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Iraq Electoral Law Passes, Crucial To Setting Up National Vote

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go for...

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Selling Confidence in Iraq

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

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The upcoming days will be a real test for the Iraqi forces. Now that the United States can take credit for restoring democracy to Iraq, is it sufficiently rooted to survive the US withdrawal?

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Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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There haven't been any results in Iraq, either because President Obama hasn't tried hard enough, or because his efforts have failed.

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US Soldier In Iraq Killed By Grenade

AP | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier was killed in a grenade attack in northern Iraq. A statement says the Multi-National Divis...

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Hajj and Terrorism

Jamal Dajani | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

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Radical Islam can only be defeated from within. The sooner President-elect Barack Obama understands this, the faster innocent lives will be spared.

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Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Diplomacy

Jon Soltz | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Diplomacy is as important for keeping Iraq stable as it is for making sure that US troops are not targets of attacks by insurgents, or caught in the crossfire of an explosion of sectarian violence, as we begin to pull back.

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The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

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Battle Over Oil-Rich Kirkuk Threatens To Derail Iraq Elections

McClatchy Newspapers | Leila Fadel and Sahar Issa | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

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Despite intense U.S. pressure, Iraqi legislators Sunday failed to reach an agreement to solve an increasingly bitter dispute over the oil-rich norther...

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