Iraqi leader offers vow
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WASHINGTON -- Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, promised a joint session of Congress yesterday that Iraqis would soon shoulder the burden of their own security and thanked the American people for removing Saddam Hussein.
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he following is the transcript of remarks delivered by Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to the joint session of Congress. Mr. Speaker, Mr.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi vowed to stick to plans to hold an election in January 2005 even though the US and Britain are struggling to keep order in the nation.
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AGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 19 - Prime Minister Ayad Allawi gave what he described as a final warning on Thursday to the rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, saying the cleric should move quickly to fulfill his vow to disarm and leave the shrine ...
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Iraq's President Ghazi Yawar pledges to do all he can to help secure the release of two kidnapped Italian women aid workers.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to   rein in violence and heal Iraq's sectarian wounds after   parliament approved his national unity government on Saturday   to end months of stalemate that have raised fears of civil war.
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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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The United States and Iraq hope to sign   an agreement by next week to hand operational command of Iraq's   new army to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq said on Monday,   after wrangles on wording had held up the accord.
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Iran offered on Tuesday to help   establish security and stability in Iraq after Iraqi Prime   Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks in Tehran on his first   official visit to the Islamic Republic.
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President Bush retains confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki despite the failure of the Shiite politician's signature effort to improve security in Iraq's bloody capital, the White House said as Bush prepared to host the new leader.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issued a &quot;final call&quot; yesterday for Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to agree to a new set of conditions issued by the government and end his rebellion.
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Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, secured cash and pledges of help from European Union leaders on Friday despite having described countries that opposed the U.S.-led war to oust former president Saddam Hussein as "spectators."
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TEHRAN, Feb. 5âA senior Iraqi Shiite leader said Monday at a news conference in Tehran that his country was urging Iran to hold talks with the United States and that such talks are important for the security of the region.
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Iraq&#39;s Deputy Prime Minister pleaded with donors today to fulfill pledges of aid for the reconstruction of his war-ravaged nation.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised Wednesday that American security contractors would be held accountable for opening fire on Iraqis in downtown Baghdad last weekend.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, on a surprise visit to Iraq, met Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who pledged to do his utmost to secure the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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CAIRO, Egypt - Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said in an interview published Monday that a broken and depressed Saddam Hussein had appealed to him for mercy, saying his regime had meant no harm during the former dictator's years running the country.   "Saddam sent me a verbal message asking for mercy," Allawi told the pan-Arab daily Al Hayat...