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“ Perhaps what many Iraqis now want from the outside world is most of all that these issues that relate to Iraq's political system are allowed to remain on the agenda and are not swept under the carpet in uncritical jubilation for the drop in violence (and the new attention to Afghanistan) ”
Maliki needs coalition in Basra; Warlords eyed in Afghanistan
United Press International
“ The pact crowns Maliki's efforts: a gradual drawdown that focuses on training Iraqi security forces ”
Maliki tested in wake of security deal
United Press International
“ Obama is going to find he has to chart a different course in Iraq than he campaigned on ”
Obama gathering info on Iraq policy
United Press International
“ A vote by the Basra provincial council -- reportedly by consensus, and thus conceivably even involving some 'defections' from the local ISCI branch -- protested against the central government's decision to remove the head of the Southern Oil Co. ”
Iraq's southern oil workers in government reshuffle
United Press International
“ Many of the underlying problems in Basra politics will just remain there ”
Analysis: Basra fight hurts oil exports
United Press International
“ The Mahdi Army, they're not the only bad guys in Basra, at all ”
Analysis: Basra fight hurts oil exports
United Press International
“ They would have targeted the Fadhila allies in the oil protection force and the Badr Corps and Tharallah ”
Analysis: Basra fight hurts oil exports
United Press International
“ It is about the struggle for control of the most important governorate in Iraq, in terms of the oil economy ”
Analysis: Iraq's '08 fate -- Basra, Kirkuk
United Press International
“ The situation in Basra is an extension of what you see in the other governorates south of Baghdad where everywhere there are struggles between the Supreme Council and a sort of Sadrist-led opposition ”
Analysis: Iraq's '08 fate -- Basra, Kirkuk
United Press International
“ Any plan for federalization along sectarian lines is playing al-Qaida's game ”
Experts: Iraq partition is al-Qaida ploy
United Press International
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