Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives in Baghdad for meetings with troops, Iraqi leaders....
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives in Baghdad for meetings with troops, Iraqi leaders.
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Iraqi leaders come under fire over Baghdad blasts
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Iraqi leaders were set to come under fire Wednesday, having failed to prevent a spate of attacks in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of bombings to hit the capital since August.
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Iraqi leaders come under fire over Baghdad blasts
The Age (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Iraqi leaders were set to come under fire Wednesday, having failed to prevent a spate of attacks in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of bombings to hit the capital since August.
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Iraqi leaders come under fire over Baghdad blasts
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Iraqi leaders were set to come under fire Wednesday, having failed to prevent a spate of attacks in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of bombings to hit the capital since August. The blasts undermined the government's claims of improved security and MPs quickly demanded that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the government's security ministers answer for any failings...
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Iraqi leaders under fire over Baghdad bombings
Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Iraqi leaders were set to come under fire Wednesday, having failed to prevent a spate of attacks in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of bombings to hit the capital since August. The blasts undermined the government's claims of improved security and MPs
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Iraqi leaders come under fire over Baghdad blasts
Tolerance.ca (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
BAGHDAD - Iraqi leaders were set to come under fire Wednesday, having failed to prevent a spate of attacks in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of bombings to hit the capital since August.
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Iraqi PM Maliki sacks security chief over bombings
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday
IRAQI Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sacked Baghdad's security chief over a string of coordinated car and truck bombings claimed by an al-Qa'ida group that killed 127 people. The Islamic State of Iraq issued a statement on a forum for Muslim extremists saying it carried out Tuesday's bombings at ministries and courthouses that also wounded 450 people, according to US monitoring group SITE....
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Iraqi leaders face bombings anger
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iraqi MPs demand to grill top ministers over security after a series of car bombings killed at least 127 people on Tuesday.
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Iraqi official: deal reached on election
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Iraqi leaders reached agreement Sunday to clear the way for parliament elections seen as an important step toward political reconciliation and easing the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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Blix Says Iraqi Blood on Bush, Blair Hands
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Former IAEA chief Hans Blix condemns former US president George W. Bush and former British Premier Tony Blair for waging war in Iraq. In an interview with the British newspaper, the Daily Mail, Blix censured former US and UK governments for having misled their nations by magnifying former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's alleged accumulation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The alleged...
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"If it's not here, it's not important"
And, yes, I DO take it personally (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in under nine months. But Tuesday's string of attacks has underlined concerns over shortcomings in Iraqi security ahead of the planned withdrawal. The US condemned the attacks in Baghdad but maintained that - despite the violence - Iraqi leaders who passed an election law earlier this week are moving the country in the right direction.
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Blair informed Iraq had been disarmed, still invaded
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... was not clear about the threat posed by Saddam, meaning that the seriousness of the claim that the Iraqi leader could launch an attack was "lost in translation".
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White House condemns Baghdad bombings
Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
'The White House on Tuesday condemned the coordinated bombing attacks in Baghdad that killed more than 100 people. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Iraqi leaders who recently passed an elections law are moving the country in the right direction, and that ''there are clearly those who are threatened by that.'' The coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including two suicide...
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Iraq's Parliament Approves Election Law
Rantburg (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Iraqi lawmakers overcame long-standing divisions Sunday to pass a law needed to conduct parliamentary elections early next year. Parliament approved the law late Sunday in a nearly unanimous vote. The new law expands parliament from the current 275 seats to 325 seats. The bill took shape during several months of intense debate over how much parliamentary representation should be given to Iraq's...
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UN chief congratulates Iraq on reaching elections compromise
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Monday congratulated Iraqis for overcoming their differences and reaching a compromise on the elections, a statement said here. The statement, issued by Ban's spokesman, said: "The secretary-general congratulates the Iraqi Council of Representatives on finalizing amendments to the Election Law and commends Iraqi leaders and...