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[GlobalPost] Iraq War | Government | Politics: President Obama’s hasty efforts to place the responsibility for Iraq’s future in the hands of Iraqi officials and citizens alike reveal the glaring lack of political progress there. Five months after the country’s parliamentary elections, Iraq has yet to build a functioning government, despite months of heated debate and political posturing.

[The Cable] Excerpts from tonight's Presidential address on Iraq | The Cable: Biden met Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ayad Allawi, the leader of the Iraqiya coalition, President Jalal Talabani, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, Vice President Adil abd al-Mahdi and Ammar al-Hakim, Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council.

[RealClearPolitics - Articles] RealClearPolitics - Obama's Iraq Speech To Focus On Path Ahead: While Iraq has faded into the background of the national discourse amid a still struggling economy and setbacks in Afghanistan, the second Oval Office address of Obama's presidency will serve as a reminder of the continued salience of an issue that once bitterly divided this nation, cost the lives of over 4,400 U.S. troops, and dominated the latter half of the Bush presidency, helping to propel Obama to the Democratic nomination in 2008.

[Untitled] Iraq Says Its Independent As US Ends Combat - New Orleans News ...: Al-Maliki's mostly Shiite political coalition was narrowly bested in the March 7 parliamentary vote to a secular alliance backed mostly by Sunnis and led by former Shiite premier Ayad Allawi. Both al-Maliki and Allawi want to be prime minister and have spent the last six months trying to recruit allies and block the other from succeeding.

[NewsDaily: Top Headlines] NewsDaily: Iraq hails sovereignty as U.S. ends combat mission: "It is not our place to tell Iraqis who should lead but I strongly urge them to match the courage their citizens have shown by bringing this process to a close and forming a government," Biden said at the change of command ceremony, held in one of Saddam's former palaces near Baghdad airport.

[Dinar Daddy's Tidbits] * Islamic Supreme Council: Alliance blocs will to accept Maliki's ...: And notes by observers that the National Coalition (70 seats) and although he objected to the nomination of the leader of a coalition of law (89 seats), Nuri al-Maliki did not ask a candidate, while preferred by some components of the coalition and demanded an inventory position components of the alliance, which offers a home and a coalition of state law, meaning that refused to take leader of the Iraqi List (91 seats), Iyad Allawi as prime minister, with conflicting positions of components of the National Coalition itself about Maliki’s nomination between the acceptance of candidates on candidates or non-acceptance at all and demand an alternative for a coalition of state law, at the time of the latter insists on his nomination and waving at times to offer an alternative , but it also fails in his choice or named, has recorded a paradox in the Iraqi political arena Candidates Advertisers worthless (Maliki, Allawi) and the bench in short and non-advertisers so far.

[Calgary Herald - News] 7 years after 'mission accomplished,' U.S. pulls troops from Iraq: "I want to thank President Obama for setting aside his past political rhetoric and recognizing the importance of the surge," John Boehner, the Republican minority leader in the House of Representatives, said at a speech to the American Legion in Milwaukee.

[Mideast Youth] Mideast Youth » Blog Archive » the mission is over - Thinking Ahead: Iraq since the beginning of 2010 and especially after march elections showed deep influence of Iran in Iraq fate and future ,Iraqi leaders fear Iran more than they listen to American ,soon Iran will dig deeper in Iraqi politics and economy ,making Iraq move faster into Iran power than democratic free west allied the war seek to produce ,whatever will happen in Iraq in near future will show its first signs in the government formation and security control ,and for many loyal Iraqi people who wanted to protect democracy and change Iraqi to became a human rights and civilized modern country ,they worry about the future , cause it is not looking optimistic

[Iraq and Gulf Analysis] Operation Iraqi Partition « Iraq and Gulf Analysis: There has been much talk about conspiracies by hostile powers to divide Iraq into separate statelets, and most of it is probably unfounded. This partition conspiracy, however, is real and since it mostly goes undiagnosed it represents arguably far most dangerous aspect of the Iraq War: Brilliant Western academics who may have the best possible intentions towards Iraq and its people but who in an attempt at sounding sophisticated perpetuate the toxic paradigm of a tripartite Iraq - be it territorially or sociologically - simply because they have failed to study the country’s history properly through primary sources.

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » No “Mission accomplished” tonight, but claims of a ...: “Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me, I, I, It’s Bush’s fault and I fixed it”, said Obama.

[Political Punch] Vice President Biden Lands in Baghdad To Attend Change of Mission ...: Biden is anticipated to meet with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, leader of the Iraqiyya coalition Ayad Allawi, chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim and other political leaders.  

[Iraq Dinar Speculation] Iraqi Government to be formed”¦ soon? | Iraq Dinar Speculation: The same went for the country’s ethnic and sectarian divisions, he said: “We just didn’t understand it.” To advocates of the counterinsurgency strategy that General Odierno has, in part, come to symbolize, the learning curve might highlight the military’s adaptiveness. Critics of a conflict that killed an estimated 100,000 Iraqis, perhaps far more, and more than 4,400 American soldiers might see the acknowledgment as evidence of the war’s folly.

[Pajamas Media] Pajamas Media » The President Should Declare Victory in Iraq: Wouldn’t it be nice to see Obama go to Baghdad, stand with Iraq’s motley crew of political leaders (Allawi, Maliki, etc.), along with Secretary Clinton and Generals Odierno and Mattis, and state in front of an audience of rowdy U.S. and Iraqi soldiers the triumph over Saddamist cultism, dictatorship, insurgency, and jihadist terrorism?

[mcclatchydc.com: Latest headlines] Biden, in Baghdad, urges Iraqis to form a government now | McClatchy: to be formed and has been trying to find a way to bring in both Maliki and his major challenger Ayad Allawi, a secular Shiite who heads a political bloc with wide Sunni Arab participation. The U.S. has backed creating a new security council which would be led by Allawi - a body not provided for in the Iraqi Constitution - leaving Maliki to potentially remain as prime minister.

[Iraq and Gulf Analysis] Armistice and Governance in the Iraqi Government-Formation Process ...: In February, in Washington, Chris Hill said that Chalabi was an Iranian stooge but he also cited Chalabi’s jurisprudence when he alleged that there was a justified relationship between article 7 of the Iraqi constitution and the de-Baathification campaign (in fact there isn’t because the relevant law pursuant to article 7 has yet to be adopted by the Iraqi parliament). Similarly, at USIP a week ago or so, he was asked a brief question about the Kurds and then raved on for five full minutes about the virtues of the KRG and how well-liked Barzani was among all Iraqi politicians - the decisive proof of which appeared to be the habit of Ammar al-Hakim to visit Arbil frequently!

[Global News Blog Headlines] Iraq - Iraq: Facts and figures : Global News Blog Headlines: Suicide bombers killed more than 50 people in apparently coordinated attacks on Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and elsewhere on today, less than a week before U.S. troops formally end combat operations. The bombings also wounded more than 200 people, underscoring how fragile Iraq’s security is, and how…

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