Iraq presents Barack Obama with the complicated task of bringing troops home from a deeply unpopular war and determining the role America will play as the devastated country struggles to rebuild.
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The Iraqi government Tuesday condemned a
U.S. helicopter assault inside Syria over the weekend as Damascus shut down an American school and cultural center in reaction to the raid.
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Ambassador Ali Mumin dug into his Iraqi-style meat kebab in a small restaurant at the Rashid Hotel in Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone.
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Iraq’s Cabinet asked for changes in a
U.S.-Iraqi security agreement Tuesday, once more casting doubt on the document’s speedy passage with less than three months to go before the
U.N. mandate authorizing the presence of American troops in Iraq expires.
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Falling oil prices will cut into Iraq’s budget next year, but they could serve as a wake-up call for the government.
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Iraqi political leaders met Sunday and forwarded a
U.S.-Iraq security pact to the Cabinet for discussion without endorsing the agreement, which concerns the length of time American troops can remain in Iraq.
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Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr warned Iraqi lawmakers that approving a
U.S. troop agreement would be tantamount to a betrayal of the Iraqi people, as his supporters rallied today against the deal.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki warned in comments broadcast Friday that the top
U.S. commander in Iraq “had risked his position” by suggesting that Iran tried to bribe Iraqi lawmakers to oppose a security agreement with the United States.
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A Moroccan fighter identified by the
U.S. military as the No.
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The Iranian Embassy is one of the seats of power in Baghdad.
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