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...early 2008, of course, the Mahdi Army would break dramatically with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, engaging government forces in open warfare. Loyalists to Mahdi Army leader Muqtada al-Sadr (who once participated in al-Maliki's government) openly despise the Prime Minister, whose soldiers came out on top in the confrontation. (See pictures of Iraq amid the 2006-07 crisis by photographer Yuri Kozyrev...
...about to be entrusted with the security of the streets of Iraq - and their role in the fate of the bodies found in Ur raises questions about how in the future they will deal with not just crime, but also political opposition and international standards of justice. Al-Maliki's record does not comfort human-rights activists...
...Iraq An Uneasy Agreement Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned an April 26 raid by U.S. forces in the southern city of Kut, calling the incident, which resulted in the deaths of a policeman and a bystander, a "crime" that violates the January security pact requiring Iraqi authorization for all U.S. military missions. While U.S. Colonel Richard Francey called the deaths a "tragedy," American officials maintain that Iraqi counterparts were notified of the raid, which led to the arrest of six suspected militants (all of whom have since been released from custody). Al-Maliki has demanded both an apology...
...militiamen and their passive supporters, that left virtually all Sunni communities complicit in insurgent violence and therefore fair game for bloody reprisal attacks like the bombings Thursday and Friday. But today, many key Sunni factions work with the government and U.S. forces, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has made some progress in terms of political reconciliation...
Moreover, if al-Maliki's government asks U.S. forces to stay in significant numbers in Mosul, any negotiated extension of the U.S. presence risks stoking political attacks from the Prime Minister's Shi'ite rivals. Any move by al-Maliki to allow U.S. forces to keep up major operations in Mosul may weaken his standing in parliamentary elections, which are expected to happen in December or January of next year...