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Ali Karim, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. November 3, 2009.
Concerns that violence could deter voters in upcoming polls come amid widespread anger at government’s security failings.
Agence France Presse July 23, 2009.
"If the Iraqi forces required further training and further support, we shall examine this then at that time based on the needs of Iraq," Maliki said.
Agence France PresseMay 18, 2009.
The general election is expected to be a key test of popular support for the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Emad al-Shara, Zaineb Naji, Daud Salman, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. March 18, 2009.
Iraqis are doubtful that incoming provincial councils will boost employment, curb corruption or bring basic needs like water to their homes.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. March 9, 2009.
The notion that U.S. military presence has definitively shaped the region has been thoroughly discredited.
Abeer Mohammed, Neil Arun, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. March 2, 2009.
Iraq's election commission has taken center-stage in a battle over ballot-rigging allegations.
Zaineb Naji, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. February 12, 2009.
Secularists’ promises of security, services and unity resonated with voters tired of overtly faith-based parties.
Middle East OnlineJanuary 30, 2009.
The stakes are high in Basra, where oil wealth is the engine of the Iraqi economy.
Abeer Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. January 21, 2009.
Among Iraqis, joy at the U.S. handover is tempered by doubts about the competence of its new guards.
Adam Morrow, Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, IPS News. December 23, 2008.
Critics in Iraq and beyond say the much ballyhooed SOFA is riddled with loopholes and above all else, a reflection of U.S. strategic interests.
Marwa Sabah, Middle East Online. December 22, 2008.
Muntazer al-Zaidi faces charges of up to 15 years in prison.
Middle East OnlineNovember 21, 2008.
Under the Status of Forces Agreement awaiting passage, private military contractors would be subject to Iraqi criminal and civil law.
Middle East OnlineOctober 20, 2008.
While some reports are treating the SOFA as a forgone conclusion, top Iraqi players are fiercely opposing it.
Anthony Arnove, Huffington Post. July 30, 2008.
President Bush, Nuri al-Maliki, Barack Obama and John McCain seem to have reached a common consensus on Iraq.
Patrick Cockburn, The Nation. July 22, 2008.
With Iraqis more concerned with electricity that the U.S. election, a timetable for withdrawal is the best Obama could give them.
Middle East OnlineJuly 8, 2008.
"We will not accept any memorandum of understanding if it does not give a specific date for a complete withdrawal of foreign troops."
Sami Moubayed, Asia Times. May 5, 2008.
While U.S. casualties continue to mount -- and many Iraqi troops lay down their arms -- the Mahdi Army is waging a war of survival.
