jeudi 28 juillet 2011

Lawmakers urge President Obama to stick to Iraq Withdrawal Deadline

93 Lawmakers Urge President Obama To Stick To Iraq Withdrawal Deadline






http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/28/obama-iraq-withdrawal-deadline_n_911850.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Iraqis continue to pay compensation to Kuwait



This is unacceptable !!!
This while millions of Iraqi widows, orphans and displaced Iraqis are starving.

UN pays $1 billion to Kuwaiti invasion 'victims'  from Iraqi oil fund


­A UN panel has approved more than $1 billion in compensation payments for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, a spokesman for the UN Compensation Commission reported Thursday. The commission says the money will go to five companies and four government or international bodies. The identities of the claimants have not been disclosed, but are said to be from Kuwait.

mardi 26 juillet 2011

IRAQ 1914 - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC



http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2011/07/video-iraq-in-1914-national-geographic.html

Iraq Inquiry Will Slam Blair,Straw, Campbell - Channel 4

Iraq Inquiry Will Slam Blair,Straw, Campbell - Channel 4


published by Tony  in 'Wolves in the City'



Confirmation from a Whitehall source of something the Independent on Sunday mentioned last weekend. “Salmon letters” from the Iraq Inquiry are about to wing their way to witnesses including Tony Blair.

These are letters that inform individuals who may be criticised in the final report of the terms of the criticism so they get a chance to argue for changes. They’re named after Lord Salmon who held an inquiry into public ethics in the 1970s.

It means that the Inquiry will publish its final report some time after 10 October, when Parliament returns after the party conferences. Quite when after 10 October is an unknown – even to the Inquiry, I understand.

Individuals who are criticised may demand sight of the confidental material that hasn’t yet been put on the Iraq Inquiry website.

The Inquiry has not finished all its battles for disclosure of government documents. There are many battles still to be fought. But the report is being written.







Posted by TONY on 25.7.11

jeudi 21 juillet 2011

NO TO KUWAIT NUCLEAR PROJECT !!!



In addition to the dispute between Iraq and Kuwait regarding the new Mubarak port in Kuwait, the two countries are also reported to be in conflict about the planned siting of nuclear reactors.

Press TV reports that the head of the Kuwaiti national committee for nuclear power, Ahmad Bisharah, has said that Kuwait is planning to build 4 nuclear reactors near the Iraqi border by 2022.


Kuwait says that it needs to go ahead with this project to generate enough electricity to meet the ever-increasing increasing demand.

The plan has outraged Iraqi politicians. They have urged Kuwait to stop its plan accusing the country officials of being a tool in the hands of the US to weaken Iraq economically and politically.


Meanwhile, members of Basra’s provisional council have also urged Kuwait to stop its project planned to be launched in Warbh [Warbah] Island less than 4 km away from the Iraqi coast south of Basra .

They say that Iraqi government must take a serious stance towards the project.

The Iraqi government spokesman, Ali Al Dabagh, has said that Iraq ‘s foreign ministry will do its best through diplomatic channels to stop Kuwait from going on with the nuclear reactor project.


(Source: PressTV)

lundi 18 juillet 2011

ITF EU Representative Dr Hassan Aydinli met Member of the European Parliament Mr. Metin Kazak


Merry Fitzgerald and Dr. Hassan Aydinli with MEP Metin Kazak
MEP Metin Kazak's assistants at the EU Parliament

BRUSSELS, June 22nd 2011

ITF EU Representative Dr. Hassan AYDINLI met Mr. Metin KAZAK, MEP (Bulgaria) Vice-Chair Sub-Committee on Human Rights at the European Parliament.

During the meeting ITF EU Representative updated MEP Metin Kazak about the situation in Kerkuk and the Turkmen region and he stressed the importance of holding a hearing dedicated exclusively to the Turkmens at the EU Parliament.

Mr.Metin Kazak was supportive of the idea and said that he would first discuss this with his political group at the EU Parliament (the Alliance of Liberal and Democrats for Europe) and that he subsequently would propose to his colleagues at the Commission to hold such a Hearing at the beginning of October 2011.