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Iyad Allawi (2nd R), the head of the Iraqiya party, sits in parliament with members of his party in Baghdad on January 29, 2012. The secular bloc which won the most seats in Iraq's March 2010 vote ended a boycott of parliament that it began in mid-December after a row erupted between the Shiite-led government and the Iraqiya bloc as authorities charged Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a Sunni and Iraqiya member, with running a death squad.
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seriously bother [leader of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Massoud] Barzani, the cross-sectarian Al Iraqiya group and Shiite groups
seriously bother Barzani, the cross-sectarian Iraqiya group and Shiite groups
The current prime minister’s treatment toward his coalition partners, his egocentric approach within Iraqi politics... seriously concern Shiite groups, Mr. Barzani and the Iraqiya groupMore quotes »
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Terror trial of fugitive Iraq VP starts in Baghdad
last December.Some see the trial as another political power battle in Iraq."As far as I'm concerned, the issue of al-Hashemi is more political than a legal one," said Sunni lawmaker Hamid al-Mutlaq of the Iraqiya political bloc, which opposes al-Maliki. Read more »
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Research and Markets: Iraq Defence and Security Report Q3 2012
scenarios that had been projected for it. In February Baghdad took a much-needed step back from the political brink when the Sunni Iraqiya bloc decided to rejoin the Shi'a-dominated government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The reasons for the Sunnis' 5/31/12 from Business Wire Read more »
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a lawmaker said. Iraqâs Shiite-dominated ruling coalition is increasingly shaky. One coalition member, the heavily Sunni Iraqiya movement, has long complained about being shut out of decision-making. Recently, two other groups Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from Worcester Telegram & Gazette Read more »
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Iraq: Call to announce budget surplus - MP
Free Iraqiya Bloc MP Alia Nsaif called today to announce the budget surplus for the first six months of this year, according to a statement from her office. © Aswat Aliraq 2012 "It is important to know the details of spending mechanism, according to budget from Zawya.com Read more »
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Iraq president rebuffs move to unseat premier
al-Maliki. Nouri al-Maliki's Shiite-dominated ruling coalition is increasingly shaky. One coalition member, the Sunni-dominated Iraqiya movement, has long complained about being shut out of power. Recently, two other groups - Kurds and the hard-line Shiite from The Bellingham Herald Read more »
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Al-Iraqiya officials meet with Barzani
al-Iraqiya, are trying to keep the atmosphere in Iraq tense in order to benefit from the situation. They also blame al-Iraqiya for the surge in violence in Iraq in the recent months, saying that since the government of Maliki took office, al-Iraqiya has used from Press TV Read more »
