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KT News: Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been sent to the outskirts of Kirkuk to protect local citizens from sectarian violence. The threat of terrorist attack has increased with the deepening dispute between Iraq’s Sunni population and the Maliki government. Last week dozens were killed and injured in Kirkuk in yet another bombing. According to the…
KT News and Comment: The crisis in the Sunni-majority areas of Iraq has escalated dramatically this week after troops opened fire on protestors, yesterday and on Monday, killing around 50 people and injuring hundreds. Today at least another 15 died in clashes between government forces and Sunni gunmen who have apparently launched revenge attacks. Bookmark…
KT News and Comment: Southern Iraq continues to be convulsed every week by mass demonstrations called by pro-Sunni parties protesting at the authoritarian and sectarian policies of Maliki’s pro-Shia government. In Anbar and Ramadi, opposition forces are threatening to march on Baghdad to conduct their Friday prayers in the capital. This would amount to a…
KT News and Comment: Iraqi security forces have imposed a curfew on the Azamia district in Baghdad, following a recent demonstration and ensuing violence in the capital. According to eye witnesses, security forces are not allowing anyone to enter the area and this situation is likely to continue until after Friday prayers. Bookmark on Delicious…
KT News and Comment: It is another day of mass murder in Iraq. At least 36 people were killed and more than 80 injured in a spate of car bombings in mainly Shia areas. 17 people died in two explosions at the entrance to the Kazimyah market in Baghdad. This was followed by two deadly…
KT News and Comment: LATEST: A suicide bomber and gunmen have killed 33 people today in an attack on a police station in Kirkuk. The nightmare is unending … Shwan Muhamed Taha, an MP belonging to the Kurdistani Coalition in the Iraq parliament, told Sumaria News yesterday that the withdrawal from parliament of the Iraqia…
KT News and Comment: Iraq prime minister Maliki has imposed a curfew on the city of Fallujah after at least five people were killed today and 60 injured when troops opened fire on unarmed protestors. This was the first time protestors have been killed by the army since the current round of protests by Sunni…
KT News and Comment: At least 35 people were killed and up to 200 injured in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq, yesterday when a car driven by a suicide bomber exploded in the vicinity of a Shia Turkmen funeral. Tuz Khurmatu, 56 miles south of the city of Kirkuk, is mainly populated by Kurds and Turkmen. Local…
KT News: Mass protests against the Iraq government are continuing across the country, including in Mosul, Anbar and Ramadi. Ayad Allawi, leader of the Sunni opposition Iraqiya list, has called on the Iraqi parliament to dismiss the Shia-dominated government and set up a provisional government which would hold early elections. Ibrahim Jaafary, leader of the National…
KT News and Comment: A ‘Million Man March’ is due to take place today in the Iraqi cities of Anbar and Samarah, in protest against Nuri Maliki’s Shia-dominated government. This mass demonstration will be supported by other protests called by Sunni parties and activists in Baghdad, Samara, Mousul, Dywania and other cities across the south of…
KT News and Comment: On Wednesday Iraqi federal government forces arrested ten of finance minister Rafei al-Essawi’s bodyguards on the pretext of their alleged involvement in terrorism and other illegal activities. According to Alsumaria News this action against a leading Sunni politician has exacerbated Iraq’s sharp internal discord. There have been demonstrations across southern Iraq…
KT News and Comment: Today Baghdad endured yet more devastation, claiming around 64 lives. There were four car bomb explosions in the north, south and east of the city and the assassination of a high ranking official working in the department for reform and justice. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet…
News from The Kurdistan Tribune: According to local news agencies, 170 signatures have been collected from members of the Iraqi parliament calling for the resignation of Iraq prime minister Nuri Maliki. These signatures have been forwarded to Jalal Talabani, the President of Iraq and PUK leader, but he has declined to accept them. Instead he…
By Harem Karem: Iraq’s self-promoting demagogues have been demonstrating reckless imprudence while enjoying a luxurious several months without bad headlines, despite their conspicuousness. Whether this is due to hard-nosed Western journalists concentrating on other parts of the planet or because these leaders have acquired a new set of demagogic skills – to prolong the semi-literate…
Faraj Haidari, head of the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq, was arrested yesterday on corruption charges, according to NNA News. He has previously been summoned several times to the Iraq parliament and accused of involvement in cases of deception and corruption. Haidari managed to tell NNA News from jail that the authorities had taken him…
