Safa A Hussein

Safa A Hussein works in the Iraqi National Security Council. He is a former deputy member of the dissolved Iraqi Governing Council, and earlier served as a brigadier-general in the Iraqi air force and as director of a research and development centre

Iraq's political space

In recent months, many American politicians and officials have criticised the Iraqi government for acting too slowly: that is, for failing to exploit the limited time available for the political

By Safa A Hussein

/ 18 Feb 2008

Turkey’s Kurdish tightrope: a view from Iraq

An Iraqi friend in Turkey said recently that he can smell war out there. This comes after the major attack by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on 7 October

By Safa A Hussein

/ 5 Nov 2007