 RFE/RL Iraq Report 10/13/2009 3:49:57 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iraq |
 Iraqi Kurds Halt Oil Exports In Dispute With Baghdad Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish region has stopped exporting oil in a dispute with Baghdad. The regional government says that it will contribute no more oil to the Iraqi government's oil-export program until disagreements are resolved over who is responsible for paying foreign oil companies operating in the Kurdish region. More  Iraqi Parliament Debates Open-List Electoral System A member of the Iraqi parliament's legal committee says legislative approval of a new election law is being delayed by controversy over whether to adopt a closed- or open-list system in next year's elections, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports. More Iraq's top anticorruption official says only about one-third of Iraqi lawmakers have disclosed their financial assets as required, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports. More  Iraqi Election Commission Urges Vote Law's Approval Iraq's top election official has urged legislators of all parties to ratify a new electoral law in order to accelerate preparations for January national elections, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports. More  Drought, Dams Force Iraqi Farmers To Abandon Crops Local Iraqi officials say hundreds of families have left their villages in the northeastern province of Diyala in recent weeks after drought and low river levels from Iran turned their agricultural fields into a wasteland, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports. More An Iraqi politician says that Baghdad's efforts to create a tribunal to investigate terrorist attacks in the country are being stymied by the United States, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports. More  Iraqi School Year Begins With Classroom Shortages Iraqi Education Ministry officials say dilapidated schools, overcrowded classrooms, and a lack of funds are the major challenges as the school year started for millions of children on September 27, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports. More  Iraqi Refugees, Displaced Persons Slow To Return Home An Iraqi parliament deputy says only a small number of the Iraqis who fled their homes because of violence have returned since the security situation improved over the past year, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports More  Refugees Hide As Makeshift Camps Get Bulldozed France plans to close makeshift camps housing hundreds of illegal migrants. The crackdown follows the bulldozing of a similar refugee camp in Greece. Rights activists say hundreds of refugees will now be forced to go into hiding or face jail and deportation. More  Iraq Tussles With Neighbors Over Water Drought-stricken Iraq has accused Turkey, Syria, and Iran of taking too much water from the country's main rivers and their tributaries, leaving its hydropower production and agriculture high and dry. More |
