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Analyst: Legitimacy of Process Threatened if Millions Excluded from Vote
Below is full text of a statement released today authored by Elizabeth Ferris, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institute. Ferris argues that the recently passed provincial elections law does not meet the needs of the millions of Iraqi displaced, both inside the country and outside. In addition to skewing the results of the election in a way that might...
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Elections Law Failure Bodes Poorly for "Powers that Be," Analyst Writes
Reidar Visser, a fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, writes on his website historiae.org that the recent failure of the Iraqi Parliament to pass an elections law exposes the weaknesses of the post-2003 political system in Iraq. Full text below:
Yesterday’s failure of the Iraqi parliament to pass the provincial elections law...
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With New Tanks, Choppers, Planes, Iraq Could Project Force across Borders
Photo: US Navy.
US Marines M1-A1 on exercises, 2003. Iraq has requested 140 of the tanks.
During the last week of July, the Department of Defense notified Congress about the proposed sale of $10.9 billion in U.S. military equipment and support to Iraq through the Foreign Military Sales program. Besides the eye-catching price tag – which, at...
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Terror Analysts' Magazine Provides Insight, Commentary on Terror Motivators
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Debate Likely to Intensify Over Troop Levels and US-Iraq Security Pact
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Oil Ministry Accusing KRG of Blocking Work on Kirkuk Oil Field
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Ankara Needs Face-Saving Option to End Border Crisis
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Kurdish Moves Highlight Lack of Baghdad Progress on Oil Law
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Schisms Driven by Ideological Differences, Anticipation of US Withdrawal
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General Differentiates Between Focus of "Al Qaeda Central" and "Al Qaeda-Iraq"
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Kurdish and Central Government Impatient for Passage of Hydrocarbons Bill
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As Government Lags, Energy Firms Prepare for Bidding on Iraq's Resources
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Tips: Follow the Lead of Best-Protected Among You, Learn from Tragic Episodes
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Who's Paying For Allawi's Bush-Friendly Lobbyists in Washington?
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Must Iraq be Divided? Scholar Takes on Proposals to Break up the Country
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Estimated 80% of Iraq's Oil in Ground Surrounding Southern Port City
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Wagaa, Four Others, Snatched Tuesday by Men in Official Uniforms, Vehicles
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Shahristani Cuts Deals With Neighbors for Refining Iraqi Oil
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Even if Passed, Security Situation Would Make Implementation Difficult
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Iraqi PM Will Stop in Turkey Tuesday, Iran on Wednesday
