In the late summer of 2007, Baghdad was buzzing with talk of a coup. Iraq was gripped by horrific civil war, and the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki seemed at best unable to do anything ...

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After narrowly winning Iraq’s elections, Ayad Allawi now faces a new political minefield: a prime minister who doesn’t want to leave, a secretive government panel bent on his destruction, a long and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iraq's President Barham Salih instructs newly appointed Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, in Baghdad By John Davison and Aziz ...

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On Friday Allawi made an appeal for international support, particularly in the fight against the “terrorists” he said were trying to wreak havoc in Iraq after the dismissal of Saddam Hussein. “Our ...

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As Iraqis prepare to head to the polls Sunday some of the candidates on the ballot may be disqualified from holding office due to their prior connections to Saddam Hussein’s government. On January 11, ...

Iyad Allawi’s bid to become Iraq’s Prime Minister again has received an endorsement from an unexpected source: the Ba’ath Party. A spokesman for the exiled leadership of Saddam Hussein’s old party ...

Monday was the deadliest day in Iraq this year. About 100 people were killed and more than 300 injured in a series of assassinations and assaults across the country. The violence takes place amid the ...