BAGHDAD, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq's cabinet has drawn its conclusions on a final U.S. draft of a security pact that would require American troops to leave by the end of 2011, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's media adviser said on Monday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Explosions killed at least 13 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, with one blast targeting a Shi'ite member of the first U.S.-backed Iraqi governing body. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq expects a reply from the United States within days to its proposal for changes to a pact requiring U.S. troops to leave by the end of 2011, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Saturday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Oct. 31, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq will send delegations to neighboring countries to explain a pact with the United States allowing U.S. troops to remain on its territory for three years, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office said on Friday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Oct. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq will share with Syria the results of an investigation it has opened into a deadly U.S. raid this week into Syrian territory, the Iraqi government said on Wednesday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Oct. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq's cabinet agreed on Tuesday on amendments it will propose to a deal allowing U.S. troops to stay in the country, the government's spokesman said, adding the changes would cover the pact's substance as well as wording. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Oct. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, has met a senior military official in Turkey to discuss Kurdish rebels launching attacks into Turkey from northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Oct. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Baghdad will demand changes to the wording of a pact allowing U.S. troops to stay in Iraq but will not seek to renegotiate the "backbone" of the agreement, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Wednesday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Oct. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Baghdad will demand changes to the wording of a pact allowing U.S. troops to stay in Iraq, but will not seek to renegotiate the "backbone" of the agreement, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said Wednesday. ... > full story
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Iraq Press Roundup Oct. 24, 2008 (Middle East Times) — The Status of Forces Agreement between Washington and Baghdad is met with a variety of opinions. Some oppose the measure, some back it and still ...
Detainees from southeastern protests remanded to court Oct. 24, 2008 (Today's Zaman, Turkey) — Sixty-five people who were arrested during illegal rallies staged by supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern provinces ...
Turkey: 25 Kurdish rebels killed in air strikes Oct. 24, 2008 (Boston Globe) — Turkey's military says 25 Kurdish rebels were killed in cross-border air strikes on rebel positions in northern Iraq last week.. . The military ...
. Developments forcing Turkish-Kurdish dialogue Oct. 24, 2008 (Turkish Daily News) — Semih Idiz. The recent meeting in Baghdad between Massoud Barzani, the head of the Kurdish regional government, or KRG, and Turkey's special envoy ...
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