The alliance took 128 of the 275 seats - 10 short of an outright majority. Kurdish parties have 53 seats and the main Sunni Arab bloc 44.
March 24, 2008 | By Michael Marcous
An international panel of experts discussed the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq and its implications for the broader Middle East, the United States and U.S. allies during a public forum Thursday at UCF’s Student Union.
Friday, December 7, 2007
During yesterday's parliamentary session a debate was sparked during budget deliberations for 2008, with culture proving to be a significant bone of contention.
The full footage of all 8 Iraq Commission Hearings are available to watch below.
The Hearings will also be screened on Channel 4 in July. Highlight clips will appear on this website after transmission.
http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/I/the_iraq_commission/video.html
April 16, 2008 | By BEN LANDO | UPI Energy Editor
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Iraq's central and Kurdish region governments have reached a deal on an oil law, including a method for weighing the validity of the oil deals the Kurds have signed with foreign firms, the top government spokesman told United Press International.
March 14, 2008 | By Carter Andress
Saddam Hussein’s horrific 1988 genocide of the Kurds is still having repercussions.
Baghdad — This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s massacre of an estimated 5,000 Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja. The March 16, 1988 attack, using a lethal air-delivered mixture of mustard gas and nerve agent, killed virtually every man, woman, and child in the town. The destruction of Halabja initiated a campaign of mass murder that Saddam named Al Anfal — “the Spoils of War,” from a passage in the Koran. It was the high-water mark of his regime’s genocide against the Kurds.
Oct. 28, 2008
ERBIL, Iraq, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Kurdish President Massoud Barzani departed the region for Washington at the official invitation of U.S. President George Bush, officials said.
