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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Mohammed Fawzi Radhi makes his living putting people to sleep.
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My family’s home was taken over by insurgents 19 months ago.
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The Iraqi parliament broke for summer vacation Wednesday without passing a bill that would have allowed provincial elections to be held this year, dealing a blow to hopes for bringing alienated Sunni and Shiite Muslim voices into the political process any time soon.
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Two
U.S. soldiers died in a roadside bombing in eastern Baghdad on Monday, and Iraq’s government once more failed to hold a vote on a crucial law that would allow provincial elections this year.
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During his brief visit to Iraq, Barack Obama has been greeted by busloads of Iraqi cameramen vying for shots of his arrivals and departures at meetings with government officials.
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Iraq’s oil minister on Monday announced the start of bidding by foreign companies for contracts to boost the production of eight underperforming oil and gas fields.
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An unfamiliar sound echoed Saturday on the streets of Sadr City, where gunshots and bomb blasts had rung out for weeks: cars honking their horns.
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Thousands of Sunni Muslim faithful bowed their heads at dawn
Wednesday in mosques around Baghdad for the first prayers of the Eid
al-Adha holiday – a time of renewed hope after months of reduced
bloodshed, yet tinged with sadness for those not there to share it.
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