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Biden Sends Right Message on Iraq

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, Vice President, Troops, President Barack Obama, votevets.org, US Troops, Joe Biden, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Politics, Surge, Iraq Insurgents, Iraq, Votevets, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

It's time to start putting pressure on the Iraqi government to settle their internal differences, and make clear that we're no longer going to be their crutch. This weekend, Biden did just that.

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'W' Is for Withdrawal

Robert Koehler | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: National Sovereignty Day, Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, u.s. Troop Withdrawal, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

To pretend that Iraq is sovereign is just the latest insulting verbal Quonset hut the Washington military-political-media establishment has constructed for its own temporary shelter.

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Selling Confidence in Iraq

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Tariq Al-Hashemi, Kirkuk, Kurds, Middle East, Terrorism, National Sovereignty Day, Iraq, Barack Obama, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq Withdrawal, World News

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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Celebration, Fear and Loathing on National Sovereignty Day

Tom Andrews | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Politics of Fear, Fearmongering, Fear, Congress, Troops, George W. Bush, Iraq, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

Don't be surprised if the spike in violence that came in advance of Iraqi Day of National Sovereignty continues. And don't be surprised if here at home, the right-wing goes on the attack with its favorite weapon, fear.

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Iraq's "National Sovereignty Day" is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Oil, Jalal Talabani, Iraqi Sovereignty, Maj. Gen. Daniel Bolger, US Long-Term Iraq Occupation, Patrick Cockburn, Iraq War, Iraq Oil Privatization, Iraq Occupation, Paul Bremer, Iraq Withdrawal, National-Sovereignty-Day, Iraq, Iraq Green Zone, Barack Obama, Obama Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

The puppet government in Iraq has named June 30th "National Sovereignty Day." This is U.S.-style Hallmark hype and will remain so until every last occupation soldier leaves Iraqi soil.

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Cracks Show as U.S. Leaves Iraq Cities

James Denselow | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, US Military, Iraq Withdrawal, u.s. Withdrawal From Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq Pullout, World News

The withdrawal is a huge occasion for the nascent Iraqi state: it will test the durability of the institutions that have emerged from the embers of the almost total state collapse of 2003-04.

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Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Kirkuk, Al-Qaeda, Violence in Iraq, Success of the Surge, votevets.org, President Obama, Votevets, Iraq, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

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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Iraqi Prime Minister Calls For Unity

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that the full withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from cities and towns was a message that his countr...

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Iraqi Officials Start Referring To Maliki As "Master," Reminding Some Of Saddam Era

New York Times | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

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Iraq's civilian leaders held a meeting on Thursday with the 300 top Iraqi military commanders from around the country to discuss the withdrawal of Ame...

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Rehabilitating the Sons of Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Al Qaeda, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq War, Foreign Policy, World News

If the Sunnis are marginalised from the political process, instead of fighting al-Qaida they may revert to supporting them.

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Iraq Anti-Corruption Watchdog Arrests 1,000 'Corrupt' Officials

BBC | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Iraq Anti-Corruption Watchdog, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, Abdul Falah Sudani, Iraq Corruption, Foreign Affairs, Commission of Public Integrity, Iraq Corruption Arrests, Maliki, Al-Maliki, Iraq, Advocacy, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

Iraq's anti-corruption watchdog says arrest warrants have been issued for some 1,000 allegedly corrupt officials....

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Pope Mideast Trip May Include Iraq

Earth Times | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jalal Talabani, Pope Mideast Trip, Foreign Affairs, Pope Iraq, Pope Mideast, Pope Benedict, Pope Mideast Tour, Iraq, Pope, Pope Visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Nouri Al Maliki, Advocacy, World News

A report published in a leading Baghdad daily that Pope Benedict XVI may visit Iraq in mid-May as part of his tour of the Middle East sparked instant ...

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US Ignored Iraq's Rampant Corruption: Ousted Iraqi Cop

Mother Jones | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

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IN MARCH 2003, Salam Adhoob, a prominent lawyer in the Iraqi city of Suwayrah, was glad to see US forces roll into his country. Iraqis, he felt, would...

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Iraq Resisting US Pleas To Reconcile With Saddam Hussein's Political Party

New York Times | SAM DAGHER | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: Warwire, Iraq Reconciliation, Nouri Al-Maliki, War Wire, Iraq, Saddam Hussein's Party, Sunnis, Shiites, World News

On April 18, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of ...

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Why Do You Kill?: A former German Parliament Member Speaks on the Iraqi Resistance

Christian Avard | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Iraq War, Al-Qaeda, Troops, World, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, US Troops, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Media, Iraq, War in Iraq, Osama Bin Laden, Nouri Al Maliki, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

In his latest book, Jurgen Todenhofer travels to Iraq as an unembedded journalist and gives an inside look at what is the Iraqi resistance, and revealing the myths and realities behind the resistance fighters and the terrorists.

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Putin Promises Al-Maliki Russian Support And Aid At First Meeting

AFP | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday urged tighter relations with Russia as Moscow seeks to restore its economic and political influence in B...

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Obama Went to Iraq and Visited... the Airport. Was it the Sandstorms or the Rising Shitstorm?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad Bombing, Camp Victory, Green Zone, Iraq Bombing, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Jalal Talabani, Iraq Sandstorm, Condoleezza Rice, Baghdad, Iraq, Robert Gibbs, Sunni Awakening, Sunnis, Nouri Al Maliki, Obama Iraq, Warwire, World News

it is hard not to wonder about the "coincidence" of Obama's visit being confined to the airport and coming in the midst of a rising tide in violence in Iraq over the past several days.

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Al-Qaida Infiltrating Iraq Security Forces: Sunni Awakening Commander

Time | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaida, Sunni Awakening Fighters, Anbar Province, Foreign Affairs, Qaeda Infiltration, Anbar Awakening, Sahwa, Al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Nouri Al Maliki, Advocacy, Al Qaeda, World News

Sheikh Hamid al-Hayess is not optimistic. A burly man with a thick black moustache and closely knitted brows, he is one of the founding members of the...

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While Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan, Iraq Could Blow Up in His Face

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

There is great reason to suspect that the timeline for withdrawal -- all troops out by 2011 -- announced in February by the Obama administration will prove to be a fallacy.

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Iraqi PM Calls For Reconciliation With Saddam Supporters

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — In an overture to Sunnis, Iraq's prime minister called on Iraqis on Friday to reconcile with former supporters of Saddam Hussein's Sun...

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Where is Mohammed al-Daini? [Updated]

Dal LaMagna | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

The U.S. may be leaving Iraq, but we should not be abandoning the Iraqi people. Particularly those who have put their lives on the line to rebuild their country in peace.

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Iraq Faces A New War That Threatens To Complicate Obama's Withdrawal Plans

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn in Mosul | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Kurds, Obama Iraq Withdrawal, Northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurds, Arabs, Arab-Kurdish War, Barack Obama, Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraq War, The Independent, Obama Iraq, War Wire, Iraq, Nineveh Province, World News

A new war is threatening Iraq just as the world believes the country is returning to peace. While violence is dropping in Baghdad and in the south of ...

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Iraq Elections' Big Loser May Have Been Iran

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Trenton Daniel and Leila Fadel | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Nouri Al Maliki Election, Iraq Election, Iran, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

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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Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki Is Big Winner In Elections

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Elections, Iraq, Al-Maliki, Nouri Al-Maliki, World News

BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's allies swept to victory over Shiite religious parties during last weekend's provincial elections in I...

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