• Update: Amnesty International received a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq on 8 June 2023. (amnesty.org)
  • Before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, they lived in a different refugee camp about 90 miles from Baghdad. (go.com)
  • The death of ex-special forces officer Frans Strydom in a bomb explosion in Baghdad in early February is focusing attention on South African mercenaries doing security work in Iraq. (africa-confidential.com)
  • BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq, Nov 12 (Reuters) - At least four people died in Iraq and several were killed across the border in Iran on Sunday when a strong earthquake hit the region, officials and state media in the two countries said. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Attacks using improvised explosive devices, indirect fire, and unmanned aerial vehicles occur in many areas of the country, including Baghdad and other major cities. (state.gov)
  • BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A video purporting to show Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq in March, was shared by an Iraqi TV channel and social media close to Iraqi militia groups on Monday. (yahoo.com)
  • Baghdad is the capital city of Iraq. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • The country was created through a merger of three provinces from the Ottoman Empire - Basra, Baghdad and Mosul. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • Most left Iran in 1982, or were born in Iraq. (go.com)
  • It's been a byword for conflict ever since the 1980s when it featured on the TV news about the Iran/Iraq war. (undervalued-shares.com)
  • Next, Statoil and Lukoil found that West Qurna was littered with old ordinance like mines and unexploded artillery shells from the Iran-Iraq War . (blogspot.com)
  • In July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that Tsurkov was being held by Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militia Kataeb Hezbollah and that Iraq was responsible for her safety. (yahoo.com)
  • Officially the Republic of Iraq, Iraq is a country located in Middle East (Western Asia), bordering 6 countries - Iran , Jordan , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Syria , and Turkey . (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • In the northeast, on the border with Turkey and Iran, lies the mountainous part of the country, called the Zagros Mountains. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • In 1979, Saddam Hussein took over the leadership of the Baath Party, became the country's dictator, and led the country to war with Iran in the period 1980-1988. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • Before the war against Iran in 1980, Iraq had one of the best welfare systems in the Middle East. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • With both Iran and Iraq now designated hostile states a strategy of `Dual Containment' was created. (lu.se)
  • The sanctions against Iraq and Iran resulted in a balancing act between the two targeted states where the U.S.,A. has endeavored to perpetuate an inherent unstable regional balance. (lu.se)
  • The official history of the Irish Guards in the wake of 9/11, including their combat record in the battle for Basra, Iraq in 2003 and counter insurgency operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (countrybookshelf.com)
  • The details of the event remain unclear, but it appears that the incident in Basra is an example of the tension in Iraq between military officials who have sworn to serve the Iraqi government and the American-led coalition and militiamen loyal to Shiite clerics, who were unwilling to see the British soldiers' actions go unpunished. (salon.com)
  • Last week, 11 U.S. service members were flown from Iraq to U.S. medical facilities in Germany and Kuwait for further evaluation of concussion-like symptoms. (foxnews.com)
  • In 1990, Iraq attempted to annex Kuwait, but was chased back by a US-led military operation. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait led to international sanctions against the country, which hit the population hard. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the start of the Second Gulf War induced a stream of various countermeasures against Iraq, one of the principal being different forms of economic sanctions. (lu.se)
  • Iraq had just started to emerge from the Second Gulf War and the subsequent fall of Saddam Hussein. (undervalued-shares.com)
  • They know that their country is no longer the property of the bloodthirsty authority of Saddam Hussein. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Hence the war to depose Saddam Hussein and liberate Iraq from a brutal dictator. (ips-dc.org)
  • In 2003, the Saddam Hussein regime was overthrown as a result of a US-led invasion of the country. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • While during the rule of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, the performance of the Arab'in walk was highly restricted and could often only be performed in secret, after his fall in 2003 the Arba'in walk has turned to a global event attracting Twelver Shia pilgrims from across the world. (lu.se)
  • Iraq's opposition movements and parties in exile, as well as the Kurdish political parties that operate in the north of the country beyond Baghdad's control, maintain web sites. (hrw.org)
  • South African-based Erinys International (AC Vol 45 No 4) and its affiliate Erinys Iraq have secured the renewal of their US$50 million contract, awarded by Iraq's Coalition Provis. (africa-confidential.com)
  • Do not travel to Iraq due to terrorism, kidnapping, armed conflict, civil unrest, and Mission Iraq's limited capacity to provide support to U.S. citizens. (state.gov)
  • Should US call Iraq's bluff and pull troops out of country? (foxnews.com)
  • Development Fund for Iraq Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund United States foreign aid USAID Assistance for Iraq Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mohammedi is one of about 200 Iraqi refugees living in a lawless swath of desert between the borders of Jordan and Iraq. (go.com)
  • The refugees are stuck there because Jordan won't let them into the country. (go.com)
  • Only one road leads directly into the camp from Jordan and runs through to Iraq. (go.com)
  • In January 2005, about 190 of these Kurds decided to leave Iraq for Jordan. (go.com)
  • 78. Josh Friedman, a reporter for the Long Island, New York-based Newsday , told Human Rights Watch that when he and two other foreign journalists entered Iraq by land from Jordan in December 1998, Iraqi customs agents asked each one if he was carrying modems or satellite phones. (hrw.org)
  • At first, the extremist group Jabhat Al Nusra seemed predominant, but then it was superseded by ISIS/ISIL entering the fray from Iraq where this organization had previously been known as Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (killed by the Americans in 2006). (rt.com)
  • Most of the brutal slayings are attributed to al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), which remains distressingly effective despite losing three-fourths of its top leadership over the past year. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has stated that it will impose prison sentences of up to ten years on individuals who illegally cross the Iraq-Syria border. (state.gov)
  • Nour, a 16 year-old-girl from Siba Sheikh Khidir who gave birth to a baby daughter during nearly two years in IS captivity, was moved at least six times between several locations in Syria and Iraq including Tal A'far, Mosul, Aleppo and Raqqa. (amnesty.org)
  • About 1,100 of those Iranian Kurds fled Iraq right away. (go.com)
  • The minority Kurds in the north of the country have now effectively achieved autonomy. (rt.com)
  • The Kurds make up up to a quarter of the population and have autonomy in northern Iraq. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • Second, you have expressed a deep concern about the situation inside Iraq and called for urgent action by the Iraqi Government and all relevant parties in order to find a durable solution based on national reconciliation. (unhcr.org)
  • The Government of Iraq, through its Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA), may accord guardianship of an Iraqi child of the Islamic faith to a member of the child's extended family or a family friend, provided that the guardian is an Iraqi national of the Islamic faith and the child will be cared for in Iraq. (state.gov)
  • Any analysis of the Iraqi stock market needs to take into consideration just how underdeveloped the country is. (undervalued-shares.com)
  • American officials similarly had their hopes raised when Iraqi state television reported last week that airstrikes in northern Iraq had killed or severely wounded Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of Islamic State. (latimes.com)
  • That month, the Iraqi Oil Ministry held the second auction for several petroleum fields across the country. (blogspot.com)
  • Considering the UN's warning of genocide and ethnic cleansing against minorities in Iraq, FIDH calls upon the UN Human Rights Council to immediately convene a special session in view of adopting a resolution condemning the abuses committed and urging the international community and the Iraqi government to act immediately to ensure the protection of all religious minorities at risk in Iraq. (fidh.org)
  • The Observatory urges the Iraqi authorities to put an immediate end to all acts of harassment, including at the judicial level, against Dr al-Bayati and all human rights defenders in the country. (fidh.org)
  • The most commonly used abbreviations about Iraq are IQ which stands for Iraq and IQD which means Iraqi dinar (Iraq currency). (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • This image depicted Iraqi Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) graduate, Wisaam Altaai, as he was in the process of completing a health assessment visit at a displacement camp in Diyala, Iraq. (cdc.gov)
  • English version published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Iraq, 1987-10-07, Vol. 30, No. 40, p. 2-3. (ilo.org)
  • And they refuse to move to an alternative camp in Iraq that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has offered. (go.com)
  • In February 2022, Kehlenbrink and colleagues published findings from a survey of 83 humanitarian crises areas in 27 countries in 2018 conducted by a consortium including the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Rescue Committee, Doctors Without Borders, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. (medscape.com)
  • However, the country struggled following last year's collapse in oil prices. (businessinsider.com)
  • Many countries used last year's SPRP as the basis for their national response, adapting and applying it to their own context. (bvsalud.org)
  • First, you have analyzed extensively the humanitarian consequences of the security situation in Iraq, including the sectarian violence and conflict, drawing attention to the scale and complexity of the situation. (unhcr.org)
  • At the time of the invasion, many critical voices were heard declaring that the US intervention would spell the end of Iraq and the beginning of sectarian violence leading to a veritable civil war. (rt.com)
  • The SPH Portal provides a comprehensive one-stop platform for partners and donors to identify gaps in a country's health security capacities, assess opportunities to target their financial and technical resources for the maximum public health benefit, and explore mechanisms for collaboration with countries. (who.int)
  • Acknowledging these challenges, of Iraq has made efforts to enhance the country's investment protection environment and create a more conducive investment climate. (worldbank.org)
  • As pro-Iranian militia power spreads in Iraq, Lebanon, and other locales, international actors must exercise ever-greater caution to understand the links between government agencies, militias, and known rights violators. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • The UN Security Council (UNSC) should rapidly take new action to protect the Yazidis community in Nothern Iraq from further abuses by the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) and affiliated terrorist groups and prevent further advancement of the so-called "Islamic State" into Iraq but also into other neighbouring countries such as Syria and Lebanon. (fidh.org)
  • Researchers from t he organization interviewed 18 women and girls abducted by IS, during a visit to the semi-autonomous Kurdish Region of Iraq in August 2016. (amnesty.org)
  • This video shows the heads of both these states reading the same exact statement - word for word - supporting the invasion of Iraq. (checktheevidence.com)
  • Ever since the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the territorial and political integrity of the country has been compromised. (rt.com)
  • Irish Guardsmen have been involved in all aspects of the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq - from in Kabul in 2001, through the invasion of Iraq in 2003 to the eventual withdrawal in 2009, and the campaign in Helmand from 2006 to 2014. (countrybookshelf.com)
  • I shall now attempt to sum up the main findings and recommendations of this conference focusing on the humanitarian needs of refugees and internally displaced persons inside Iraq and in neighbouring countries. (unhcr.org)
  • You have underlined the urgency of meeting the humanitarian needs of some 1.9 million internally displaced persons inside Iraq and 2 million refugees abroad, especially of women and children, confirming international recognition of the gravity of the situation. (unhcr.org)
  • The Government recognized the urgent humanitarian needs of internally displaced persons and refugees inside Iraq, such as for protection, defence of legal rights and shelter, and undertook to mitigate the burden on host communities. (unhcr.org)
  • The case of international sanctions enacted against Iraq between the years 1990 and 2003 will be the focal point of this analysis where the difficulties of implementing sanctions against an autocrat will be highlighted. (lu.se)
  • Iraq 1952-1990 and U.S. Regional Interest. (lu.se)
  • The oil price collapsed to USD 40 and an Islamist militant group, ISIS, invaded and occupied a third of the country. (undervalued-shares.com)
  • The recent advance made by ISIS/ISIL has turned this predominantly Shi'ite country into the second battleground of a kind of Islamic Cold War . (rt.com)
  • The Country programme document for Iraq (2020-2024) outlines UNDP contributions to national results and serves as the primary unit of accountability to the Executive Board for results alignment and resources assigned to the programme at country level. (undp.org)
  • Petroleum accounts for over half of Kuwait's GDP, and the country plans to increase oil production to 4 million barrels a day by 2020. (businessinsider.com)
  • During 2012-2020, self-reported current tobacco use remained unchanged between survey waves in more than 60% of the countries that implemented the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, while e-cigarette use increased in most of the countries with comparison data. (cdc.gov)
  • Iraq had been on edge since a parliamentary election was held eleven months prior, paralyzed by political deadlock between rival Shia parties, the threat of clashes between their military wings hanging in the air. (hnn.us)
  • On January 10, the pro-Hezbollah Lebanese daily al-Akhbar published an article titled "The Problem of the Relationship with America: A Government of Resistance or Appeasement," focusing on the relationship between Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's government in Iraq and the Biden administration in Washington. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • So, there are two broad camps on the Shia [side] of Iraq, one led by Muqtada al-Sadr, who got 73 seats in the most recent elections, and he gave it up, actually decided to give it up a few months ago. (usip.org)
  • Shiites had the most positive views with 59% saying the country was going in the right direction, and 31% saying the wrong, while only 7% of Yazidis thought Iraq was heading the right way. (blogspot.com)
  • The lands that are now united in the state of Iraq do not harbor a homogeneous population, the majority of Iraqis are Shi'ites (around 65%), with a sizeable Sunni minority (around 32%) and all but negligible and ever-dwindling Christian remnants (around 3%), in addition to various ethnic sub-groups as well (such as the Assyrians and the Turcoman groups). (rt.com)
  • Originally, Zarqawi's goal had been to establish a "Caliphate" in Iraq, and in its new guise, his successor Baghdadi employs his armed groups to establish an "Islamic state" (which on a semantic level is basically synonymous with the term caliphate) in the lands of Mesopotamia and the Levant. (rt.com)
  • The intelligence gap reflects far broader problems for the expanding U.S.-led air war against the heavily armed Islamic State fighters and others considered terrorists who have captured large parts of Syria and Iraq. (latimes.com)
  • U.S. counter-terrorism officials have identified about a dozen Americans fighting with militants in Syria or Iraq, for example, including some who have joined Islamic State. (latimes.com)
  • Similarly, at the beginning of the Iraq War, news which published on American media products such as newspaper or magazines are mostly about America's standpoint in this war. (educationindex.com)
  • Another survey funded by ABC, BBC, and NHK news in March 2009 found that 58% thought the country was doing good . (blogspot.com)
  • The news coming out of Iraq is not promising. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • But you cannot understand the situation of the new Iraq simply by following the news. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • And news of a car bomb that kills a person makes for more compelling television than the construction of a university in a stable region of the country. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Salon editorial fellow Aaron Kinney checks in with a summary of recent news from Iraq. (salon.com)
  • In the mountainous regions northeast of the country there may be snow in winter, but otherwise the average temperature is 35 degrees in the middle of summer. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • Canonical Correlation Analyses (CCAs) are performed in order to identify potential links between Iraq climate and the atmospheric circulation over these two regions. (doaj.org)
  • Regression maps of 200 hPa and 500 hPa geopotential height and sea level pressure fields on the time series derived through CCAs are constructed in order to infer the physical mechanisms connecting the North Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions with Iraq climate. (doaj.org)
  • After all, his was a well-trained elite unit entrusted with the lives of the prime minister, visiting heads of state and even Pope Francis when he came to Iraq in 2021 in what now seemed a distant moment of peace and unity. (hnn.us)
  • The 2021 SPRP outlines how WHO will support countries in meeting their objectives and the resources we need to do it. (bvsalud.org)
  • According to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, Iraq has an estimated range of 250,000 to 1 million missing persons since 1968, making it one of the countries with the highest number of missing persons worldwide. (amnesty.org)
  • Until the Arab Nationalist Baath Party took power in 1968, the country went through a turbulent period with several coups. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • As a result, the Kurdish minority in northern Iraq gained considerable autonomy, after suffering extreme repression in the previous years. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • So, I mean, I think, you know, we've all been so consumed with what was happening in Afghanistan and Ukraine and elsewhere, we really took our eye off Iraq, which is in a terrible situation politically. (usip.org)
  • Increasing participation of men and women in previously gender-segregated fields (Sarkar, 2002), the aging work force (National Research Council, 2012) and the integration of 2.4 million soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2011 (Waterstone, 2010) are just a few characteristics of the emerging diverse work place. (cdc.gov)
  • Africa's hopes of fairer trade, debt relief and more help to tackle the AIDS pandemic are being thwarted by deepening divisions between rich countries over the Iraq war. (africa-confidential.com)
  • In light of the protracted nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries may wish to conduct periodic reviews during the event so they can continue to reflect on the ongoing response and revise national and subnational response strategies and plans as needed. (who.int)
  • Iraq is a member of the League of Arab States (Arab League). (msu.edu)
  • Read the country information page for additional information on travel to Iraq. (state.gov)
  • Last year, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization declared that Iraq still possesses a "unique religious and ethnic diversity" . (rt.com)
  • Low- and middle-income countries might consider adopting, implementing, and enforcing comprehensive tobacco control policies, such as those outlined in the World Health Organization MPOWER package, to reduce the availability and accessibility of tobacco products among youth. (cdc.gov)
  • The soldiers put their U.S.-supplied M16s in storage and stood in the streets like scarecrows in a corn field, their military uniforms a mere mirage of the state Iraq had become since 2003, with institutions hollowed out by two decades of corruption, incompetence, and poor leadership. (hnn.us)
  • The lands of Mesopotamia, united in the shape of a state known as Iraq since 1920, now seem to be on the brink of collapse. (rt.com)
  • After many years of fighting opposition forces, troop surges, inter-communal violence, and financial support given to Sunni tribal militias, known as Sahwa, to fight Sunni terrorist employing the name Al-Qaeda, the state of Iraq re-emerged again on the international scene. (rt.com)
  • Even though Bremmer's order had seemed to usher in the dissolution of the state of Iraq, in the end, the US proved able to hold the country together. (rt.com)
  • As part of his mandate under the IHCHR, Dr al-Bayati documented human rights violations by the State and non-state actors, and was often the sole source of crucial information regarding human rights issues in the country. (fidh.org)
  • Iraq as a state was first formed when Britain took control of the area after the First World War. (abbreviationfinder.org)
  • The newly formed republic went from being a Western friendly state and key regional partner in the U.S., Twin Pillar system to a hostile country which detested the international community and the West in particular. (lu.se)
  • The war drained the resources of both countries towards the point of bankruptcy, and for Iraq the immense foreign debt accumulated over the years to fund the conflict left the state in a deplorable financial situation at the end of hostilities. (lu.se)
  • Professional frontier investors ploughed money into the few available stocks, foreign corporations funnelled direct investment into the country, and there was an atmosphere of departure from the old, troubled times. (undervalued-shares.com)
  • In the free atmosphere, the connection with Iraq temperature is provided by Rossby waves, while the winter precipitation is linked to a more zonal structure. (doaj.org)
  • During World War I with its use as a chemical warfare agent, sulfur mustard was released directly to the atmosphere in countries outside the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • In order to end the reign of impunity in Iraq, the government must make the findings of the investigative committee public, ensure that any information on the fate or whereabouts of the missing men and boys is disclosed to their families, and that evidence is shared with judicial authorities so that perpetrators can be brought to justice in fair trials without recourse to the death penalty. (amnesty.org)
  • In June, the International Republican Institute did its own poll , which found 59% of respondents thought Iraq was going in the wrong direction, and in an earlier December 2009 poll 51% felt that way . (blogspot.com)
  • Anti-U.S. militias threaten U.S. citizens and international companies throughout Iraq. (state.gov)
  • and other valuable articles are prohibited in Priority Mail Express International shipments to Iraq. (usps.com)
  • As we Iraqis are trying to rebuild our country, an unholy alliance of international terrorists, Baathists, and fundamentalists are aiming to divide Iraq and send it back to the dark ages. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • U.S. citizens should not travel through Iraq to engage in armed conflict in Syria, where they would face extreme personal risks (kidnapping, injury, or death) and legal risks (arrest, fines, and expulsion). (state.gov)
  • The FETP trains workers on the ground to help countries build sustainable capacity for detecting and responding to health threats. (cdc.gov)
  • Foreign aid to Iraq has increased to handle reconstruction efforts. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some US$20 billion of U.S. 2004 appropriations for Iraq were earmarked for reconstruction. (wikipedia.org)
  • Will foreign investment restore reconstruction in Iraq and reflect on economic development? (forumotion.com)
  • The Sabeans, who are followers of John the Baptist, were the only minority group who thought Iraq was doing well. (blogspot.com)
  • Statoil officials said that they were more interested in investing in Norway and the United States, than Iraq. (blogspot.com)
  • Additional U.S. troops have been flown out of Iraq for closer evaluation of potential concussion injuries from the Iranian missile attack of Jan. 8, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday. (foxnews.com)
  • although, prior to this transition, Iraq was portrayed to be governed by a dictatorship style regime. (educationindex.com)
  • When you set out to rebuild a country after decades of dictatorship and seemingly never-ending wars, launching a stock market is a highly symbolic move. (undervalued-shares.com)
  • He suggested that but for these foreign obstacles, the government of Iraq would be pursuing a pro-Internet policy. (hrw.org)
  • If the Norwegians went ahead with this, it would be the second time a foreign energy company pulled out of Iraq. (blogspot.com)
  • Through these activities and more, this grant aims to help facilitate the retention of private and foreign direct investments in Iraq and help create jobs and increase employability. (worldbank.org)
  • On Wednesday Ghana became the first country outside India to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility and the factory in India, the Serum Institute. (bvsalud.org)
  • Since 1995, the Security Council has allowed Iraq to export oil and use the proceeds to purchase humanitarian supplies, the selection and distribution of which is under U.N. supervision. (hrw.org)
  • Most children with diabetes and their mothers left Ukraine for neighboring countries such as Romania and Estonia, where they have been able to access supplies for the most part. (medscape.com)
  • 77. Letter to Human Rights Watch from Nizar Hamdoon, the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations, June 1, 1998. (hrw.org)
  • Iraq is now a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. (educationindex.com)
  • Iraq today has an elected and representative government that came about after a landmark election in which 12 million out of 15 million eligible voters from all segments of society participated. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • In doing so, we must rely on the will of the majority of Iraqis who have benefited from liberation and have a sense of ownership of the new Iraq. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The moment the Iraqis figured out that the U.S. administration really was going to try to re-invent, not re-discover, Iraq is the moment that U.S. forces went from liberators to occupiers. (ips-dc.org)
  • There were additional attacks against police in Kut during the tragic Aug. 25 coordinated deadly attacks across the country. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Review the Country Security Report for Iraq. (state.gov)
  • While Iraq received a failing grade for progress on an oil revenue sharing law, "significant oil revenues are being distributed by the central government to the provinces in an equitable manner," the report states. (govexec.com)
  • Religious associations from Iraq and other countries provide this service for pilgrims, mostly preparing food on site. (lu.se)
  • The National Islamic Front government aims to persuade the West it holds the smoking gun on Iraq, we hear. (africa-confidential.com)
  • Iraq was being run by a caretaker government headed by then-prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. (hnn.us)
  • In an emergency, consular services to U.S. citizens in Iraq are limited due to severe restrictions on the movements of U.S. government personnel. (state.gov)
  • Noting that Sudani's government is a " muqawama government," he declared, "The muqawama has come to represent the official view of Iraq, and it is the one running affairs today" (Figure 2). (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Iraq has a mixed economic system which includes some private freedom, combined with weak centralized economic planning and government regulation. (msu.edu)
  • However all of this plays out -- a good first step, in the case of the missing billions, would be for the American media to start reporting on it -- these incidents serve as yet another reminder that the situation in Iraq is tenuous and complex, and requires the kind of hands-on and nuanced approach from the U.S. government that President Bush hasn't found the time to provide. (salon.com)