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Iraqi support for security pact is in doubt
Associated PressBAGHDAD—The Iraqi parliament will vote Wednesday on a pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years, but the government's hopes of winning a wide margin of approval were fading and the chances of passage narrowing....Tags: Government, Wars and Interventions, Laws, Barack Obama, Parliament
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AP: Maliki playing domestic politics
Spin CycleWith much effort at the WH, McCain campaign, CentCom today going into suggesting that Maliki really didn't mean to praise Obama's withdrawal plan, AP's Baghdad bureau chief goes the other way -- not only did he mean it, he was......Tags: Government, Civil Unrest, Defense, Petroleum Industry, George Bush
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Despite report, Iraqi military still not ready
Newsday Washington Bureau ChiefJust over two years ago, on the eve of his re-election, President George W. Bush stood next to then- Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi at the White House and proudly proclaimed that nearly 100,000 Iraqis were "fully trained and equipped" to protect their...Tags: Government, Armed Forces, Local Elections, Defense, Prosecution
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Wednesday's Developments in Iraq
Some events and scattered violence across Iraq on Wednesday: * Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki disputed Blackwater USA's version of a weekend shooting that left at least 11 people dead, saying he cannot tolerate "the killing of our citizens in cold...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Government, Armed Forces, Defense, Prosecution
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Killing of Baghdad's governor points to vulnerabilities before elections
MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENTIn a bold daytime ambush, insurgents assassinated Baghdad's governor yesterday and once again highlighted the failure to secure large swaths of Iraq less than a month before national elections are supposed to be held. The attack in Baghdad on a three-car...Tags: United Nations, Rebellions, Government, Local Elections, Civil Unrest
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Iraq's shaky rush to polls
MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENTWith less than three weeks before Iraq's national election, there are still major logistical problems that could seriously undermine the vote, according to a United Nations memo obtained by Newsday. Ballots still need to be printed and flown into the...Tags: United Nations, Government, Rebellions, Civil Unrest, Foreign Aid
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Female Iraqi poised to take power
MIDDLE EAST BUREAU CHIEFBefore plunging into politics, before surviving two assassi-nation attempts and before losing her eldest son in an ambush, Salama Kha-faji had a simple wish: to be a good Shia Muslim woman. But in the days of Saddam Hussein, a woman studying the tenets...Tags: Coup d'Etat, Philosophy, Armed Forces, Health and Safety at School, Medicine
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The al-Sistani factor in Iraq election
MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENTThe poster hangs on walls, concrete blast barriers, storefronts and cars throughout Iraq: A white-bearded cleric looks down sternly at passersby. Beneath his portrait is an exhortation to vote, with the logo of the leading Shia Muslim slate and the...Tags: Government, Laws, Political Candidates, Elections, Parties and Movements
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60% voter turnout in Iraq; 44 killed
STAFF WRITERMillions of Iraqis walked from their homes to polling stations yesterday, through veils of fear and violence, to cast votes in an election that during the decades of Saddam Hussein's totalitarian regime could have been nothing more than a fantasy....Tags: United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Armed Forces, Law Enforcement, George Bush
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Election analysis: Better than expected
MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENTIn the end, Iraq's first democratic election in decades went better than almost anyone had expected. Despite threats by insurgents to wash the streets outside polling sites with blood, voter turnout was strong and there were relatively few attacks. The...Tags: Rebellions, Local Elections, Population, Civil Unrest, Political Candidates
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Allawi seen as Iraq front-runner
MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENTWho will be Iraq's new prime minister? That question is going to dominate the political process here for several weeks. And the answer will surface from a series of complicated maneuvers and back-room dealings between the two dominant forces that emerged...Tags: Democratic Party, Government, Population, George Bush, Political Candidates
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Early results show Shias leading in Iraq
STAFF CORRESPONDENTIraqi election officials released a new, partial tally of votes Friday from last weekend's landmark elections, showing a Shiite coalition whose leaders have close ties to Iran continuing to roll up a strong lead over other tickets, including that of Prime...Tags: Rebellions, Government, Wars and Interventions, Civil Unrest, Political Candidates
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