http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/16 The latest news about Politics 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 Iraq's cabinet wants to ban parties from using pictures of figures who are not running for office at campaign rallies in local elections, the government's spokesman said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33322 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:43:00 +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 As security improves, many Arab refugees in Kurdistan head home, but Kurdish refugees from Mosul still do not return. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33320 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:00 +0000 A female lawmaker on Thursday expressed her fears that law article ensuring 30% of woman representation in provincial elections bill might be cancelled. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33309 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:24:00 +0000 Iraqi Vice President (VP) Tareq al-Hashemi on Thursday arrived in Baghdad, after cutting short his participating in the Iraqi – Japanese economic forum that was held on Wednesday in Amman. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:23:00 +0000 Iraqi government spokesman on Thursday said the Prime Minister cannot sack the Planning Minister, leaving the resignation decision up to the Sunni official http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33307 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:22:00 +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 The Iraqi minister of planning and development cooperation on Thursday said he will not resign, but will leave the decision to the prime minister, adding that the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), which he quit last year, did not state his resignation... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33305 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:15:00 +0000 The chief of the Shiite Unified Iraqi Coalition Abdel Aziz al-Hakim on Thursday called on Iraqis to widely participate in upcoming provincial elections. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33304 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:11:00 +0000 Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and his first deputy, Sheikh Khaled Atiyya, on Thursday discussed with the secretary general of Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU), Nour El-Din Boushkoug, means of boosting relations between the Iraqi parliament and... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33290 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:59:00 +0000 The official spokesman for the Iraqi government said on Thursday that the candidates for the vacant ministerial portfolio will be announced next week, unveiling a visit to be paid by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the UAE next Sunday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33289 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:57:00 +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 Two Baghdad-based newspapers on Thursday focused on the Iraqi government's announcement that it will soon fill vacant ministerial posts. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33282 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:43:00 +0000 The Iraqi Parliament on Thursday held its regular session under Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani to vote on the Iraqi-Italian friendship agreement and the draft law on the allotment of pensions for the family of former Iraqi president Abdul-Rahman Aref. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33281 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:40:00 +0000 The central government and the Kurdish authorities have signed a secret deal under which the Kurds are to extend their political autonomy over their oil riches, a senior member of parliament said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/33279 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:55:00 +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