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News Source: The Guardian
| 2 months ago
The officials were responding to comments by Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, in an interview in which he was quoted as saying that Britain's military presence in Basra was "not necessary for maintaining security and control". He added: "...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 2 months ago
Excerpts from the draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement meant to replace the U.N. mandate for American-led forces in Iraq, which expires on Dec...The Associated Press obtained a copy and translated the material from Arabic. _ U.S. armed forces...
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News Source: Iraq Updates
| 2 months ago
Basra authorities have started to study an investment project to set up an integrated marine city in Basra, the province’s governor said on Friday. “The province’s authorities study the project of establishing an integrated marine city which...
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News Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 2 months ago
It is critical for Iraq to reach an agreement in the next few weeks permitting British troops to stay in the country after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of this year, a British Foreign Office minister said Tuesday. Iraq and the United States have...
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News Source: Zaman.com
| 2 months ago
Army helicopters later bombed the PKK terrorists who carried out the attack in mountainous Tunceli province, the sources said...Fighting continued and the army had sent more troops to the area. Turkey has staged almost daily air strikes against...
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News Source: Washington Post
| 2 months ago
Ray Odierno said in an interview that Iran, a Shiite Islamic nation eyed warily by the United States and Sunni Arab countries, is working publicly and covertly to undermine the status-of-forces agreement as officials from Iraq and the United States...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 2 months ago
The Iraqi Parliament said on Thursday the top US general in Iraq violated diplomatic norms and interfered in internal affairs when he accused Iraqi lawmakers of taking bribes from Iran. '(The comments) are an insult to the representatives of the...
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News Source: United Press International
| 2 months ago
Efforts by officials to reach a new "status of forces" agreement governing U.S. troops in Iraq probably won't be reached by a year-end deadline, observers say. The current U.N. mandate providing legal cover for the U.S. occupation of the country...
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News Source: The Guardian
| 2 months ago
Bill Rammell, the new minister for the Middle East, said that the British government was working towards a new, "civilian-led" relationship with Iraq in 2009 as the Iraqi forces increasingly take charge of the security situation. But without a Status...
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News Source: Hindustan times
| 2 months ago
Iraq's prime minister says America's top military commander in Iraq "risked his position" when he said Iran is trying to bribe lawmakers to vote against a security agreement between Iraq and the United States...Ray Odierno also "complicated relations"...