Topic: Nouri al-Maliki
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki insisted Iraqi forces were capable of maintaining security in the country during talks with US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner in Baghdad on Saturday.Maliki's evening meeting with Boehner and other US officials came around a week after ...
Obama stands by Iraqi troop pullout, envisions " enormous opportunities" for bilateral commercePresident Barack Obama renewed his vow Tuesday to have all U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by next August, while nudging Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to see that his parliament ...
President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hailed the seeds of a growing cooperation between their nations, pledging that out of the fires of war a new friendship would emerge.But they warned the path ahead would yet prove tough, with ...
Around 15 million Iraqis have the chance to vote on Saturday in a landmark provincial election that will test the nation's fragile stability and measure the popularity of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.Iraq's 800,000-strong police and military have been deployed in strength across ...
The presidential campaigns battled today over the significance of Nouri al-Maliki's endorsement of Barack Obama's proposed 16-month withdrawal timetable -- with the McCain campaign making the rather curious claim that Maliki was actually backing up McCain's position.The Obama campaign reacted to Maliki's ...
Whatever rationale the Bush administration cooks up for our soon-to-be-permanent presence in Iraq, chances are it won't compare to Nouri al-Maliki's. Maliki went on Iraqi TV today to say that the joint agreement reached today with President Bush actually means that the ...
Summary Box: Bush Endorses Iraqi Prime MinisterREITERATE: President Bush, seeking to show he has not abandoned Iraqi's prime minister, offered a fresh endorsement Wednesday of Nouri al-Maliki.AFFIRMATION: Bush's words of support were intended to dispel the impression he gave some people Tuesday ...
Gates Says Political Stability in Iraq Unlikely Before September, Says a Drawdown PossibleDefense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged Sunday that political stability in Iraq won't likely happen before the Bush administration makes its critical September assessment on whether its war strategy is working.But ...
Gates Says Political Stability in Iraq Unlikely Before September, Says a Drawdown PossibleDefense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged Sunday that political stability in Iraq won't likely happen before the Bush administration makes its critical September assessment on whether its war strategy is working.But ...
The Senate this week will pull its first all-night debate on the Iraq war in advance of a vote on whether to bring home all combat troops by next spring, Democrats said Monday.The rare, round-the-clock session Tuesday night through Wednesday morning is ...
