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...tensions stirred up by the war are flaring again - in no small part, many Sunnis say, because of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's attempts to consolidate power.Nobody is predicting a return to open warfare. The Sunnis know they stand little...
...Not enough was accomplished for the size of the funds expended."In interviews with Bowen, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the U.S. funding "could have brought great change in Iraq" but fell short too often. "There was misspending...
...insurgents who obtained deadly weapons from Iranian sources. Moreover, Tehran appears to have Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in a headlock. Once a politician who showed independence from Tehran, the unpopular Maliki has become dependent...
...alienating Sunni Arabs while sparking rivalries between competing Shia groups.The government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki welcomed the declaration by Asaib Ahl al-Haq to renounce violence and enter politics, describing it as a step...
...dead at Arlington National Cemetery."A war is ending," the president said, standing with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the White House. U.S. troops are leaving "with honor and with their heads held high," said Obama, who...
...the rules as well as the powers of local governments is necessary. So the administration must press Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani and the other members of what has been an ad hoc five-member leadership group to eliminate...
...the rules as well as the powers of local governments is necessary. So the administration must press Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani and the other members of what has been an ad hoc five-member leadership group to eliminate...
...cost, in lives and treasure, to maintain a semi-functional state. On Nov. 26, Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to begin formal negotiations for a long-term U.S. commitment to Iraqi security. This is not a "treaty...
...had disclosed it had a nuclear weapons program. In 2006, President Bush personally assured Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki by phone that he had set no timetable for pulling troops out of Iraq. Lynne Stewart, a firebrand civil rights lawyer...
...said. Mr. Crocker's testimony was striking for its defense of Iraqi political leaders, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who have been written off as hopelessly sectarian even by some Washington-based administration officials. The...