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American Adviser to Kurds Outed as Oil Shareholder

Galbraith's policy push won him $100M

Nov 12, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - An influential American advocate for Iraqi Kurds, who helped successfully secure Kurdish control over new oil finds in northern Iraq in the country's constitution, stands to reap more than $100 million from the policy he shaped. Peter Galbraith, it turns out, received rights to an enormous oil stake in Kurdistan... More »

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Iraq • Iraq oil • Kurdistan • Kurds • Norway • Peter Galbraith • oil companies • conflict of interest

 Kurds Threaten 
 to Block Iraqi Election 

Dispute over Kirkuk holds up passage of new election law

Oct 29, 09 4:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dispute over the oil-rich province of Kirkuk is threatening to delay the Iraqi elections scheduled for January and push Arab-Kurd tensions past the breaking point. Kurdish lawmakers in the Iraqi parliament have vowed to block a vote on a new election law unless authorities agree to use voter records... More »

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Iraq • Kurdistan • Kurds • Massoud Barzani • Kirkuk • Iraqi elections

(AP) - The United States is considering speeding up its withdrawal from Iraq because of the sustained drop in violence there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today, following discussions with his top commanders in the war. "I think there's at least some chance of a modest acceleration," this year, Gates... More »

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Iraq • Robert Gates • Kurdistan • Kurds • Iraq exit strategy • troop drawdown

(Newser) - Tension between Arabs and Kurds, rather than the usual friction between Sunnis and Shia, has become the greatest threat to Iraqi security, says the top US general in the country. The oil-rich Kurdish region has become "the No. 1 driver of instability," Ray Odierno told reporters yesterday, and... More »

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Iraq • Robert Gates • Kurdistan • Kurds • Iraq security • Gen. Ray Odierno

Gates Makes
Surprise Visit to Iraq


Jul 28, 09 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has landed in Iraq for a surprise visit, the AP reports. He'll meet with troops stationed at a command post in southern Iraq who are largely serving as advisers. He's also expected to see Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and visit the restive Kurdish region.... More »

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Iraq • Robert Gates • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • US troops • troop withdrawal • Iraq exit strategy

Iraqi Kurds Fear a
Resurgent Baghdad

Arab-Kurdish tensions intensify as country's safety improves

Feb 20, 09 1:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Now that violence between Sunni and Shia Arabs is declining across Iraq, tensions are mounting again between Arabs and Kurds, who want Barack Obama to step in to cool off conflicts, the Economist reports. Oil and land disputes, political losses and an empowered central government have weakened the Kurds, who... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • United States • Jalal Talabani

Polls Open in Watershed
Iraqi Election

Thousands vie for seats in biggest vote since fall of Saddam

Jan 30, 09 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The polls are already open for this weekend's provincial elections in Iraq, the nation's first since it became a fully sovereign nation after the fall of Saddam. The Sunni minority is participating, reports the Christian Science Monitor, and Iraqis can vote for more than 14,000 candidates vying for 440... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • Sunnis • Iraqi elections • provincial elections

Women's Rights Activist Beheaded in Iraq

Hussain headed women's league in Kurdish Communist Party

Dec 19, 08 4:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Armed men yesterday stormed the home of a women's rights activist and Kurdish leader and beheaded her, reports CNN. Nahla Hussain, a 37-year-old married mom of two, was the leader of the women's league of the Kurdish Communist Party. She was alone in her home in the volatile northern town... More »

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Iraq • women's rights • Kurds • Kirkuk

UPDATED

 Suicide Bomber Kills 55 
 in Iraqi Restaurant 

ALL ART IS FILE STUFF. NOTHING FROM AP YET

Dec 11, 08 9:55 AM CST
(AP) - A suicide bomber killed 55 people and wounded 120 in a crowded restaurant in northern Iraq today, as Kurdish officials were meeting there with Arab tribal leaders to discuss long-standing ethnic tensions, the AP reports. It appeared to be the deadliest attack in Iraq in nearly 6 months.The blast... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • Kurdistan • Kurds • suicide bombing • oil field • Kirkuk

16 Arrested
in Plot to Kill Turkish Laureate

Journalist, party leader involved in plan to murder writer Pamuk

Mar 21, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A nationalist party leader, a veteran journalist, and a top academic have been arrested over a plan to kill dissident Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. The leader of the Workers’ Party and former rector of Istanbul University, along with a general, and retired colonel, are among 16 who were detained over... More »

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Turkey • Kurds • assassination • Istanbul • Armenian genocide • Orhan Pamuk

US Didn't Protest Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

White House told far in advance of ground assault

Feb 26, 08 10:26 AM CST
(Newser) - As fierce fighting continues in northern Iraq, American officials have confirmed they were aware that Turkey planned to strike at Kurdish guerrillas inside the border—and didn't raise objections, the Wall Street Journal reports. The US did, however, urge Turkey to limit the length and scope of the incursion. "... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurds • PKK • Kurdish incursions

Turkey Bombs Rebels in Iraqi Mountains

Attacks must end
'as soon as possible,' Baghdad warns

Feb 23, 08 3:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Fighting continued in semiautonomous Kurdistan today as Turkey’s air and artillery forces let loose a hail of bombs in the mountains of northern Iraq, the AP reports. The strikes are ratcheting up tension between Turkey and the US-backed Iraqi government: Iraq’s foreign minister today told Turkey to get... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurdish Militants • Kurds • Hoshyar Zebari • PKK • Northern Iraq

Iraq Lawmakers Overcome Rifts, Pass Key Laws

Long deadlock had threatened to dissolve young parliament

Feb 13, 08 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - A day after the speaker of Iraq’s parliament threatened to disband the legislature, lawmakers passed three key but divisive laws after months of infighting, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The measures—passage of a federal budget, limited amnesty for prisoners, and curbs on the powers of local governments—allowed... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • Sunnis • benchmarks • Iraq parliament

Kurds Lead Charge to Oust Iraqi Leader

US tries to stave off no-confidence vote against PM Maliki

Jan 9, 08 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is under fire again, this time from Kurdish politicians who say he hasn’t followed through on promises he made after the Kurds propped him up last summer. A Kurdish/Sunni coalition against Maliki almost has enough votes to depose him, a development the US fears... More »

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Iraq • Ali al Sistani • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurdistan • Kurds • Iraq government • Jalal Talabani • Massoud Barzani

Rice Pops Up in Iraq
to Plead for Peace

Calls for reconciliation on surprise visit

Dec 18, 07 4:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Iraq for a surprise visit today to plead for increased efforts at reconciliation, Reuters reports. She flew into the ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk—which some expect to be the next flashpoint for violence. The city's Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmen are deeply... More »

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Iraq • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Kurds • Iraq Civil War • Kirkuk

UN Stepping Up Work in Iraq

Four years after bombing killed 22, UN  re-engaged

Dec 10, 07 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The United Nations is stepping up its work in Iraq in a bid to land a final peace—four years after a terrorist bomb in the UN compound in Baghdad killed 22 officials. "Three years of horror have led nowhere. It only produced tit-for-tat destruction and the displacement of... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • Kurds • Arabs • Kirkuk • Staffan de Mistura • Turkomans

6,000 Iraqi Sunnis Vow to Aid US

Iraqi civilian forces help decrease violence as refugees return home

Nov 29, 07 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Almost 6,000 Sunni Arab civilians in Iraq turned against Al-Qaeda yesterday and signed a pact to help US forces police possible insurgent escape routes. As insurgents seek to gain a foothold in the semi-autonomous north, American officials hailed the alliance, which is the Iraq war’s largest single volunteer... More »

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Iraq • Syria • insurgents • Kurds • US Army • Sunni leaders • Iraqi refugees • Kirkuk • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Turkish Gunships Strike Kurdish Outpost in Iraq

Turkish Prime Minister warned a strike was 'nearing'

Nov 13, 07 6:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Turkish helicopter gunships have struck a suspected Kurdish guerrilla base inside the Iraqi border, AP is reporting. Turks targeted an area near the town of Zakho before dawn today. Iraqi officials said there were no casualties in the attacks on what they characterized as "abandoned villages"  that housed... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurds • Kurdish incursions • Kurdish guerrillas

Turkey Listens to EU, Will Ease Up on Free Speech

Amendment to law is part of bid for EU membership

Nov 6, 07 7:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Readying itself for possible EU membership, Turkey's government will soften a law that curbs free speech, the AP reports. An amendment expected to pass parliament will limit penalties for Article 301, which punishes "insulting Turkey or Turkish identity" with up to three years in prison. The announcement came hours... More »

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Turkey • European Union • Kurds • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Orhan Pamuk

Rice Pledges
US Assist
to Turkey

Promises 'effective' action to stop attacks from rebels in Iraq

Nov 2, 07 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heading to talks in Ankara today, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters the Kurdish militants who have attacked Turkey from northern Iraq are a "common enemy" of the US and Turkey, and promised that the US will deliver an "effective" strategy against Kurdish militants if Ankara holds... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Condoleezza Rice • Kurdish Militants • Kurds • PKK

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