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[Enterprise Resilience Management Blog] Enterprise Resilience Management Blog: Politics in Iraq: While Iraq’s imports nearly doubled in 2008, to $43.5 billion from $25.67 billion in 2007, imports from American companies stayed flat at $2 billion over that period. Among investors, the United Arab Emirates leads the field, with $31 billion invested in Iraq, most of that in 2008, compared to only about $400 million from American companies when United States government reconstruction spending is excluded, according to Dunia Frontier Consultants, a emerging-market analyst.

[PUK Media Central Office "PUKmedia"] PUKmedia :: English - Tayfur: Article 140 is constitutional: Tayfur in his statement said that some persons who are against the political process in the Federal Iraq want to hinder this process under various pretexts and excuses by their attempt to cancel some articles in the Constitution especially what have regard to Kurdistan Region.

[Investor's Iraq Forum - Iraq Dinar Forum, Iraq Investments, Iraq Stock Exchange, Iraq Bank, Iraq News, Iraqi Dinar] Article 140 and the Future of Iraq - Page 9 - Investor's Iraq ...: Hence, cancelling any constitutional provision of the Iraqi constitution must be according to the mechanisms which are set in the very constitution and this needs a political, parliamentarian compromise and a public referendum. Such steps have never been taken so far, so this means that this article, unlike those who talk about it's alleged invalidity, is not only valid but also a vital article and the ongoing work of the committee tasked with implementing it in the various disputed areas serves as the best prove for its validity.

[Kurdish Academy of Language] Language and Nation-Building in Kurdistan-Iraq | Kurdish Academy ...: Secondly, they may remind themselves and the KRG that recognizing positive linguistic rights could only strengthen Kurdistan and look to places like Canada where the recognition of linguistic rights of French speakers and Aboriginal peoples (and even new immigrants) have only made the country stronger as a multicultural, multilingual, and civic nation. Finally, the Academy may also realize that, if the first instances of nation-building, such as France and Britain, were successful in ignoring the linguistic rights of minorities, such a strategy is no longer feasible in the age of satellite TV and the Internet.

[Enterprise Resilience Management Blog] Enterprise Resilience Management Blog: Tensions Continue in ...: "With little notice and almost no public debate, Iraq’s Kurdish leaders are pushing ahead with a new constitution for their semiautonomous region, a step that has alarmed Iraqi and American officials who fear that the move poses a new threat to the country’s unity. The new constitution, approved by Kurdistan’s parliament two weeks ago and scheduled for a referendum this year, underscores the level of mistrust and bad faith between the region and the central government in Baghdad.

[PUK Media Central Office "PUKmedia"] PUKmedia :: English - Kirkuki: White House support to Iraqi ...: Kirkuki said that the White House's support for Iraq's permanent constitution and Article 140 and solving the outstanding issues between the Erbil and Baghdad before the withdrawal of U.S. forces and to guarantee support to carry out  general census in Iraq, were the key factors that  assured Kurdistan Region to protect the gains and improve the political situation.

[KurdNet News ekurd.net] Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief: In the framework of their visit to Kurdistan Region, especially to attend the opening ceremony of the Erbil international commercial exhibition for stone and ceramic industries, Ahmed Yakichi Trade Advisor in the Turkish Foreign Ministry and Ahmed Yulduz the Turkish Consul General in Mosul paid a visit to the Erbil Governorate's Divan. Welcoming by Nawzad Hadi Erbil Governor at the meeting, they discussed a range of issues facing Iraq and Kurdistan Region including latest political developments as well as friendship relation between Kurdistan Region and Turkey.

[Washington Examiner Site Feed] Diana West: Another side of the U.S. "surge" success | Washington ...: Iraq's pattern of hostility to U.S. interests continues vis a vis Israel, a bona fide U.S. ally against jihad terror. Whenever Israel strikes back at jihad -- whether at Hamas in Gaza or Hezbollah in Lebanon -- post-Saddam Iraq is quick to condemn the Jewish state, which, not incidentally, it also continues to boycott with the rest of the Arab League.

[Most recent blog entries] The Death of the Grown-Up | Diana West > Home - The "Surge" and ...: Iraq's pattern of hostility to U.S. interests continues vis-a-vis Israel, a bona-fide U.S. ally against jihad terror. Whenever Israel strikes back at jihad -- whether at Hamas in Gaza or Hezbollah in Lebanon -- post-Saddam Iraq is quick to condemn the Jewish state, which, not incidentally, it also continues to boycott with the rest of the Arab League.

[blog.cagle.com - main] The 'Surge' and 'Success' | blog.cagle.com - main: The smart people say Bush invaded Iraq for oil (or to avenge his daddy or ‘cuz God told him to), that we invaded a sovereign country, that we are imperialists and occupiers, but you seem to be saying Iraq is still a sovereign nation that doesn’t march in lock step with America. Does this mean they really were liberated from a brutal dictator and given a chance to develop their own style of government and follow their own national interests?

[Article Marketing] Jews Of Iraq? What About Them? | Article Marketing: but when I saw him, I asked why, since Israel is a democracy with a parliament, does it not have a constitution? Ben Gurion said, “Look, boy”-I was 24 at the time-”if we have a constitution, we have to write in it the border of our country.

[ऑनलाइन शिक्षा ब्लॉग] First War of Indian Independence/आज़ादी की प्रथम ...: Although the political authority of Iraq was transferred to the Interim Iraqi Government on June 28, 2004, two days ahead of the scheduled date i.e., 30th June, 2004 it is yet uncertain whether the USA will give up the lure of the Iraqi oil for which it actually waged the war and whether it will withdraw all its forces from there. Elections to Iraqi parliament were held on January 30, 2005.

[blogfrommiddleeast.com] Iraq snapshot - December 21, 2009: The current Iraqi Constitution that was voted by 80% of the Iraqi population is the surpeme law of the country and it is very clear in the Constitution that international agreements between the government of Iraq and foreign governments or treaties between Iraq and other countries that require legislation in the Parliament. Any commercial contract between an Iraqi public company and a foreign company -- as is the case with the oil contracts -- these are within the competency of the government and they do not require any new legislation so --

[The Common Ills] Ann and Stan on the year in DVDs « The Common Ills: What many people didn't know is that within this agreement there are clauses that will not only keep permanent military bases in Iraq but will give the America the ability to conduct military operations without the permission of the Iraqi government, that America will control air space above a certain altitude in Iraq, and, of course, America's political strangle-hold on the Iraqi government through, as you were mentioning, the ascent of thousands of military contractors in Iraq, through the privatization of the most fundamental sectors of Iraqi economy are the real elements of the American occupation here. We see, for example in Iraq, fundamental sectors such as agriculture and education -- ironically in a country that invented both agriculture and education -- now being sold off to American corporations under the guise of of American occupation.

[Daily News Blog] Iraqi parliament passes key election law (AP) | Daily News Blog: BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a long-delayed law in a crucial step to setting up nationwide elections, and the head of the electoral commission said he did not expect any major delays in the vote planned for January. The Iraqi constitution mandates that the vote takes place in January, but not necessarily which day.

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