Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 8
February 10, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini
February 3-10, 2012. Iraqiyya Ends Boycott of Council of Ministers, National Conference Picks Up Momentum, Judiciary Issues Warrants for Parliamentarians.
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Publications
ISW in Brief: Downward Spiral in Iraq
February 6, 2012 - Institute for the Study of War
More than 400 people have died in Iraq since the U.S. withdrawal in mid-December. Coupled with the political struggles that broke out days after U.S. troops departed, Iraq’s worsening instability leaves little hope for developments that could augur an end to the crisis.
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 7
February 3, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini
January 28-February 3, 2012. Iraqiyya Returns to Parliament, Three Options to Resolve the Mutlaq Case, Some Positive Signs for National Conference.
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 6
January 27, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini
January 20-27, 2012. Iraqiyya Contemplates Next Move, Turkey-Iraq Rift Continues, National Conference Initiative Loses Momentum.
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 5
January 20, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini
January 14-20, 2012. Iraqiyya Continues Boycott, Maliki Continues Efforts Against Hashemi and Mutlaq, Efforts Continue to Form National Conference.
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 4
January 13, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini
January 1-13, 2012. Kurds Walk Out of Parliament Session in Protest, Debate to Form National Conference Continues, Hashemi Wants Relocation of Court Trial.
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 2
December 23, 2011
December 19-23, 2011. Crisis escalates in Iraqi Media, Maliki Confronts the Kurds, Maliki Abuses the Constitution.
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 1, December 15-19, 2011.
December 19, 2011 - Ramzy MardiniLast week, a troubling political crisis emerged in Baghdad that has placed Iraq on a worrisome path that could potentially unravel and threaten its stability.
Maliki Arrests Potential Opposition
December 14, 2011 - Ramzy Mardini
Recently Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki commenced in a wide-scale campaign to purge hundreds of former members of the Ba’ath party from Iraq’s security apparatus.
Opinion: A New Mirage in the Iraqi Desert
December 14, 2011 - Kimberly Kagan
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s meeting with President Obama is supposed to be an occasion to declare the successful end of the war in Iraq...Read More