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World › Iraq PM tries to rally support for security pact

Wednesday 19th November, 05:33 AM JST BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister delivered a nationally televised address Tuesday to rally domestic support for a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, calling it a step toward full sovereignty and...

US military: Car bomb in northern Iraq kills 10

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA , Associated Press BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have agreed on a draft of a security pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years, after their U.N. mandate expires...

Iraq's Long-Term Partner: U.S. or Iran?

Iraq's Largest Shiite Party Faces Tough Choice for Long-term Partner: Iran or America By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writers BAGHDAD November 11, 2008 (AP) Arab League envoy to Iraq, Hani Khalaf,...

Iraq Pact: No U.S. Troops Past 2011

Iraqi spokesman says US 'final text' on security pact is not enough By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD November 10, 2008 (AP) A U.S. soldier watches as Iraqis play soccer in a village near Baquba, in Diyala...

Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 7 in Iraq

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has slammed his car into a police checkpoint in western Anbar province, killing eight people and wounding seven policemen. A security official says the attack Saturday occurred on...

String of bombings shakes Baghdad, kills 10 (AP)

AP - A series of bombings struck Baghdad and a neighboring province Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 40, including a deputy oil minister who was injured when a bomb went off in front of his house as he was...

Iraqi vote on minorities marks step to elections

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - Parliament approved legislation Monday restoring guaranteed seats on provincial councils to Christians and other small religious communities, the last major hurdle to...

Iraq gov't wants all US troops gone by end of 2011 (AP)

AP - Iraq wants to eliminate any chance U.S. forces will stay here after 2011 under a proposed security pact and to expand Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops until then, a close ally of the prime minister said Thursday.

Syrian crowd protests US raid amid heavy security (AP)

AP - Tens of thousands of crowded a Damascus square in a government-orchestrated rally Thursday to denounce a deadly U.S. raid on Syrian territory near Iraq and send a loud message to America: Leave us alone!

World › Iraq wants all U.S. troops gone by end of 2011

Friday 31st October, 05:58 AM JST BAGHDAD — Iraq wants to eliminate any chance that U.S. forces will stay here after 2011 under a proposed security pact and to expand Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops until then, a...

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