 RFE/RL Iraq Report 29.06.2009 A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iraq |
 Despite 'Uptick' In Violence, Stage Set For U.S. Pullback Iraqi police are on the streets in greater numbers and Iraqi soldiers are at the ready as the government prepares to assume full responsibility for security in the country's urban areas starting July 1. As U.S. troops withdraw, however, Baghdad especially has seen a surge in violent attacks. More  Iraqi Lawmakers Concerned By Uptick In Violence Iraqi politicians are blaming the recent spike in violence in the country to a combination of factors including complacency, funding shortages for security, and political in-fighting, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports. More  Iraq Officials Discuss Antinarcotics Plans An official of Iraq’s Health Ministry has warned the country is in danger of transforming from a transit country for narcotics into a drugs-consuming nation, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq reports. More Iraq’s Kurdish regional parliament has approved the autonomous territory’s constitution by an overwhelming majority, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq reports. More  Iraqi Party Seeks Turkoman-Majority Province An official with a party representing Iraq's ethnic Turkic minority has said the predominantly Turkoman district of Talafar in northwestern Iraq should be detached from Nineveh province and declared a province in its own right, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports. More The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is signing millions of dollars of reconstruction contracts with Iraqi businesses owned by women, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq reports, citing the Iraqi official working with the U.S. military to implement the plan. More A U.S. official in Baghdad has urged the Iraqi government to step up efforts to prosecute foreigners convicted of using corruption to secure deals in Iraq, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq reports. More  Some In Kirkuk Fear Kurds Will Replace U.S. Forces Turkoman and Arab politicians in the multiethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk are concerned that Kurdish forces will fill the void after U.S. forces leave, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports. More |
