July 9, 2006
The Breakup
Compiled by DEBORAH SOLOMON
Q: Your new book, "The End of
The Sunday Times July 16, 2006 The partition of Iraq into separate Kurdish, Sunni and Shi’ite areas is the only route to peace, writes Peter Galbraith
ISIKLAR, Turkey - With his five wives, 55 children, 80 grandchildren, 400 sheep, 500 hectares of land and small army of servants, Aga Mehmet Arslan would seem an unlikely defender of monogamy.
By Ross Colvin - Reuters
Tuesday, June 27, 2006; 10:17 PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein and his former top army commanders will go on trial on August 21 on charges of killing tens of thousands of Iraq's Kurds in 1988 in a military operation to force them from their villages.
June 26, 2006 - From James Bone in New York
LINKS between Boutros Boutros Ghali, the former UN Secretary-General, and an alleged agent for Saddam Hussein will come under the spotlight when the first American trial of a major figure in the Oil-for-Food scandal gets under way today.
Amnesty Offered in Effort to Curb Violence
Monday, June 26, 2006; Page A17
By Joshua Partlow and Bassam Sebti
Washington Post Staff Writers
BAGHDAD, June 25 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday invited insurgents to lay down their weapons and join the political process, promising an amnesty for opponents who have not been involved in acts of terrorism.
Dexter Filkins The New York Times - Published: June 25, 2006 Let it break up. It seems a simple enough solution.
Iraq's three main groups - the Shiite Arabs, the Sunni Arabs and the Kurds - are killing each other with greater ferocity than ever, and the Americans are playing referee.
By Joshua Partlow - Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 23, 2006; A19
BAGHDAD, June 22 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's new plan to promote reconciliation among Iraq's rival factions will offer amnesty to Iraqis who have "carried weapons" but not to those who have committed serious crimes, according to Iraqi politicians who have read the proposal.
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006
BAGHDAD Saddam Hussein uttered only two sarcastic words - "Well done!" - on Monday as the prosecutor demanded that Saddam and three top associates, one of them his half brother, be given the death penalty for their role in the persecution of hundreds of Shiite townspeople after an alleged assassination attempt on Saddam in 1982.
Refugees in Va. Hamlet Arrested in Oct.
By Karin Brulliard - Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 18, 2006; A01
HARRISONBURG, Va. -- There is a Kurdish section at a cemetery in this Shenandoah Valley town. Four Kurdish babies were born in one recent week. And nearly a decade after the first Kurdish refugees settled here, the community has produced some reluctant celebrities.
