As the two leading Iraqi coalitions have hitherto failed to reach an agreement over the formation of a new government, Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya may form a government joined by the Kurds and the grand Shiite coalition, putting aside the coalition of the…

Kurdistan Region’s President Massoud Barzani said on Wednesday the consolidation of peace should be the strategic choice of Kurds in all the areas they live in.

The displaced Kurds from Kirkuk who are living in exile in Erbil are not returning to their homeland due to the lack of security and employment prospects in the province, one of the exiled men commented.

Kurdistan Region’s President Massoud Barzani said on Wednesday the consolidation of peace should be the strategic choice of Kurds in all the areas they live in.

The displaced Kurds from Kirkuk who are living in exile in Erbil are not returning to their homeland due to the lack of security and employment prospects in the province, one of the exiled men commented.

Kurdistan Region’s President Massoud Barzani said on Wednesday the consolidation of peace should be the strategic choice of Kurds in all the areas they live in.

The displaced Kurds from Kirkuk who are living in exile in Erbil are not returning to their homeland due to the lack of security and employment prospects in the province, one of the exiled men commented.

David Cameron in discussions with Barack Obama in Washington last week.

Cameron described Britain as America’s ‘junior partner’. Photograph: Getty Images

If you’re determined to tell it how it is, it’s important to know it how it is – and on the evidence of his travels in foreign parts this week, it is uncertain whether David Cameron really does. Regarding Turkey and Europe, Israel and Gaza, and India and Pakistan, the inexperienced British prime minister’s blunt interventions left a trail of overseas outrage as well as surprised approbation. Fans admired his plain talking. Critics said he plainly doesn’t know what he’s talking about – and risked damaging Britain’s interests.

Cameron stood his ground in Delhi, vowing always to speak his mind frankly. In fact, his truth telling has been highly selective. Turkey’s EU membership, for example, could advance more swiftly if it fulfilled prior undertakings on Cyprus. He barely mentioned that – or discrimination against minority Kurds. Pakistan’s behaviour might be less paranoid and duplicitous if India were less threatening. In deference to Delhi’s hypersensitivity, Cameron eschewed all mention of Kashmir – an incendiary issue overdue for open, international discussion, as proposed long ago by Robin Cook.

Read More http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Related articles by Zemanta

• David Cameron’s courageous talk is site-specific ()
• Frank talk from Cameron shakes up British diplomacy ()
• Cameron needs more subtlety on subcontinent ()

As Iraqi lawmakers have agreed on holding the next session of parliament on Tuesday, a Kurdish leader says Kurds will not accept anything less than the position of the country’s president.

A senior member of the Kurdish blocs alliance in Baghdad said Sunday that the alliance is expected to meet with leaders of the Iraqiya coalition – led by former Iraqi interim PM Ayad Allawi – to discuss the issue of forming the new government.

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat – Sources within Iran’s embassy to Baghdad have confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that Iran’s new ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Danaifar, is set to assume his new post within the next few days…
Reliable sources confirmed that the new ambassador has a close friendship with current Iraqi Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki, and that he was a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards before taking over the economic file between the two countries.
Reliable sources confirmed that the new ambassador has a close friendship with current Iraqi Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki, and that he was a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards before taking over
the economic file between the two countries.
Sources also informed Asharq Al-Awsat that the new Iranian ambassador holds positions that contradict
the ambitions of the Iraqi Kurds.
For his part, Shaker Kitab, the spokesman for the Tajdid movement that is led by Tariq al-Hashimi and which is part of
the Iraqiya bloc, told Asharq Al-Awsat that he expected that the new Iranian ambassador had secret plans.
He told Asharq Al-Awsat that Iran’s policy towards Iraq “was wrong and will remain to be wrong for years to come, and
changing their ambassador
does not mean a change in this policy, but that there will be changes in how they manage and deal with it.”
Read More  http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=21731



Related articles by Zemanta

• Iran seen influencing Iraqi prime minister choice ()
• Iran Has Detained Three Americans for a Year ()
• Sanctions on Iran a “declaration of war” ()
• Iran supports three insurgent groups in Iraq: US general ()

A recent announcement by the planning ministry on starting census operations all over Iraq on October 24 has sparked controversy in the province of Kirkuk, where Arabs and Turkmen in the provincial council rejected it while Kurds stressed its importance.

Kurdish lawmakers and negotiators met in Baghdad yesterday to prepare a platform to guide their future talks with other Iraqi political blocs, a member of the Kurdish negotiating team in Baghdad told AKnews.

• PKK leader told BBC he is willing to disarm in return for greater political and cultural rights..http://bit.ly/c1Z7Uv #
• PKK leader told BBC he is willing to disarm in return for greater political and cultural rights..http://bit.ly/c1Z7Uv #
• Syrian troops and Kurdish tribesman are locked in fierce battle,300 Kurds dead, 1000+ injured in Syria http://bit.ly/abpIPp #
• This is amazing,Facebook hits 500m user milestone.watch the Video http://bit.ly/cOEl1N #
• 2,000 Saudi teachers fired for teaching 'dangerous' subjects, I say BRAVO http://bit.ly/cMnLHi #
• Was a deal formulated under which the U.S. would play ball on Iran while Israel will make concessions in favor of..? http://bit.ly/dCTKeY #
• @fkortezactj Happy Birthday from all of us here in Zumrah. in reply to fkortezactj #
• World celebrates Mandela Day, South Africa‘s first black president, turns 92 years old. http://bit.ly/9tU8F4 #

Powered by Twitter Tools

Kurdish lawmakers and negotiators met in Baghdad yesterday to prepare a platform to guide their future talks with other Iraqi political blocs, a member of the Kurdish negotiating team in Baghdad told AKnews.

The member of Kurdistan alliance announced today that the Kurdistan alliance delegation has conducted with the winning Iraqi political parties as the Kurdish representative for the second government formation in Iraq.

• PKK leader told BBC he is willing to disarm in return for greater political and cultural rights..http://bit.ly/c1Z7Uv #
• Syrian troops and Kurdish tribesman are locked in fierce battle,300 Kurds dead, 1000+ injured in Syria http://bit.ly/abpIPp #
• This is amazing,Facebook hits 500m user milestone.watch the Video http://bit.ly/cOEl1N #

Powered by Twitter Tools

The spokesman of the Iraqi bloc, the State of Law, declares today that the bloc is close to unite with the Kurdish Factions Alliance (KFA); however, a member from the Alliance states Kurds decline to merge with any side as long as the disputes over…

21 July 2010 Last updated at 11:28 GMT

The leader of a Kurdish rebel group engaged in a guerrilla war with Turkey has told the BBC it is willing to disarm in return for greater political and cultural rights for Turkey’s Kurds.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey, as well as the EU and US.

If an agreement were reached, it would bring an end to a 26-year-old conflict.

Read More  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10707935

Related articles by Zemanta

• PKK sets disarmament conditions ()
• Meeting the PKK ()
• Turkish governor blames Kurdish rebels for gas pipeline blast ()
• 300 Kurds dead, 1000+ injured in Syria ()

The leader of a Kurdish rebel group tells the BBC it would disarm in return for greater political and cultural rights for Turkey’s Kurds.