News Analysis: Envoyâs Upbeat Tone Glosses Over Baghdadâs Turmoil
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Ryan C. Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, gave Congress an assessment that left unmentioned some of the most troubling developments of the past nine months.
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The U.S. ambassador in Baghdad suspects his talks with Iranians may have brought some changes for the better
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who remains hospitalized in Jordan following his collapse over the weekend, was said to be recovering well Tuesday but is apparently not ready to go home yet. "He's in good shape, fully aware and doing well," said Saad al-Hayyani, Iraq's ambassador to Jordan. "There are no tests planned today."
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America's No. 2 diplomat in Iraq predicted progress by fall on bringing together Iraq's feuding factions as violence claimed more lives Wednesday, including 14 people killed in a late night car bombing near a Shiite shrine in the capital.
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Talks aimed at countering security crisis begin with heated exchange, Iraqi official says.
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The debate in Washington over troop numbers is intense. But in Baghdad, there's been little sense of alarm or urgency among the Iraqi politicians who would have the most to lose if the United States decides to begin a major pull back.
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Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats
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Iraq's prime minister said Monday he expects the U.S. ambassador and military commander to give his government favorable marks when they report to Congress next week and predicted passage of a law soon that could return more Sunnis to government jobs.
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Last Christmas Day in Baghdad, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad received a furious phone call from Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi. An American -- drunk, armed, wandering through the Green Zone after a party -- had shot and killed one of his personal bodyguards the night before, Mahdi said. He...
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The ambassador for the Dominican Republic,    Hugo Guiliani Cury, says one of his great challenges in representing a small country at peace has been attracting the attention of officials and policymakers in Washington.
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U.S. and Iranian envoys will hold talks in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss Iraq's security woes, following up on a landmark meeting in May, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday.
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The United Nations envoy to Baghdad said on Wednesday he would present a positive picture of progress in Iraq in a report to the Security Council despite earlier having serious misgivings about reconciliation efforts.
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Formation of a national unity government in Baghdad has cleared the way for proposed direct talks between the United States and Iran about the situation inside Iraq, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 16 -- The  relative lull in violence is a promising sign that the Baghdad security plan is off to a good start, the Iraqi prime minister said yesterday, while a top U.S. military official cautioned that it might be a temporary letup as militant organizations assess the new measures and gear up to fight back....
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Officials from regional states including Iran and Syria will join U.S. and British envoys at a meeting in Baghdad next month to seek ways to stabilize Iraq, the Iraqi foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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â¢ You Say You Want a Revolution? Staff writer Howard LaFranchi was back in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City neighborhood Wednesday (see story) where he worked during a reporting stint in Iraq last fall.
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AP Correspondent Kim Gamel covers Iraq events from Baghdad for The Associated Press and attended the Fourth of July celebration held by the U.S. Embassy.