Iraq's new justice unfolds in a fortress
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The suspect stood behind the polished wooden bars in the new courtroom. His eyes flitted nervously as the litany of accusations was rattled off: mortar attacks, car bombings, kidnapping and murder &#151; among other crimes linked to his alleged role as an al-Qaida in Iraq fighter.
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The Lede is following the Iraq hearings live.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric made a  sudden return to the country on Wednesday and said he had a  plan to end an uprising in the "burning city" of Najaf, where  fighting is creeping ever closer to its holiest shrine.
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The former director of the Iraqi war crimes tribunal said that interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has taken over the court and could rush forward with "show trials" of Saddam Hussein and other former Iraqi ...
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America's top lawyer met Wednesday with the head of Iraq's judicial council during a quick trip to Baghdad to review U.S. efforts to help build the nation's legal system.
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In Indonesia, the crumbling prosecution case against alleged terror leader Abu Bakar Bashir has gotten a boost. A confessed senior member of the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) gave a
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The controversial ouster of the presiding judge has left the trial of the former Iraqi leader in some upheaval, with Saddam screaming, new defense lawyers scrambling and U.S. officials steaming
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For Iraq's embattled prime minister, the Askariya shrine bombing could not have come at a worse time and could end up bringing down Nouri al-Maliki's unpopular government.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric made a  sudden return to the country Wednesday and said he had a plan  to end an uprising in the "burning city" of Najaf, where  fighting is creeping ever closer to its holiest shrine.
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Iraq will put some of Saddam Hussein's  top lieutenants on trial next week, a month before a national  election many hope will lay the ghosts of his rule, interim  Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Tuesday.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - When Saddam Hussein ruled Najaf  with an iron first, Samir Ghalib stayed home during troubled  times.
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Ibrahim Jaafari, a former exile and a physician, appears poised to become Iraq's new prime minister.
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While Iraq remains the controversial center of debate about the war against terrorism, Indonesia is quietly emerging under its new leader as a potentially significant counter to Islamic extremism.
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A 54-year-old Shiite jurist will preside as chief judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein and six others for their role in the 1980s campaign that killed an estimated 100,000 Kurds, a court official said Sunday.
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Iraqâs fledgling security force is poorly led, plagued by desertions and âfalling behind in its capability and commitmentâ to protect the countryâs new democratic government, US Sen.
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Iraqâs Ministry of Interior is proposing a radical reshaping of the way American diplomats in Iraq are protected.
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The new prime minister carrying U.S. hopes for bringing stability to Iraq is a Shiite Muslim hard-liner whom fellow Shiites once thought they could never sell to the Americans.