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NEWS ABOUT: Nouri al-Maliki

Nouri al-Maliki stories: 167 news summaries

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Cheney Drops In On Baghdad

VP meets with brass, government, as attacks spread to Kurdistan

May 9, 07 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Baghdad this morning, hours after the White House alerted 35,000 more troops of impending deployment to the fractious capital. Cheney met with top general David Petraeus and top envoy Ryan Crocker, and is expected to consult with PM Maliki and... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Kurdistan • Ryan Crocker

Iraqi PM Begs
for Debt Forgiveness

US, Iran, Syria to cross paths at Egypt summit

May 3, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is begging other nations to write off Iraq's debt, saying the country needs reconstruction funds. He spoke today at a regional summit that will feature the first high-level talks between the U.S. and Syria since 2005; prospects of Secretary of State Rice sitting down with... More »

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Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • United States • debt • Iraq war

Cabal Pushes Shiite Agenda

Group working out
of Iraqi PM's office
is accused of
protecting militias

May 1, 07 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A shadowy group within the Iraqi prime minister’s office is secretly pushing a Shiite agenda and exacerbating sectarianism, CNN reports. The 24-member Office of the Commander in Chief has power over other ministries, which Iraqis say it is using to protect  militias and blacklist commanders not willing to turn... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • politics • Nouri al-Maliki • sectarianism

Bush Doubts Surge Success

Privately, Bush seeks to lower expectations on the surge—and the prime minister

Apr 28, 07 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration is quietly rijiggering its internal expectations for Iraq, senior administration officials have told the New York Times. In spite of a publicly optimistic stance, Bush is already preparing for the possible failure of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's regime and readying to maintain a troop surge well into... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • troop surge • Nouri al-Maliki • war • George W. Bush

Iraqi PM Calls Off Wall

Prime Minister al-Maliki ordered a stop to a wall between a Sunni and Shiite neighborhood

Apr 23, 07 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki halted construction of a wall between a Sunni neighborhood and surrounding Shiite areas in Baghdad yesterday, after outraged protests by both Sunnis and Shiites. Al-Maliki said he did not want Iraqis to be reminded of "other walls"—a reference to the barrier being... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Adhamiya • wall

Baghdad Blasts Claim Nearly 200 LIives

On bloodiest day since surge, Maliki
promises transfer of power by 2008

Apr 19, 07 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 200 people were killed, and more than 200 injured, by five apparently coordinated explosions that rocked Baghdad yesterday. It was the deadliest day since the U.S. troop surge in the besieged capital, and a chilling backdrop to an announcement by PM al-Maliki that Iraqis will be completely in... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • security • troop surge • Nouri al-Maliki • Sadriya • bombing • explosion

Sadr Orders Loyalists to Quit Iraqi Cabinet

Pressures prime minister to push for U.S. withdrawal

Apr 16, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six Iraqi cabinet ministers are expected to resign today on orders from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. "We are going to declare our withdrawal from government because the prime minister does not want to make a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq," a Sadr official told... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • civil war • troop withdrawal • Muqtada al-Sadr

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