Maliki orders commanders launch crackdown
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered Iraq's military commanders on Tuesday to speed up preparations for a U.S.-backed crackdown in Baghdad after a string of attacks killed hundreds of people in recent days.
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BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says his government has &quot;new plans&quot; to crush the country&#39;s insurgency and restore security.
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UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq told the UN General Assembly yesterday that terrorism is threatening to erase any gains made in reducing sectarian killings and establishing democratic principles in his country.
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Iraq's prime minister announced Friday that the government was launching a major offensive against al-Qaeda in the northern city of Mosul after two deadly blasts that killed 34 people and a provincial police chief
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Iraq's prime minister announced a new plan Monday aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shiite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months.
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BAGHDAD, Nov 7  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Iraq to combat spiralling violence as 21 police officers were shot dead execution-style in a dawn ambush on their stations.
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Iraqi security forces have begun a "decisive" final offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq to push the Sunni Islamist militants out of their last major stronghold in the north, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.
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BAGHDAD -- Thousands of Iraqi troops launched a crackdown in Kirkuk yesterday, ordering residents to stay in their homes in an effort to put down violence that has swelled in the north amid efforts to rein in bloodshed in Baghdad.
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Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered heads of his Mehdi Army militia to leave Iraq and asked the government to arrest "outlaws" under a U.S.- backed crackdown, Iraq's president said on Thursday.
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Government forces fanned out across Baghdad, setting up checkpoints and frisking motorists in a major security operation to crackdown on violence in the capital. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised the crackdown would not target any ethnic or sectarian group.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi kicked off a European tour in Germany seeking sorely needed investment for his battered nation, as police arrested three Iraqi extremists here in early-morning raids.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday he would raise the issue of U.S. military behavior with American officials in hopes of curbing incidents of abuse &quot;that we see every day&quot; in Iraq.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday told President Bush he aimed to improve security in Baghdad by targeting "all sources of violence", including insurgents and militias, a White House spokesman said.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces have killed around 400 suspected militants since the start of a major crackdown to stem violence in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Iraq's interim Prime Minister  Iyad Allawi declared martial law on Sunday and said a U.S.-led  military offensive against the rebel-held city of Falluja could  not be delayed much longer.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq condemned a US raid yesterday in Sadr City, Baghdad's Shi'ite slum district , in which American troops searching for Iranian-linked militants sparked a firefight that left 26 Iraqis dead.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a series of operations on Tuesday targeting al Qaeda in Iraq after an upsurge in suicide bombings which U.S. commanders say are an attempt by the militant group to reignite sectarian violence.