Iraqi leader's proposal targets sectarian violence
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister announced a plan yesterday aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shi'ite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months.
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Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister called on Saturday for the return of all officers of Saddam Hussein's disbanded army in a political overture to disaffected Sunni Arabs aimed at reducing sectarian violence.
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President Bush said Tuesday a new plan to increase U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged capital of Baghdad will help quell rising violence that is threatening Iraq's transformation to a self-sustaining democracy.
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BAGHDAD -- Ayad Allawi, Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister announced plans yesterday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City to cities countrywide in an attempt to disarm the country.
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Analysis: The Iraq Study Group's proposals contain much to like -- for Shi'ite sectarians and al-Qaeda in Iraq
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Despite Sunni objections, Shiite lawmakers are pushing legislation that would carve Iraq into largely autonomous regions.
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A new round of car bombings and other violence struck Iraq on Wednesday, with 55 people killed or found dead as the Iraqi government unveiled a plan to assume responsibility for security in Baghdad by early next year.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 2 -- Iraq's prime minister announced a new plan Monday aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shiite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months.
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Under fire over Iraq, the President gets help from the Iraqi leader he appointed
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Sen. John McCain took his controversial proposal for curbing Iraq's sectarian violence to Baghdad on Thursday, calling for an additional 15,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops and joining a congressional delegation in telling Iraq's prime minister he must break his close ties with a radical Shiite cleric.
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Iraq's president said on Saturday he  expected violence to deter the majority of Iraqis from voting  in Sunday's landmark election.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 30: Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr on Monday ordered his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces and said he would soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict.
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Though many Iraqis say they have seen positive steps, the security plan is being judged along sectarian lines.
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The U.S. commander for northern Iraq called for reinforcements yesterday, citing a rise in sectarian attacks and other violence in his region as Iraqi and American forces focus on securing Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim prime minister warned yesterday that insurgents are trying to foment sectarian civil war as well as derail elections, while thousands of mourners turned out for funerals in the Shi'ite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala a day after car bombs killed 67 people.
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The US president plans to hold a delayed summit with the Iraqi premier aimed at tackling escalating violence.
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A powerful Shi'ite Muslim leader in Iraq called on Friday for U.S.-backed, mainly Sunni neighborhood patrols to be brought under tight government control with a more balanced sectarian makeup.