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President of USA Barack Obama meeting with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani
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Analysis: For Obama, Iraq elections are good news
(AP) - WASHINGTON - Consumed by domestic battles over health care and the ravaged economy, President Barack Obama had nearly fallen silent on foreign policy-until Sunday, when several things began... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden at his side, makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington about the elections in Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010.
Democracy   Election   Iraq   Obama   Photos		  The Siasat Daily 
Obama hails Iraqis for passing an 'important milestone'
Washington, March 08: US President Barack Obama has commended the Iraqi nation for passing "an important milestone" when millions turned out for national elections despite waves of deadly rocket,... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
President Barack Obama, with President Joe Biden at his side, makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington about the elections in Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. "I have great respect for the millions of Iraqis who refused to be deterred by acts of violence, and who exercised their right to vote today," Obama said. "Their participation demonstrates that the Iraqi people have chosen to shape their future through the political process. "  The Siasat Daily 
Obama and Clinton congratulate Iraq
Washington, March 08: President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today sent their congratulations to the people of Iraq on holding parliamentary elections, for only the second time... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
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091115-F-5646S-236 A U.S. Army soldier of the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division runs over to provide security after unloading from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during a static loading exercise at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2009. U.S. soldiers and Marines and Iraqi soldiers are training together, loading and unloading on a Sea Stallion to prepare for upcoming missions. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre, U.S. Air Force. (Released)  Indian Express 
Obama keeps US troop withdrawal plan after Iraq poll
President Barack Obama called Iraq's election an "important milestone" despite deadly violence, praising Iraqi security forces and repeating his end-2011 goal for removing all US troops from the... (photo: US DoD / Staff Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre, U.S. Air Force.)
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Iraqi Kurds voted on Saturday in elections expected to keep Kurdistan President Khaleej Times
Strong turnout in Iraq election, say forecasts
Iraq's election saw a strong turnout of at least 50 percent in most areas, initial forecasts showed Monday after a ballot hit by mortar and bomb attacks that killed 38... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
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U.S. Army soldiers from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment stand guard over a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb after polls closed for the national election in Mosul, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. The Independent
Robert Fisk: Once again, a nation walks through fire to give the West its 'democracy'
In 2005 the Iraqis walked in their tens of thousands through the thunder of suicide bombers, and voted - the Shias on the instructions of their clerics, the Sunnis... (photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
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: Najaf, Iraq (Jan. 21, 2005) - Potential poll workers for the upcoming Iraqi elections wait to apply for permits. The historic Iraqi election will mark the first democratic elections since the country was first established in 1919. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Calvert Todd Frantom (RELEASED) Taipei Times
Attacks in Iraq kill 26 on election day
INTIMIDATION TACTICS: At least 44 attacks were reported in Baghdad. US military presence was muted to leave the running of the elections to the Iraqi authorities... (photo: Public Domain / U.S. Navy photo)
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This is a picture released by a British Court Martial, Tuesday, Jan, 18, 2005 in Osnabrueck, Germany allegedly showing Corporal Daniel Kenyon, top right, in the brown t-shirt, leaning over an Iraqi detainee that is to be used in a Court Martial where three British soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers are facing allegations that they mistreated Iraqis. Corporal Daniel Kenyon, 33, and Lance Corporals Mark Cooley, 25, and Lance Corporal Darren Larkin, 30, are accused of abusing the men at a humanitarian aid camp known as the Bread Basket, near Basra, Iraq, in May, 2003. The Times
Some Iraqi claims of torture by British soldiers are probably true
Most people in southern Iraq gave British soldiers a warm welcome when they arrived in March 2003 as part of the US-led effort to topple Saddam Hussein. A Shia Arab... (photo: AP / British Court Martial/ho)
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Obama Calls Iraq Vote an 'Important Milestone'
By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON March 7, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press Obama heralds election, says U.S. will end its combat mission by August.... (photo: Creative Commons / alaina.buzas)
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Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos concedes defeat in a brief speech at his campaign headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Papadopoulos was eliminated Sunday from Cyprus' presidential runoff in a major surprise after a cliffhanger election that saw three candidates neck-and-neck until the last minute. Communist party leader Demetris Christofias, 61, and 59-year-old former Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides of the right-wing DISY party will now vie for the five-year presidency in next Sunday's runoff Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says The Star
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the summit of Latin American and Caribbean for Integration and Development, CALC, in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. The two-day summit is aimed at strengthening political and economic ties in the regi AP Interview: Silva says Iran sanctions dangerous Houston Chronicle
Construction workers are seen on a new housing development in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Israel approves East Jerusalem homes as Biden visits BBC News
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Iraq's Sunni vice president Tariq al-Hashemi gestures as he gives an interview to The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 26, 2007. Iraqi Sunnis vote, but grievances linger The Star
Two Iraqi women display their inked fingers after casting their vote in the parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Iraqis vote despite militant attacks that kill 38 The Star
Female relatives of the deceased on their way to vote, walk past the the rubble of a house destroyed by a blast in the mixed neighborhood of Kirayaat which killed one person, according to police, in northern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Bloody start to Iraq's election Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Iraqi police, some holding Iraqi flags, raise their inked fingers after casting their vote in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Fate of first Arab democracy hangs in balance as Iraqis go to the polls The Times
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Campaign posters for the upcoming provincial election are seen in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Freed last year from the grip of militias, Basra has emerged as the main political battlefield in this month's regional elections, as Shiite parties allied in the national government are competing for control of the oil-rich south. The Jan. 31 election, in which voters across the country will choose ruling provincial councils, will be the first since U.S.-backed Iraqi forces wrested control of Basra from Shiite militias and criminal ga Iraq's neighbors all seem to have a piece of its future Daily Star Lebanon
An Iraqi woman casts her ballot at a polling site during the country's provincial elections in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawa A Nervous Embrace of Freedom's Progress in Iraq The New York Times
Jawad al-Maliki, spokesman for the Dawa party speaks to journalists Thursday April 20, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Maliki and another leading Dawa politician, Ali al-Adeeb, have been touted as possible replacements for al-Jaafari, who cleared the way for Shiite leaders to withdraw his nomination for a second term Thursday, a step that could mark a breakthrough in the months-long effort to form a new government. On Final Campaign Day, Iraqi Leader Lists His Gains The New York Times
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