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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 American bases in this country where...

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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 Iraqi and U.S. National Anthems during...

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks to Iraq's President Jalal Talabani during his visit to Baghdad November 30, 2011.

Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

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, including a robust security partnership.

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FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Kurdish president Massud Barzani, right, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani open a ceremonial valve during an event to celebrate the start of oil exports from the autonomous region of Kurdistan, in the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, Iraq. A...

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - APRIL 07: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (C) arrives at the presidential palace for a meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani April 7, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. Gates is meeting with military and civilian leaders during what he described as possibly his last trip...

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - APRIL 07: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (C) greets Gen. Lloyd Austin (L), commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, at the door of the presidential palace April 7, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is meeting with military and civilian leaders during...

AP Photo 10 months ago

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani greets Defense Secretary Robert Gates at the presidential palace in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 7, 2011.

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Nabil Shaath, Fatah's commissioner of International relations (R) greets Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a one-day Socialist International Presidium meeting at the Acropolis Museum in Athens on March 19, 2011. The meeting is to focus on current momentous developments in the Arab...

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R), Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (C) and Secretary General of the Socialist International Luis Ayala attend the opening session of the one-day Socialist International Presidium meeting at the Acropolis Museum in Athens on March 19, 2011. The...

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani waits for the start a one-day meeting of the Socialist International, whose president is the Greek Prime minister George Papandreou, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens on March 19, 2011. The meeting is focused on the situations in Libya, Japan and Ivory...

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (L) talks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) prior to a meeting focused on the situation in Libya, the post-election crisis in Ivory Coast, on March 19, 2011 in Athens.

Getty Images 11 months ago

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (R) welcomes Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) prior to a meeting focused on the situations in Libya, the post-election crisis in Ivory Coast and Japan, on March 19, 2011 in Athens.

AP Photo 11 months ago

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani attends a meeting with his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias at the presidential mansion in Athens, Friday, March 18, 2011. Talabani is set to attend a conference on regional security in Athens at the weekend, organized by Greece's governing Socialist...

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Protesters gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square calling for the resignation of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on March 14, 2011, following a statement several days ago in which he compared the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk to 'Jerusalem', each city being claimed by different parties to be...

AP Photo 11 months ago

Protesters collect signatures to demand the resignation of the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, seen in the photo on the poster in the background, during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 14, 2011. Iraqis converged Monday to Baghdad's Tahrir Square to decry what they called...

Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak attends a meeting with Iraq's President Jalal Talabani at the Presidential palace in Cairo in this file photo taken May 9, 2010. Mubarak, who was ousted in February and who has been detained in a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, has...

Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (L) and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani meet inside the Presidential Guest House in Baghdad, July 11, 2011. The United States will take unilateral action when needed to deal with the threat to American troops in Iraq from Shi'ite militias armed by...

Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

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 President Joe Biden (2nd R) and...

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Iraqi Kurdistan regional president Massud Barzani speaks during the official opening ceremony of the Palestinian consulate in Arbil on November 29, 2011. Pictures on wall (From L-R) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Iaqi Kurdistan regional president Massud Barzani, Palestinian president...

Reuters Pictures 10 months ago

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at the presidential palace in Baghdad, Iraq, April 7, 2011. Months before the United States is due to complete its withdrawal from Iraq, Washington is stepping up pressure on Iraqi leaders to decide...

AP Photo 10 months ago

Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives at the presidential palace for a meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq.

AP Photo 11 months ago

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, listens to his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani, during their meeting in the Iranian presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Talabani, who is a Kurd, arrived Iran to attend Nowruz, Persian News Year, festivities in Iran...

AP Photo 11 months ago

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani, chat, at the start of their meeting in the Iranian presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Talabani, who is a Kurd, arrived Iran to attend Nowruz, Persian News Year, festivities...