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Jalal Talabani President of Iraq addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters
Health   Iraq   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Jalal Talabani   		 The Guardian 
Iraq presidency claims progress in stroke recovery
Sat 5 Jan 2013
| BAGHDAD (AP) — The office of Iraq's ailing president says he is making progress in a German hospital recovering from a stroke last month. | A brief statement Saturday described the health situatio... (photo: AP / David Karp)
GEN Norman Schwarzkopf, Commanding General, V.S. Central Command, arrives at the Pentagon for meetings with General Colin Powell, CJCS, and Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney. D-1998-OSD-91-040129 Location: PENTA
Gulf   Iraq   Norman Schwarzkopf   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia : 1991 Persian Gulf War   		 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
1991 Victory Over Iraq Was Swift, but Hardly Flawless
Tue 1 Jan 2013
| WASHINGTON -- As the 1991 Persian Gulf war drew to a close, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf told an anxious nation that an American-led juggernaut had swept across the desert, stunned its foe and evicted... (photo: US DoD)
Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraqs main trade route  The New York Times  Thu 27 Dec 2012
Iraq: Sunnis Continue Protests Against Prime Minister
Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq’s main trade route to neighboring Syria and Jordan in a demonstration on Wednesday against Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a Shiite. The size... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
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Protesters chant slogans against the Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags and hold posters of Sunni Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Iraq's western Sunni heartland following the arrest of bodyguards assigned to the finance minister, who draws support from the area. The Khulafa al-Rashideen mosque is seen at right.  The Washington Times  Wed 26 Dec 2012
New protests break out in Iraq’s Sunni heartland
| RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of Iraqi demonstrators massed in a Sunni-dominated province west of Baghdad Wednesday, determined to keep up the pressure on a Shiite-led government that many acc... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
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In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The New York Times Fri 21 Dec 2012
Tensions Rise in Baghdad With Raid on Official
WASHINGTON — Iraqi security forces raided the office and home of a leading Sunni official in Baghdad on Thursday, prompting fears that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-... (photo: AP / Iraqi Government)
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani speaks during a Nowruz (New Year) summit called The World Nowruz Festivities in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 27, 2010. Detroit news Wed 19 Dec 2012
Iraq: Ailing president to be treated in Germany
By Adam Schreck Associated Press Comments | Baghdad — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will be flown to Germany for further treatment after suffering a stroke earlier... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates holds a meeting with with Iraqi President Talabani during a recent trip to Baghdad, Iraq, Apr. 7, 2011. Secretary Gates also met with troops and held discussions while taking photos and giving out coins to deployed members there. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison(RELEASED) BBC News Wed 19 Dec 2012
Iraq President Jalal Talabani's health 'improving'
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is responding well to treatment in hospital, officials say, two days after reportedly suffering a stroke. | His medical co-ordinator, Najma... (photo: US DoD / Jerry Morrison)
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A man stands in front of the scene of a bomb attack in Madain, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 23, 2012. France24 Tue 18 Dec 2012
One year after US withdrawal, uncertainty reigns in Iraq
One year after US forces completed their withdrawal from Iraq on December 18, 2011, Iraq continues to see regular outbreaks of sectarian violence and almost daily terrori... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
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ISRAEL OUT - Israeli Arab parliament member Hanin Zoabi arrives for a hearing about her disqualification from politics at Israel's Supreme Court, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. The Court will weigh the decision on whether or not to disqualify Zoabi from running in the upcoming Knesset elections following a recent parliamentary elections committee decision to bar her. Zoabi has been one of the most controversial figures in Israeli politics, after she participated in an attempt to breach the blockade of Gaza in 2010. Israeli-Arab politician who was on Gaza protest flotilla can stand for re-election The Guardian
Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jasim, right, and Arab League secretary-general Nabil al-Arabi Nabil, left, chair the Arab League emergency session on Syria at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov.12, 2011. In first West Bank visit, Arab League chief calls for 'material and political support' for Palestinians Ha'aretz
Secretary General of the League of Arab States Nabil Elaraby speaks during a Security Council meeting about Syria at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Syrian troops crushed pockets of rebel soldiers Tuesday on the outskirts of Damascus, fueling some of the bloodiest fighting of the 10-month-old uprising, as Western diplomats tried to overcome Russia's rejection of a draft U.N. resolution demanding President Bashar Assad halt the violence and yield power. The U.N. Security Council was meeting Tuesday to discuss the draft, backed by Western and Arab diplomats. But Russia, one of Assad's strongest backers, has signaled it would veto action against Damascus. Arab officials visit cash-strapped Palestinian territory The Star
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File - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Tredway, of Bravo Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Calvary Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, restrains and searches a detainee during a mission in Al Haymer, Iraq, July 12, 2007. How the US intelligence community came out of the shadows Al Jazeera
U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains security on the street during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district of Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 2012. Imperial Lockstep CounterPunch
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani listens to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unseen, during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey Iraqi President Talabani suffers a stroke Deccan Chronicle
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