Iraqis have met their greater goal of pride
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THESSALONIKI, Greece -- For the 18 Iraq soccer players and to the thousands of Iraqi exiles who swarmed to this northern Greek city last night to watch them play in the Olympic semifinals, last night's match was about one thing: Iraqi pride. &quot;We want to make the people back home happy, and please them, because the Americans have destroyed them,&quot; ...
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Iraqi voters living here and flying in from around the Middle East turned out yesterday on the final day of registration for Iraq's historic election, speaking excitedly of freedom and an unwillingness to bend to boycott calls. But turnout remained low.
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A Shi'ite alliance won Iraq's first  election since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, sealing the new  political dominance of the country's long-oppressed majority.
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A letter found in Iraq shows that the group sees the war as a boon for its cause.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that the increased effort to provide security in Baghdad had gone exceedingly well so far.
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Both parties appeared to be maneuvering to gain political advantage from a relatively peaceful vote in Iraq.
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Sadr City, once a symbol of Shiite subjugation, is recovering. Many residents credit the Mahdi Army.
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Offering a simple, "Thank you America," Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared Thursday that his country is succeeding in its effort to move past the war that ousted Saddam Hussein.
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In less than five weeks, Iraqis hope to elect their own government. But before a single vote has been cast, the results are in. The Shiites have won.
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Even with widespread violence in Iraq, voters there showed a passion for democracy by apparently turning out in numbers comparable to a typical election in the United States.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi spoke before a joint session of Congress earlier Thursday and thanked this country for its efforts in his country.
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Iraqis are making some progress toward enacting legislative "benchmarks" the United States demands &#151; but probably not fast enough to satisfy critics of Iraq's political impasse. The bigger question: Would any laws passed by a parliament at each others' throats really lead to true unity?
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President George W. Bush and his advisers like to say that sovereignty has been returned to the Iraqis. But the heart of the Iraqi capital, where the symbols of power are most concentrated, belongs to America.
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Iraqis in Australia danced in the streets on Friday, twirling scarfs and singing, and proudly displaying blue ink on their fingers which told the world they had cast the first votes in Iraq's long-awaited election.
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The move marked a major agreement among the countryâs ethnic and sectarian political blocs on one of Iraqâs most divisive issues.
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MOSUL, Iraq -- The letter tossed into Mustafa Abu Bakr Muhammad's front yard got right to the point.
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Iraqi and US military commanders in Fallujah, Iraq, said today they are pleased with operations in the city, but more remains to be done.