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Topic: Provinces of Iraq

	Provinces of Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
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	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Provinces_of_Iraq.html (321 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ninawa
		Ninawa is a governorate (province) in Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria.
		Basra province, or Al Basrah province, is a province in the nation of Iraq.
		Karbala province, or Al Karbala province, is a province in the nation of Iraq.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ninawa (482 words)

	Al Anbar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anbar is the largest province in Iraq, sharing a border with Syria, Jordan (undefined), and Saudi Arabia.
		This region was the warehouse of the Persian Sassanid troops.
		Anbar, with Ramadi and Fallujah in particular, is known for its inhabitants' strong tribal and religious traditions, with even the regime of former President Saddam Hussein wary of the volatile nature of the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Anbar (179 words)

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		The Ottoman Iraq region consisted of central region of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra and the Northern Kurdish region of Shahrizor to the east of Tigris.
		This geological province is populated by Shiite Arabs and lies to the west and south of Kurdish Zagros fold belt province and south east of Khleisha uplift geological province.
		This geological province is in the west of Mesoptamian fordeep region and south of Khleisha uplift region.
	www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk /~siamakr/Kurdish/KURDICA/2003/1/borders.html (1208 words)

	Oil-rich Iraqi provinces push for autonomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Iraq's oil-rich southern provinces are considering plans to set up an autonomous region - a move that reflects their growing frustration with the central government in Baghdad.
		Diplomats familiar with the talks say the three provinces have felt marginalised in new government institutions, including the consultative assembly, and believe they are not receiving a fair share of economic resources.
		The three provinces, however, have felt left out, and are demanding that their local representatives, rather than the Shia clergy in Najaf, speak for them.
	www.veteransforpeace.org /Oil_rich_Iraqi_092904.htm (537 words)

	Iraq - dKosopedia
		Iraq is a country in the Middle East.
		Iraq had 18 provinces before it was embroiled in war.
		Iraq is one of a series of states in the Middle East created in the wake of World War I. It is centered around the city of Baghdad in the Tigris and Euphrates lowlands.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Iraq (428 words)

	Oil Wars :: Western "Humanitarianism" in Iraq :: (by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed) - Media Monitors Network
		Iraq was a compliant ally of the West - particularly of the United States - throughout the 1980s, despite the fact that the Iraqi masses were tyrannised under Saddam Hussein’s anti-humanitarian military regime.
		Iraq’s Western-endowed weapons of mass destruction - including chemical and biological weapons - were subsequently employed in its war against Iran, as well as at home in the gassing of defenceless Kurds and Shi’ites, all of which occurred under the auspices of the Saddam-West alliance.
		Iraq was to set an example of what happens to countries who refuse to follow the rules of this ‘new’ world order.
	www.mediamonitors.net /mosaddeq38.html (2209 words)

	Iraq Provinces
		In 1900, almost all of Iraq was part of the Ottoman Empire; its southern strip of mostly desert land was in Arabia.
		The Kurdish Autonomous Region consists of the provinces of Arbil, Dahuk, and As-Sulaymaniyah.
		Modern Iraq comprised roughly the vilayets (governorates) of Bagdad, Bassora (or Busra), and Mosul, plus a small section of Zor, under the Ottoman Empire, as well as a northern section of Arabia.
	www.statoids.com /uiq.html (741 words)

	Turks.US Daily News: Three Shiite Provinces Apply for Autonomy in Iraq
		Three Shiite provinces under the control of British forces in southern Iraq followed the example of the Kurdish region in the north and applied to the Bagdat (Baghdad) administration in order to be recognized as an "autonomous territory".
		Suleymaniye, Erbil and Duhok provinces in northern Iraq compose the Kurdish Autonomous Territory.
		The provinces resisting against the coalition forces in Iraq will become isolated provided that the region controlled by the Shiites in southern Iraq obtains autonomy.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20040926090455742&mode=print (313 words)

	War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Iraq's historic election left the country with a problem that everyone saw coming but no one took serious steps to try to address.
		Those provinces are certain to be severely underrepresented in the newly elected constitutional assembly.
		We hope Iraq's Shiite leaders understand the difference between leadership and dominance, and treat other groups better than they were treated during the long decades of Sunni dictatorship.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/news/nyt-2-8-05b.html (520 words)

	DAWN - Opinion; 19 July, 2004
		The other is the success of the initiative to involve the UN in Iraq, and the appointment of a senior Pakistani diplomat as the representative of the UN secretary-general in Iraq again places high expectations.
		The provinces in the perception of public mind seem to be quarrelling about a greater share in the national pie.
		The fight between the provinces on the basis for distribution whether population or collection or a combination of both is totally unnecessary and only serves the purpose of the federal government, which is determined to deny the provinces and the local governments their legitimate share in the national resources.
	www.dawn.com /2004/07/19/op.htm (5017 words)

	Province
		Province is a name for a subnational entity of government usually one step below the national level.
		The most populous province is Henan, China, pop.
		The largest provinces by area are Xinjiang, China (1,600,000 sq.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/province.html (155 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Representatives agreed to set up a security committee for their five provinces and a regional council to stimulate the economy of their neglected region.
		Iraq's provisional constitution recognises the federal nature of Iraq, most of whose Kurdish population lives in three northern provinces with a large degree of autonomy.
		The meeting opened with an appeal from the governor of Najaf province, Adnan al-Zorfi, for a regional gathering of presidents of provincial capitals with an executive council made up of governors and provincial administration leaders.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=12054=12054&format=0 (291 words)

	ottoman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		For administrative purposes, Ottoman Iraq was divided into the three central eyalets of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra, with the northern eyalet of Sharihzor, east of the Tigris, and the southern eyalet of Al-Hasa, on the western coast of the Persian Gulf.
		Absorbed piecemeal by the Ottoman sultans Selim I and Süleyman I in the 16th century, this region on the empire's eastern periphery was the battleground in recurrent struggles between the Sunnite Ottomans and the Shi'ite rulers of Iran and was subject to frequent Arab and Kurdish tribal disturbances.
		The Ottomans at first attempted to rule the Iraqi provinces directly, but in the 17th and 18th centuries a weakened government in Istanbul was obliged to concede extensive autonomy to the governors, and some areas were beyond the reach of Ottoman authority for extended periods.
	www.angelfire.com /nt/Gilgamesh/ottoman.html (689 words)

	The American Enterprise: How to Liberate Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		RUBIN: When you travel in a country like Iraq, Afghanistan, or Iran, what you hear is not criticism of the United States for meddling in their internal affairs, but criticism of the United States for not meddling in their internal affairs.
		Iraq, however, has always been a trendsetter and it can be again.
		If Bill Clinton wanted to take serious action against Iraq, he would have rocketed the intelligence headquarters during the middle of the day when everyone is there, because the problem isn't the building, and it's not the cleaning ladies.
	www.taemag.com /issues/articleID.17425/article_detail.asp (1142 words)

	Spinsanity - Myths and misconceptions about the war in Iraq
		As Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has recounted, in the early days of the war, it was widely reported that Iraq had fired Scud missiles into Kuwait -- a claim made by Kuwaiti government officials that was quickly given the veneer of fact in media accounts.
		While Iraq may still possess the banned weapons, there is no solid evidence that any of the missiles launched at Kuwait so far have been Scuds, nor have any Scuds been discovered by coalition troops in the current war.
		The fact is, however, that Kurdish northern provinces of Iraq have been outside of Saddam's control since 1991 and that his possible knowledge of activities there is not in itself proof of anything.
	www.spinsanity.org /columns/20030404.html (1329 words)

	Stabilizing Iraq After the Elections
		The chief immediate problem is that Iraq's Sunni Arabs, a minority that has dominated Iraqi politics for centuries, will likely be underrepresented in the new National Assembly due to intimidation from insurgents, who are strongest in the Sunni Arab heartland in central Iraq.
		Iraq's next government will likely be Shiite-dominated and much more prickly, as it seeks to distance itself from Washington and establish its nationalist credentials.
		The vote could help recast the terms of debate in Iraq, as it becomes increasingly clear that the insurgents are fighting for a Baathist or Islamic dictatorship against elected Iraqis, not officials appointed by the occupation authorities.
	www.heritage.org /Research/MiddleEast/em957.cfm (1012 words)

	MyUSTINET News: Rich Iraqi Provinces Seek Autonomy
		BASRA, Iraq, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Three oil-rich provinces in Iraq are asking either for greater autonomy from the still-developing national government, or more representation within it.
		The provinces, Basra, Missan and Dhiqar account for more than 80 percent of the proved oil reserves of the country's 18 provinces and provide a large share of the national income.
		Recently, members of the municipal council of Basra, Iraq's second largest city, have been holding talks with officials from councils in the two neighboring provinces on establishing a federal region in the south, as is established in the Kurdish north.
	news.usti.net /newsstory/world.mideast.iraq/2/wed/cb/Uiraq-autonomy.RbCP_ESU.html (191 words)

	Polemics: Drive for Autonomy in Southern Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Iraq's oil-rich southern provinces are considering plans to set up an autonomous region - a move that reflects their growing...
		Consolidated control of the whole of this territory has tended to be the exception to the rule of numerous, small states.
		Of course, if we left these people to their own business, our interest in the question would disappear and they might be able to arrange things in a way that best suits them.
	www.polemics.us /archives/001524.php (390 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Kurds' separatist ambitions pose challenge to Iraq unity
		SAID SADIQ, Iraq -- Brigadier Rahim Mohammed Shakur's allegiance to the Iraqi Army is about as solid as the faxed sheet of paper he received two weeks ago, announcing that his Kurdish peshmerga fighters were now regular Iraqi soldiers, under Baghdad's command.
		And public opinion in the Kurdish provinces leans heavily toward declaring independence: about 1.7 million people signed a petition in April demanding a popular referendum on secession, and the independence movement has scheduled another conference for this week.
		If violence forces a long postponement of national elections, Fattah said, the Kurdish provinces would consider holding their own vote for the Kurdistan Parliament, which was created in 1992.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/11/14/kurds_separatist_ambitions_pose_challenge_to_iraq_unity?mode=PF (1418 words)

	IRAQ THE MODEL
		Iraq is bigger than the small tension spots that you hear about from the news.
		If you take a look at the map you'll find that 13 provinces are enjoying peace and almost a normal life while people in the remaining 5 provinces are also practicing a normal life in wide regions of these provinces.
		I've traveled in the past week in several cities in the north, south and middle of Iraq and the common finding in the streets was tons of elections' posters encouraging people to join the elections and in some cases advertising for the policies of the competing political parties.
	iraqthemodel.blogspot.com /archives/2004_12_01_iraqthemodel_archive.html (6669 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Partial results from six Iraqi provinces show main Shiite party leading
		The vote count ranged from 25 percent in Baghdad province to 70 percent in the sparsely populated province of Muthanna.
		In Baghdad province, the United Iraqi Alliance was leading 3-1 against its closest opponent, the list of candidates led by interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
		Iraq's Shiites, who make up about 60 percent of Iraq's estimated 26 million people, turned out in large numbers in Sunday's balloting, hoping to reverse decades of oppression under Iraq's Sunni Arab rulers.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20050203-0750-iraq-earlyresults.html (327 words)

	Nine U.S. Troops Are Killed in Iraq (washingtonpost.com)
		The spike in U.S. deaths came on a day that Iraq's interim government announced it was extending martial law through Jan. 30, the date set for nationwide elections meant to produce a parliament that will oversee the drafting of a constitution.
		Thomas Metz, said that security was poor in four of Iraq's 18 provinces but that postponing the election posed greater dangers.
		Metz said the provinces of Anbar, Baghdad, Salahadin and Nineveh -- among the country's most heavily populated -- were dangerous enough to deter some Iraqis from voting.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A54035-2005Jan6.html (1002 words)

	Arbil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		There is also a city of the same name, see Arbil, Iraq Map showing Arbil province in Iraq Arb&299;l (&1571;&1585;&1576;&1610;&1604;, also transliterated as Irbil or Erbil) is one of the provinces of Iraq.
		There are also a number of Assyrians in Arbil, who celebrate the region's historical part in the ancient kingdoms of Adiabene and Assyria.
		From 1974 onwards the province of Arbil formed part of the Kurdish Autonomous Region of northern Iraq.
	arbil.area51.ipupdater.com (218 words)

	Asiatour.com / Iraq / transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		With more than 1,500,000 Asians, and members even from countries like Saudi Arabia and Iraq (defying the risk of getting stoned to death), this discreet dating service is as widely used in Asia as it is in the US, especially by locals who want to connect sexually with foreign visitors.
		A network of highways and railroads between the major cities and the outlying provinces has help Iraq's in development as a modern, industrial society.
		In 1914 Iraq had only two main roads, one from Baghdad across the desert to Al Fallujah on the Euphrates and the other, used mainly for produce, from Mosul to Mardin, Turkey.
	www.asiatour.com /iraq/e-01land/ei-lan15.htm (502 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Ballot boxes dispatched in Iraq
		Iraq's election authorities have begun sending ballot boxes to provincial towns ahead of Sunday's election, the first since the US-led invasion.
		The study indicates that while Sunni areas of central Iraq are most violent, there is still unrest from Basra in the south to Kurdish regions in the north.
		British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday that 14 out of the 18 provinces in Iraq were "relatively peaceful and stable".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/middle_east/4211835.stm (404 words)

	View emerging of Shiite-ruled Iraq \| csmonitor.com
		Iraq's next prime minister will probably be a member of their coalition - not Iyad Allawi, the current interim prime minister and America's favorite.
		Many weeks and months of hard bargaining lie ahead for Iraq's 275-member assembly, which could sit as soon as the end of the month, and it is difficult to project precisely where those negotiations will lead.
		Iraq's route from occupation to full sovereignty is largely guided by the Transitional Administrative Law, an interim constitution that was written by the US and its appointed Governing Council last year.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0207/p01s04-woiq.html (1082 words)

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