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Iraq government stories: 45 news summaries

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More Cabinet Defections Imperil Iraqi Regime

Political chaos rises as more cabinet-members

Aug 6, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • Iraq government • Baath Party

Key Sunni Bloc Deserts Maliki

Defection deepens political crisis as suicide bombs kill 70

Aug 1, 07 3:01 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Corruption Shadows
Iraq Rebuilding

US investigates dozens of fraud cases as pricey projects disintegrate

Jul 30, 07 2:48 PM CDT
(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 • fraud • insurgents • Nouri al-Maliki • corruption • reconstruction • Iraq government • Stuart Bowen

Third of Iraqis Need Critical Aid

Government of violence-riddled nation can't provide basics

Jul 30, 07 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A third of Iraq's population—some 8 million people—are in critical need of emergency aid because they have no food, water or shelter, according to an OXFAM report detailed in the BBC. Trapped in a maelstrom of sectarian violence, the Iraqi government is unable to provide basic needs. Some... More »

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Iraq • food • sectarian violence • water • children • poverty • OXFAM • sanitation • Iraq government • Iraq war

Bush Gets Personal
with Iraqi PM

Leaders' virtual meetings produce
few concrete results

Jul 25, 07 5:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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