IRAQ: Baghdad press speculates about Obama
Iraq’s newspapers speculated today on what President-elect Barack Obama means for Iraq’s future. Here is an article from Azzaman, an independent newspaper, and an editorial from Mutamar, the paper that belongs to Ahmed Chalabi, the secular politician who prodded America to invade Iraq.
Azzaman wrote:
When … the new elected president arrives at the White House, he will be looking to Iraq and Afghanistan, which of Iraq's issues will attract the new president attention? Let's count some of them according to the experts’ and the devastated Iraqi people’s point of view:
- Security agreement
- Iraq's oil
- U.S. forces…
- Iranian influence …
- War’s cost…
- Federalism
- Turkey’s inclination to eliminate the PKK in the north of Iraq
- Minority rights
- Military capability
- Oppressing Christians and displacing them from Mosul
- Corruption and stealing billions of dollars during the new era …
- Insurgency, violence, terrorism
- Awakenings (Iraqi Sunni groups fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq)
- Iraq-Israel relations … ·
- Ration cards
- Iraq's children’s health …
- The absent electricity
- Cholera …
- Polluted water
- The militias which are returning …
- The local political lies to justify internal wars against specific cities
- Big lies which justified the war against Iraq
An Al Mutamar headline and article reads, "Obama’s wining will change the relations between America and Iraq":
Obama’s winning should be utilized for Iraq's interests. For that the Iraqi government has to make immediate contact with Obama’s team for foreign affairs and American national security. It is necessary to immediately send a senior Iraqi delegation to negotiate with Obama's team over their positions and to propose accepted solutions for the both sides, especially, regarding the legal situation of the American troops. Iraq’s prime minister has succeeded in postponing the signing of a security agreement until after the American election which will open the door for Iraq to achieve its goals: to enhance Iraq's sovereignty, to protect the Iraqis and to maintain good relations with the neighboring countries. ...
From now on we will deal with the new administration which wants to reduce the American military existence in Iraq as one of its goals; while before we were dealing with an administration whose goals included extending their presence, also Obama announced that he will start negotiations with Iran and that will reduce the tension between Iran and America which will reflect positively on the Iraqi arena. This means that Iraqi-American arena will witness a change.
-- Times staff writers in Baghdad
Photo: The daily al-Mutamar asks, "What have you got in your bag, Mr. Obama?" Credit: Baghdad bureau
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The Jaff people organization responds to Mr. Masuoud Barzani article in WSJ
“The Kurdistan Is a Model for Iraq by Mr. Masuoud Barzani the President
of the Kurdistan regional in Iraq” article in theWall Street Journal/Opinion
Journal below:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122645258001119425.html
We are one fourth of the population in Iraqi Kurdistan under the rule and
iron fist of Mr. Talabani and Mr. Barzani. We are suffering and so the rest
of the Kurdish population because of his policy. His Government are very
corrupt Government both leaders family are involved in the corruption.
The Kurdish people are suffering because of the Iraqi Arab policy since the creation of Iraq by the British Empire in 1921. The Government of
Mr. Barzani and Mr. Talabani come out to be much harsher than the Iraqi
Government of Saddam Hussein. The man is an artist of misinformation.
We appreciate the US Government and American people for Iraq liberation
And especially our Kurdish people.
We are demanding that the new Government of the President elect Obama
Save us from wolf Barzani and Talabani. If you want to protect the Kurdish population Please put us under the UN mandate and let our people to have
free election without intimidation of Barzani and Talabani mafia military
forces.
The Bush administrations give us to the butcher in Kurdistan our children
Running to Europe for survival. This two man are the killer of the Kurdish population. We asked the USA for help but they did not help us at all.
We hope that the new US Government will protect us and enforce free
election and rule of law so we can liberate our people from the twin evil of Kurdistan. We are pleading with you Mr. President Obama to not be fooled
by Barzani and Talabani mafia.
The Kurds are thankful to the USA people and its Government but we do not
Appreciate ignoring us for Barzani and Talabani regimes.
Posted by: Jaff Sassani | November 12, 2008 at 09:24 AM
I am wondering...are some of these articles placed by American contractors like The Lincoln Group?
Posted by: Russell | November 08, 2008 at 09:59 AM
Iraq says it wants to deal with Obama right now? Interesting! The Bush Administration still has 2 1/2 months in office!! If I were Obama I would stay out of anything to do with Policymaking until he takes the OATH OF OFFICE!
Posted by: Bethurum | November 07, 2008 at 08:34 AM
Iraqi President: No Change On Iraq Expected From Obama
• Al_Quds Al-Arabi
• 07/11/2008 00:00:00
An announcement from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stated that the election of Barack Obama as president of the U.S. would not lead to change in U.S. policy in Iraq.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that Obama had announced to the Iraqis that he would not hasten to withdraw U.S. forces from the country.
However, Sadrist leader Muqtada Al-Sadr called on Obama to comply with the demands of both peoples and to remove U.S. forces from Iraq.
Source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi
• Al_Quds Al-Arabi
• 07/11/2008 00:00:00
Jaff Sassani people point of view
The Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari (Uncle and partner of the corruption with Mr Masued Barzani – The President of the KRG), this statement are in direct opposite of what President elect Obama run for in the USA. President Obama promised the American people that he will withdraw from Iraq in 16 month.
Not surprising that people like Mr. Talabani and Mr. Barzani will love to see the American forces will stay in Iraq to serve them and their corrupt business of taking the Kurdistan people budget for themselves and deposit that money in front of the eye of President Bush administration in the Banks of America and Europe.
The Bush administration was the donation from the God to be milked by the people like Mr. Barzani and Mr. Talabani they did used American forces in Iraq very well for their own dirty interest. Why not? We are sure any individual or country get free service like that they will use it because it is free.
We hope that the new administration of American Government under Mr. Obama will understand that people like Mr. Barzani, Mr. Talabani, Mr. Chalabi, Mr. Alawi, and Shitte, Sunii leadership especially Mr. Nori Malakai will like their free service for many hundred years to come. Spending ten billion dollars a month in Iraq getting yang American people to get killed for protecting lot of corrupt Iraqi politician is not that bad for the people above.
The Iraqi politician used the Bush administration in the expense of the Iraqi and American people and Mr. Jon McCain did not understand the loss that is why American people did not elected him. But they did elect Mr. Obama because he did understand the American pain.
Let hope that the elected President Obama won’t get derailed by the special interest and corrupt people whom they make money on the expense of American blood and it’s wealth.
Posted by: Jaff Sassani | November 07, 2008 at 08:11 AM