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  • August 2007

    • Intelligence Community Doubts Iraqi Leadership

      CNN  |  Aug 23, 07 2:04 PM CDT

      Intelligence Community Doubts Iraqi Leadership

      (Newser) - A National Intelligence Estimate released today reveals that the US intelligence community doubts Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has the ability to lead the country effectively, CNN reports. Coming one day after President Bush defended Maliki in a speech, the report by US intelligence agencies also expresses worry over a possible large-scale, coordinated offensive by insurgents in the coming weeks. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • Syria  • security  • Iraq government  • intelligence  • National Intelligence Estimate  • extremism

    • Maliki Must Go: Senator

      Washington Post  |  Aug 21, 07 1:49 AM CDT

      Maliki Must Go: Senator

      (Newser) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki must go, says Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin, who yesterday called on the nation's parliament to replace him with a "more unifying" leader if Maliki can't quickly forge political peace among rival factions. Maliki's current talks with Iraqi leaders is the "last chance" to turn around the crisis in Iraq, Levin warned.  More »

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      Iraq  • Senate  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • Shiite  • Iraq government  • Senate Democrats  • Carl Levin

    • Maliki Calls Summit to Heal Iraqi Cabinet

      BBC  |  Aug 12, 07 4:27 PM CDT

      Maliki Calls Summit to Heal Iraqi Cabinet

      (Newser) - Iraq’s PM says he will try to salvage his disintegrating government by holding an emergency summit of cabinet members over the next couple of days. The BBC reports that Nouri al-Maliki is even warning Sunnis that he could refill his government with “alternative” ministers if they refuse to join. Sunnis accuse al-Maliki of having close ties with Iran, which has started "an unprecedented genocide campaign” in Iraq.  More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • United Nations  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Shiite  • Sunni  • genocide  • Kurds  • Iraq government  • Security Council  • political factions  • Sunni Accordance Front

    • US Kills 30 in Baghdad

      BBC  |  Aug 8, 07 5:21 PM CDT

      US Kills 30 in Baghdad

      (Newser) - The US killed 30 militants and detained another dozen in an overnight air strike on a military stronghold in a Shiite district of Baghdad. Witnesses counted women and children among the slain, though the US claims all 30 were insurgents linked to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • US military  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Sadr City  • Shia

    • More Cabinet Defections Imperil Iraqi Regime

      Reuters  |  Aug 6, 07 5:13 PM CDT

      More Cabinet Defections Imperil Iraqi Regime

      (Newser) - Four more Iraqi cabinet ministers said today they're boycotting meetings, bringing the total to a whopping 17 and leaving PM Nouri al-Maliki with a tenuous majority in the 37-member body. In the latest round of infighting, the newest defectors, all allies of the country's first postwar PM, charge that Maliki has turned a deaf ear to their demands. More »

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      Nouri al-Maliki  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Kurds  • Iraq government  • Ba'ath party

    • Key Sunni Bloc Deserts Maliki

      Reuters  |  Aug 1, 07 3:01 PM CDT

      Key Sunni Bloc Deserts Maliki

      (Newser) - The Sunni Accordance Front defected from Iraq's government today, accusing PM Nuri al-Maliki of being uncooperative, Reuters reports, on a day when suicide bombs killed more than 70 in Baghdad. "This is probably the most serious political crisis we have faced since the passage of the constitution,'' a deputy PM said of the troubled government. More »

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      Iraq  • United States  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop withdrawal  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • Iraq government  • suicide attack  • Sunnis  • Sunni Accordance Front

  • July 2007

    • Iraqi Parliament Takes a Break

      Reuters  |  Jul 30, 07 4:45 PM CDT

      Iraqi Parliament Takes a Break

      (Newser) - Saying PM Nouri al-Maliki's government had given it little to work with, Iraq's parliament began a 5-week recess today, Reuters reports. The chamber normally begins its summer break in July, but with crucial legislation pending, members delayed. Squabbling between political factions then stalled laws seen as vital to mending the Sunni-Shiite fracture that's impeding the new regime's progress. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop surge  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Kurds  • Iraq parliament

    • Corruption Shadows Iraq Rebuilding

      BBC  |  Jul 30, 07 2:48 PM CDT

      Corruption Shadows Iraq Rebuilding

      (Newser) - US auditors monitoring the rebuilding process in Iraq are battling forces they compare to "a second insurgency"—corruption and economic mismanagement. The Iraqi government is refusing to handle reconstruction projects worth billions of dollars, and US officials are now investigating more than 50 fraud cases, the BBC reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • corruption  • fraud  • Iraq government  • reconstruction  • Stuart Bowen

    • Saudi King Backs Iraq's Sunni Rebels

      New York Times  |  Jul 27, 07 6:23 AM CDT

      Saudi King Backs Iraq's Sunni Rebels

      (Newser) - Saudi Arabia is working at cross purposes with the Bush administration in Iraq by backing Sunni tribes engaged in sectarian violence there, the New York Times reports. King Abdullah has funded the Sunnis and is allowing insurgents to enter the country, US officials charge. Of up to 80 foreign fighters who enter Iraq monthly, they estimate, nearly half come from Saudi Arabia. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Saudi Arabia  • insurgents  • Sunni  • sectarian violence  • King Abdullah

    • Bush Gets Personal with Iraqi PM

      New York Times  |  Jul 25, 07 5:43 AM CDT

      Bush Gets Personal with Iraqi PM

      (Newser) - Across thousands of miles, President Bush remains a close adviser to Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki. At least every 2 weeks, the politicians confer over a satellite uplink, usually for more than an hour of discussion about the civil war, Iraq's future, and even their shared religious devotion. "They talk about the challenges they face," a source tells the Times. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • US military  • United States  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Iraq government  • prime minister

    • Iraq in Free Fall, CIA Boss Warned

      Washington Post  |  Jul 12, 07 5:01 AM CDT

      Iraq in Free Fall, CIA Boss Warned

      (Newser) - The CIA director painted a grim picture of a deteriorating situation in Iraq sharply at odds with President Bush's sunny view in a closed-door session of the Iraq Study Group last November, Bob Woodward reports in the Washington Post . "The government is unable to govern," Michael Hayden flatly warned in the meeting. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Nouri al-Maliki  • CIA  • Michael Hayden  • Iraq Study Group  •</