates courtroom drama



5 November 2006
By John Simpson - World affairs editor, BBC News 

The melodramatic end of Saddam Hussein's trial was as fascinating as the first moment when he stalked into the courtroom at the beginning of the trial, just over a year ago.


  

Iraqi PM hails Saddam`s sentence



6 November 2006
The Iraqi prime minister has hailed the sentencing of Saddam Hussein to death by hanging for crimes against humanity as "a verdict on a whole dark era".