new shiite-led gov't in baghdad: how iran won the iraqi
You need to cultivate a Sunni elite loyal to Baghdad or it looks like a Shiite (and Sunnis would say Iranian) occupation. . ..…
iraq names new president and premier, ending deadlock
Barham Salih, Iraq's newly elected president (L), swears next to the speaker of Iraq's parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi (C), in Baghdad, Iraq October 2, 2018. ... “Abdul Mahdi’s nomination represents the best choice to pleasing all the Shi’ite players who were about to reach a point of conflict..…
iraq tasks shiite independent with forming new government
In this Jan. 3, 2006 file photo, Iraq's vice president Adel Abdul-Mahdi is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. ... BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's new president has tasked veteran Shiite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi with forming a new government nearly five months..…
u.s. terminates 1955 treaty of amity with iran
Embassy in Baghdad in early September. . “Iran is the origin of the current threat to Americans in Iraq,” Pompeo told reporters at the State Department. ..…
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