Death penalty sought for Saddam



By John F. Burns The New York Times
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.

  

Iran still fuels Iraq violence, U.S. says



March 5, 2008 | By Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes

Two top military commanders allege that Tehran continues to direct Shiite militias and is trying to permanently weaken the government in Baghdad.


  

Deroy Murdock on Saddam Hussein



March 24, 2008 | By Deroy Murdock | Chilling Confirmation

Yes, Saddam Hussein was an Islamofascist threat

As Operation Iraqi Freedom is now five years old, a new study confirms that ousting Saddam Hussein was justified and vital to U.S. national security. Though war critics hate to admit it, the Baathist dictator was up to his mustache in aid for Islamofascist terrorism.


  

Party leader eyes Iraqi presidency


Kurd sees Sunni role in drafting constitution

Associated Press - 07/02/2005 -
By Scheherezade Faramarzi

QALA CHWALAN, Iraq -- The Kurdish leader who hopes to become Iraq’s new president pledged to try to bring the country’s disaffected Sunni Arabs into the political process although many of them stayed away from the polls in landmark elections.

Jalal Talabani, a Sunni nominated last week by Kurdish leaders as their candidate for one of Iraq’s two top posts, said he would urge Sunni Arabs to participate in drafting a constitution -- one of the key tasks of the new government that will soon take office.

  

Giving a voice to victims of Saddam's rule


By Kirk Semple The New York Times
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2006

BAGHDAD - Beneath the clinical glare of fluorescent lights in a collection of makeshift laboratories here, the victims of mass murder under Saddam Hussein are slowly brought back to life.


  

Solution to Kurdish problem (2): Revitalizing peaceful coexistence



23.07.2008 by ALTAN TAN*

The idea of an ethnic federation is not an ideal response to contemporary needs, just as the idea of recognizing a separate state or government model for every sect and language would not be appropriate.

  

Turkey probes bomb attack as tensions flare in Kurdish region


SEMDINLI, Turkey, Nov 11 (AFP) - 17h49 - The Turkish government promised Friday to investigate a deadly bomb attack in this remote southeastern town that has sent tensions in the mainly Kurdish region soaring amid claims security forces may have been involved.


  

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.


  

Iraqi Kurd and U.S. oil chiefs meet


Dec. 4, 2007 | Ben Lando, UPI Energy Editor

WASHINGTON,  The U.S. energy secretary "encouraged" the visiting Iraqi Kurdish region's oil minister to work with Shiite and Sunni Iraqis on a national oil law.


  

I prefer messy democracy to the stability of tyrants'



Tuesday, February 05, 2008 | Theo Caldwell,  National Post 

An interview with Iraq's ambassador to Canada

Howar Ziad, the Iraqi ambassador to Canada, has seen the best and the worst of humanity in his homeland. The courage of the Iraqi people, and in particular the emergence of the Kurdistan region from decades of genocide and devastation, represents the highest aspirations of the human spirit.