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News headlines for “Iraq Crisis”, page 13
IRAQ: U.S. Diplomatic Adviser's Troubling Role in Oil Politics
- Inter Press Service
In 2003, U.S. diplomatist Peter Galbraith resigned at the end of a distinguished, 24-year government career. Over the years that followed, he worked as a contract-based adviser to leaders in Iraq's Kurdish community, while also arguing passionately in public media that Iraq's Kurds should be given maximum independence from Baghdad - including full control over any new sources of oil.
IRAQ: Stormy Times as U.S. Withdraws
- Inter Press Service
Political violence in Iraq killed 456 Iraqis in August, the highest monthly death toll since July 2008. And with the U.S. showing no sign it plans to reverse the troop withdrawal that is now well underway, numerous struggles for power are shaping up inside Iraq.
RIGHTS-US: CIA Probe Should Go Farther, Groups Say
- Inter Press Service
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision Monday to investigate whether interrogators from the Central Intelligence Agency or its contractors violated any federal laws in applying 'enhanced interrogation techniques' to detainees in U.S. custody overseas triggered immediate criticism from human rights advocates and appeared to widen the partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats.
RIGHTS-US: Justice to Probe Detainee Abuses
- Inter Press Service
The issue of detainee interrogation and abuse lately eclipsed by the debate over U.S. health care reform bubbled back to the surface Monday in a number of headline-making developments.
BOOKS-US: Soldiers Who Just Say No
- Inter Press Service
Six months into Barack Obama's presidency, the U.S. public's display of antiwar sentiment has faded to barely a whisper.
IRAQ: Shi’a Unity Deal Explodes U.S. Proxy War Myth
- Inter Press Service
The agreement announced Monday between Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and a Shi’a resistance group called the 'League of the Righteous' (As’ib al Haq) formally ended the group’s armed opposition to the regime in return for the release of its leader and eight other Shi’a detainees. This deals a final blow to the U.S. military’s narrative of an Iranian 'proxy war' in Iraq.
IRAQ: Chance of a Breakthrough With the Kurds?
- Inter Press Service
A recent meeting between Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish President Massoud Barzani appears to be a crucial step in lowering tensions in the country, but it has also prompted questions as to whether the two leaders can put an end to their differences.
MIDEAST: As U.S. Winds Down, Iraq Tilts Toward Iran
- Inter Press Service
A raid by Iraqi security forces on a camp of Iranian dissidents is widely seen as a sign that Iraqi authorities are establishing their independence as the U.S. occupation winds down and tilting instead towards Iran.
US-IRAQ: Al-Maliki Dons Mantle of Seasoned Statesman
- Inter Press Service
His visit to the U.S. this week was meant to be a show of statesmanship, much different than when he was in Washington last time.
MIDEAST: Turkey Gets Boost from Pipeline Politics
- Inter Press Service
The political geography of the modern Middle East has been affected for one hundred years by the appetite of westerners and other outsiders for the region's hydrocarbons.
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