US official says Iraq considering plan to set aside assembly seats ...
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission is considering setting aside seats in the country&#39;s national assembly for Sunni Arab politicians and
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The emerging plan by the Iraq Study Group tries to find a middle road between President Bush's adamant refusal to leave Iraq until the job is done and Democratic demands to pull out U.S. troops. But in achieving unanimity among its Republican and Democratic members, the commission has outlined a...
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The US should reduce troop presence in Iraq so as not to appear an "occupying force", a key report says.
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The White House on Saturday played down a newspaper report that the Bush administration was weighing a scenario for possibly sharp cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year.
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Iraqi officials warned on Monday that an early withdrawal of U.S. troops could tip the country into all-out civil war after the New York Times said debate was growing inside the White House over a gradual drawdown.
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Deteriorating security and rampant anger toward US troops in Iraq is emboldening insurgents, according to Representative Martin T. Meehan, who returned from a fact-finding trip yesterday calling for an exit strategy that would significantly reduce the number of troops there over the next 12 to 18 months.
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Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday it may consider holding next month's elections over an extended period, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had suggested.
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BAGHDAD -- While Washington is mired in political debate over the future of Iraq, the American command here has prepared a detailed plan that foresees a significant American role for the next two years.
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Top U.S. officials will likely warn Congress on Monday against major changes in policy in Iraq, but leading Democrats said that strategy has failed and it's time to think about getting troops out.
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WASHINGTON -- As the victorious parties in Iraq's election conducted behind-the-scenes negotiations over key posts in the new government, the Bush administration signaled yesterday that it plans to lower its profile in Iraq in the coming months.
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The Bush administration will seek a range of views beyond the report by the American commander in Iraq.
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The US president is to announce troop reductions in Iraq in a speech later this week, the White House says.
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The U.S. military commander in Iraq has suggested he will recommend a cut in U.S. troop numbers around March when he delivers long-awaited testimony to Congress next week.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday he would raise the issue of U.S. military behavior with American officials in hopes of curbing incidents of abuse &quot;that we see every day&quot; in Iraq.
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Top American officials in Iraq were setting out their vision for the U.S. troop presence to the British prime minister.
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The United States is revising its $18.4 billion Iraq rebuilding plan and in a major policy shift will hand over some contracting power to Iraqi ministries for U.S.-funded work, said U.S. officials Tuesday.
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands more troops from Iraq during 2008.