ORIGINAL: SoranJ Kerkuk is the capital of kurdistan if you like it or not and we will get it. Loook at the areas under the control of bagdad, and look at the areas that kurdistan controls.
And since when was so-called 'Kurdistan' a state in order for you to declare it to even have a capital?. About the situation of the areas under Baghdad's control, there are 2 reasons why the security situation in the north is better than those under Baghdad's control:
1) Either Al-Qaida and all those other terrorists organisations and militias and Multi-national forces have chosen not to strike in Iraqi 'Kurdistan'.
2) The Iraqi 'Kurdistan' regional government and militias are behind the bad security situation in the other parts of the country that are suffering.
I dont see any reason other than the above. It has nothing to do with being Kurdish (civilised and all that) and non-Kurdish, which is what I presume you are trying to suggest.
Hi tigris.
Dont forget that the North had no sanctions aginst them and they have had nearly 17 years to establish security and stability so of course they have better security than the rest of Iraq. zim
Ya3ni whatdo they expect when they support a sectarian run government which has had nearly 3 years to make improvements but has failed even to give Iraqis fresh water or regular electricity??
Iraqi progress 'disappoints' US US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said he is disappointed by the lack of political progress in Iraq.
The Bush administration had probably underestimated the depth of mistrust among Iraq's various factions, he said at the end of a Middle East tour. Recent developments were discouraging, he said, citing the withdrawal of the main Sunni Arab bloc from government. A recent surge in US troop numbers was designed to provide a breathing space to pursue reconciliation, he added. Mr Gates's comments have been seen by many as a vote of no confidence in the abilities of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki.
Legislation delayed Speaking to reporters on his way back from the Middle East, Mr Gates admitted political reconciliation between Iraq's factions had been slower than expected. Last week, the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front, which had six cabinet ministers, pulled out of the government saying the Shia-led administration had failed to meet a list of demands, including one urging tough action against Shia militias. "In some ways we probably all underestimated the depth of the mistrust and how difficult it would be for these guys to come together on legislation," Mr Gates said.
"The kinds of legislation they're talking about will establish the framework of Iraq for the future so it's almost like our constitutional convention...
Washington 'impatient' Despite Mr Gates's assessment of the political situation in Iraq, the US military believes developments on the security side have been more encouraging. Civilian casualties in Iraq have dropped by almost a third since the surge began seven weeks ago and there have been reduced levels of violence in some areas of Baghdad. US officers have also said growing opposition among Iraqis to extremist groups such as al-Qaeda in Iraq has resulted in closer co-operation with American forces and a real chance of progress. But the BBC's defence correspondent, Rob Watson, says that although US commanders are pleading for more time, the clock is clearly ticking in Washington.
Congress is impatiently awaiting a progress report from the US government in September, though many have already decided the surge will not work, our correspondent adds. The latest opinion polls also suggest that 60% of Americans want to see a troop withdrawal.
Brothers killed On Friday, the US military announced the combat deaths of four more soldiers in Baghdad, including three killed on Thursday in a roadside bombing. An aide to Iraq's top Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, was killed in Najaf, security officials said. In Kirkuk, relatives mourned the deaths of five brothers who were kidnapped and then killed after their family was unable to pay a ransom. Police found a sixth brother, aged eight, weeping but unharmed next to the bodies, all of which had gunshot wounds to the head. Correspondents say the presence of the small boy at the scene of the murders has touched a nerve in Iraq, although the country witnesses many such murders every day.
"But the BBC's defence correspondent, Rob Watson, says that although US commanders are pleading for more time, the clock is clearly ticking in Washington."
The clock is ticking all over the world and we can't slow it down.
I wish we could.
I pray someday things can be different, Peaceful. However, not until we are all with God. That unfortunately is the truth, I fear, perhaps I am wrong, perhaps we can have "Heaven on Earth", what do you think Dudes n Dudettes?
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perhaps I am wrong, perhaps we can have "Heaven on Earth", what do you think Dudes n Dudettes?
Depends on where you live and how you think. Most people are living in a place that must seem like "Hell on Earth". Others are oblivious to the worlds problems so they believe they are living in "Heaven on Earth". Guess where we Iraqis fit in!
Tribes Clash North of BasraDeadly Fighting Isolates Southern City; Tribal and Party Divisions Overlap Heavy fighting broke out near Basra Friday between two tribal groupings, blocking off the city’s route to the north and isolating the oil-rich port town from the other provinces of Iraq. In al-Qurna district, north of Basra city, violent clashes erupted between the Bani Malik tribe and the al-Farijat tribe, following Friday’s killing of the son of the sheikh of the Bani Malik at the hands of unknown gunmen, Radio Sawa reports in Arabic. The fighting led to five dead and 20 wounded, according to preliminary reports, as well as isolating Basra from the north of Iraq. Eyewitnesses in al-Qurna district said that armed clashes between tribal members bearing light arms broke out Friday evening after the death of the Wisam Sabah 'Armash, 20, the son of son of the Bani Malik shaykh. The Bani Malik accused members of the al-Farijat of murdering 'Armash, leading to the outbreak of the fighting, which caused deaths and injuries among the two sides.
Most interestingly, local residents said that members of the Bani Malik tribe opened the assault by attacking two political offices in the area, the local headquarters of the Islamic Da'wa Party, and the Islamic Martyrs Movement, belonging to the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council. The two Shi'a-based parties are affiliated with the ruling United Iraqi Alliance. In post-invasion Basra, tribal affairs, militia loyalties, and party politics often overlap. Locals told Radio Sawa that the guards of the two offices broke ranks and ran during the attack, as did members of the Iraqi police.
Basra province’s security apparatus did not intervene to stop the clashes, eyewitnesses said, although British helicopters were observed in “intensive flights” in the skies overhead. Armed members of the Bani Malik tribe erected checkpoints spreading along the road between al-Qurna and Basra, which links Basra to the rest of Iraq’s provinces, which effectively isolated the southern port city from the rest of the country. Tribal conflicts in rural areas north of Basra often lead to the closure of the road between the city and Iraq’s other provinces to the north.
Dudes. It scares the crap out of me when I think things at home can actually get worse! But they can, God help us.
Violence Hits Pregnant Women, Newborns Lack of Proper Care Puts Labor Complications, Mortality Rate on Sharp Rise
BAGHDAD, 14 August 2007 (IRIN) - Leila Abdel-Karim, 27, longed for a child and, after two years of trying, she got pregnant, but could not foresee that the baby’s delivery - and future health - would be severely affected by the ongoing violence in Baghdad. A resident of Dora District, one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods of Baghdad, Leila’s labour began during the night as clashes flared up near her house, preventing her from getting to hospital.
“We tried to leave our home but the clashes were getting worse and we had to stay, knowing that my baby could die, as the doctor had told me that I would probably need a Caesarean,” she said.
When she finally got to the hospital in the morning and gave birth, her son had suffered brain damage which was affecting his movements - something he might have to contend with for the rest of his life, according to the doctors.
“The violence destroyed the life of my son while he was still in my uterus,” Leila said. According to doctors, dozens of women in Iraq each day face delivery difficulties caused by violence and the curfew that is preventing access to health care during the night.
“For at least two women in every 12 who seek emergency delivery assistance here, either the mother or her child dies,” Dr Ibrahim Khalil, a gynaecologist at Al-Karada maternity hospital, said.
“Mothers are usually anaemic and children are born underweight as a result of a poor nutrition and lack of pre-natal care,” Khalil said, adding: “There aren’t any official figures but we can see that the number has doubled since Saddam Hussein’s time.”
Fewer district nurses According to Claire Hajaj, communications officer at the UN Children's Fund’s (UNICEF) Iraq Support Centre, women give birth in difficult environments: “In some cases travelling to hospitals is the last resort because of insecurity, curfews, road blocks and fear of violence," she said.
Fewer non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are working in the maternity area, and there are fewer district nurses willing to travel in the current circumstances.
“Before we had a group of 10 nurses offering home delivery to women in Baghdad but today we have just one - and she is thinking of giving up for security reasons,” said Hanan Lattif, media officer for a local group called the Women’s Rights Organisation. “Women have to rely on their families and hope that their delivery happens during the day.”
Statistics UNICEF has said Iraq's maternal mortality rates have increased dramatically in the last 15 years. In 1989, 117 mothers out of 100,000 died during pregnancy or childbirth. That figure has now gone up by 65 per cent. Figures compiled earlier this year by Save the Children show that in 1990 the mortality rate for under-fives was 50 per 1,000 live births. In 2005 it was 125. While other countries have higher rates, the rate of increase in Iraq is higher than elsewhere. According to UNICEF, over one million babies were born in Iraq in the last 12 months, at least 40,000 of them to displaced families - many living in unsanitary conditions in camps.
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