Iraqi govt welcomes Petraeus report
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Iraq's government on Tuesday welcomed long-awaited testimony to Congress by the U.S. commander in Iraq and said it would have less need for foreign forces to carry out combat operations in the "near future".
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Iraq's parliament on Tuesday welcomed an agreement designed to staunch sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad, but there was no sign of further talks to add substance to the prime minister's sketchy four-point plan.
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&quot;Thank you, America,&quot; Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told a joint session of Congress today. Allawi thanked the United States for its role in the liberation of Iraq.
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European leaders, who have been sharply critical of the Bush administration's occupation of Iraq, welcomed the U.S. advisory group's report on Iraq as a 'necessary course correction' and a first step in a more ...Comment
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Most Americans think this week's report from Army Gen. David H. Petraeus will exaggerate progress in Iraq, and few expect it to result in a major shift in President Bush's policy. But despite skepticism about the Petraeus testimony and majority support for a U.S. troop reduction in Iraq, there has...
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Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday responded to critics in the U.S. Congress, saying his government had kept Iraq from sliding into sectarian civil war.
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Interim Prime Minister Allawi cites progress, saying Iraqis are grateful for Hussein's ouster.
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Democrats on Wednesday praised a bipartisan report on Iraq as a rebuke of White House policy, while expressing concern that it fails to urge the Baghdad government to pursue a political settlement.
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WASHINGTON - 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.    In an appearance that President Bush's advisers hoped would ease American voters' doubts about the troubled campaign in Iraq, Allawi told a joint meeting of Congress that despite struggles and setbacks, "the values of liberty and democracy" are taking hold there...
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A Bush administration report on Iraq shows satisfactory progress on eight benchmarks, unsatisfactory progress on another eight and mixed results on the other two
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On Sept. 30, chief weapons inspector Charles Duelfer filed his 1,000 page report on Iraq. It was the culmination of efforts by the CIA-created Iraq Survey Group to reach a definitive consensus on whether the
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Reaction varied among Iraqi politicians, who expressed appreciation, anger and ambivalence at sections of the report.
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Baghdad - Iraq&#39;s interim government on Wednesday hailed radical Shi&#39;a cleric Moqtada al-Sadr&#39;s decision to call a nationwide ceasefire and join the political arena.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq A top Iraqi official is downplaying concerns over the reported disappearance of nuclear equipment. Iraq&#39;s interim science and technology minister says all sites under the interim government&#39;s control have been secured.
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The president endorses the recommendation of the US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, for a phased withdrawal of 30,000 troops.
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What Bush's surprise visit to Iraq tells us about Petraeus's upcoming report to Congress
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WASHINGTON - Iraq's visiting prime minister, Ayad Allawi, says he shares a hopeful view with President Bush that things are getting better in Allawi's tumultuous nation, a conviction the president is putting on full display to persuade doubting U.S. voters...