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 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

OPINION

 Iraq Victory Vindicates Bush 


Mar 25, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - They called it Bush’s folly, a lost cause, even the worst foreign policy mistake in US history. “Even now, there are those who cannot bring themselves to utter the words ‘victory’ and ‘Iraq’ in the same sentence,” writes Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe.... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq war • George W. Bush

analysis

Maliki Charts Post-Sectarian Politics in Iraq

Shiite PM teams with secular Sunnis and even militant cleric

Mar 20, 09 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Shiite party of PM Nouri al-Maliki has allied itself with Sunni political figures and even Moqtada al-Sadr, a major departure from earlier politics that followed ethnic and sectarian lines. writes Anthony Shadid in the Washington Post. All support a strong central government and advocate a united Iraq over a... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraqi government • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraqi elections • Sunni Awakening • Dawa

 Looted Iraq Museum 
 Partially Reopens 

PM backs controversial move; much of building still shut

Feb 24, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq’s National Museum reopened yesterday for the first time since its 2003 looting made it a symbol of post-invasion bedlam, the New York Times reports. But with only eight of 26 rooms functional, its reopening symbolizes as much the long road ahead as it does Iraqi reconstruction thus far,... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • museum • looting • Iraq war • invasion

Iraqi Kurds Fear a
Resurgent Baghdad

Arab-Kurdish tensions intensify as country's safety improves

Feb 20, 09 1:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Now that violence between Sunni and Shia Arabs is declining across Iraq, tensions are mounting again between Arabs and Kurds, who want Barack Obama to step in to cool off conflicts, the Economist reports. Oil and land disputes, political losses and an empowered central government have weakened the Kurds, who... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • United States • Jalal Talabani

Iraq PM Shrugs Off US as Sarko Cozies Up

In his first visit to Baghdad, French prez seeks oil, influence

Feb 11, 09 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - French prez Nicolas Sarkozy, whose predecessor led international opposition to the Iraq war, paid a surprise visit to Baghdad yesterday in an attempt to raise his country's profile in the region. Sarkozy met with PM Nouri al-Maliki, who used a joint news conference to slap at recent US pressure to... More »

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Iraq • diplomacy • Nouri al-Maliki • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • oil companies • Total SA

Maliki's Allies Win Big
in Provincial Vote

Maliki's party wins 38% of Baghdad vote, 37% in Basra

Feb 5, 09 9:51 AM CST
(AP) - Allies of Iraq's prime minister finished first in races for ruling councils in Baghdad and eight other provinces, official results from last weekend's election show. Nouri al-Maliki's party won 38% of the vote in Baghdad, the election commission said. His party was followed by allies of anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • Basra • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war • Iraqi elections • provincial elections • Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq

 Iraqis Vote for Secular Parties 

Iraq PM claiming victory in provincial poll

Feb 2, 09 2:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraq's Dawa Party and other secular political parties appear to have scored significant victories in Iraq's provincial elections, strengthening the hand of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Detailed election results are still several days off, but religious parties appear to have been defeated in the principal cities of Bahgdad and Basra,... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraqi elections • Dawa • Independent High Electoral Commission • Iraqi Front for National Dialogue • Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq • National Reformation Movement • Iraqi Islamic Party

Iraqis Wrap Up Voting
Amid Relative Calm

That this is worth reporting is deeply sad and also deeply funny

Jan 31, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraq’s first provincial election went off more or less smoothly today. Though three mortar shells landed near one polling place, no one was injured or killed, Reuters reports, and polls closed without any other major incidents. Turnout appeared strong, even in places like Anbar province, a Sunni-dominated area that... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • vote • Iraqi security forces • Iraqi government • Iraqi elections

Polls Open in Watershed
Iraqi Election

Thousands vie for seats in biggest vote since fall of Saddam

Jan 30, 09 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The polls are already open for this weekend's provincial elections in Iraq, the nation's first since it became a fully sovereign nation after the fall of Saddam. The Sunni minority is participating, reports the Christian Science Monitor, and Iraqis can vote for more than 14,000 candidates vying for 440... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • Sunnis • Iraqi elections • provincial elections

Raising Saddam's Specter, Maliki Aims to Solidify Power

Maliki looks to increase party's power even as some see Saddam-like authority grabs

Jan 26, 09 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki is looking to extend his reach with party gains on the provincial level in elections Saturday, the New York Times reports. But despite his assurances that “the iron centralization has ended,” many Iraqis fear a return to rule by a single leader with power... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Nouri al-Maliki • power • exile • centralization

 This Time, Iraq Gets 
 Politics With Its Elections 

Stability gives candidates chance to compete more in Western democratic style

Jan 22, 09 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - If Iraq’s tumultuous 2005 elections were a trial run at democracy, the current provincial race has main-event flavor, the Washington Post reports. Greater stability has allowed town-hall gatherings, where voters grill some 14,000 candidates running for 440 seats on everything from housing to militarization. And campaign posters, T-shirts... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • democracy • political party • Iraq government • candidate • election • local election • political campaign

 Former Iraqi PM: 
 Bush an 'Utter Failure' 

Allawi had been appointed by US after Saddam's fall

Jan 3, 09 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi prime minister installed by Washington after the fall of Saddam Hussein has blasted President Bush’s policies as an “utter failure,” Reuters reports. In an interview with an Arab newspaper, Iyad Allawi said Bush’s “insistence on names like ‘democracy’ and ‘open elections,... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • sectarian violence • Nouri al-Maliki • democracy • Iyad Allawi • free elections • George W. Bush

Shoe-Thrower Tortured Into Writing Apology

Zaidi 'would do it again,' will sue Iraqi police for abuse, brother says

Dec 22, 08 11:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Muntadar al-Zaidi, now famous for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush during a press conference in Iraq, was tortured into writing a letter of apology to the American president, his brother told the Guardian today. Zaidi has allegedly suffered cigarette burns to his ears, is missing a tooth, and... More »

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Iraq • torture • Nouri al-Maliki • shoes • Iraq police • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

Iraqi Judge: Shoe-Tosser Was Beaten

He opens probe, says case against journalist could be dropped

Dec 19, 08 9:38 AM CST
(AP) - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush was beaten afterward and had bruises on his face and around his eyes, a judge said today. Judge Dhia al-Kinani, the magistrate investigating the incident, said the court has opened an investigation into the treatment of Muntadhar al-Zaidi. "We... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • shoes • press conference • beatings • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Shoe-Tosser 
 to Maliki: 
 Pardon Me 

Journalist appeals to Iraqi PM's 'fatherly feelings'

Dec 18, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush is appealing to PM Nouri al-Maliki for a pardon, the Guardian reports. Calling on Maliki's "fatherly feelings," Muntadar al-Zaidi expressed remorse, saying the "big ugly act cannot be excused," Maliki's office said. He also reminded the... More »

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Nouri al-Maliki • shoes • Jalal Talabani • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Iraq Officials Busted 
 in Coup Plot 

Generals, old regime members arrested in Ministry of Interior sweep

Dec 18, 08 3:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraq has arrested up to 35 Ministry of the Interior officials over the last three days for their part in a plot to revive Saddam Hussein's Baath party, the New York Times reports. Some being held were in the early stages of planning a coup, say officials. Four generals were... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq government • Baathists • Baath Party • Iraq Army • coup d'etat

Bush Makes Surprise Farewell Stop in Baghdad

Will meet leaders, thank troops in mission's 'endgame'

Dec 14, 08 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush has arrived in Baghdad on a surprise farewell trip, the BBC reports. A day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the US mission in Iraq is in its “endgame,” Bush met with President Jalal Talabani; he’ll meet with other "leaders, thank the troops, and... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • US military • troop withdrawal • Jalal Talabani • George W. Bush • security pact

 Sewage Soaks Baghdad Slum 

Infrastructure remains sub-standard in much of Iraq

Nov 25, 08 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Residents of the Sadr City slum of Baghdad have come to accept raw sewage, bubbling to the surface from broken pipes, as a part of daily life, Bloomberg reports. And Sadr City is hardly an oddity—despite 6 years and billions of American dollars, much of Iraq still lacks reliable... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • waste • sewage • Muqtada al-Sadr

Maliki's Power Grabs Stir Fears of 'Shiite Saddam'

US security deal may strengthen central government; some see 'benevolent Shiite Saddam'

Nov 24, 08 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Ratification this week of a deal that would put an expiration date on the US deployment in Iraq stands to boost the prestige of PM Nouri al-Maliki, who in recent months has consolidated his power in moves that echo previous authoritarian regimes. As one Western observer tells the Los Angeles ... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq security • Iraq war

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