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	Retired US generals and politicians allegedly reaping oil profits from Iraq's Kurdistan ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— A former Kurdish official claims that a group of retired American generals negotiated Iraqi Kurdistan's oil contracts with the knowledge of Kurdistan's US representative. Heyrsh Abdulrahman - who has made the statement - served as deputy of the Kurdistan Regional Government's US representative between 2004 and 2009. In an interview with the local newspaper Hawlati, Abdulrahman says retired American generals and politicians have shares Kurdistan's oil deals. Kurdistan's regional government has so far signed around fifty oil contracts... Read More » Asiacell, Zain, Korek dreams and reality By Benaw Izzat: ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — Bravo! The Iraqi Stock Exchange market capitalization doubled with Asiacell IPO in early February 2013, it now represents $9,8 billion and Asiacell itself has a company value of $ 4,7 billion. On the first day of trading the share jumped 10% while Qatar Telecom used the public offering to raise its stake in Asiacell up to 64%. Since then it quickly came back to the offering price of 22IDQ, Asiacell disappeared from the business news, there is no speculative fever, no articles in the newspapers, no analysis. Where are they all gone? Well it... Read More » Sexual orientation in Iraqi Kurdistan ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — Kurdistan needs to recognize the sexual orientation of everyone. Everyone has the right to whom they want to be. This is the true democracy. In Kurdistan, the word "Sex" to some is even prohibited. If Kurdistan wants democracy it needs to recognize sexual orientation of all its citizens. Not every man will be attracted to a woman and not every woman will be attracted to man. It shouldn't be a crime to be attracted to the same-sex. It shouldn't be a crime to act as the opposite gender. For example, a man dressing in woman clothing. What do you... Read More » Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief. June 9, 2013 The arrival of another group of PKK fighters to the Kurdistan Region. Erbil: News agencies mentioned that another group of PKK fighters arrived to the Kurdistan Region. The Euphrates news agency announced close to the Kurdistan Workers 'Party "that another group from the Kurdistan Workers Party includes 11 fighters arrived on 5/6, from Bhutan province, of northern of Kurdistan to the Kurdistan Region." As the agency pointed, the group included six women and five men, and when they arrival in the areas under the authority of the Kurdistan Workers Party, they were received by celebration by the... Read More » Jews: Redeem Your Honor And Cut Off The Funding By Gerald A. Honigman: It truly pains me to have to say this... Over the years, my economically modest family has contributed many thousands of dollars to Israel. In times of sadness and joy, we have purchased hundreds of trees and made other contributions, as just one of many other examples, to the Jewish National Fund. But the sort of enabling behavior–both on the domestic scene and in Israel itself–described below has to stop. A clear message must be sent. unfortunately, those of us sending the message may be the wrong messengers. Recently, news reports told of... Read More » Iraqi PM Maliki arrives in Erbil, Kurdistan ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki arrived on Sunday morning, to Erbil city to preside over a meeting of the Iraqi Cabinet in the capital of Kurdistan. The President of Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani received al-Maliki in addition to the Head of Kurdistan Regional Government KRG, Nechirvan Barzani and a number of leaders of the Kurdish parties. The ministers of the federal government have arrived before al-Maliki to Erbil in the Iraqi Airways plane, while Maliki took off from Baghdad's airport on board of a special military aircraft. It is scheduled for al-Maliki to... Read More » A New Role for Kurdistan's Barzani By Hiwa Osman: Some bygone conflict between Kurdistan's two ruling parties—The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP)—seems to be resurfacing again. It has already started on social media and it might just as well translate into a full-scale conflict. The symptoms began to show immediately after the 38th anniversary of PUK's foundation. Since then the autonomous region is officially split over the issue of its constitution. The KDP by itself is in one front and its strategic partner as well as the opposition parties in another. One side—PUK and... Read More » Iraq cabinet meets in Kurdistan to defuse tensions ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Iraq's premier led a landmark cabinet meeting in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on Sunday to defuse tensions linked to a multitude of disputes that diplomats warn are among its biggest threats to stability. The long-running rows have provoked sharp exchanges between the two sides, and while no tangible measures were agreed at the meeting, the mere fact that talks took place was seen as a positive sign. Violence meanwhile has been rising to levels not seen since 2008 as the Shiite-led government has struggled to head off months... Read More » Iraqi PM visit to Kurdistan results in joint committees to resolve disputes ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— In the biggest step forward in nearly two years of talks, Baghdad and Erbil agreed Sunday to have joint committees study and advise on solutions to their serious territorial, energy and budget rows. The decision to form the seven joint committees, between the central government in Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), was taken during a visit to Erbil by Iraqi Prime Minster Nuri al-Maliki, who has been trying to soften to the Kurds as he faces a Sunni uprising and spiraling sectarian violence. The committees will work mainly to... Read More »
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