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Deadlock gives Iraq record run without government, hampering reforms
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq marked its longest post-election deadlock on Wednesday as infighting among...
EXPLAINER: What's behind the storming of Iraq's parliament?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe followers of the influential populist Shiite cleric came by the thousands to storm Iraq's...
Will Iraq be the next Afghanistan?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoViolent clashes between rival factions within Iraq's majority Shiite Muslim community left 23 people dead and hundreds more wounded this week. The mayhem...
Iraqi protesters breach parliament building in Baghdad
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA protester displays a poster depicting Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr on a bridge leading toward the...
Factbox-Iraq’s competing Shi’ite groups
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi’ite Muslim political and paramilitary groups are escalating a tense political standoff which many Iraqis worry could lead to new...
Iraq's Shi'ite ruling alliance wins more than 100 local council seats
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Parties that make up Iraq's Shi'ite ruling alliance together took at least 101...
Threat of protests, violent escalation stirs fears in Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands gathered in Baghdad on Monday for a counter-rally called by Iran-backed groups against...
Iraq holds first local elections in a decade, 41% turnout
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Around 41% of eligible voters cast ballots in Iraq's first local elections in a...
Nikki Sixx once claimed that Mötley Crüe were in secret negotiations with the US State Department to...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMotley Crue backstage in 2005. As any history buff will tell you, a coalition led by the US invaded...
Iraqi parliament approves new Cabinet in long-awaited vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraq's parliament gave its vote of confidence to a new Cabinet on Thursday, breaking a yearlong...
