Mike PouraryanIraq In Brief
February 9th 2012 09:18
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What now?
One of the original inspirations for my drive to launch "Outsiders" was the War in Iraq. Iraq is not much in the World headlines becuase the World has somehow moved on. But the people of Iraq continue to suffer the continued aftermath of the war.
Yesterday's front page story in the New York Times reported on plans by the U.S. State Department to cut US Embassy Staff due to the declining influence that the U.S. now has as troops left the country. This is an Embassy that the US spent billions to built that was slated to be the biggest around the World. Some 16,000 staffers were slated to staff it. The New York Times report noted the staff is largely confined to the Embassy and cannot get any effective work done. The daily struggle of the people to deal with the continued challenges remains ever more.
Iraq is also a Country in name only. The Kurds are a country onto themselves. Barzani is continuing to build up the elements of an indepndent Kurdish State. I find it extremely disturbing how Exxon Mobil has been making deals with the so-called Kurdish Regional Government to explore Oil in the region. The Kurds are also busy pushing a remake and expansion of the existing Kurdish Region at the expense of the Arabs.
Whatever Maliki says, the Central Government in Baghdad has no sway over the Kurds. This truly was brought to bear when Maliki sought to have the Vice President Tariq Al Hashemi detained on Terrorism Charges. Hashemi fled to Kurdistan where he is still at under the protection of the President of Kurdistan, Barzani. If the Government was actually in charge, they could arrest Hashemi right away. Although I am certain that the charges are probably false and are in line with Maliki's effort to sideline his opponents, this shows the underlying weakeness and non-existence of Government Control.
The Tragedy that is Iraq is yet to play itself out.
Yesterday's front page story in the New York Times reported on plans by the U.S. State Department to cut US Embassy Staff due to the declining influence that the U.S. now has as troops left the country. This is an Embassy that the US spent billions to built that was slated to be the biggest around the World. Some 16,000 staffers were slated to staff it. The New York Times report noted the staff is largely confined to the Embassy and cannot get any effective work done. The daily struggle of the people to deal with the continued challenges remains ever more.
Iraq is also a Country in name only. The Kurds are a country onto themselves. Barzani is continuing to build up the elements of an indepndent Kurdish State. I find it extremely disturbing how Exxon Mobil has been making deals with the so-called Kurdish Regional Government to explore Oil in the region. The Kurds are also busy pushing a remake and expansion of the existing Kurdish Region at the expense of the Arabs.
Whatever Maliki says, the Central Government in Baghdad has no sway over the Kurds. This truly was brought to bear when Maliki sought to have the Vice President Tariq Al Hashemi detained on Terrorism Charges. Hashemi fled to Kurdistan where he is still at under the protection of the President of Kurdistan, Barzani. If the Government was actually in charge, they could arrest Hashemi right away. Although I am certain that the charges are probably false and are in line with Maliki's effort to sideline his opponents, this shows the underlying weakeness and non-existence of Government Control.
The Tragedy that is Iraq is yet to play itself out.
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