As U.S. Pressures Maliki to Resign, Will the Iraqi Government Collapse?
Jun 21, 2014 A consensus is forming in Washington that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki must resign, as part of accountability for his failures with his Sunni Arab citizens. Because Washington is so good about demanding accountability.
Iraq Is Coming Apart at the Seams — Here’s an Essential Reader
Jun 18, 2014 Confused about what’s going on in Iraq? Wondering how the situation became so grim?
Sunnis Big Losers in Iraq Elections; PM Maliki Has Largest Party
May 20, 2014 The results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections are in, and everybody lost.
Nouri al-Maliki
Jan 3, 2012
The Iraq War Is Officially Over
Dec 15, 2011 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta visited Baghdad on Thursday to preside over a ceremony in which the U.S. Forces-Iraq flag was retired, which means that America's nine-year occupation of Iraq has ended -- at least on paper.
Obama, Maliki Make It Official
Dec 13, 2011 While he had visiting Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki close at hand, U.S. President Barack Obama took the opportunity Monday to make congratulatory noises from the podium about the end of the Iraq War and the imminent withdrawal of American troops from Maliki's homeland.President Obama: ‘America’s War in Iraq Will Be Over’ by Year-End
Oct 21, 2011 "Today I can say that our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays," President Obama declared Friday, helpfully noting that this withdrawal plan makes good on one of his campaign promises. No doubt what he said strikes fear in the hearts of Republican presidential hopefuls and their supporting casts.
Withdrawal Means Withdrawal
Oct 17, 2011 President Obama will be able to say that he kept one of his promises from the ’08 campaign trail come Dec. 31 of this year, when all but 160 American troops will leave Iraq after more than eight years of heavy military involvement (read: war) in the Middle Eastern nation. (more)
He’s Back
Jan 9, 2011 Anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has returned home to Iraq from his self-imposed exile in Iran, delivering a speech urging support for the new Maliki government and resistance against the U -- but not necessarily through armed struggle.
Maliki Says No U.S. Soldiers in Iraq After 2011
Dec 29, 2010 "The last American soldier will leave Iraq" after the pre-negotiated 2011 deadline, regardless of any rumblings among American officials, says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The status of forces agreement governing the U.S. military presence in Iraq, Maliki adds, "is not subject to extension, not subject to alteration, it is sealed, it expires on Dec. 31 [2011]."
