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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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Iraq: 3,000 High-Risk Detainees

John Bruhns | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Mahdi Army, Iraqi Detainees, Shiite Militias, General Odierno, Iraqi Government, Sunni Awakening, Nouri Al Maliki, The Obama Administration, Politics News

If these the 18,500 Iraqi detainees, when freed, return to terrorist activity, it will be the biggest road block to a stable democracy in Iraq -- if that's even possible.

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People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran: Iranian Dissidents In Iraq Face Uncertain Future

Esme E. Deprez | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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NEW YORK--Iraq's transition of power and the security agreement calling for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq by 2011 leaves the fate of 3,0...

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Iraq Rejects Draft Law Letting Non-US Troops Stay

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 01.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Parliament, Foreign Troops in Iraq, Sofa, Nouri Al-Maliki, War Wire, Iraq Rejects Law Non-Us Troops, British Troops Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Foreign Troops Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament rejected for the second time Saturday a draft law allowing foreign troops from countries other than the United State...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki May Be Weakened By Security Pact Dealmaking

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Parliament's approval of a security pact with the U.S. has propelled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki into a position of strength unsurp...

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Iraqi Parliamentarian Acquitted For "Crime" of Visiting Israel

Heather Robinson | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: De-Baathification Law, Alusi Iraq, Mithal Al-Alusi, Popular View in Iraq, Human Rights, Iraqi Israeli Relations, Islamist Parties, Iraq Human Rights, Iraq, Iraq Judicial System, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

Following a visit to Israel in September, the Iraqi Parliament stripped human rights activist Alusi of his legal immunity and threatened him with prosecution for the "crime" of visiting Israel.

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Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

In a nutshell, the Pentagon's argument couldn't be simpler or more red-bloodedly American: We have too much stuff there to leave Iraq any time soon.

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Maliki Defends Troop Withdrawal Pact On Iraqi National Television

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Us Iraq Troop Pact, Foreign Affairs, War Wire, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister delivered a nationally televised address Tuesday to rally domestic support for a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, calli...

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Iraq Dismisses Oversight Officials Despite Soaring Corruption

NY Times | JAMES GLANZ and RIYADH MOHAMMED | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Graft, Foreign Affairs, Iraq Corruption, War Wire, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

BAGHDAD -- The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is systematically dismissing oversight officials who were installed to fight corrupti...

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Iraqi PM Maliki Now Supports US "Withdrawal Agreement", Source Says

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Leila Fadel | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Affairs, Us Troop Withdrawal Iraq, US Troops, War Wire, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has informed Iraq's presidency council that he now supports a security agreement with the United States, a S...

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Ahmadinejad: Guns N' Roses

Jamal Dajani | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad Letter to Obama, George W Bush, Iran, Taliban, Sejil Missile, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Nouri Al Maliki, President Elect Obama, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Obama had said that he was prepared to hold tough presidential negotiations without preconditions with Iran; it seems that he may just have to do so earlier than he might have expected.

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US Security Pact Should Be Rejected, Shiite Clerics Say

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Wire, Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Shiites, Shiite, Us Security Pact, Nouri Al Maliki, Baghdad, Politics News

BAGHDAD — Shiite clerics warned the government Friday not to sign a security pact that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq until 2012, as the prime m...

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US Security Agreement Tears Maliki Between US And Iran, WaPo Says

Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

BAGHDAD, Oct. 27 -- A deal to authorize the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond 2008 is forcing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to choose betwee...

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The Obama Challenges

John Bruhns | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Iraq War Wire, Iraq Veterans, Afghan War, Pakistan, 2008 Presidential Race, The Bush Administration, Us Economy Recession, Labor Unions, Windfall Profits Tax, Barack Obama, Alternative Resources, Alternative Energy, Obama Administration, Energy Crisis, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Free Trade Agreements, Nafta, Nouri Al-Maliki, Financial Crisis, Iraqi Troops, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Trade Agreements, Politics News

As President, Obama will need to confront two costly wars, global terrorism, an economy on the brink and a serious energy crisis. Don't expect immediate change.

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Iraq Seeks Security Pact Rewrites, Right To Try American Soldiers

Reuters | Mariam Karouny and Peter Graff | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq demanded changes to a draft security pact with the United States Tuesday after it failed to win the support of its political ...

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US-Iraq Withdrawal Plan Reached, Mirrors Obama's Plan

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Wire, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Barack Obama, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq Withdrawal, Politics News

Iraq and the United States have finally agreed on a security pact which would mean that US forces would withdraw from Iraq by 2011, American and Iraqi...

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Bush Uses Iraq-Based Troops As Domestic Political Pawns, And Almost Nobody Notices

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Rachel Maddow, Obama Timetable, Nouri Al Maliki Timetable, George W. Bush, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Iraq Timetable, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

Yesterday, ThinkProgress reported on an extraordinary revelation in the ongoing negotiations between the Bush White House and Nouri al-Maliki's Iraqi ...

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Report: Bush Pushed Back Iraq Withdrawal To Help McCain

Think Progress | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Last July, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said U.S. troops should be out of Iraq "as soon as possible" and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) w...

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RNC: "USA, USA"

Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Patriotism, John McCain, Rnc, 2008 Presidential Race, Republican Convention, Al Qaeda, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

Patriotism and "Country First" have become the theme for John McCain's campaign. Several speakers, including the Republican nominee himself, John McCa...

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New Bob Woodward Book: US Spied On Iraqi Leaders

Washington Post | Steve Luxenberg | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

Read More: US Spying on Iraq, Bob Woodward, Woodward Book, Bush Administration, Nouri Al Maliki, Media News

The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, a...

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Maliki's Growing Defiance Of US Worries Allies And Critics

McClatchy Newspapers | Leila Fadel | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has been on a roll, and American officials are getting worried. Once perceived as a sectarian Shiite ...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Jeopardizes Withdrawal Agreement By Ousting Negotiators

LA Times | Ned Parker | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

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At the "make-or-break" stage of talks with the U.S. on the withdrawal of American troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has swept aside his nego...

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Obama Foreign Policy Aide: McCain Is Out Of GOP Mainstream On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Withdrawal, John McCain, Susan Rice, Barack Obama, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

Barack Obama's chief foreign policy adviser Susan Rice just strolled past past the Huffington Post office inside media pavilion number 5 here at the D...

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