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Iraqi government stories: 27 news summaries

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Iraqis Swear by Pricey, Useless Bomb Detectors

US forces say handheld device is no better than a magic wand

Nov 4, 09 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Go through any checkpoint in Iraq, and someone will probably wave a small, hand-held device over your vehicle. Dubbed the ADE651, it’s supposed to detect bombs. But in reality it’s totally useless, US military and technical experts tell the New York Times, with one retired officer saying... More »

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Iraq • bomb • Iraq security • Iraqi government • security checkpoint • ADE651

ANALYSIS

 Iraq Militias 
 Kill Gays 
  With Impunity 

Government's unwillingness to protect gays points to a bleak future for all Iraqis

Sep 10, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's militias have switched from slaughtering rivals to killing men they suspect of being homosexuals, and the Iraqi government is turning a blind eye, Rasha Moumneh writes in Foreign Policy. Gay men have been kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in rising numbers since the start of this year, but not a... More »

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Iraq • gay rights • murder • homosexuality • Iraqi government • Sadrists • Iraqi militias • Muqtada al-Sadr

(Newser) - Hundreds of gay men have been executed in Iraq in the last few months, CNN reports. Though homosexuals are stigmatized in Iraq, and honor killings by family members have been reported, some of the recent murders have been carried out by government security forces, Human Rights Watch says. “The... More »

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homosexuality • Iraqi government • honor killings • Iraq war • stigma • death squads • gay Iraqis • gay men

(Newser) - The kidnapping of five British men in Baghdad two years ago appears to have been masterminded by Iraqi officials instead of insurgents, a Guardian investigation finds. Technology specialist Peter Moore and his bodyguards were seized from Iraq's Finance Ministry by 40 men in police uniforms. Interviews with Iraqi and British... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • corruption • Iraqi government • Peter Moore

(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

(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

Former Iraqi Trade Minister Arrested on
Graft Charges

Authorities order his plane to turn around

May 30, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s erstwhile trade minister has been arrested on charges of corruption, the BBC reports. Abdul Falah Sudani resigned his post earlier this month after allegations emerged that he and other officials in his department were embezzling government funds. The dramatic capture today occurred after police requested Sudani’s flight... More »

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Iraq • arrest • Iraqi government • political scandal • corruption charges • Baghdad airport • Abdul Falah Sudani

(Newser) - The US turned over tens of thousands of Sunni fighters to Baghdad this weekend to take government jobs and mend fences with ruling Shiites, but many Sunnis are skeptical, the New York Times reports. After helping tame al-Qaeda in Iraq, the militiamen say few jobs are being offered in return.... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Sunnis • Awakening Councils • Iraqi government

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

Iraqi Women's Minister Resigns in Protest

Budget cuts rob her
of resources to help 'army of widows'

Feb 8, 09 6:23 PM CST
(AP) - Iraq's state minister for women's affairs has quit to protest a lack of resources for a daunting task—improving the lives of "a full army of widows" and other women left poor or abandoned by war. Nawal al-Samarraie told the AP how her office's budget was so tight that... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • budget cuts • Iraqi government • Iraqi women

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

Iraqi Women Pressured to Run for Office, Fill Quota

Many candidates in Anbar are wives of tribal leaders

Jan 13, 09 6:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq has new rules to boost women's rights, but it may take a while for the nation's culture to get up to speed, Time reports. In this month's provincial elections, for instance, 25% of newly elected council members must be female. But in provinces such as Anbar, the idea of... More »

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Iraq • politics • women's rights • Iraqi government • Iraqi elections • Iraqi women

 Green Zone 
 Turned Over 
 to Iraqis 

US transfers control of Baghdad's fortified enclave

Jan 1, 09 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The heart of the US occupation in Iraq was returned to Iraqi control at midnight last night, the Washington Post reports. Iraqi soldiers now control checkpoints leading to the heavily fortified Green Zone enclave in Baghdad. American troops and workers have moved out of many buildings, including the former palace... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Green Zone • Iraq pullout • US military • Iraqi government • Iraq exit strategy

US Moves to Boost Cases Against Key Iraqi Detainees

Accord will shift jurisdiction to Baghdad, and officials want evidence to stand up in trial

Dec 3, 08 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military has begun assembling evidence against 5,000 Iraqi detainees it deems most dangerous, USA Today reports, hoping to file charges that will stand up in court once Baghdad gains legal jurisdiction. Some 15,800 detainees remain in military custody, but when the Status of Forces Agreement kicks... More »

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Iraq • law • Iraqi prisons • Iraqi government • detainees • Status of Forces Agreement

Contractors in Iraq Could Be Charged for Old Incidents

Charges Could Loom for Contractors in Old Iraq Disputes

Nov 21, 08 12:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq may be able to prosecute US contractors for misdeeds committed when they were thought to be operating under American immunity, McClatchy reports. The new security pact doesn’t block such retroactive legal action, news that came as a surprise to Blackwater, whose contractors have been involved in the most... More »

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Blackwater • security contractors • Iraqi government • Iraq war • security pact


 Iraq Firing 
 Corruption 
 Watchdogs 



Up to 17 officials dismissed as cost of fraud hits $13B

Nov 18, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - After the invasion of Iraq, the American transitional administration installed dozens of anticorruption officials to bring order to the nation's bureaucracy. But in recent months the Iraqi government has systematically fired these inspectors without making any public announcement, reports the New York Times. Only recently a senior Iraqi official testified... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • corruption • Iraqi government

Iraqi Cabinet Backs
US Pullout Pact

Parliament likely to approve plan by month's end

Nov 16, 08 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraq’s cabinet has approved a long-debated plan to allow US troops to stay in the country until 2011—three years beyond their UN mandate, Reuters reports. Consideration of the pact now moves to parliament, where it will likely pass, an official said. American troops are scheduled to leave Iraqi... More »

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Iraq pullout • US military • troop withdrawal • Iraqi government • Iraq war

Leaving Iraq, Petraeus Sees Gains as Fragile

Violence is down, but 'it's not durable yet,' says general

Aug 21, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Petraeus is leaving Iraq after 18 months, and by all measures the country is far safer than when he arrived. The "surge" of 30,000 extra American soldiers was bolstered by major domestic developments, from the Muqtada al-Sadr ceasefire to the rise of Sunni awakening councils. But in... More »

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Iraq • David Petraeus • surge • Petraeus Crocker plan • Iraq Civil War • Iraqi government • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr

Deal Would Set Oct. 2010 for US Pullout: Iraqi Official

Legal immunity for troops remains stumbling block in talks

Aug 7, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Significant progress has been made on the security agreement being negotiated between Iraq and the US, the AP reports, with two Iraqi officials saying that the deal sets October 2010 as the deadline for a near-complete withdrawal. Legal immunity for troops remains an issue, and contributed to a “very... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • US troops • timetable • US Army • negotiations • Iraq security • Iraqi government • Iraq war

Iraq Athletes Back
in Beijing Games

Only 2 will make the trip after IOC reverses its decision

Jul 29, 08 9:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq can send athletes to the Olympics after all, but only two will be able to make the trip. The International Olympic Committee reversed its decision today to ban Iraq from the Games after Baghdad vowed to ensure the independence of its Olympics panel. Iraq will send a discus thrower... More »

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Iraq • 2008 Beijing Olympics • International Olympic Committee • Iraqi government

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