Iraq
Kurds Reluctant to Send Troops to Baghdad
Decision to deploy Kurdish troops in Baghdad as part of new security plan is unpopular in the north.
Turkey Supports Iraqi Political Process
Al-Ittihad is published daily by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Confiscations Planned Under Security Plan
Al-Sabah is a daily independent publicly owned newspaper.
Parliament to Approve Ministerial Change
Al-Iraq al-Yoom is a weekly newspaper issued by Isra Shakir.
Clerics Accuse Americans of Killings
Al-Sabah is a daily independent publicly owned newspaper.
Kerbala Trench Planned
Al-Mada is issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media, Culture and Arts.
Holding the Government to Account
Leading academic and writer Kanan Makiya argues that without a leadership ready to move beyond sectarian politics, nothing is possible, least of all the defeat of the insurgency. <i><b><a href="http://www.iwpr.net/archive/igr/igr_000.pdf">Iraqi Governanc
Centre To Help Returning Families
Al-Bayan is issued four times weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party, chaired by Vice-President Ibrahim al-Jafari.