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Iraqi Provincial Elections Set For January 31 (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)

Iraq says it will hold long awaited provincial elections on Jan. 31. They will be the first provincial elections since 2005. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh says the Cabinet decided Tuesday on... More

Tags: iraq,elections,politics,reconciliation

Submitted 17 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Pessimistic Iraq National Intelligence Estimate Will Be Kept Secret Until After Election Day (www.mcclatchydc.com)

A new U.S. intelligence analysis warns that unresolved ethnic and sectarian tensions in Iraq could unleash a new wave of violence, reversing security and political gains achieved over the last year.

Tags: iraq,intelligence,nie,security,reconciliation,insurgents

Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Fear Preventing Many Iraqi Women From Running for Office (thinkprogress.org)

Under U.S. pressure to promote gender equality, Iraq requires that women make up at least a quarter of provincial councils. However, rampant violence and lingering gender inequality has led to a... More

Tags: iraq,women,reconciliation,democracy

Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Satellite Images Show Sectarian Cleanout in Baghdad Before 'Surge' (talkingpointsmemo.com)

Satellite images taken at night show heavily Sunni Arab neighborhoods of Baghdad began emptying before a U.S. troop surge in 2007, graphic evidence of ethnic cleansing that preceded a drop in... More

Tags: iraq,remote sensing,sectarian cleansing,reconciliation,sunnis,baghdad

Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

The Dark Side Of The 'Surge': Cleansing, Partitioning, Imprisonment (www.aljazeera.com)

Barack Obama has been repeatedly chastised – even badgered – for opposing the “surge.” His attempts to refocus the debate more broadly on the wisdom of invading Iraq in the first place are... More

Tags: iraq,surge,detainees,casualties,us military,reconciliation

Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Victory in Iraq Declared, Not Achieved (www.americanprogress.org)

Increased security gained in Iraq over the last two years has been purchased through a number of choices that have worked against achieving meaningful political reconciliation.

Tags: iraq,surge,withdrawal,reconciliation,green zone government,gzg

Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

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