Global Issues
News headlines for “Iraq Crisis”, page 9
Pentagon Faces Battle in Effort to Reverse Military Contracting
- Inter Press Service
Pentagon chief Robert Gates has called for a cutback of 15 billion dollars in wasteful military spending on contractors as well as government bureaucracy, or risk not being able to pay for its current force.
Zarqa Lives Up to al-Zarqawi’s Ideals
- Inter Press Service
Infamous for being the hometown of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late al-Qaeda’s leader, Zarqa is dominated by Islamic parties.
IRAQ: Imam Assassination Sparks Fears of Violence
- Inter Press Service
The assassination of Sheikh Ghazi Jabouri, a prominent Sunni Imam in the Al- Adhamiya district of Baghdad, has raised fears of renewed sectarian violence in the wake of the Mar. 7 elections.
Is Iraq's Ultimate Survivor the Indispensable President?
- Inter Press Service
While the question of who will become Iraq's future prime minister is still uncertain, when it comes to the presidency, incumbent Jalal Talabani stands the best chance of retaining the office.
POLITICS-EGYPT: Critics Question ElBaradei's Promises of Change
- Inter Press Service
Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), rocked Egypt's political arena last year by announcing his desire to contest the presidency. But while the idea has fired the imagination of political activists, many analysts remain sceptical.
IRAQ: Election Sets Off New Political Tussle
- Inter Press Service
The March elections have only deepened political divisions, and brought more violence.
US-IRAQ: Lucrative KBR Contracts Unaffected by Troop Drawdown
- Inter Press Service
Only one in nine hours billed by a contractor for running the giant military bases that house U.S. soldiers in Iraq in the first half of 2009 was for actual physical labour, according to new testimony by the Pentagon's auditors.
US-IRAQ: Leaked Video of Shooting Spurs Calls for New Probe
- Inter Press Service
Journalist advocacy groups called for the reopening of an investigation into the 2007 killing of a Reuters photographer and his driver after the WikiLeaks website released classified video footage on Monday of a 2007 helicopter attack in Baghdad which killed 12 people.
IRAQ: Iran, Saudi Arabia's Roles Play Out in Post-poll Crisis
- Inter Press Service
While Iraq’s election was largely a domestic affair, efforts there to form a new government in the weeks after the March poll have been bogged down by a flurry of contradictory pulls and pressures by several international actors.
IRAQ: Uphill Coalition-Building Battle for Winners Unfolds
- Inter Press Service
Iraq's major political forces are beginning what is likely to be a lengthy and uncertain process of talks to form a government. A key question is whether Iraq's politically diverse groups will join forces together based on ideological, ethnic, sectarian or merely pragmatist considerations.
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