Iraqi spokesman says Sunni political inexperience weak link in constitution
Iraqi prime minister spokesman Laith Kuba said during a press conference Sunday that the Sunni community's lack of experience in the political arena is a weak link in drafting the new constitution since this is the first time they...
A Iraqi Sunni leader concerned with low Sunni representation on the committee charged with drafting Iraqs new constitution reiterated Saturday that Sunnis will suspend work on the document if the make-up of the committee is not...
Sunnis reject offer of 13 more seats on Iraq constitutional committee
The leading Sunni Muslim political grouping in Iraq rejected the Shiite-led Iraqi government's offer of an additional 13 seats on the country's constitutional committee Friday, sticking to its demand for 25 seats and threatening to boycott negotiations...
Iraq PM says Saddam trial will begin in "a matter of months"
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Thursday that the trial of Saddam Hussein will commence in a "matter of months" and Hussein may face the death penalty if convicted in a fair trial. The death sentence...
In response to Sunni demands for a greater role in crafting Iraq's new constitution, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani announced Thursday that Sunnis will be given as many as 25 new seats on the committee with...
Saddam Hussein's morale has dropped due to the the magnitude of the charges against him and the fact that his trial will be before an impartial court, according to Judge Raid Juhi of the Iraqi Special Tribunal...
Iraq president expects Saddam Hussein trial within two months
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could face trial for war crimes within two months according to comments made Tuesday by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a CNN interview. Talabani said that the Iraqi people...
Jordan's King Abdullah announced Thursday that he was willing to review the 1992 conviction of Ahmad Chalabi , sentenced in absentia by a Jordanian court to 22 years of hard labor for embezzling funds from Petra...
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari told reporters Saturday in Baghdad that the vacant posts in his Cabinet sworn in last week - five ministers and one deputy prime minister - have now been filled, and...
JURIST Guest Columnist Kristen Stilt of the University of Washington School of Law says that official US emphasis on the urgency of the forthcoming Iraqi constitutional process overlooks the fundamental question of whether such a process, undertaken now, will in...
