Nouri Al Maliki

White House Claims Iraqi Demand For Withdrawal Timeline Is Transcription Error

Think Progress | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


Today, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki suggested having a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops. "The direction we are taking is to have a m...

Iraqi Officials Outraged By US Raid In Prime Minister's Hometown

McClatchy | Hannah Allam | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


Outraged Iraqi officials demanded an investigation into an early morning U.S. military raid Friday near the birthplace of Prime Minister Nouri al Mali...

Militia Leader al-Sadr Calls For New Offensive Against US Forces

Washington Post | Amit R. Paley and Karen DeYoung | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics


The Bush administration's Iraq policy suffered two major setbacks Friday when Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki publicly rejected key U.S. terms for an o...

Iraq PM Raises Possibility That US Might Be Asked To leave

McClatchy | Leila Fadel and Mike Tharp | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics


Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki raised the possibility that his country won't sign a status of forces agreement with the United States and will a...

Iraqi PM to neighbors: Stop terrorists from crossing borders

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics


KUWAIT CITY — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Tuesday he was disappointed that neighboring countries have not done enough to his war-t...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Disagrees With Petraeus: US Forces Can Start Withdrawing

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister got a show of support from political leaders of both Muslim sects on Thursday as he moved to isolate anti-U.S. S...

Iraq PM to Expand Crackdown on Militias

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister pledged Thursday to expand his crackdown on Shiite militias to Baghdad, despite a mixed performance so far again...

Shiite Fighting In Iraq Exposes Weakness Of Iraqi Security Forces

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home


This week, the final U.S. Army brigade deployed to Baghdad as part of the troop surge returns to the United States. And that's only appropriate, as th...

AP: Iraqi Prime Minister Left Politically Battered And Humbled

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out Monday in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-S...

Discontent Surging In Iraq

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — In the depths of a strangely cold winter in the Middle East, Iraqis complain that the lights are not on, the kerosene heaters are with...

Fatigued Iraqi PM Off To London For Treatment

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki left Baghdad on Saturday for a medical check-up in London after suffering exhaustion, a government statement said....

Jason Linkins

Iraq War Pessimism: Not Just For Democrats!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Oh noes! Look at who's trying to "pull the rug" out from under the Iraq war effort now! Republican Senators like Lindsay Graham and Saxby Chambliss, that's who!

White House And Iraq Agree On "Principles" For Permanent US Presence

TPM Muckraker | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


So it begins. After years of obfuscation and denial on the length of the U.S.'s stay in Iraq, the White House and the Maliki government have released ...

PM: Release Iraq Insurgents To Promote National "Unity"

Washington Post | Joshua Partlow and Amit R. Paley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


During an optimistic address in which he described the changes in Iraqi security as "remarkable" and pronounced the country "revived," Prime Minister ...

Iraq PM Accuses US Of "Stalling" On Executions

BBC News | Jim Muir | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki has criticised US forces for failing to hand over for execution three former prominent figures in Saddam Hussein's regime. The ...

Rice, Al-Maliki Avoid Each Other At UN Meeting

AP | Matthew Lee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki kept a polite distance Saturday as they attended a group meeting and avoi...

Sadr Bloc Pulls Out Of Iraq Ruling Coalition, Further Weakening Maliki Govt

Reuters | Dominic Evans and Waleed Ibrahim | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The political movement loyal to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr quit Iraq's ruling Shi'ite Alliance on Saturday, leaving Prime Minister Nuri al-M...

Iraq's Anti-Corruption Chief Says Maliki Government Must Go

The Nation | David Corn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


With Congress and the White House engaging in yet another round of debate on the Iraq War, a former Iraqi judge who was--and who still may be--the chi...