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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (L) speaks as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R), U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2R), U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, and U.S. soldiers attend a special ceremony at Camp Victory,... View Photo »
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) speaks as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey listens during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is... View Photo »
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stand during the playing of the Iraqi and U.S. National Anthems at a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last U.S. bases in the country... View Photo »
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey (L) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attend a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last U.S. bases in the country December 1, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. Vice President Joe Biden... View Photo »
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stand for the national anthem during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S.... View Photo »
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, speaks as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, right, listens during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is swiftly shrinking in... View Photo »
(From L-R) US Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, US Vice President Joe Biden, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, listen to the Iraqi and US National Anthems during a special ceremony at US Camp Victory military base... View Photo »
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of... View Photo »
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) looks on as Gen. Lloyd Austin (C), the top U.S. commander in Iraq, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in... View Photo »
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is swiftly shrinking in Baghdad, Iraq,... View Photo »
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (C) talks to Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of U.S. military presence in Iraq at Baghdad, December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq... View Photo »
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, looks on as Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, center, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country... View Photo »
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, second right, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, second left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, left attend a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last... View Photo »
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani speaks during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad, December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in... View Photo »
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. Listening to Maliki are: U.S. ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey (2nd L), U.S. Vice... View Photo »
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Second from right, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, third from right, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, fourth from right, salute during the playing of the... View Photo »
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks to Iraq's President Jalal Talabani during his visit to Baghdad November 30, 2011. View Photo »
US Vice President Joe Biden (L) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad on November 30, 2011. Biden said the United States and Iraq were embarking on a new phase in their ties after Washington kept its promise to pull all of its troops out... View Photo »
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, attend a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Biden said Wednesday that his trip to Baghdad ahead of the U.S. military pullout will mark a new beginning... View Photo »
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks to Iraq's President Jalal Talabani during his visit to Baghdad November 30, 2011. Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq opened a new phase in relations between the two countries,... View Photo »
Jalal Talabani (Kurdish:جەلال تاڵەبانی / Celal Talebanî / Jelal Talebaní, Arabic: جلال طالباني, Jalāl Tālabānī) (born November 12, 1933) is the current President of Iraq and a leading Kurdish politician. Full Article
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) speaks as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey listens during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is swiftly shrinking, December 1, 2011 in...
View Photo »BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stand during the playing of the Iraqi and U.S. National Anthems at a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last U.S. bases in the country December 1, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. ...
View Photo »BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey (L) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attend a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last U.S. bases in the country December 1, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. Vice President Joe Biden thanked U.S. and Iraqi troops for...
View Photo »Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, speaks as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, right, listens during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is swiftly shrinking in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
View Photo »(From L-R) US Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, US Vice President Joe Biden, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, listen to the Iraqi and US National Anthems during a special ceremony at US Camp Victory military base in Baghdad on December 1, 2011. ...
View Photo »U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) looks on as Gen. Lloyd Austin (C), the top U.S. commander in Iraq, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last...
View Photo »Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (C) talks to Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of U.S. military presence in Iraq at Baghdad, December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year.
View Photo »Iraq's President Jalal Talabani speaks during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad, December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply...
View Photo »US Vice President Joe Biden (L) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad on November 30, 2011. Biden said the United States and Iraq were embarking on a new phase in their ties after Washington kept its promise to pull all of its troops out of the country.
View Photo »U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, attend a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Biden said Wednesday that his trip to Baghdad ahead of the U.S. military pullout will mark a new beginning between Iraq and the United States, but...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 23: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) formally submits papers for statehood to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2011 in New York City. The annual event, which is being dominated this...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 23: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani speaks during the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2011 in New York City. The annual event, which is being dominated this year by the Palestinian's bid for full membership, gathers more than 100 heads of...
View Photo »President of Iraq Jalal Talabani greets the President of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser before he addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters Friday, Sept. 23, 2011.
View Photo »Iraqi First Lady Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, the wife of Kurdish President Jalal Talabani, visits the Holy Family church in the north of Kirkuk on August 3, 2011, a day after a car bomb exploded and injured 15 people including church staff.
View Photo »A US solider mans his rifle while on patrol in the restive northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, on July 27, 2011, as Iraq's president Jalal Talabani called a meeting to decide whether US troops should stay beyond a year-end deadline, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said, adding there could...
View Photo »An Iraqi boys walks up to an American solider during a patrol in the restive northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, on July27, 2011, as Iraq's president Jalal Talabani called a meeting to decide whether US troops should stay beyond a year-end deadline, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said, adding...
View Photo »US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (L) and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani meet inside the Presidential Guest House in Baghdad, on July 11, 2011.
View Photo »BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 11: U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (L) and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani meet inside the Presidential Guest House July 11, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. During a surprise visit to Afghanistan and Iraq and his first as Defense Secretary, Panetta declared that the...
View Photo »In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, listens to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, center, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sits at left, during a meeting in Tehran, Iran,...
View Photo »EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (C) attends an official meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Iran's President...
View Photo »Afghan President Hamid Karzai, top left, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, top right, prepare for a group picture above a group of participants of "International Conference on Global Fight Against Terrorism" in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 25, 2011.
View Photo »Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stand for the national anthem during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the...
View Photo »U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. ...
View Photo »U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is swiftly shrinking in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Vice President...
View Photo »U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, looks on as Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, center, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is...
View Photo »BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) speaks as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey listens during a special ceremony at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is swiftly shrinking, December 1, 2011 in...
View Photo »We are worried about the alternative. We are afraid that if extremist forces come to power, they would be hostile to democracy, and to Iraq and the Arab League.
The US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice had handed a letter to Iran's Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei; the Swiss Ambassador to Tehran [Livia Leu Agosti] also conveyed the same thing; and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani delivered the same message to Iranian officials
We are worried about the alternative. We are afraid that if extremist forces come to power, they would be hostile to democracy, and to Iraq and the Arab League.
The US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, sent a letter to Mohammad Khazaie, Iran's UN representative, which was conveyed by the Swiss ambassador, and finally Iraqi President Jalal Talabani delivered its contents to officials
Frankly speaking, we are worried that radicals may replace the old (current) regime. We are afraid that radicals will reach power and antagonise democracy in Iraq ... This would be contrary to the main goal of the Arabic Spring.
America's message over the Strait of Hormuz reached us through three channels. It was given to our U.N. representative, the Swiss ambassador conveyed it to the Foreign Ministry and also Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gave the message to Iran
internal security, I believe that the police and army forces are capable of maintaining security as it is now
Biden flew to Iraq to participate in US-Iraqi Higher Coordinating Committee’s meetings and to convene with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama Al Nujaifi as well as other Iraqi politicians
But there is a big problem in air and naval defense, and in using new weapons
the vice president will co-chair a meeting of the US-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee. He will also meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani, (and) Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi.
We are worried about the alternative ... we are afraid of the extremist party, if it replaces the old
Vice President Biden has arrived in Baghdad, Iraq. While here, the Vice President will co-chair a meeting of the U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee ... He will also meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani, Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, and other political leaders.
A high delegation from Salahuddin Province presided by head of provincial council Ammar Yousof Hamoud headed to Baghdad to meet with president Jalal Talabani, discuss the region’s formation abd to learn about Talabani’s position in this regard
