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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraq gets tough with Turkey over Kurds

The Iraqi government has stopped an airliner carrying Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz landing in Iraqi Kurdistan amid Baghdad's deepening rift with Ankara over its support Iraq's independence-minded Kurds.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraq, Kurdish war unlikely

Washington is encouraged that Iraqi and Kurdish forces are moving in a direction that would prevent a military confrontation, a spokeswoman said.

World News // 1 decade ago

Iraq withholds immunity for U.S. troops

Iraq is reluctant to offer legal immunity to U.S. troops who stay in the country to help with the rebuilding effort, political observers said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Halabjah memory must 'be kept alive'

The primary researcher into the chemical attack on the Iraqi town of Halabjah spoke of the importance to keep its memory alive on the event's 20th anniversary.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Arab anger threatens Kurd power

The strong political power Kurds enjoy in Iraq appears to be fomenting anger among Arab factions, a report said Friday.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Iraq's '08 fate -- Basra, Kirkuk

Iraq's crude capital, Basra, and perhaps its most controversial city, Kirkuk, also flush with oil, face a formidable 2008.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Iraq calmer but more fragmented

Iraq bloodshed's abated since the U.S. troop buildup but instead of rebuilding during the lull the nation's fragmented more into tribes, parties and militias.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Kurds say Kirkuk is Turkey's aim

The protest sign was plain enough, black ink on white poster board. But the message Jamel Numan was carrying amidst 200 of America’s Iraqi Kurds rallying outside the White House Monday was both simply blunt and highlighted the overlooked complexity of Turkey’s beef with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party guerillas: “Is this really about PKK? Or is this about Kirkuk?”

Top News // 1 decade ago

Spy agencies compete in Iraq

Iraq now has dueling spy agencies, one Sunni led and the other Shiite led, it was reported Sunday.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Iraqis flee to Jordan to escape violence

The United Nations says escalating violence in Iraq has sent some 700,000 refugees into Jordan, creating a problem for a nation of only 5.5 million.

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By opening bids on fields in Kirkuk, Prime Minister Maliki is clearly poking the Kurds in the eye by asserting Iraqi sovereignty over oil in territories whose status is constitutionally in dispute
Kurdish exports invite complications May 29, 2009

Iraq is moving in the direction of a failed state, a highly decentralized situation -- totally unplanned, of course -- with competing centers of power run by warlords and militias
Iraq calmer but more fragmented Dec 10, 2007

If no critical compromise is reached, the security services are going to fall apart on ethnic, sectarian and party lines
Spy agencies compete in Iraq Apr 15, 2007

Both sides have dug in and the only thing preventing open conflict is the Americans
U.S. forces pull out under fire Jun 25, 2009

The absence of a hydrocarbons law, and a regulatory framework more broadly, does make it more unappetizing for foreign oil companies to submit bids
Oil companies reserved about Iraq Oct 14, 2009