The Enigmatic Second Battle of Basra

#Iraq parliament has now passed all but 2 articles of new provincial elections law, relating to Kirkuk. Today postponed to Saturday. 2 days ago

#Iraq parliament today passed 46 of 53 articles in new provincial elections law ar.parliament.iq/2017/08/07/%D9… 1 week ago

#Iraq parliament on Tue finally passed around half the revised law for provincial elections, now expected Apr 2018 ar.parliament.iq/2017/08/01/%D9… 2 weeks ago

Meeting with PMU leaders, #Iraq PM Abadi says PMUs are part of govt forces and should not be politicised pmo.iq/press2017/22-7… 4 weeks ago

#Iraq parliament again postpones vote on changes to provincial elections law, now to be considered in Aug ar.parliament.iq/2017/07/20/%D9… 1 month ago

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Posted by Reidar Visser on Wednesday, 26 March 2008 18:54

Is Nuri al-Maliki trying to build an independent power base for himself inside the Iraqi security forces? Full story here.

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