Iraqi Prime Minister Says That Civil War Has Been Prevented
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Civil war has been averted in Iraq and Iranian intervention there has "ceased to exist," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday.
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Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi hopes to avoid a US-led military offensive against the rebel-held city of Falluja but cannot wait much longer, his spokesman said on Sunday.
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IRAQI Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is adamant January elections remain on track despite US warnings that violence could exclude some provinces.
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The leading candidate in a Shi'ite  alliance expected to dominate Iraq's Jan. 30 elections said on  Saturday that majority Shi'ites would not be dragged into a  civil war despite a series of bloody attacks on them.
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Iraq is determined to press ahead with elections in January, its interim Prime Minister said yesterday, despite the upsurge in violence that has led Tony Blair to talk about a &quot;second&quot; conflict in the country.
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Iraq's prime minister Monday touted his government's efforts in thwarting "sectarian war" and acknowledged that Iraqi troops are not yet ready to fully take over security duties from the U.S.-led coalition.
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One of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders told President Bush on Monday that civil war could only be staved off if U.S. forces struck harder against Sunni-led insurgents.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said elections would go ahead as planned in January, despite continuing violence which Thursday killed 41 people including 34 children.
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LONDON/BAGHDAD  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said Sunday national elections will go ahead as planned in  January, despite a countrywide surge in violence targeting U.S.  forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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Prime Minister Iyad Allawi vowed yesterday that Iraq would go ahead with national elections by January, even if rampant violence and insurgent activity
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Iraq will spend more on jobs and reconstruction to battle the insurgency in the restive west, but neighboring Syria must clamp down on terrorists crossing the border, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said Thursday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday that national reconciliation was crucial to saving his country and urged key players not to use Iraq to play out their differences.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi insisted that uprooting extremists from Fallujah is the only way "to safeguard lives, elections and democracy in Iraq," rejecting the U.N. chief's warning against attacking the city, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.
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23 September 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi told a joint session of the US Congress today that his country is making progress in its effort to create a stable Iraq despite obstacles.
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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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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told lawmakers on Monday his government had stopped Iraq sliding into civil war and said violence in and around Baghdad had plunged under a U.S.-backed security crackdown.
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LONDON: Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said elections would go ahead as planned in January, despite continuing violence which on Thursday killed 41 people including 34 children.