US seeks role for Sunnis in Iraq government: report
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The United States is talking to Iraqi leaders about ways to guarantee minority Sunni Muslims a minimum level of top posts in Iraq&#39;s future government, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
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The Bush administration has been talking with Iraqi leaders about guaranteeing Sunni Arabs high-level jobs in Iraq's new government even if Sunni candidates fail to do well in elections, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
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U.S. officials in Iraq will use lessons from last year's bombing of a Shiite shrine to try to contain a new wave of violence following a new bombing of the mosque, the White House said Wednesday.
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The Bush administration is considering reserving a few high-level posts in the next Iraqi government for Sunni Muslims, regardless of how well they fare in next month&#39;s elections, for fear that their exclusion could prolong the country&#39;s military and
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Portions of Iraqâs Sunni minority who live in the more rebellious population centers may be disenfranchised, US-installed interim Prime Minister told The Australian in an exclusive interview.
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An urgent overhaul of US policy on Iraq is needed to stop "a slide towards chaos", says a major report.
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ARBIL, Iraq  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will urge Iraqi Kurdish leaders on Friday to work with Sunnis and Shi'ites, particularly on the controversial issue of managing Iraq's vast oil wealth.
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U.S. intelligence has concluded key elements of Iraq's violence could be described as "civil war," a term Bush administration officials have been reluctant to use, a new report said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration, worried that a Sunni Muslim boycott could turn Iraq&#39;s Jan. 30 election into a fiasco, has launched a major diplomatic and political campaign to encourage Sunnis to vote
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Iraq's Jan. 30 elections are likely  to be "less than perfect" due to violence but the United States  is working with Iraq to encourage the broadest possible  participation, the White House said on Wednesday.
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Description: US and Iraqi government troops raid one of Baghdad&#39;s main Sunni Muslim mosques, killing several Iraqis. The Iraqi government has ordered the arrest of Muslim clerics accused of inciting violence and supporting the Iraqi insurgency.
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Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, worried by rising Shi'ite power in Iraq, urged the United States on Tuesday to ensure all religious and ethnic groups take part in next month's elections, which Shi'ites look poised to win.
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An arrest warrant against a Sunni Cabinet minister is another step by the Shiite-led government to marginalize the country's Sunni minority, the official's political organization said Wednesday.
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President Bush encouraged Iraq's  interim leaders on Monday to ensure minority Sunni Arabs are  included in Iraq's political process and the White House  brushed aside Democratic calls for a timetable for U.S. troops  to begin withdrawing.
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Saudi Arabia has told the Bush administration that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in a war against Iraqi Shiites if the United States withdraws from Iraq, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing American and Arab diplomats.
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U.S. intelligence has concluded key elements of Iraq's violence could be described as a "civil war," a term Bush administration officials have been reluctant to use until now, a new report said on Friday.
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Iraq's presidency council issued a law Sunday that will allow thousands of Saddam Hussein-era officials to return to government jobs, legislation viewed by the Bush administration as central to mending deep fissures between minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds and the majority Shiites who now wield power.