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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraqi lawmakers back term limits

An Iraqi lawmaker confirmed that members of Parliament passed legislation that bars Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from seeking a third term in office.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraq takes steps toward April vote

An Iraq analyst said Iraqi elections officials have published what appears to be a list of parties slated to take part in provincial council elections in April.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iran and Iraq: Battle of the ayatollahs

Iran is stepping up its plans to dominate Iraq, and a key project is to ensure the Iraqi holy city of Najaf doesn't reclaim its status as the spiritual center of Shiite Islam.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

No transfer for Hashemi, Baghdad claims

A case involving terrorism allegations filed against the Iraqi vice president will remain in Baghdad's jurisdiction and not Kirkuk's, a judicial council said.

World News // 1 decade ago

Sunni-Shiite split hits Iraq's provinces

The sectarian rift in Iraq is making itself felt in Sunni-dominated Diyala province, where the governor and half the council are in self-imposed exile.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraqi election ban a political move

A ban on Iraqi political figures from taking part in March elections is payback by certain groups who did poorly in provincial elections, a scholar suggests.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Iraq's southern oil workers in government reshuffle

The Iraqi government has moved, demoted or fired more than a dozen people within the southern Iraqi oil sector this month as domestic and international union officials decry their treatment.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Basra fight hurts oil exports

Oil flow will be affected by the Iraqi army's crackdown in the oil capital Basra after all, following a pipeline bombing and dangerous conditions for workers.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Iraq's '08 fate -- Basra, Kirkuk

Iraq's crude capital, Basra, and perhaps its most controversial city, Kirkuk, also flush with oil, face a formidable 2008.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Experts: Iraq partition is al-Qaida ploy

Dividing Iraq along religious and ethnic lines would play into the hands of al-Qaida, which has sought to stoke sectarian hatred in the country, experts say.

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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 Mar 20, 2009

The pact crowns Maliki's efforts: a gradual drawdown that focuses on training Iraqi security forces
Maliki tested in wake of security deal Dec 03, 2008

Obama is going to find he has to chart a different course in Iraq than he campaigned on
Obama gathering info on Iraq policy Nov 12, 2008

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 May 30, 2008

Many of the underlying problems in Basra politics will just remain there
Analysis: Basra fight hurts oil exports Mar 27, 2008