Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

RFE/RL Iraq Report 3/23/2011 9:07:30 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iraq

 

More Iraqi Deputies Criticize Kurdish Peshmerga Deployment Arab and Turkoman politicians in Iraq say the deployment of Kurdish Peshmerga forces to the disputed Kirkuk region is aggravating ethnic tensions in the oil-rich province. More   Music And Muslims: The Cat Stevens Effect More and more singers in Muslim countries are abandoning their art to adopt a more pious form of Islam. Such career changes have heightened the debate over Islam's relationship to music and the direction the world's fastest-growing religion is heading. More   Iraqi Legislators, Criticized For Inaction, Eye Shorter Spring Break Iden Akso, an adviser to the speaker of parliament, says that a resolution is in the pipeline to halve the parliament's spring break -- currently from mid-April to mid-June -- to one month in order to expedite the lawmaking process and make up for lost time "as the people are simply fed up." More   Iraq Tackles Electricity Shortages The Iraqi government says it will boost power capacity by more than one-third by the summer and will fully meet consumer demands for electricity in three years. More   Journalists Angered Over Basra Assault The Iraqi journalists' syndicate has taken the unprecedented step of filing charges against an Interior Ministry security unit and its commander for an assault on journalists who were covering a protest. More   Caldwell Continued: The Rebuttal More   Iraqi In Hot Water Over 'Donkey' Remark Iraqi teachers and local officials are up in arms over a derogatory comment by a senior education ministry official describing members of the teaching community as mostly jackasses. More   Iraqi Sportswomen Bemoan Conservative Strictures Female students at Iraqi colleges of physical education are frustrated they cannot put what they learn to practical use due to the conservative values in the society. More   Iraqi Bank Official Predicts Economic Growth An Iraqi Central Bank official says per capita income in the country is projected to more than double within the next four years as a result of a sharp increase in Iraq's oil output and higher market prices for oil. More