Month: December 2009

Ranj Alaaldin examines Iranian interference in Iraq and the allegations in the Guardian about its role in the kidnapping of Peter Moore and his sadly murdered guards.

Ranj Alaaldin examines the Iranian incursion into Iraq.

See this interesting report of a meeting to discuss the position of Christians in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.

See here for details of the FCO Forum on Human Rights in Iraq which took place this week and was attended by LFIQ.

With parliamentary elections approaching, Iraqi women are looking for ways to ensure that their voices and concerns are not excluded from the political debate. For the past several years, the ability of Iraqi women to contribute to policy debates has been constrained by security concerns, political instability and corruption. Though Iraqi women are slowly increasing their involvement in government, political parties and civil society organizations, they are still largely absent from decision-making positions within those bodies. The National Democratic Institute examines the issue.