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Iraqi prime minister announces his resignation

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Death toll rises to 104 amid anti-government protests in Iraq

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Death toll rises to 104 amid anti-government protests in Iraq

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Iraq issues curfews, cuts Internet amid anti-government protests

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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

No room for militias in Iraqi politics

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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraq Press Roundup

Al Itijah Al Akhar newspaper in an editorial criticized Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government and the way it deals with the current situation in Iraq.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraq Press Roundup

The Baghdad-based independent Al Mada newspaper Monday ran a story with the headline “Talabani has talks with Maliki, Adil Bdul Mehdi on situation; rejects resignation of the Iraq Accordance Front ministers; welcomes the political council's position toward prisoners."

Top News // 1 decade ago

U.N. offers to aid new Iraqi leaders

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has sent congratulations to newly elected Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, emphasizing the need for national unity.

Adil (Adel) Abdul-Mahdi (al Muntafiki) (Arabic: عادل عبد المهدى‎ ) (born 1942 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Shi'a politician, economist, and is one of the two current Vice Presidents of Iraq. He was formerly the Finance Minister in the Interim government.

Abdel-Mahdi is a member of the powerful Shi'a party the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, or SIIC. Long based in neighboring Iran, the group opposed a United States administration but holds close ties with the other U.S.-backed groups that opposed Saddam Hussein, including the Kurds and the Iraqi National Congress.

He is a trained economist who left Iraq in 1969 for exile in France. He worked for French think tanks and edited magazines in French and Arabic. Adel Abdul Mahdi is also referred to as Adel Abd al'Mahdi, as well as other various derivations (this highlights the continual difficulties of transliteration from Arabic into English). Abdul-Mahdi was educated in France, and is the son of a respected Shiite cleric who was a minister in Iraq's monarchy. He attended high school at Baghdad College, an elite American Jesuit secondary school.

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