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Iraqi PM Tells Mullen Iraqi Troops Can Take Over

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister has told the top U.S. military officer that Iraqi forces are able to maintain security in their own country, as discussions intensify over whether to keep any U.S. forces in Iraq past this year. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made the remark during a late Thursday meeting with Adm. Mike...

6 Protesters Killed in Iraq as Soldiers Move to Contain 'Day of Rage'

Soldiers squared off against protesters in Baghdad today, and at least six people were killed and dozens injured in clashes with police in two northern cities as demonstrations in Iraq turned increasingly violent. Thousands of protesters turned out for a long-planned "Day of Rage" across Iraq in conjunction with similar...

Iraqis Watch Egyptian Crisis With Sense of Irony

BAGHDAD -- Iraqis who have long suffered from high unemployment, poverty and endemic corruption - the catalysts of unrest spreading in the Arab world - called on their own government to take notice. Many watched footage of riots and looting on the streets of Egypt, the region's traditional powerhouse, with a sense of...

Sunni Walkout Casts Doubt on Iraq Power-Sharing Deal

BAGHDAD (Nov. 11) -- Iraq's president gave Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the nod to form the next government Thursday after an eight-month deadlock, keeping him in his post despite a dramatic Sunni walkout from parliament that demonstrated the deep distrust between the two sides. The walkout and the fact that it...

Sunnis Miss Out Again in New Iraqi Government

BAGHDAD (Nov. 11) -- The deal on a new Iraqi government appears to sideline the country's Sunni minority yet again while returning Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to power. The deal confirmed early Thursday by Massoud Barzani, president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, was hammered out after eight months of...

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06/02/12 No-confidence vote looming: Maliki's government on... Source: Middle East Online A series of intertwined political crises that began with accusations that Iraq's prime minister was consolidating power have escalated into calls to unseat him, and paralysed the country's government.
06/02/12 Iraq crisis escalates with calls for PM to go Source: Gulf News A series of intertwined political crises that began with accusations that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki was consolidating power have escalated into calls to unseat him, and paralysed the country's government.
06/01/12 Iraq sees its bloodiest day in weeks Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA Bombs exploded at a crowded Baghdad restaurant and near a police patrol Thursday, among attacks that killed at least 18 people and wounded 53 in Iraq's bloodiest day in more than a month, police and hospital medics said.
05/31/12 Iraqi VP's lawyers want president to testify Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA Lawyers representing Iraq's fugitive vice president have asked the court to summon the nation's president as a defense witness in the Sunni official's terror trial.
05/31/12 The Future of the Arab Spring Source: Atlantic Community Now that the Arab world has witnessed unprecedented political changes that culminated in a series of historic revolutions, the so-called "Arab Spring," what can one say at this point about the upheavals?

Background on nouri al maliki

Nouri Kamil Mohammed Hasan al-Maliki ( ; born June 20, 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki or Abu Esraa, is the Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party.

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