Rice in Baghdad applauds military crackdown
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Saturday, arriving as American and Iraqi troops make early gains in a new crackdown against militants in the Iraqi capital.
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A U.S.-backed Iraqi security crackdown in Baghdad will take months and "sensational attacks" will continue but there have already been encouraging signs of progress, the U.S. commander in Iraq said on Thursday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Baghdad on Tuesday to see top Iraqi officials after Iraq's parliament passed the first in a series of critical laws aimed at reconciling warring Iraqis.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice welcomed Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski to the State Department on Wednesday, praising his country as a "fierce fighter in the defense of freedom."
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on an unannounced trip to Iraq, said Saturday the success of a new security crackdown in Baghdad will be measured largely by how well the U.S.-backed government capitalizes on any letup in sectarian violence.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the embattled Iraqi government on Thursday to accelerate efforts to foster national reconciliation and help end sectarian violence.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Iraqi leaders on Thursday to end their "political inaction" and put aside their differences to rein in sectarian violence that threatens to tear the country apart.
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The early morning raids appeared to be the largest military operation in Sadr City since the start of the new American-led crackdown in Baghdad.
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More than 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops began major operations in a Shi'ite militia bastion in Baghdad on Sunday, meeting little resistance as they searched homes for illegal weapons and carried out patrols.
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Authorities in the Iraqi capital Baghdad lift a curfew imposed after intelligence revealed a planned series of attacks.
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The US defence secretary is in  Baghdad to assess a security surge aimed at bringing Iraq under control.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Saturday with Iraq's prime minister in their first face-to-face talks since a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.
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New US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praises Poland's role in Iraq during her European trip visit there.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Iraq on an unannounced visit on Tuesday, and a U.S. official said she planned to urge Iraqi leaders to speed up national reconciliation.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday and dropped in on the volatile northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Baghdad confirmed.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 5 -- Bombs and mortar shells killed more than 37 people in Baghdad on Monday, as U.S. officials said that the command structure for the new security crackdown in the capital was ready.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice intervened to ward off a strike by Turkey in northern Iraq after Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers.