Dawn Patrol- Iraq

• Saddam Sees Kurd Elected As President

  Two months after elections, Iraq's new government finally began to take shape Wednesday as lawmakers elected as president a Kurdish leader who promised to represent all ethnic and religious groups. Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein watched the session, broadcast across the country, from his prison cell.

• History of current iraqi president in Photos Kurdo's World

  Born in 1933, Jalal Talabani joined the Kurdish activist movements at the age of 13. He then ran up through the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Pary until he became the leader of the Kurdish Peshmerga Forces in the begining of 1960s.

• Shiite expected to be named Iraq's new prime minister
  Iraqi newspapers on Thursday announced the expected rise of a Shiite Muslim who spent years in exile to Iraq's most powerful political job as prime minister of the country's first democratically elected government in 50 years

• Watching sausage being made Free Iraq

  It's not like me to watch political discussions as I always find them boring not to mention all the hypocrisy they usually include. And when the discussion is held with people like the Sadirists participating like they are really politicians as the case is in the interim National Iraqi Assembly, my feelings of boredom and resentment are even bigger.

  However,...

• Iraq chooses president. IRAQ THE MODEL

  This morning marked another turning point in the history of Iraq when the elected Iraqi National Assembly publicly elected and approved the new president of Iraq and his new deputies.
  I personally welcome the decision of choosing Mr. Talbani for this position because this step proves again that Iraqis are willing and working hard to bridge the gap between the different components of the Iraqi nation and to overcome the differences and disputes among them.

• New Iraqi President! Iraqi In America

  Congratulations to the Iraqi people. Jalal Talabani has become the first Kurdish president in Iraq's history (unless I missed some history lessons during school). I predicted Talabani to become the president since after the parliamentary elections. I actually wanted him to be the president

• From Dubai Iraq & Iraqi`s

  More than a month passed and we didn?t have our elected government yet, but guess what, we don?t care, actually?..we are waiting for the announcement of the new Prime Minister name very anxiously, but between Mr. Alawy or Mr. Jaffary we are happy for any one of them to be the next P M, both of them are more than excellent choice for the position. And its not me only saying that, all the Iraqis who are taking a role in rebuilding the country had started reactivating their business for the coming period and I am posting this article from Dubai doing some business for the company I work to preparing ourselves for the coming opportunities and by coincidence I met other Iraqi friends from other companies here doing the same.

• IEDs - Iraq Election Discussions
  ?This is the new Iraq ? an Iraq that elects a Kurd to be president and an Arab former president as his deputy,? parliament speaker Hajem al-Hassani said after the vote. ?What more could the world want from us??

• More Iraqis Tipping Off Security Forces
  U.S. and Iraqi officials say they have seen an increase in calls tipping off authorities in recent weeks, and officials say it's a sign the country's fledgling security forces are winning the trust of citizens, turning them against the insurgency.

• Rumors IBN_ALRAFIDAIN

  He pulled off & left the car to fetch a mechanic. As he walked tens of meters away from the car, it exploded. He returned back to the scene, shouting & wailing, declaring that the car was his. He was jailed by the Americans and, later, transferred to an Iraqi police station. And I'm ready to take you to meet him so you can hear the full story."

• Seoul calls troops home from Iraq
  South Korea, which has the third largest contingent of foreign troops in Iraq, will cut its military presence there by 270 troops to 3 270, defence ministry officials said on Thursday, adding deeper cuts were not planned.