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UK's Brown in surprise Iraq visit

6/13/2007 BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) -- Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, assured Iraq's leaders of continued British support on Monday as he made a flying visit to Baghdad to "listen and learn" before he takes office later this month.
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Iraq makes slow progress on meeting U.S. targets

6/12/2007 By Aseel Kami and Ross Colvin2 hours, 56 minutes ago "Slow as a turtle" was how one Iraqi lawmaker on Tuesday described Iraq's faltering progress in meeting political benchmarks set by Washington to encourage national reconciliation and end sectarian violence.
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US civilians drive Iraq's other surge

6/12/2007 By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer of The Christian Science MonitorTue Jun 12, 4:00 AM ET When a new courthouse was recently dedicated in the mostly Kurdish town of Dibbis in northern Iraq, the fanfare focused on the judges and other public servants who will use the building, as well as on the US military, which paid for the project.
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US signals permanent stay in Iraq

6/12/2007 By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer of The Christian Science MonitorTue Jun 12, 4:00 AM ET This spring's debate over a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq may have implied that the US presence there is likely to wind down soon, but recent comments from both the administration and military officials suggest a different scenario.
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Iraq's oil and gas resources will bring about its stability

6/12/2007 Mella McEwen<br>Oil Editor Midland Reporter-Telegram Although the war in Iraq is in its fifth year, the country will stabilize.
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Iraq makes slow progress on meeting US targets

6/12/07 By Aseel Kami and Ross Colvin BAGHDAD, June 12 (Reuters) - "Slow as a turtle" was how one Iraqi lawmaker on Tuesday described Iraq's faltering progress in meeting political benchmarks set by Washington to encourage national reconciliation and end sectarian violence.
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Basrah contains huge oil wealth

6/12/07 Oil researcher, Ahmad Al-Husseini, said that geological studies "in Iraq showed that there are about 530 geological complexes of good prospects for oil; about 115 sites have been drilled so far with reserves estimated at about 3,111 billion barrels of oil, which leaves 415 locations requiring exploration."
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Iraq-Iran trade in gasoline booms

6/11/2007

By OMAR SINAN, Associated Press WriterMon Jun 11, 3:15 AM ET

The trucks line up at the border each morning, waiting their turn to cross the small Choman river into Iraq and unload their cargos of jerry cans filled with gasoline.
Trade across the Iraq-Iran border is flourishing in this remote corner of northeast Iraq, a rugged mountain area where the lure of making a quick profit dwarfs what little government authority exists. Gasoline is an important part of that.

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Iraq's Parliament Leaders Agree to Remove Speaker

6/11/2007 By DAMIEN CAVE and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. BAGHDAD, June 10 — Iraq’s leading political blocs on Sunday agreed to replace the speaker of Parliament, Mahmoud Mashhadani, a Sunni, after hearing accusations that his bodyguards assaulted a Shiite lawmaker as the speaker cursed him and then dragged him to the speaker’s office
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Finance Minister confirms Iraq's commitment to the Convention (SBA) with the International Monetary

6/11/07

The Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Al-Zubaydi that fiscal policy pursued by the Ministry of Finance to lift the pace of implementation of the budget 2007 investment budget focused particularly for the provision of basic services for the Iraqi people and completing reconstruction of infrastructure and activate the Iraqi economy and particularly the activation of the private sector to increase its role in the development of the Iraqi economy.

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U.S. general paints candid picture of Iraq army, police

6/10/2007 By Ross ColvinSun Jun 10, 11:30 AM ET Iraqi security forces should be in a position to take control of 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces by year's end, although they will not be ready to fight on their own for some time, a top U.S. general said on Sunday.
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Political meddling in Iraq 'a concern'

6/10/2007 Poor provincial governance and political interference in security matters are two of the biggest obstacles US and Iraqi forces face in the fight against Iraq's insurgency, a top US commander said.
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Iraq After 2008

6/8/2007 What follows the surge? Will it be ‘Plan B,’ ‘Plan B-H’ (Baker-Hamilton), or something like South Korea? Bush seems as hazy on this as he was on the initial occupation plan. All that’s certain, says a White House official, is that a ‘fairly robust’ U.S. force will long be in Iraq.
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Bush Nominee Worries Iraq Can't Do More

By ANNE FLAHERTY The Associated Press Thursday, June 7, 2007; 2:37 PM WASHINGTON -- The general picked by President Bush to be his war adviser said Thursday he has serious concerns about the Iraqi government's ability to take control of its country, no matter how much pressure is applied by the United States.
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U.S. commander points to progress in parts of Iraq

6/7/2007 BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A new approach by American-led forces in Iraq is producing "breathtaking" improvements in security in some areas, says Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in the country, but al Qaeda in Iraq remains well-entrenched in some Baghdad neighborhoods.
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Turkish officials: troops enter Iraq

6/6/2007 By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press.
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Thousands of Turkish troops enter Iraq

6/6/2007 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials said.
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A 'Truce' Between U.S. Enemies in Iraq

6/6/2007

A ceasefire agreement between Iraq's leading Sunni insurgent group and al-Qaeda is bad news for the U.S. military, which has been trying hard to drive a wedge between them. A statement by the Islamic Army that appeared on a jihadist website Wednesday says "an agreement has been reached [with] al-Qaeda in Iraq, leading to an immediate cessation of all military operations between the two sides." The statement added that the two groups would form a "judicial committee" to address their differences.

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Realists on Iraq

By DAN SENOR June 5, 2007 During Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate, the candidates cited an oft-repeated source of the mess in Iraq: The White House's refusal to heed knowledgeable advice.
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Iraqi oil pipeline workers strike

6/5/2007 BASRA, Iraq, June 5 (Reuters) - Workers at the Oil Pipeline Company in southern Iraq began a strike on Monday demanding the government improve their pay, the company spokesman said.
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Dreams of college destroyed in Iraq

6/4/2007 By Damien Cave Monday, June 4, 2007BAGHDAD: They started college just before or after the American invasion with dreams of new friends and parties, brilliant teachers and advanced degrees that would lead to stellar jobs, marriage and children. Success seemed well within their grasp.
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Currency reserve: $21 billion

6/1/2007 Minister of Finance, Bayan Jabr Al-Zubaidi, revealed that 45 countries wrote off Iraqi debt at rates ranging from 80 to 100%, for a total of $140 billion.
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Rival Sunni militants in Baghdad power struggle

By Mussab Al-Khairalla Reuters Friday, June 1, 2007; 9:55 AM BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Residents of a Baghdad district cowered inside their homes on Friday, too afraid to go into the streets where al Qaeda militants and rival Sunni Arab insurgents have fought fierce battles in the past two days.
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Rival Sunni militants in Baghdad power struggle

6/1/2007 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Residents of a Baghdad district cowered inside their homes on Friday, too afraid to go into the streets where al Qaeda militants and rival Sunni Arab insurgents have fought fierce battles in the past two days.

Radical cleric, back in Iraq, has to be reckoned with

5/31/2007

In January, when President Bush announced a surge of more than 20,000 American troops into Iraq, the aim was to give Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki more time and calm to start governing the violence-wracked nation.

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Bush may turn to UN in search for Iraq solution

5/31/2007

The Bush administration is developing plans to "internationalise" the Iraq crisis, including an expanded role for the United Nations, as a way of reducing overall US responsibility for Iraq's future and limiting domestic political fallout from the war as the 2008 election season approaches.

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Gates, U.S. General Back Long Iraq Stay

5/31/2007

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea.

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Bush envisions U.S. presence in Iraq like S.Korea

5/30/2007

President George W. Bush would like to see a lengthy U.S. troop presence in Iraq like the one in South Korea to provide stability but not in a frontline combat role, the White House said on Wednesday.

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Iraq's negotiations with WTO a success says Trade Minister

May 30, 2007

Iraqi Trade Minister Abdul Falah Hassan al-Sudani described on Tuesday as a success the Iraqi delegation's negotiations with the World Trade Organization (WTO) that could end with Iraq’s joining to the international organization.

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Turkish army build-up fuels anxiety on Iraq border

5/30/2007

GORUMLU, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey sent more tanks to its border with Iraq on Wednesday in a military build-up that is fuelling U.S. concern about a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels.

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