Date: November 3rd 2008

:: FROM THE BLOG ::

IRAQ IN THE NEWS: BOMBINGS, BUDGET CUTS, AND AN
OCCUPATION IN SEARCH OF A MANDATE
Some of the day's Iraq stories you may have missed.
http://bit.ly/wCG7

A SNAPSHOT OF FALLUJAH: STILL WRECKED, STILL ANGRY
Not surprisingly, there are still hard feelings
towards the United States in Fallujah. Jay Deshmukh,
a reporter for AFP, visited the town and writes of a
shop owner named Abdullah.
http://bit.ly/3yip1Q


:: AID & DEVELOPMENT ::

WARNINGS AGAINST A LARGE-SCALE REFUGEE RETURN IN
IRAQ
The Iraqi government should review its policy of
encouraging Iraqi refugees to return home by
offering them free plane or bus tickets, until it is
able to ensure security, local and international
NGOs said. "For the time being, the government
should take care of the refugees and meet their
daily needs in their host countries until it can
secure suitable life conditions to allow them to go
back to their homes," said Basil al-Azawi, head of
the Baghdad-based Commission for Civil Society
Enterprises, an umbrella group of over 1,000 NGOs
operating inside and outside Iraq.
http://bit.ly/vaaMi


:: NEWS & ANALYSIS ::

THE MAP OF ELECTORAL COALITIONS SOUTH OF BAGHDAD IS
TAKING SHAPE
After a long series of extensions, it now seems as
if the final deadline for forming coalitions for the
next local elections in Iraq will be on November 2,
2008. The first announcement of coalitions among the
Shiite Islamist parties is one of the indicators
that suggest the coalition-forming process could be
coming to an end.
http://bit.ly/1rUpJv


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