Iraq Election

Obama Sticks To A Fast-Approaching Deadline In Iraq

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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When President Obama approved a plan to withdraw combat forces from Iraq this summer, it was based on the assumption that a newly elected government ...

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Iraq Court Disqualifies Dozens Of Candidates, Could Change Vote Outcome

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — An Iraqi court threw the nation's disputed election into deeper disarray Monday by disqualifying 52 candidates, including one winner, ...

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The Iraqi Vote and its Implications

Amir Madani | Posted 05.25.2011

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The emerging trend of the Iraqi vote suggests moderation and compromise at all levels. But, in spite of some unexpected results, the big issue remains the ethnic and confessional partitioning of the country.

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Iraq Election Fallout May Spark New Wave Of Violence

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — For the first time since the 2003 overthrow of their patron, Saddam Hussein, Iraq's Sunni Arabs are on the winning side. But the trium...

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Iraq Health Official Killed At His Baghdad Home

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Gunmen armed with silenced pistols fatally shot a Health Ministry official at his home in Baghdad in an apparent targeting of governme...

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Iraq To Release Full Results From March 7 Vote

AP / Huffington Post | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Former U.S.-backed prime minister Ayad Allawi and his secular, anti-Iranian coalition narrowly won Iraq's parliamentary elections in f...

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Al-Maliki Assassination Rumors Quashed By Television Appearence

nytimes.com | TIM ARANGO | Posted 05.25.2011

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Flanked by his national security team, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki went on television Sunday night and praised Iraq's security forces for thei...

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Iraq Election: Al-Maliki Accuses Election Official Of Fraud

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead f...

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Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of ...

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Iraq Elections: Kurds Show Influence With Strong Turnout

guardian.co.uk | Martin Chulov | Posted 05.25.2011

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A strong turnout from Iraq's Kurds in national elections on Sunday has enhanced their status of kingmakers in forming the central government, with pre...

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Eyes on the Prize for Iraqi Women

Molly Hunter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today in Iraq, women have few education and employment opportunities. It's time for Iraqi politicians of all genders, religions, and political parties to advocate for women.

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Iraq Election: Turnout At 55-60 Percent, Despite Attacks

AP | REBECCA SANTANA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after histori...

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Iraq Election Q&A: What You Need To Know

Posted 05.25.2011

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COURTESY OF THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE Iraqis head to the polls on Sunday for what is considered a fundamental test of the fle...

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Mission Accomplished, All Over Again ...

Josh Rushing | Posted 05.25.2011

I just returned from my sixth trip to Iraq where I expected to film a preview of Sunday's elections for an episode of my show Fault Lines on Al Jazeera English, but instead I found a civil war in the making.

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Iraq Election: Poor Selling Votes For Cash

jpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iraq is rife with allegations of vote buying a week ahead of the country's national elections. ...

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Iraq Milestones

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the first time since the war began, there are fewer than 100,000 American troops in Iraq.

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Iraq Election Chief Faraj Al-Haidari: More Candidates To Be Banned

AP | MATT APUZZO and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden brought Washington's concerns about Iraqi political tensions directly to leaders in Baghdad on Friday, but of...

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Iraq's Parliament Approves Election Law, May Still Face Veto

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament failed Monday to produce an election law that pleased minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillar...

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Iraq: No Election Deal Made As Lawmakers End Session

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers failed Thursday to agree on an election law for the country's January vote, raising concerns the balloting may be dela...

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Iraqi Parliament Fails To Reach Election Deal

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could af...

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Iraq's Electoral Commission Bars 500 Candidates

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's electoral commission on Thursday barred 500 candidates from running in March's parliamentary election, including a prominent Su...

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Tariq Al-Hashem, Iraq Vice-President, Vetoes Election Law, Vote Delay Likely

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's path toward political stability after years of war threatened to veer off course Wednesday when a vice president vetoed part of...

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Iraq Elections' Big Loser May Have Been Iran

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Trenton Daniel and Leila Fadel | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD -- The pro-Iranian party that's dominated Iraq's political life since the U.S.-sponsored elections in 2005 suffered a huge loss in last Saturd...

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Zeinab Sadiq Jaafar and the Battle for Women in Iraq

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.25.2011

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In comparison to the brave women running for office in Iraq, why are American women so accepting of the political status quo. Why aren't we running for office more often? What do we risk?

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Iraqi elections avoid violence but complaints loom

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Passing through razor-wire cordons and police checkpoints, Iraqi voters Saturday took another step in the nation's quest for stability...

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