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Coup Threat Reported as Iraq Government Deadlock Drags On
By Bill Van Auken

With the deadlock in forming a new Iraqi government now entering its eighth month-a world's record-the Obama administration is intervening ever more openly and impatiently in pressuring rival political factions to cobble together a national unity coalition that would comprise all of the major parties. Ref. Source 2

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Critics alarmed as Iraq's Maliki centralizes power:

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has won a court ruling placing independent bodies like the central bank and the electoral agency under the cabinet, a centralization of power that critics are calling a "coup." Ref. Source 2

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Over 10,000 protesters gathered in Sulaimaniya, Iraq:

Around 10,000 protesters gathered on Wednesday in central Sulaimaniya, calling for political, economic and social reforms, according to a well-informed source. Ref. Source 6

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Iraqi PM gives cabinet 100-day ultimatum after demos:

Iraq's prime minister warned his cabinet on Sunday to shape up within 100 days or face 'changes' as a third provincial governor stepped down following massive nationwide demonstrations. Ref. Source 6

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Iraq shuts opposition party offices:

Leaders of the Iraqi Nation Party and the Iraqi Communist Party told The New York Times dozens of armed officers came to their offices Sunday, two days after they helped lead nationwide demonstrations for better services. Ref. Source 7

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Iraq vice president barred from overseas travel

Iraqi judges barred Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi from travelling overseas, officials said on Monday, the latest development in a political crisis shortly after US troops completed a pullout. Ref. Source 6

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Maliki acting "like Saddam": Sunni bloc leader

Iraq's Nuri al-Maliki is acting like Saddam Hussein in trying to silence opposition and he risks provoking a new fightback against dictatorship, one of Maliki's predecessors as prime minister said on Tuesday.
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Maliki says will sack Iraqiya ministers

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has threatened to dismiss the ministers of the Iraqiya bloc if they do not end a cabinet boycott.
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Iraq's Sadr slams 'Maliki arrest' of election head

Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday accused the prime minister of having engineered the arrest of Iraq's electoral chief to serve his own purposes of staying in power. Ref. Source 3