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The nine-judge committee's f
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BAGHDAD — An Iraqi judicial panel said Thursday that Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and his employees ran death squads that for years carried out deadly attacks on security officials and Shiite pilgrims. The nine-judge committee's findings, which
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The nine-judge committee's findings, which are not legally binding, offered the first independent assessment of a case that has touched off a political crisis along sectarian lines and nearly brought the Iraqi government's work to a halt. Al-Hashemi has
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The Associated Press | BAGHDAD An Iraqi investigation panel says the country's Sunni vice president and his employees were behind years of deadly attacks on security officials and Shiite pilgrims. Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdul-Sattar Ba
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No sooner did US President Barack Obama welcome home American troops from Iraq and laud that country’s stability and democracy than an unprecedented wave of violence – across Baghdad and elsewhere – revealed the severity of Iraq’s political crisis. Is th
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BAGHDAD - Iraqiya List (led by Ayad Allawi) will not offer any apologies for the remarks the Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Mutlag made against PM Nouri al-Maliki, said an Iraqiya representative. Dhafer Ani said "We [Iraqiya] refuse to apologize ... but per
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As America's involvement diminished last autumn, I wondered how the Iraq War would be remembered. Would we recall only the U.S. sacrifice of blood and treasure, or would we grapple with its broader meaning -- not least the hundreds of thousands dead, the
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BAGDHAD: Iraq inaugurated a new offshore oil export terminal in the Gulf Sunday in a vital step to ease infrastructure constraints and to bring sorely needed cash for reconstruction after decades of war and sanctions.During a ceremony in the oil-rich pro
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Iraq has inaugurated a new offshore oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf in a vital step to ease infrastructure constraints and to bring sorely needed cash for reconstruction after decades of war and international sanctions. During a ceremony in the o
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BAGDHAD (AP) – Iraq inaugurated a new offshore oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf on Sunday in a vital step to ease infrastructure constraints and to bring sorely needed cash for reconstruction after decades of war and international sanctions. Iraqi
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1 Iraq politics: A group of Iraqi political dissidents created a new opposition party Saturday to act as a check on the country's government. About 45 activists announced the creation of the Union of Patriotic Figures and described it as a secular politi
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Iraq inaugurated a new offshore oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf on Sunday in a vital step to ease infrastructure constraints and to bring sorely needed cash for reconstruction after decades of war and international sanctions. During a ceremony in
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Iraq has opened the taps at a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf in a vital step to bringing sorely needed cash for reconstruction after decades of war and international sanctions. Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad says oil exports through sout
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All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (AP) BAGDHAD Iraq has opened the taps at a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf in a vital step to bringing sorely needed
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Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, symbolically opens the valve of a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf, southern Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Iraq has opened the taps at a new oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf in a vital step t
About Nouri al-Maliki
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Nouri Kamil Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل محمّد حسن المالكي, transliterated Nūrī Kāmil al-Mālikī; born June 20, 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki, is the Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Al-Maliki and his government also succeeded the Iraqi Transitional Government. His 37-member... Full Article
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