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Pointing to a New Era, U.S. Pulls Back as Iraqis Vote

BAGHDAD — Iraqis across the country voted Saturday in provincial elections that will help shape their future, but regardless of the outcome it is clear that the Americans are already drifting offstage — and that most Iraqis are ready to... 
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Tribal Rivalries Persist as Iraqis Seek Local Posts

RAMADI, Iraq — Here in barren Anbar Province, the tribes that were once the main source of support for killing American soldiers are now running in provincial elections that, in the best case, could fulfill American promises to create stability... 
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Iraqi ‘plot’ officials released

Iraq’s interior minister says it has released 19 officials who were arrested amid rumours that they had been plotting a coup. The interior and defence ministries are in charge of Iraq's security Interior Minister Jawad Bolani said... 
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Iraqi Throws Shoes At Bush During Press Conference in Baghdad (Video)

President Bush, left, ducks a thrown shoe as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki tries to protect him Sunday. BAGHDAD — Arriving here on Sunday for a surprise farewell visit, President Bush staunchly defended a war that has taken far... 
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Report Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders

BAGHDAD — An unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and then molded... 
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