As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground. In the first six months of 2010, for example, there was a 31 percent rise in civilian casualties while
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Lawyers association calls for investigation into hideous murder of Ali al-Hamami
Lawyer and activist Ali al-Hamami (Facebook) By Published date: 9 January 2021 16:14 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago
A senior lawyer and activist was killed in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Friday after unknown assailants broke into his home, according to officials and local media.
A member of the semi-official Iraq High Commission for Human Rights tweeted that Ali al-Hamami had died of suffocation on Friday after a group of men entered his house in the Shatra region of the city.
According to the Dhi Qar Bar Association, Hamami s mouth had been gagged with tape and his house had been robbed.
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The Iraqi parliament in November voted for a budget law despite a Kurdish boycott (Photo: Archive).
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - Iraq’s finance minister Ali Allawi on Saturday announced an agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on the 2021 draft budget bill. However, experts say the Iraqi parliament will make the final decision on the dispute.
The Iraqi finance minister announced the news after extensive negotiations in Baghdad with a KRG delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani.
“The delegation is currently discussing its allocations for the year 2020,” Allawi said in a statement. He added further that the Iraqi parliament might discuss the draft budget next week.
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