Named source - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki - says negotiations with U.S. over Iraq withdrawal seemed suspect, even political."Last July, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said U.S. troops should be out of Iraq “as soon as possible” and endorsed Sen....
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Doesn't this take away a major plank from Barack Obama's platform?"Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday....
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16 militants have been killed today after Iraqi troops came under heavy fire from a US warplane in the city of Basra. "Iraqi police earlier claimed eight civilians, including two women and a child, had been killed in a predawn airstrike in the Hananiyah neighborhood, a known...
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"Political satire: Pakistan prime ministerial candidate denies he is Christian
"From Barack Obama's website: "Obama Has Never Been A Muslim, And Is a Committed Christian."Obama on the importance of Christ in his life: "I submitted myself to His will, and dedicated myself...
How many times have we heard our president tell us that the troops will be coming home [insert every statement here.]"President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a joint letter in November. On...
"Britain's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to withdraw more than 1,000 troops from Iraq by year's end, and Iraq said it will take over security from British forces in the southern Basra province within two months.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown was on an unannounced...
"Iraq tells US security company to leave after civilian deaths
By Kim Senguptain Baghdad
Published: 18 September 2007
The Iraqi government has ordered the American private security contractor Blackwater, which...
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"France calls for new Iraq prime minister
By Peter Allen in Paris
Last Updated: 1:16am BST 27/08/2007
France's foreign minister risked fracturing his country's new relationship with America yesterday, by calling...
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NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actual
experience. Iraqi...
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"WASHINGTON — After a brief trip to Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin said Monday that the Iraqi Parliament should vote no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki because of its sectarian nature and...
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Iraqi PM calls emergency meeting."Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, has called for a summit of the nation's main political factions in an attempt to break Iraq's political paralysis.
In recent weeks almost all...
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Just becuase the Israelis did it, does not make it right - good on President Jalal Talabani for opposing the idea. One nation is the way to go."Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has added his voice to a chorus of criticism of moves by US and Iraqi troops to build a security...
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Events like this aren't getting much play today; one of the deadliest strings of bombings since the occupation began."Nearly 200 people have been killed in a string of attacks in Iraq's capital, Baghdad - the worst day of violence since a US security operation began.
In one...
"Iraqi authorities have arrested an official accused of recording Saddam Hussein's execution on a cellphone, an adviser to the prime minister said Wednesday.
The adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki,...
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Caption on photo should read - "Saddam Hussein is prepared for execution with eye exam. Officials want to make sure he sees what is going to happen." (tongue in cheek)
UPDATE: Word has it that Saddam will "leave...
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