Iraq Parliment

Iraq Government Seeks To Limit US Role In Country

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home


John McCain and George W. Bush argue that maintaining high levels of U.S. troops in Iraq is essential for the security of Iraq, the region, the world,...

Iraqi Infighting Stalls 2008 Budget In Parliment

Reuters | Aseel Kami and Waleed Ibrahim | Posted 01.22.2008 | Home


Iraqi lawmakers have refused to pass the 2008 budget because of rows over allocations, including how much money to give the autonomous Kurdistan regio...

Iraq National Security Advisor: The "Government Is At A Stalemate"

Washington Post | Mowaffak al-Rubaie | Posted 01.18.2008 | Home


Iraq's government is at a stalemate. As in the United States, there is much discussion here of the need for political reconciliation. What does that m...

New Iraq Legislation Might Further Exclude Baathists

NY Times | Solomon Moore | Posted 01.14.2008 | Home


A day after the Iraqi Parliament passed legislation billed as the first significant political step forward in Iraq after months of deadlock, there wer...

Maliki, Bush Trample Iraq's Democracy

Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 12.21.2007 | Home


Robert Dreyfuss

By riding roughshod over parliament, Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki are teaching Iraqis that they have no respect at all for democracy and the rule of law.

Iraq Parliament Takes Another Month Off

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 12.06.2007 | Home


Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday for the rest of the month to mark the Muslim religious season -- the end of much-delayed e...

Iraqi Lawmakers Walk Out to Protest 'Humiliating' Green Zone Treatment

Los Angeles Times | Ann M. Simmons | Posted 11.29.2007 | Home


Dozens of Iraqi lawmakers walked out of parliament Wednesday to protest what they view as overly aggressive and humiliating treatment by U.S. soldiers...