Once dependent on American support to keep his job, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has consolidated power and is asserting his independence, sharply reducing Washington’s influence over the future of Iraq.
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A suicide bomber tried to assassinate Ahmad Chalabi on Friday night, killing six of his guards when he rammed his car into the Shiite Muslim politician’s speeding convoy, Chalabi’s spokesman said.
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U.S. military unit on a riverboat patrol shot dead seven Iraqi security personnel early today after an Iraqi checkpoint failed to recognize the men and opened fire on them, according to Iraqi police and army officers.
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Car bombings and killings have cast a shadow on Ramadan here since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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At the “make-or-break” stage of talks on the withdrawal of
U.S. troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has swept aside his negotiating team and replaced it with loyalists, a reshuffle that some officials involved in the discussions warn risks sabotaging the agreement.
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A senior Iraqi official, who oversaw the purging of Saddam Hussein loyalists from government jobs, has been arrested for his activities in connection with a violent Shiite Muslim militia, his political backers and supporters said.
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A suicide bomber attacked recruits waiting outside a police station Tuesday in Iraq’s restive Diyala province, killing 28 people and wounding 45, witnesses and Interior Ministry officials said.
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An emboldened Iraqi government has launched an aggressive campaign to disband a
U.S.-funded force of Sunni Arab fighters that has been key to Iraq’s fragile peace, arresting prominent members and sending others into hiding or exile as their former patrons in the American military reluctantly stand by.
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Predawn raids by elite Iraqi forces today resulted in the fatal shooting of a government employee and the arrest of two prominent Sunni Arab Muslims, witnesses and officials said.
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A suicide bomber killed 15 people Sunday night, including at least six
U.S.-backed Sunni Arab fighters, near a crowded outdoor market in east Baghdad, security officials and local leaders said.
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