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Showdown in Baghdad as Maliki refuses to goIraq's president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki's eight-year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go after deploying militias and special forces on the streets, creating a dangerous political showdown in Ba More… |
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Iraq president names new PM; Maliki hangs toughIraq's president named a new prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki on Monday, urging him to form a broad government that can stem communal bloodshed, but it was unclear whether Maliki would bow to US and Iranian pressure to step aside. More… |
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Iraq court paves way for Maliki's third termIraq's highest court ruled on Monday that Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki's bloc is the biggest in parliament, meaning he could retain his position, state television reported. The president, according to the cons More… |
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Maliki defiant as special forces deploy in BaghdadSpecial forces loyal to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were deployed in strategic areas of Baghdad on Sunday night after he delivered a tough speech indicating he would not cave in to pressure to drop a bid for a third term, police sources More… |
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Iran seeks alternative to Maliki to hold Iraq togetherRegional power broker Iran believes Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki is no longer able to hold his country together and is looking for an alternative leader to combat a Sunni Islamist insurgency, senior Iranian officials said. More… |
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Maliki orders air force to help KurdsIraq's Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki ordered his air force for the first time to back Kurdish forces against Islamic State fighters after the Sunni militants made another dramatic push through the north, state television reported on Monday. More… |
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Iraq govt talks delayed again as fighting ragesIraq's parliament failed on Sunday to break a damaging political deadlock which is holding up the formation of new government to tackle an Islamist-led insurgency raging less than 50 miles (80 km) from Baghdad. After a brief s More… |
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Iraq headed for chaos unless politicians unite: UNIraqi soldiers backed by Shi'ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad as a UN envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers did not make progress on Sunday towards naming a government. More… |
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Kurds seize Iraq oilfields, ministers pull out of govtKurdish forces seized two oilfields in northern Iraq and took over operations from a state-run oil company on Friday, while Kurdish politicians formally suspended their participation in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. More… |
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Kurdish Arbil 'becoming base for militants'Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the Kurdish-controlled city of Arbil was becoming an operations base for the Islamic State militant group that seized swathes of northern and western Iraq last month. Maliki is More… |
