the Iraqi Ministry of Education. This grant provides $40 million to print and distribute 72 million new textbooks for the 2004/2005 school year. There will be 600 titles available for the six million primary and secondary school children across Iraq. This generous grant from the World Bank is one more example of the international community pulling together to support a new Iraq. The U.S. Agency for International Development feels that renewing Iraq's educational system is vital because Iraqi youth
The main theme Katherine Blue Carroll’s, Tribal Law and Reconciliation in the New Iraq is regarding the unsuccessful attempts made by the Iraqi government to enhance and endorse reconciliation between the two Muslim communities that reside in Iraq, Sunni and Shi’a. However, the futile attempts of Government of Iraq allowed tribal leaders to reunite the Iraqi community through tribal law. The author’s main theme is to portray the efforts of Shaykhs in post conflict reconciliation (how tribal law
On the flip side, Gunter argues that Iraq enjoys a glowing and vibrant "underground economy" that is a direct side effect of its bureaucracy and corruption. Private businesses in Iraq must choose between seeking to become a legal enterprise, which due to regulatory hostility is a difficult and expensive process, or operating in the underground economy with all of the associated inefficiencies. One characteristic common to both options is the necessity of paying bribes to a long line of corrupt officials
in forcing the premature withdrawal of U.S. troops. Our country is committed to help the Iraqis build a stable, peaceful and pluralistic society. No matter who is elected president in
committed by the US. A rights focus point will strengthen the cooperation of Iraqi civilians in the transition process and will reinforce the consideration of the occupying power and interim administration to the people of Iraq. The US obtains primary responsibilities such as the protection and welfare of civilians in Iraq, with the inclusion of the duty to respect their fundamental
Explain the impact of the role of Islam in the politics of Iraq after Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. Islamism, as a basic feature of Muslim and especially Arab politics, and has played a major role in Iraqi politics. There are two branches of Islam present in Iraq, the Shiites (Or Shia) and Sunni. Similar to Iran and Bahrain, Iraq has a Shiites majority. This majority has, however, not been able to exercise much political power until the 2000's, with the removal of President Saddam Hussein and his
occupation of Iraq was established to aid Iraq in developing a new democratic regime. Iraqi inhabitants were strongly opposed to having American forces rehabilitate their country, especially after Operation Peninsula Strike. The operation involved the U.S. troops pursuing members of the Fedayeen Saddam militia, an aggressive power devoted to Hussein alongside high-ranking members of the Baath Party and former Iraqi security agencies. Together policy and actions dictated by the U.S. civil and military
Just as in George Orwell's 1984, where the government was in the business of tampering with public records to push their agenda, so too is the current administration sugar-coating the truth with falsehood and deceptively harming the American public by keeping them in the dark. Wouldn't it be ironic
political, economic and social dependencies. Neocolonialism describes certain economic operations at the international level which have alleged similarities to the traditional colonialism of the 16th to the 20th centuries. The contention is that governments have aimed to control other nations through indirect means; that in lieu of direct military-political control, neocolonialist powers employ economic, financial, and trade policies to dominate less powerful countries. Those who subscribe to the concept
political, economic and social dependencies. Neocolonialism describes certain economic operations at the international level which have alleged similarities to the traditional colonialism of the 16th to the 20th centuries. The contention is that governments have aimed to control other nations through indirect means; that in lieu of direct military-political control, neocolonialist powers employ economic, financial, and trade policies to dominate less powerful countries. Those who subscribe to the concept