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Inside Iraq - Who controls Khanaqin? - 05 Sep 08 - Part 2

2008-09-11T12:47:46Z

A new flashpoint is brewing between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), over the city of Khanaqin, in northern Iraq's Diyala province.

Tension has been simmering since the Iraqi defence ministry ordered Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who have been providing security in Khanaqin, to be replaced by Iraqi troops.

The majority of Kurds who control Khanaqin want the city to be integrated into the KRG in northern Iraq.

But in a recent move to curb growing Kurdish expansion, Nuri Al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, ordered the Iraqi army to force Kurdish parties to vacate public buildings in the city.

Massoud Barzani, the KRG president, accused Baghdad of trying to derail the democratic process in the country as the Kurds consider Khanaqin to be part of Kurdistan.

Al-Maliki shot back by threatening to prosecute any Peshmerga forces operating outside KRG controlled areas.

Inside Iraq this week scrutinises the implications of the rising political tension between Baghdad and the KRG as the Kurds are increasingly claiming a stake on disputed territories in the north of the country.

Our guests this week are Dindar Zebari, KRG Coordinator to the UN, Brian Katulis from the Centre of American Progress and Saad N Jawad, author and political analyst from London.

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Inside Iraq - Who controls Khanaqin? - 05 Sep 08 - Part 1

2008-09-12T00:47:11Z

A new flashpoint is brewing between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), over the city of Khanaqin, in northern Iraq's Diyala province.

Tension has been simmering since the Iraqi defence ministry ordered Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who have been providing security in Khanaqin, to be replaced by Iraqi troops.

The majority of Kurds who control Khanaqin want the city to be integrated into the KRG in northern Iraq.

But in a recent move to curb growing Kurdish expansion, Nuri Al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, ordered the Iraqi army to force Kurdish parties to vacate public buildings in the city.

Massoud Barzani, the KRG president, accused Baghdad of trying to derail the democratic process in the country as the Kurds consider Khanaqin to be part of Kurdistan.

Al-Maliki shot back by threatening to prosecute any Peshmerga forces operating outside KRG controlled areas.

Our guests this week are Dindar Zebari, KRG Coordinator to the UN, Brian Katulis from the Centre of American Progress and Saad N Jawad, author and political analyst from London.

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TPMtv: Fact Check: Romney vs. Obama

2008-06-17T21:29:47Z

Mitt Romney recently attacked Barack Obama over his comments regarding the war in Afghanistan and the need for more troops on the ground, so as to reduce the reliance on air raids that have often resulted in Afghan civilian casualties. Romney called Obama's comments "outrageous" and "a suggestion that somehow our troops are not noble and dignified." But even a quick glance at the realities of the situation in Afghanistan shows that Romney has remarkably little understanding of the facts.

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TPMtv: A Chat with Afghan Ambassador Jawad, Part II

2008-06-06T09:31:47Z

In Part II of TPM's interview with Said Jawad, the Afghan Ambassador to the United States, we delve into more controversial territory, including Afghanistan's relationship with Pakistan and Iran, the question of U.S. torture on Afghan soil, and the narcotrafficking allegations made against the President's brother.

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TPMtv: A Chat with Afghan Ambassador Jawad, Part I

2008-06-06T09:33:22Z

TPM reporter Spencer Ackerman recently sat down to talk to Said Jawad, the Afghan Ambassador to the United States. In Part 1 of TPM's interview with Ambassador Jawad, we discuss the current state of Afghanistan, the influence of Al Qaeda, and what the international community can do to prevent the country from devolving into a failed state.

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Inside Iraq-Iraqi Insurgents-Part 2- 09 Feb 07

2008-06-06T09:34:13Z

Iraqi insurgents are providing to be deadly to American troops as they emerged to be a sophisticated mobile fighting force. But are they insurgents or resistance fighters against American occupation? what lies the difference?

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