Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:people/ahmad_chalabitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/17/years_Iraq_planners_discredited_3eaf

They were the men who were to remake the Middle East, but 10 years on, the alliance of politicians and neo-conservative thinkers who launched the Iraq war are a discredited band.

2013-03-17T14:14:57ZAFP Global Editionby Dave Clarktag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/27/Michigan_burial_last_US_soldier_6f5e

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The family of the last U.S. soldier missing in Iraq will hold a funeral for him in Michigan, now that the army has recovered his remains more than five years after he vanished while secretly visiting his Iraqi wife in Baghdad.

2012-02-27T12:17:20ZReuters US Online Report Domestic News Peter Grafftag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/27/Iraq_militia_hands_over_last_aa25

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A Shi'ite militia has handed over the body of the last U.S. soldier missing in Iraq, closing a final chapter of the war two months after U.S. troops left and more than five years after the soldier vanished while secretly visiting his wife in Baghdad.

2012-02-27T12:17:20ZReuters US Online Report Domestic News Peter Graff and Suadad al-Salhytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/31/Iraq_arrests_suspect_anti-Baath_chief_9255

Iraqi authorities have arrested a man in connection with the assassination last week of the head of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee, Baghdad's security command centre said on Tuesday.

2011-05-31T11:57:33ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/27/Funeral_Iraq_official_Baathists_blamed_8b02

Dozens of people attended the funeral of the chief of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee on Friday, with officials and politicians blaming ex-regime loyalists for his brazen killing in Baghdad.

2011-05-27T10:50:31ZAFP Global Editionby Salam Farajtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/27/Head_Iraq_anti-Baath_committee_gunned_1e5b

Iraqi security forces were on Friday hunting the killers of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee chief, who was shot in the head while on his way home in east Baghdad the previous evening.

2011-05-27T02:21:10ZAFP Global Editionby Prashant Raotag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/26/Head_Iraq_anti-Baath_committee_gunned_1e5b

The head of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee was gunned down while on his way home in Baghdad on Thursday, while nine other policemen and soldiers were killed in nationwide unrest.

2011-05-26T20:05:09ZAFP Global Editionby Prashant Raotag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/08/03/Iraq_Shiite_bloc_rejects_incumbent_0159

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One of Iraq's main Shi'ite political blocs has rejected Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's claim to a second term and halted coalition talks until his party nominates a new candidate, politicians said.

2010-08-01T20:07:49ZReuters US Online Report World NewsMuhanad Mohammed and Suadad al-Salhytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/08/03/Iraq_Shiite_bloc_rejects_incumbent_1935

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One of Iraq's main Shi'ite political blocs has rejected Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's claim to a second term and halted government formation talks until his party nominates a new candidate, politicians said.

2010-08-01T10:24:23ZReuters US Online Report World NewsMuhanad Mohammed and Suadad al-Salhytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/05/17/Nine_Baath_candidates_take_Iraq_5871

Nine successful candidates from Iraq's March polls charged with links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party can take their seats in parliament, the head of the body responsible for barring them said Monday.

2010-05-17T15:19:46ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/28/Iraq_election_winner_Allawi_says_4465

Iraq's general election winner Iyad Allawi on Wednesday said new parliamentary polls run by international monitors might be needed to end concerted efforts from rivals who want to reverse his victory.

2010-04-28T21:38:37ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/28/Iraqi_election_winner_warns_need_4464

Iraq's general election winner Iyad Allawi on Wednesday said new parliamentary polls run by international monitors might be needed to end concerted efforts from rivals who want to reverse his victory.

2010-04-28T15:32:10ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/26/tells_Iraq_get_show_road_4750

The United States admitted its concern about Iraq's stumbling democracy on Monday, urging the country's leaders to "get this show on the road" and form a new government almost seven weeks after elections.

2010-04-26T20:10:56ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/26/Iraq_election_winners_irks_ahead_4751

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2010-04-26T18:34:34ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/26/Iraq_election_winners_irks_ahead_4752

Iraq's political future was thrown into disarray on Monday after two winning candidates in a general election were disqualified, prompting the United States to admit that progress was "lagging."

2010-04-26T17:38:29ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/26/Iraq_vote_panel_invalidates_candidates_4745

An Iraqi judicial panel on Monday disqualified two winning candidates from last month's general election along with 50 others who failed to win parliamentary seats, further complicating troubled efforts to forge a new ruling coalition.

2010-04-26T15:53:17ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/26/Iraq_vote_panel_invalidates_candidates_4746

An Iraqi judicial panel has invalidated the candidatures of 52 people who stood in Iraq's March 7 general election, a spokesman for a controversial investigative committee told AFP on Monday.

2010-04-26T12:31:57ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/26/Iraq_vote_panel_invalidates_candidates_4747

An Iraqi judicial panel has invalidated the candidatures of 52 people who stood in Iraq's March 7 general election, a spokesman for a controversial investigative committee told AFP Monday.

2010-04-26T11:52:45ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/23/dead_bombs_mayhem_Iraq_8062

A wave of attacks across Iraq including five car bombs, three as prayers finished at Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killed 58 people on Friday just days after the government said Al-Qaeda was on the run.

2010-04-23T20:00:48ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/23/dead_bombs_mayhem_Iraq_8063

A wave of attacks across Iraq including five car bombs, three as prayers finished at Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killed 58 people on Friday just days after the government said Al-Qaeda was on the run.

2010-04-23T18:38:36ZAFP Global EditionAFP