Mahmoud Othman
Politician
January election in Iraq? Doubtful...about the prospect of a constitutional crisis. "Nobody's applying the constitution anyway," said Kurdish legislator Mahmoud Othman, who predicted the election would be delayed. "We are in a mess now, so it doesn't make a lot of... In this article: Iraq, Barack Obama, Eid al-Adha, and Mahmoud Othman |
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AP Online | 5 days ago
Iraqi parliament seeks to end election crisis
...allotted to groups including minorities and Iraqi expatriates. Al-Hashemi has said the percentage should be increased to 15. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker, said one proposal that was discussed Saturday would take the middle ground and...
In this article: Iraq, Democracy, Saddam Hussein, Ayad al-Samarraie, and Baghdad
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NPR | November 08, 2009
Election Law Passes In Iraq
...to a problem that we have now solved. It doesn't achieve all our (Kurdish) ambitions, but it achieves a balance," said Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker. But Omar al-Jabouri, a Sunni member of parliament, called the voting "a great...
In this article: Iraq, Barack Obama, Kirkuk, United States, and Saddam Hussein
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Kansas City Star | November 05, 2009
Iraq lawmakers can't agree on election law _ again
...other proposals. </p><p>"We had a lot of ideas exchanged today, and I think we are close," said Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker. Othman added it would not be a big problem to delay the January election for a few days. </p><p>But Michael...
In this article: Iraq, Kirkuk, United States, Saddam Hussein, and Barack Obama
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L.A. Times - Middle East | November 05, 2009
U.S. keeps a low profile ahead of Iraq elections
...highly critical. "Either don't get involved, or come to the front and discuss it openly with everyone," said Kurdish legislator Mahmoud Othman, who said Biden's phone call with Kurdish leader Barzani showed an anti-Kurd bias by America...
In this article: U.S., United Nations, Iraq, Kirkuk, Massoud Barzani, Joe Biden, and Democracy
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The Bergen Record | October 28, 2009
Conflict over oil-rich city threatens vote
...slated for January, and open the door to renewed violence in Iraq after it stepped back from the brink of civil war two years ago. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker, said that an emergency proposal by the nation's leaders to break the...
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Deseret News | October 27, 2009
Kirkuk stalls Iraq election law
...for January, and open the door to renewed violence in Iraq after it stepped back from the brink of civil war two years ago. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker, told The Associated Press that an emergency proposal by the nation's leaders to...
In this article: Kirkuk, Iraq, United Nations, Baghdad, Suicide, E mail, Al-qaida, and Nouri al-Maliki
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Dr Mahmoud Ali Othman (born 1938) was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invation of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly.
Othman was born in Slemani. He became politically active at the age of 18. He completed a degree in Medicine at the University of Baghdad where he received first-class honours.
He was also a key player in the Kurdish struggle for autonomy. Othman is now an independent politician best known for his press interviews. He was also a front runner in the 1992 election in the Kurdistan Region.
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