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Obama lauds ‘inclusive’ Iraq govt amid frictions (AP)

November 13th, 2010

Members of his Sunni-backed coalition are seen as they walk out of of Iraq's parliament session in a protest before a vote on the presidency in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - President Barack Obama praised Iraqi moves to form an “inclusive” government on Friday, but the two-day-old deal was already looking fragile after Sunni lawmakers walked out of parliament,…

Iraqi PM: WikiLeaks release politically timed (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for the WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - New documents detailing alleged prisoner abuse by Iraqi security officials prompted fresh doubts Saturday about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bid to remain in power for a second term.


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Iraq’s Kurds hold political cards for al-Maliki (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2006 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki walks through central Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad. Aides to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr say his powerful political bloc has agreed to support the Iraqi prime minister's bid to stay in power and end a nearly seven-month political impasse. The backing of al-Sadr would push the Shiite-led coalition of Nouri al-Maliki close to the needed parliamentary majority to form a new government. Iraq has been in political limbo since March elections, won by a Sunni-backed bloc but without enough seats to oust al-Maliki.(AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)AP - Kurdish lawmakers began Saturday to plot their course as Iraq’s kingmakers with enough seats to secure a second term for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and press key demands,…

Iraq says it’s independent as US ends combat (AP)

August 31st, 2010

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, walks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, before their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Biden made a new appeal to Iraqi leaders Tuesday, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, to end the political deadlock and seat a new government. March 7 parliamentary elections left Iraq without a clear winner, and insurgents have since exploited the uncertainty to hammer Iraqi security forces. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the end of American combat operations Tuesday leaves his country independent and an equal to the United States and he assured his…

Iraqi cleric meets with PM candidate in Syria (AP)

July 19th, 2010

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, left, meets with Muqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political clerics, right, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 19, 2010. Allawi and al-Sadr are on a current visit to Syria to discuss the deadlocked government in Baghdad.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Anti-American Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took a rare, public step into the political arena Monday, meeting in neighboring Syria with the man directly challenging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri…

Iran seen influencing Iraqi prime minister choice (AP)

May 21st, 2010

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2009 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen at a rally in Basra, Iraq. Iran is wielding significant influence over the two Shiite blocs maneuvering to form the next Iraqi government and political insiders say Tehran is throwing its weight behind Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to stay on for another term an endorsement that could seal his hold on power. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)AP - Iran is throwing its weight behind Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bid for a second term, political insiders say, an endorsement that could seal his hold on power.


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Alliance led by ex-Iraqi PM wins election narrowly (AP)

March 26th, 2010

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi speaks to his supporters after the full election results released Friday for Iraq's 325-seat parliament show Allawi winning 91 seats, edging out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's 89 seats in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 26, 2010. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)AP - Former U.S.-backed prime minister Ayad Allawi and his secular, anti-Iranian coalition narrowly won Iraq’s parliamentary elections in final returns Friday, edging out the bloc of Prime Minister Nouri…

Early Iraq results favor secular challenger (AP)

March 26th, 2010

A woman holds a poster depicting hanged inked fingers to protest what she believed a fraud in the final parliamentary election results during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 26, 2010. Hundreds of residents protested near the Baghdad provincial council demanding a manual recount of the elections. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Results released so far in Iraq’s parliamentary election show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki trailing his main rival, former prime minister Ayad Allawi.


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Iraqi PM’s coalition seen leading vote (AP)

March 8th, 2010

Ballot boxes are stacked at a counting center in Basra, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. The conclusion of Sunday's vote does not spell an immediate end to Iraq's political uncertainty, as it could be days until results come in and with the fractured nature of Iraqi politics, months to form a government. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties on Monday predicted a coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would take the lead in the parliamentary election,…

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