Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iraq Crisis”, page 6
IRAQ: U.S. Influence on the Decline
- Inter Press Service
Iraq's much-awaited recent power-sharing deal signifies a shift of influence on Iraqi politics away from the U.S. and its regional allies to domestic Iraqi political actors, most notably the Kurds, and eastward to Iran.
U.S. Envoy Secretly Offered Troops in Iraq after 2011
- Inter Press Service
A special envoy from President Barack Obama raised the possibility in a secret meeting with senior Iraqi military and civilian officials in Baghdad Sep. 23 that his administration would leave more than 15,000 combat troops in Iraq after the 2011 deadline for U.S. withdrawal, according to a senior Iraqi intelligence official familiar with the details of the meeting.
IRAQ: Formation of New Govt Hailed (Tentatively) by U.S.
- Inter Press Service
After an agonising eight-month delay, the first concrete steps toward the formation of a new coalition Iraqi government were greeted by senior U.S. officials here Thursday as a major advance in stabilising the long-suffering nation.
SYRIA: Iraqi Kids Struggle on Dangerous Edges
- Inter Press Service
Leila, 17, presses her hijab-clad head against the front door and strains to hear outside. 'There's nothing,' she says cautiously, turning towards her mother Rawda, the head of the household, in their quiet basement apartment. Along the brocade couch sit her two sisters, Mona, 19, Nadja, 15, and 10-year-old brother Khaled.*
Torture Orders Were Part of U.S. Sectarian War Strategy
- Inter Press Service
The revelation by Wikileaks of a U.S. military order directing U.S. forces not to investigate cases of torture of detainees by Iraqis has been treated in news reports as yet another case of lack of concern by the U.S. military about detainee abuse.
U.S. Slides on Corruption Index
- Inter Press Service
Iraq and Afghanistan rank near rock-bottom in an index of corruption in 178 countries that found that nearly three- quarters of the countries surveyed showed serious corruption problems.
Wikileaks Paints Grim Picture of Iraqi Civilian Casualties
- Inter Press Service
Two revelations await the reader of the Wikileaks section dealing with civilian deaths in the Iraq War: Iraqis are responsible for most of these deaths, and the number of total civilian casualties is substantially higher than has been previously reported.
Leaked Report, New Iraqi Alignment Reveal U.S. War Failure
- Inter Press Service
A newly released Wikileaks document on Iraq and the new political alignment between Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki both provide fresh evidence that Gen. David Petraeus's war against Shi'a militias in 2007-2008 was a futile exercise.
More Iraqi Prison Abuses Exposed on Wikileaks
- Inter Press Service
The publication of a motherlode of secret field reports from the Iraq War are shining a bright light on heretofore unknown or underreported suspicions about the power of private security contractors and the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by their fellow Iraqis, often with their U.S. military counterparts 'turning a blind eye'.
Q&A: What the U.S. Undid for Women in Iraq
- Inter Press Service
The U.S.-led invasion and then occupation of Iraq brought a sharp setback to the rights of women in that country, UNFPA head Thoraya Obaid tells IPS in an interview.
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