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• General Says 5 Iranians Should Stay In Custody

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: General, Says, Iranians, Should, Stay, Custody, Iraq, United States, Iran, Jalal Talabani, Raymond Odierno, Arbil, Baghdad, Tehran, The White House, The Washington Post Company, Ryan Crocker, The Pentagon, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran S Liaison Office, U S De

  Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the top commander of day-to-day operations in Iraq, said he will recommend that five Iranians captured by U.S. forces in January not be released when their case is reviewed this month, a move that could further increase tensions between Washington and Tehran.

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• The Talk Shows

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: The, Talk, Shows, Darfur, Cable News Network Lp Lllp, Cbs Corporation, National Cable Satellite Corporation, Nbc Universal Inc, Adam Putnam, Alan Greenspan, Bill Richardson Politician, Charles Rangel, Hillary Clinton, Jalal Talabani, James Mcgovern, John Edwards Politic

  Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

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• Talabani Supports US Senate Proposal to Decentralize Iraq

  Published: October 8, 2007, 7:07 am

  Tags: World, Iraq, Iraqi Kurds, Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader, Kurdistan, Kurds

  The President of Iraq Jalal Talabani says he bcks a U.S. Senate resolution that calls for the decentralization of Iraq into autonomous regions for Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds.

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• Leyla Zana, an Honorable Kurdish Woman Speaks in Diyarbakir.

  Published: February 26, 2008, 9:33 am

  Tags: Leyla Zana Amed Diyarbakir Speech Dtp Kurds Turkey Jalal Talabani

  on the recent invitation to Jalal Talabani to visit Turkey. On one front, they are crossing border, and on the other front, they are inviting Jalal Talabani to Ankara.The intention behind Talabani's invitation to Ankara is disrespect/dishonor to Kurds. I ask upon Mam Jalal not to accept this dishonor. She said the invitation should not be

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• Is This What We're Fighting For?

  Published: March 2, 2008, 1:52 pm

  Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, John Mccain, Iraq, Iran, Jalal Talabani, Hillary Clinton

  and his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani together in Baghdad, today. Americans are fighting, suffering post traumatic stress disorder, permanent injuries, dying and killing innocent civilians to help establish an Islamic Shiite fundamentalist axis in the Gulf. Likely Republican nominee John McCain promises more of the same. Hillary Clinton

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• Rice Praises 'Coalescing Center' in Iraqi Politics

  Published: April 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rice, Praises, Coalescing, Center, Iraqi, Politics, Sadr City, Condoleezza Rice, United States, Baghdad, Basra, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq, Muqtada Al Sadr, Jalal Talabani, Baghdad Green Zone, Abu Zainad, Ryan Crocker, Al Mahdi Army, Iran, U S Armed Forces, Bahrain, Kuwait

  BAGHDAD, April 20 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit here Sunday to promote what she called the "coalescing center" of Iraqi politics around the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

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• Clashes Intensify Between Shiite Militia, U.S. Forces

  Published: April 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clashes, Intensify, Between, Shiite, Militia, U S, Forces, United States, Sadr City, Muqtada Al Sadr, Iraq, Baghdad, Basra, Condoleezza Rice, Mosul, Nasiriyah, Jonathon Cote, Nouri Al Maliki, Abdel Karim Al Rubaie, Ghalib Al Jazaery, Jalal Talabani, Naseer Nouri, Saad Sarhan

  BAGHDAD, April 20 -- Heavy fighting broke out in Baghdad on Sunday following a particularly deadly night in the eastern part of the city. The clashes came a day after Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to wage an open war against U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces.

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• Iraq Says It Has Proof Of Iranian Meddling

  Published: May 5, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Says, Has, Proof, Iranian, Meddling, Iran, United States, Ali Al Dabbagh, Jalal Talabani, Mosul, Nouri Al Maliki, Baghdad, Basra, Muqtada Al Sadr, Sadr City, U S Armed Forces, Committee To Protect Journalists, New York

  BAGHDAD, May 4 -- The Iraqi government said Sunday that it has "concrete evidence" Iran is fomenting violence in Iraq and that a high-level panel had been formed to document the proof.

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• Bush, President Jalal Talabani of Iraq, Address the Media

  Published: June 25, 2008, 11:26 am

  Tags: Bush, President, Jalal, Talabani, Iraq, Address, The, Media

  PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: It's been my honor to welcome a friend, President Talabani, back to the Oval Office. He is the president of a free Iraq. He is a man who's been on the front lines of helping to unify Iraq and to help Iraq recover from a brutal regime; that of Saddam Hussein.

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• Sunni Bloc Rejoins Iraqi Government, Amid Reconciliation Hopes

  Published: July 20, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sunni, Bloc, Rejoins, Iraqi, Government, Amid, Reconciliation, Hopes, Gordon Brown, Iraq, United States, Adnan Al Dulaimi, Baghdad, Basra, United Kingdom, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraqi Accordance Front, Ali Baban, Jalal Talabani, Khalaf Al Elayan, Muqtada Al Sadr, Mutashar Al Samarr

  BAGHDAD, July 19 -- Iraq's largest Sunni political bloc rejoined the government Saturday after a nearly year-long boycott, a move that could help bridge the country's sectarian divide.

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• Iraqis Take Flawed Step On Electoral Legislation

  Published: July 23, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraqis, Take, Flawed, Step, Electoral, Legislation, Kirkuk, Iraq, Khalid Al Attiyah, Barack Obama, Howard L Keegan, Jalal Talabani, United States, Amman Jordan, Faraj Al Haidari, Mahmoud Othman, Nouri Al Maliki, Saddam Hussein, Aziz Alwan, Baghdad, Kurdistan Regional Gove

  BAGHDAD, July 22 -- Iraq's parliament passed legislation Tuesday setting new rules for provincial elections, a step widely viewed here as critical to the country's process of political reconciliation.

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