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July 2008
- Mac: Maliki's 'Pretty Good Timetable' Beats Obama's
  
  newser | Talking Points Memo | 6 hours, 1 minute ago
  
  In an interview with CNN today, John McCain called Nouri al-Maliki’s troop withdrawal plan a “pretty good timetable”—leading Josh Marshall, on Talking Points Memo, to call foul. So “Barack Obama's 16 month timetable is a catastrophe,” Marshall says, the difference being that the Iraqi prime minister’s “is based on conditions on the ground and Obama's isn't—even though they're both 16 months.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • Iraq exit strategy • timetable
- Bush Hand: Maliki Nod 'Incredibly Damaging' to Mac
  
  newser | Politico | 7 hours, 14 minutes ago
  
  President Bush’s former communications director is decidedly off GOP message in a new interview, Politico reports, with Dan Bartlett, now in the private sector, saying, “Time will tell, but the al-Maliki comments about a timetable is very close to a game-changing event. That was incredibly damaging [to McCain], because it neutralized one of [Obama’s] biggest liabilities." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • George W. Bush • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • Iraq exit strategy • timetable • Dan Bartlett
- Maliki Pegs Obama as the Most Pliant: Krauthammer
  
  newser | Washington Post | 14 hours, 13 minutes ago
  
  Nouri al-Maliki's endorsement of Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawal from Iraq this week was "the earliest and most ostentatious absentee ballot of this presidential election," writes Charles Krauthammer. The Washington Post columnist thinks that the Iraqi PM gave Obama an electorial assist for a clear reason: between him and John McCain, "it is no mystery who would be the more pliant US negotiator." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • John McCain • election 2008 • US military • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • Iraq exit strategy • timetable
- Best Iraq Policy Would Mix Mac, Obama Plans
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 23, 08 10:08 AM CDT
  
  John McCain was right about the surge, so it’s natural he’s eager to talk about it. But thanks to that very success, Barack Obama finds himself, by luck or cunning, positioned perfectly, Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times . As security improves, Iraqis want Americans to leave. If they don’t, Iraq will coalesce into a unified nation—unified against the US. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • John McCain • election 2008 • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq exit strategy
- McCain's Long-Shot Status Slips Into No-Shot Territory
  
  newser | Time | Jul 22, 08 3:35 PM CDT
  
  The presidential race has broken so hard in Barack Obama’s direction that Michael Grunwald asks “the question the horse-race-loving media are never supposed to ask” in Time : “Is McCain a no-shot?” The Republican is in dire straits, having lost advantage on Iran (Bush is moving toward negotiation), the economy (voters want federal intervention) and now Iraq (Maliki is with Obama on withdrawal). More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • John McCain • Iran • Nouri al-Maliki • economy
- In Jordan, Obama Urges Iraq-to-Afghanistan Shift
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama said today that, with improved security in Iraq, the US should turn its attention to Afghanistan. “There is security progress, but now we need a political solution” in Iraq, Obama said in Amman, Jordan—in his first news conference abroad, the AP reports. Afghanistan, the “central front in the war against terrorism,” is in “a deteriorating situation." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • George W. Bush • Afghanistan • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • troop withdrawal • Iraq exit strategy • Jordan
- Obama Beefs Up Foreign Policy Cred in Iraq
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 22, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  Presidential candidate Barack Obama's weeklong tour of seven countries has so far been fruitful, politically agile, and especially lucky, reports the New York Times . The Illinois senator's withdrawal plan received a timely endorsement from Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki, coinciding with President Bush's embrace of a "time horizon" for pulling troops out of the war-torn country. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • John McCain • Iraq war • United States • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal
- Iraq Sands Shifting Under McCain Position
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 21, 08 1:40 PM CDT
  
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain is stuck in an awkward position after both President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki moved closer to a withdrawal timetable favored by Barack Obama, Politico notes. McCain has opposed such a measure, but in 2004 asserted that if a sovereign Iraqi government asked US troops to leave, the American government should comply. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • John McCain • election 2008 • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • timetable
- Maliki Uses US Politics to Gain Iraqi Leverage
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 10:54 AM CDT
  
  The Iraqi PM’s endorsement of Barack Obama’s withdrawal timetable Saturday (walked back somewhat under pressure) was a calculated maneuver by a man who has figured out how to play US politics for his country's gain, Robert Reid writes for the AP. Nouri al-Maliki started using it as leverage when negotiations over the long-term US role in Iraq bogged down last month, and he sensed White House desperation to get a deal before the campaign swings into high gear. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • George W. Bush • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • Iraq exit strategy • immunity
- Obama, Maliki Want US Troops Out of Iraq by 2010
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 21, 08 10:02 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama spent nearly an hour today meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Washington Post reports, before meeting with President Jalal Talabani. Though the Democrat gave few details—“We had a very constructive discussion,” was all Obama would say—an Iraqi official said the government shares Obama’s goal of withdrawing troops by 2010, without setting specific dates. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • Obama 2008 • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq exit strategy • Jalal Talabani
- Obama Arrives in Iraq
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 21, 08 4:49 AM CDT
  
  Barack Obama landed in Basra today and headed to Baghdad for the latest leg of his world tour, the Washington Post reports. The candidate, who made a brief stop in Kuwait last night after 2 days in Afghanistan, will meet with US commanders and Iraqi officials and speak with US troops and civilian employees. He is accompanied by Democratic Sen. Jack Reed from the Senate Armed Services Committee, CNN reports, and Republican war critic Chuck Hagel. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • troop withdrawal • Chuck Hagel • Kuwait • Jack Reed
- Maliki Backs Obama Iraq Plan
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Jul 19, 08 3:36 PM CDT
  
  While shying away from a presidential endorsement, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed support for Barack Obama’s 16-month timeline for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, Der Spiegel reports. He expressed frustration at his country’s lack of control over US forces and said they should leave "as soon as possible, as far as we are concerned." More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • John McCain • George W. Bush • Iraq war • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • endorsement • Iraq exit strategy
- Sunnis Rejoin Iraqi Parliament
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 19, 08 7:32 AM CDT
  
  The Sunni Arab bloc of Iraq's Parliament returned from a year-long absence today, Reuters reports, as the government approved several Sunni ministerial candidates. The move is a major breakthrough for national reconciliation; "It is a real step forward for political reform," a senior lawmaker in the bloc said. Rafie al-Esawi, a prominent Accordance Front member, will join a Kurdish politician as the second deputy prime minister to Nouri al-Maliki. More »
  
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  Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Sunni leaders • Iraq parliament • Sunni Accordance Front
- US, Iraq Agree to Set 'Time Horizon' for Troop Cuts
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 18, 08 1:55 PM CDT
  
  George Bush and Nouri al-Maliki have agreed that a security pact should include a general, non-binding “time horizon” for troop withdrawals from Iraq, the White House said today. The leaders agreed to lay down “aspirational goals” based on improving ground conditions, Reuters reports, striking a compromise between the prime minister’s recent calls for a timetable and President Bush’s aversion to hard deadlines. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq exit strategy • timetable
- Obama Stands By Plan for 16-Month Drawdown in Iraq
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 14, 08 7:42 AM CDT
  
  Calling Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki's demand for a timetable for US withdrawal an "enormous opportunity," Barack Obama lays out his plan for ending the war in Iraq in a New York Times op-ed piece. The presumptive Democratic nominee reiterates his support for a careful withdrawal over 16 months, leaving behind a "residual force" which would perform limited missions. "The good news is that Iraq’s leaders want to take responsibility for their country by negotiating a timetable for the removal of American troops," he writes. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • Iraq war • Afghanistan • Nouri al-Maliki • War on Terror • Iraq exit strategy
- Emboldened Iraq Stands Up to Washington
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 10, 08 7:41 AM CDT
  
  Nouri al-Maliki and the Iraqi government are now openly demanding a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces, reports the New York Times . While nobody expects Baghdad to boot American troops, several military victories and greater political stability have emboldened Maliki, and the increasingly loud demands reflect a new confidence on the part of the Iraqi PM. More »
  
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  Iraq • George W. Bush • Bush administration • Nouri al-Maliki • American troops • timetable
- Iraq Minister Demands Exit Timetable
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 8, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  Iraq won’t accept any security deal that doesn’t include strict guidelines for a US withdrawal, National Security Adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said today. The US waved off similar statements from Nouri al-Maliki yesterday, saying they didn’t believe the Iraqi PM really wanted a timetable, but Rubaie’s comments left little to interpretation. “Our stance in the negotiations … will be strong,” he said. “We will not accept any memorandum of understanding that doesn’t have specific dates to withdraw foreign forces.” More »
  
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  Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • Iraq exit strategy • timetable • Iraqi government • treaty
- Timetable Needed to End 'Foreign Presence' in Iraq: PM
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 7, 08 12:09 PM CDT
  
  Iraq is ready to be rid of US troops, its prime minister said today, and he wants a timetable. “We are looking at the necessity of terminating the foreign presence on Iraqi lands and restoring full sovereignty,” Nouri al-Maliki told Arab diplomats, saying the “memorandum of understanding” being negotiated with the US would include either outright departure or a timetable, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq exit strategy • timetable • Iraqi government • treaty
- United Arab Emirates Cancels Iraq's $7B Debt
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 7, 08 4:31 AM CDT
  
  Iraq's diplomatic isolation among its Arab neighbors is easing , reports the BBC. The United Arab Emirates canceled Iraq's entire debt of close to $7 billion and appointed a new ambassador, while Jordan's King Abdullah will become the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since 2003, boosting the Baghdad government's standing in the region. More »
  
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  Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • King Abdullah • Jordan • Sunnis • United Arab Emirates • Shia
- Confidence Surges in Baghdad
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Jul 3, 08 6:00 AM CDT
  
  Economic activity and confidence in the government are booming in Baghdad, Der Spiegel reports, in a look at the "astonishing" resurgence of normal life there—despite fear that progress could vanish as quickly as it appeared. For the first time in 4 years, a popular Baghdad supermarket is stocking pork—along with alcohol, something that would have invited reprisals by Islamic extremists. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki

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