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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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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A Moroccan fighter identified by the
U.S. military as the No.
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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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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 rushed into a neighborhood celebration for a man who had just been released from detention Sunday night, detonating his explosives and killing at least 25 other people, police 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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Iraq’s Presidency Council vetoed a newly approved provincial election bill, casting doubt on the possibility that local elections will be held this year.
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Kurdish lawmakers walked out of parliament Tuesday in protest over a vote on conditions for Iraq’s provincial elections that called for ethnic groups to share power in Kirkuk, an oil-rich city that Kurds consider part of their territory.
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In a move to separate mosque and state, the Iraqi government said Thursday that Islamic houses of worship should be off limits for campaigning in provincial elections scheduled for the fall.
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