http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/44 The latest news about International Relations in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator The Iraqi government succeeded in removing an article from the proposed security pact with the United States that would have given the Americans the right to attack another country from within Iraqi territories, officials said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33327 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:56:00 +0000 Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain “a prisoner of its energy dilemma” as long as Saddam Hussein was in power. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33326 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:55:00 +0000 There's little media reaction to a new Bush administration report touting "progress" in Iraq, U.S. Media Research Center said Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33323 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:46:00 +0000 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama left open the possibility on Thursday of revising his 16-month timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq, saying he could "refine" his stance after he visits the country. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33321 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:42:00 +0000 Iraq is expecting a visit from Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in 48 hours, easing its regional diplomatic isolation, a government source said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33306 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:16:00 +0000 Arab newspapers gave prominence in their Thursday issues to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's handshake with Israeli Labor Party Leader Ehud Barak last Monday on the sidelines of Socialist International conference held in the Greek capital, Athens. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33284 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:46:00 +0000 Caught off guard by recent Iraqi military operations, the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the US-backed Iraqi army, according to current and former US officials. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33278 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:54:00 +0000 Lebanon's Hezbollah on Wednesday said it had agreed to a UN-mediated deal to exchange prisoners with Israel and expected the swap to take place around the middle of this month. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33277 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:53:00 +0000 Five years into an unpopular war in Iraq, many US military voters are eschewing their traditional Republican ties to support Democrat Barack Obama for president against John McCain, observers say. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33275 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:49:00 +0000 The United States is using spy satellites to monitor the movements of the U.S.-backed Iraqi army, the Los Angles Times said Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33272 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:44:00 +0000 Jordan's King Abdullah II will visit Iraq soon, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Wednesday, in what would be the first trip by an Arab head of state since the 2003 war. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33270 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:40:00 +0000 Iraq has met all but three of 18 original benchmarks set by Congress last year to measure security, political and economic progress, according to a report by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33268 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:39:00 +0000 Iraq is expecting visits from Jordan's King Abdullah -- the first by an Arab leader since the U.S.-led invasion - and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33265 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:25:00 +0000 The Iraqi former minister of defense on Wednesday said that he coordinated with the Americans and the Russians over a ceasefire between coalition and Iraqi forces in the aftermath of the latter's withdrawal from Kuwait. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33241 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:26:00 +0000 Iraq has met all but three of 18 original benchmarks set by Congress last year to measure security, political and economic progress, according to a report by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, The Washington Post daily reported today. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33235 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:16:00 +0000 The Los Angeles Times (LA Times) U.S. daily newspaper on Wednesday reported that the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the American-backed Iraqi army, in a step that reflects... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33231 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:10:00 +0000 Iraq's former intelligence chief on Wednesday revealed during a court session on the 1991 al-Intifada al-Shaabaniya case an alleged 1990 Iranian intelligence proposal to hand over Iraqi opposition leaders in return for leaders of the Iranian Mujahideen... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33230 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:05:00 +0000 Head of the Shahid al-Mihrab Foundation Ammar al-Hakim held two meetings with the British and Turkish ambassadors to Iraq on political developments in the country and means to bolster bilateral ties. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33223 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:50:00 +0000 The Iraqi province of Muthanna celebrated the 88th anniversary of the outbreak of Iraq's major revolt, known as Thawrat al-Ishreen, or the 1920 Revolution, against the British who were then occupying Iraq. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33218 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:24:00 +0000 The UN Secretary General's representative in Baghdad, Steffan de Mistura, on Tuesday expected that provincial elections in Iraq will be held by the end of this year. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33213 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:41:00 +0000 Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki vowed to offer Arab countries priority in reconstruction partnership projects and cooperation, accusing Saddam Hussein's regime of of creating a chasm between Iraq and its Arab arena. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33207 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:50:00 +0000 Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Tuesday that his handshake with Israeli Labor Party leader Ehud Barak was in his capacity as leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party and vice president of Socialist International. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33199 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:26:00 +0000 A number of opinion writers in Arab newspapers on Tuesday called for carrying out a new assessment of the situation in Iraq and taking into consideration the transformations made over the past few months. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33198 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:24:00 +0000 The Iraqi Parliament on Tuesday will host Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari to inform parliamentarians of the developments in negotiations over the security agreement, which is scheduled to take place with the United States, a parliamentary statement... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33197 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:11:00 +0000 A former CIA operative, who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programmes, now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33193 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:48:00 +0000