Maliki loses Shi'ite ally before Bush talks
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President Bush arrived in Jordan on Wednesday for crisis talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose own position has been eroded by blunt White House criticism and the loss of a key Shi'ite ally.
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"There are tribal sheiks out there who say 'Hey, just allow me to be the local security force. I don't care what you call me. ... You can call me whatever you want. Just give me the right training and equipment and I'll secure my area."  Parliament voted Monday in a closed session to remove the speaker after a series of scandals involving the controversial lawmaker, legislators said. Mahmoud al-Mashhadani will be replaced by another Sunni Arab, they said.The U.S. military, meanwhile, said three American soldiers were killed and six were wounded, along with an interpreter, Sunday when a suicide car bomber brought down a section bridge south of Baghdad on Iraq's main north-south artery.'The efforts to clear the road continue,' said Lt. Col. Randy Martin, a U.S. military spokesman. Read more
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In a candid interview, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki talks about his struggles, relationship with President Bush and nation's future.
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U.S. President George W. Bush will hold talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week focusing on improving Iraq's fragile security, the White House said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Shi'ites fear that growing tension between neighboring Iran and the United States could leave them caught between defending a fellow Shi'ite nation and an ally that toppled their worst enemy -- Saddam Hussein.
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A key al-Qaida in Iraq leader described as the group&#039;s &quot;religious emir&quot; was killed in a U.S. airstrike hours before two American soldiers went missing and in the same area, the military said Tuesday.
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The new prime minister carrying U.S. hopes for bringing stability to Iraq is a Shiite Muslim hard-liner whom fellow Shiites once thought they could never sell to the Americans.
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Analysis: Whatever the U.S. President and Iraq's Prime Minister promise after their talks in Jordan, neither man really has the power to deliver
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Not for the first time, events in Iraq are straining relations between two traditionally close allies, Turkey and the United States.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance debated  Monday who to choose as prime minister and which allies to seek  after failing to win an absolute majority in landmark  elections.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 -- When President Bush meets Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Amman, Jordan, on Thursday, it will be clear that the real power in Iraq rests with radical cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Ayad Allawi, Iraq&#39;s prime minister, backed out yesterday from plans for a reconciliation conference in Jordan with Iraq&#39;s exiled opposition, setting back hopes of a government accommodation
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The contest for Iraq's next prime minister narrowed Monday after the French-educated finance minister removed himself from consideration within the ranks of the Shiite alliance that won the most votes in the national elections, a spokesman said.
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President Bush met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan on Thursday to seek ways to stem sectarian carnage threatening to split Iraq.
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Even as the White House contemplates a faster turnover of responsibilities to the Iraqi government, severe doubts remain within and outside the Bush administration over whether Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki can execute the steps necessary to stabilize the country, according to sources familiar with...
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has postponed his first official visit to Tehran for "technical reasons," officials said Sunday.
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King Abdullah of Jordan, who will host a meeting between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki this week, said today that the situation in Iraq is quickly disintegrating and dramatic action is needed before the end of the year to unify the country.