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Student Rape-Murder Gang Shuts Iraq U

Shia student group accused of campus campaign of terror

Oct 20, 09 2:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of Iraq's leading universities has been shut down while authorities attempt to purge it of a sectarian student gang accused of carrying out a campaign of murder and rape. Professors, administrators, and fellow students have been targeted by the Students League, a shadowy group of Shia students said to... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • university • Shia extremism • Shia militia

 Mortars Rock Baghdad
During Biden's Visit

Vice president unharmed; will meet with Iraqi political leaders

Sep 15, 09 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mortar rounds exploded near the US Embassy in downtown Baghdad today during a surprise visit by Joe Biden, the New York Times reports. The vice president was inside the embassy compound when two mortars struck apartment buildings across the street. Two more rounds landed near the compound but didn’t... More »

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Iraq • Joe Biden • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • US embassy in Baghdad • US Embassy in Iraq • mortar attack

Iraqi Shiites Ditch Maliki in New Coalition

Group favors a government more closely allied with Iran

Aug 24, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s major Shiite parties have formed a new coalition without Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki or his Dawa Party, they announced today. That means that unless Maliki finds new allies, he will likely lose his job following the January elections. If the new coalition wins a majority, he’ll be... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • Nouri al-Maliki • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraqi elections

(Newser) - Iraq was rocked by two deadly, possibly destabilizing bombings this weekend, but the proof is in the reprisals, Larry Kaplow writes in Newsweek—and there were none. “Iraq today is a different place than it was when ethnic conflict threatened to engulf the country in 2006,” Kaplow... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • bombing • Muqtada al-Sadr • reprisal

(Newser) - The Iraqi robbers who killed eight security guards and stole $4.8 million from a Baghdad bank this week were army officers, not insurgents, the Los Angeles Times reports. Iraqi police revealed today the arrest of four elite officers assigned to guard Shiite Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi. "It was... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Nouri al-Maliki • bank robbery • Iraq Army

Gates Makes
Surprise Visit to Iraq


Jul 28, 09 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has landed in Iraq for a surprise visit, the AP reports. He'll meet with troops stationed at a command post in southern Iraq who are largely serving as advisers. He's also expected to see Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and visit the restive Kurdish region.... More »

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Iraq • Robert Gates • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • US troops • troop withdrawal • Iraq exit strategy

 Iraq Pullout on Target: 
 Obama, Maliki 

Obama plays down Iraqi limits on US forces as 'differences in strategy'

Jul 22, 09 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama met with Nouri al-Maliki today and vowed to keep to his timetable that has all US forces out of Iraq by 2011, the Washington Post reports. The Iraqi prime minister said that his country’s security forces are now “highly capable” of handling the threat posed by... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • prime minister • Iraq war • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - High-level officials of Joe Biden's caliber usually stay in places like Iraq for a few hours, max. Biden, however, is now gearing up for the second day of his surprise visit. No wonder: In his new role as a sort of unofficial envoy to the nation, Biden has no small... More »

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Iraq • Joe Biden • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • vice president • envoy

OPINION

 Parade, Jubilation Follow 
 US Pullout of Iraqi Cities 

Maliki warns media not to question his forces' abilities

Jun 30, 09 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq held its first full military parade since the fall of Saddam today—now known as Sovereignty Day—to celebrate the official withdrawal of US troops from cities and towns. The proceedings took place inside the Green Zone and were screened on television, but several media outlets, including the New ... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq death toll • sovereignty • parade • transfer of power

 Iraqis Celebrate 'Sovereignty 
 Day' as US Pulls Back 

Maliki declares June 30 'National Sovereignty Day'

Jun 29, 09 4:31 PM CDT
(AP) - Iraqi forces have assumed formal control of security in Baghdad and other cities after US combat troops withdrew from urban areas. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight deadline passed for combat troops to pull back. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has declared a public... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • US troops • Iraqi security forces • Iraq Army • al Maliki

(Newser) - Baghdad's festive mood this weekend has left some Washington officials and military leaders simmering, the Guardian reports. While Iraqis prepare to celebrate US troops' withdrawal from city streets tomorrow, American officials say that local forces have gone untrained, forcing US troops to sustain casualties. Worse, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • Washington • occupation

(Newser) - PM Nouri al-Maliki looks a lot like a strongman these days, using every lever at his disposal to influence Iraq’s January elections, the Washington Post reports. His men have arrested or threatened political rivals in Diyala province and Basra; last month they even arrested a councilman from the Iraqi... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Diyala • US military • Iraqi government • Iraqi elections • Iraqi Islamic Party

updated

 Suicide Bomb Kills 50 in Iraq 

Blast at Shia mosque occurs hours after PM's warning

Jun 20, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 50 people were killed in Iraq today when a truck bomb detonated near a crowd of worshipers leaving a Shiite mosque near Kirkuk, Reuters reports. The bombing occurred only hours after Nouri al-Maliki warned the country that terrorist violence may increase as the planned June 30 withdrawal of... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • sectarian violence • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • suicide bombing • troop withdrawal • al-Qaeda

(Newser) - “Heavy pressure” from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki helped convince President Obama to oppose the release of Abu Ghraib torture photos sought by the ACLU, McClatchy reports. “Baghdad will burn,” Maliki reportedly told military officials. The administration cited objections from generals as the reason for the change... More »

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Abu Ghraib • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Iraqi government • Iraq war • David McKiernan • President Obama • torture photos

(Newser) - Filthy, bug-infested Iraqi hospitals still lack basic equipment and supplies that could save thousands of lives, McClatchy reports. With sectarian violence down, doctors and aid groups are blaming government corruption for the nation's health woes. "The government has money," said a fourth-year resident at a Baghdad hospital.... More »

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Iraq • health care • Nouri al-Maliki • hospitals • corruption

Iraq, Economy Stalling,
May Be Broke by Next Year

Drop in oil price has gutted nation's income

May 11, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some people thought Iraq wouldn't be affected by the worldwide economic downturn, says an Iraqi economist. "Those people were stupid." At the very least, they were wrong: Sales of consumer goods are in the basement, along with real estate, and the unemployment rate hovers around 25%. Surpluses from... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq economy • unemployment • Iraq security • economy • economic downturn • Jay-ZTV

Iraq PM Vows to Prosecute US Troops After Fatal Raid

First time Iraq has threatened prosecution against American soldiers

Apr 27, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s prime minister is threatening the country’s first prosecution of US troops after two Iraqis were killed yesterday morning in a US raid, the Washington Post reports. Nouri al-Maliki said the raid violated a security agreement that bans unilateral American action; the US says Iraq’s military had... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • raid • Iraq war • security agreement • prosecutions

(Newser) - Despite entreaties from Washington, Iraq’s majority-Shiite government is hardening its stance against the outlawed Sunni-dominated Baath party, the New York Times reports. Blamed by some for recent bombings of Shiites, Baathists are “filled with hate from head to toe," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said this week,... More »

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Saddam Hussein • Nouri al-Maliki • United States • Iraq Civil War • Baath Party • reconciliation

Iraqi Lawmakers End Standoff, Pick Speaker

Sunni engineer vows
to work with Shiites, expedite reforms

Apr 19, 09 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq ended months of political paralysis today by selecting Ayad al-Samarai as its new parliamentary speaker, the BBC reports. An even-tempered Sunni engineer, al-Samarai failed to win a big enough majority for 4 months because of fears he sought to oust Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Los Angeles Times... More »

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Iraqi Parliament • Nouri al-Maliki • reforms

UPDATED

 Obama Makes 
 Surprise Detour to Iraq 


Apr 7, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama made an unannounced stop today in Baghdad, where he told some 600 US troops at Camp Victory that it's time for Iraqis to "take responsibility for their country" after America's commitment of six years and thousands of lives. "You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Nouri al-Maliki • foreign policy • Iraq exit strategy

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