Iraq

US Iraq commander likes 'Hurt Locker' (AFP)

March 9, 2010

AFP - The commander of US troops in Iraq on Tuesday praised Oscar-winning drama "The Hurt Locker," saying that unlike some media coverage it showed the complexities on the field.
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'Months' before Iraq government, says US general (AFP)

AFP - The commander of US forces in Iraq has predicted it would take "a couple of months" for leaders to form a post-election government but downplayed fears of instability.
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Obama keeps U.S. troop withdrawal plan after Iraq poll (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama called Iraq's election an "important milestone" on Sunday despite deadly violence, praising Iraqi security forces and repeating his end-2011 goal for removing all U.S. troops from the country.
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Years before US can judge Iraq success: general (AFP)

AFP - The top US general in Iraq said Monday it could be years before the United States can gauge whether its long military campaign there had achieved any measure of success.
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Britain won respect in Middle East over Iraq: Miliband (AFP)

AFP - Britain's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.
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Blood and violence as millions mark Ashura in Iraq (AFP)

AFP - Millions of Shiites across Iraq on Sunday joined ceremonies marking the climax of solemn Ashura rituals, marred by a bomb attack on a procession near Kirkuk that killed five people.
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Iraq VP election veto brings Sunnis limited gains (Reuters)

Reuters - Iraq's vice president has gained prestige through his controversial veto of a long delayed law allowing a national vote next year, but the move has done little to improve the lot of his once dominant Sunni Arab countrymen.
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Kurdish vote may bring strife as change looms (AFP)

AFP - Iraq's autonomous Kurds go to the polls this summer in an election likely to redraw the local political map and bring factional violence to the otherwise calm region.
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Iraq vote turnout 51%: electoral commission (AFP)

AFP - Voter turnout in Iraq's provincial election was 51 percent, lower than the 55.7 percent recorded in the country's last ballot in 2005, the Independent High Electoral Commission said on Sunday.
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