Criticism of U.S. Muted at Iraq Conference
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Criticism of the United States was surprisingly muted at an international conference in Egypt that drew fierce opponents to the U.S.-led invasion.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  Iraq&#39;s National Conference refused Wednesday to send a second delegation to the holy city of Najaf to negotiate an end to fighting between US troops and loyalists of radical cleric ...
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell gestures during a press conference at the end of a two-day conference focusing on Iraq&#39;s stabilization at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004.
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Iraq holds a national conference on Saturday designed to halt mounting sectarian violence that has raised fears of civil war and been a major issue behind U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to review his strategy.
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President Bush's high-profile meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday was canceled in a stunning turn of events after disclosure of U.S. doubts about the Iraqi leader's capabilities and a political boycott in Baghdad protesting his attendance.
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The Iraqi government and Arab countries have broken into bitter squabbling ahead of a Baghdad conference on Saturday that the United States had hoped would finally unite them in efforts to stabilize the war-torn nation.
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WASHINGTON - The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning. An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion...
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Iraq's government is planning a conference in late November to promote political stability and seek support for upcoming elections, but U.N. officials say they're worried about the timing and lack of a clear agenda.
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Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Haditha. America&#039;s problems with Iraq are casting a long shadow over President Bush&#039;s meeting with European Union leaders this week.
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The Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, rejected today calls for an international conference to reach a solution to the widening sectarian war in Iraq.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Iraqi leaders on Saturday that Washington was disappointed with their efforts to reconcile warring factions.
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Countries taking part in a conference on Iraq differ on how to assist the nation but strongly support the interim government&#39;s
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After two years, the United States and the United Nations had hoped to take the spotlight off the bitterly divisive war in Iraq. It didn't happen. At the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, President Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sparred over the war that can't escape the headlines.
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A regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday aims to rally support behind the Iraqi government and map out ways to cooperate in easing the country's bloody conflict. But the participants are coming in with starkly different agendas. The session gathers diplomats from Iraq's Arab neighbors as well as Iran, Turkey, the United States and the four other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.
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The top Iranian official attending a regional conference on Iraq said on Saturday he had no one-to-one talks with U.S. officials but he did call for a withdrawal of U.S. forces and rejected charges of interference.
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Envoys from the West and Islamic nations &#151; including Iran, Syria and the United States &#151; are expected to attend a conference next month on efforts to stabilize Iraq, a diplomatic adviser said Tuesday.
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Iran, accused by Washington of backing militants in Iraq, is reviewing Baghdad's invitation to attend a regional conference on ways of easing tensions in Iran's neighbor, a senior official said on Wednesday.