Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

RFE/RL Iraq Report 3/2/2011 9:29:09 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iraq

 

Iraq PM Tells Ministers To Improve Iraq's prime minister says he is giving ministers 100 days to improve, after thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding better public services. More   Iraqi 'Day Of Rage' Turns Deadly Reports say at least five protesters have died in clashes with Iraqi police as thousands of people protest against the government in many cities across the country in a "Day of Rage." More   Iran’s Intelligence Minister Announces Arrests Iran’s intelligence minister, Heydar Moslehi, told state television Iran had arrested an individual who was armed and on a mission to kill during last week’s antigovernment protests. He also said an individual with ties to the CIA was arrested February 14 after what he described as a period of surveillance. More   Iraqi PM Warns People To Avoid 'Day of Rage' Thousands of Iraqis are planning to take to the streets on February 25 for their own "day of rage" to express their discontent with the country's fledgling democracy, following weeks of small protests that have been met with violence by government officials. More   Iraqi Officials Deny Hijab At College Female students at Baghdad University are complaining that attempts are being made by college administrations to introduce the hijab as part of a compulsory uniform. More   Iraqi Kurds Fire On Protesters Kurdish security forces today reportedly opened fire on a crowd of protesters calling for political reforms in northern Iraq, killing at least two people. More   Gates: Iraq Needs U.S. Presence U.S. lawmakers have been warned by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that Iraq is not ready to provide security on its own after the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. soldiers at the end of this year. More   Defector Lied Over Iraq WMD Claims An Iraqi defector who allegedly convinced U.S. and German intelligence authorities that former leader Saddam Hussein had a secret biological weapons program has admitted that he lied. More   Pentagon: $118 Billion For Two Wars The Pentagon has released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 with a request for almost $118 billion dollars to fund military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. More   World To Valentine's Day: I Love You, I Love You Not Where's the love for Valentine's Day? The holiday, whether it's seen as a licentious love fest or an imperialist cultural tradition imposed by the West, can be controversial -- particularly in some Muslim states. More   Iraq Names Non-Security Ministers The Iraqi parliament has filled three vice-presidential and seven ministerial posts, but did not vote on the country's sensitive security portfolios -- defense, interior, and national security. More   Rumsfeld Dishes, But Harbors Few Second Thoughts, In His New Memoir Ex-President George W. Bush published his own political memoir just a few weeks ago. Now Bush’s former secretary of defense is getting into the act with "Known And Unknown," his new book that recounts a rich political life ranging from his Washington beginnings as a junior congressman all the way up to his role as the guiding hand behind America’s post-9/11 wars in the Middle East. More