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AINA) — The Iraqi Independent Electoral High Commission (IEHC) has issued a report of its investigation into voting irregularities and lockouts in North Iraq. Responding to allegations by Assyrians, Turkmen, Yezidis and Shabaks that 300,000 of their members were denied the opportunity to vote on January 30th, the IEHC’s report …

(AINA) — In a strongly worded statement, the Al-Rafidayn Democratic Coalition, the main party representing the Christian ChaldoAssyrians, rejected the Iraqi Independent Electoral High Commission’s report on voting irregularities and lockouts in North Iraq. The statement specifically criticized the Commission’s white-washing of the incident and blasted the decision to open …

Die Beteiligung an den Wahlen im Irak war unerwartet hoch. Der blau gef?rbte Zeigefinger wurde zum Symbol der Demokratisierung. von thomas von der osten-sacken, suleymania Es ist fraglich, ob Musab al-Zarqawi, der drei Tage vor der Wahl im Irak medienwirksam der Demokratie den Krieg erkl?rt und gedroht hatte, die Stra?en …

It has already been one week since the Iraqi national election. The unexpectedly tranquil election has been highly appreciated by world leaders and religious parties, symbolising a major step towards a stable government and a victory over terrorism. However, complaints about voting irregularities have emerged and tension is rising over …

While Iraqi and Coalition officials continue to label Iraq’s January 30 elections as an extraordinary success, hundreds of Christians protesting outside Iraq’s Green Zone on Sunday beg to differ. While both the ChaldoAssyrian and Turkomen communities pointed to specific voting issues that prevented what one spokesman estimated to be 200,000 …

Proof that Messrs Bush and Blair have opened a veritable Pandora’s box in Iraq came with the news on 17 January that the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Basile Georges Casmoussa, aged 66, had been kidnapped by insurgents. Casmoussa (later released) comes from Iraq’s embattled Chaldo-Assyrian minority, itself an offshoot …

An Interview with Bachir Saadi Chairman of the Assyrian Democratic Organization’s Political Bureau [Zinda: The following interview was carried by an Amuda journal staff on 27 December 2004 with Mr. Bachir Saadi, chairman of the Assyrian Democratic Organization’s Political Bureau. ADO stands as the largest Assyrian political organization in Syria …

Ain Kawa, Iraq-AP, Feb. 6, 2005 4:20 PM) _ For the Toma brothers, life was getting more precarious by the day. One of them had survived two shootings. Their cousin had been murdered. A CD of beheadings named them as American agents. “Long Live Saddam Hussein” and “Allahu Akbar” had …

Baghdad, Iraq-AP, Feb. 6, 2005 4:20 PM) _ Hundreds of Iraqis shouted slogans and waved Iraqi flags Sunday outside Baghdad’s heavily guarded Green Zone to protest alleged irregularities they say prevented tens of thousands of people in Mosul from voting in last weekend’s landmark elections.    The demonstrators were mainly …