Saturday, November 26, 2022

Iraq

US House Rep Mark Takano was among the members of the US Congress visiting Iraq yesterday and meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani.  IRAQI NEWS reports:


A delegation from the United States Congress led by Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) and several other members of Congress as well as the US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, was met by the Prime Minister of Iraq, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, today in Baghdad, Iraq.

As the first delegation from the US Congress to visit Iraq following the official creation of the Iraqi government, Rep. Takano, the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, congratulated Al-Sudani on taking office as Prime Minister and winning the support of the Iraqi parliament.

They discussed the strong bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States, the status of the fight against terrorism, and the effectiveness of Iraqi troops in driving back ISIS remnants throughout the high-level meeting.

They also addressed ways to enhance ties and collaborations in line with the Strategic Framework Agreement in a number of areas, the two most important of which being cooperation on measures to combat climate change and water shortages.


In other news, RUDAW notes:


Turkish defence ministry on late Friday announced the death of three of its soldiers by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region. 

Turkey launched the code-named Operation Claw-Lock against the PKK in Duhok province’s mountainous areas in April. 


TRT notes, "Two Turkish soldiers have been killed during an ongoing anti-terror operation in northern Iraq, the National Defence Ministry said."


And it's noted by many more but all this noting never results in anyone pointing out the obvious: Turkish forces are on Iraqi soil in violation of Iraq's sovereignty.  Maybe when reporting can include that actual fact, you can have truth in reporting?


Media outlet might even be able to point out the truth that the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee points out:



Meanwhile, AFP reports that 29-year-old Nour al-Janabi runs a successful business in Iraq, Nour Carpentry which she started herself after posting tutorials on FACEBOOK.  AFP notes:

In oil-rich Iraq, women make up just 13.3 percent of the labor force, World Bank data showed, while the World Economic Forum ranked the country 154 out of 156 in its latest Global Gender Gap Report.

A study published last year by two UN agencies said that while most Iraqis consider tertiary education equally important for men and women, “attitudes toward equal rights in employment are discriminatory against women.”

Al-Janabi attributes her success largely to do-it-yourself tutorials that she first posted on Facebook to share her passion for carpentry and furniture-making.

She uploads videos — about everything from how to re-stuff an old sofa to using a sander — to TikTok and Instagram, where she has more than 94,000 followers.

“I am the first Iraqi woman to do this trade and break the barrier in this field,” she said, in a country still largely dominated by conservative attitudes about women’s role in society, and where those perceived as too independent are sometimes even considered immoral. 


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