Mar 20th, 2010 · For all the talk of unity and reconciliation, many Iraqi citizens are in for a shock when the new parliament swears in. Several of the winners, including top vote-getters, are believed to have committed mass murder during Iraq's sectarian civil war. One of the names bandied about as a compromise candidate for prime minister allegedly managed a secret prison where Sunnis died by electric drill. Another is a famous death squad leader. With the results finally crystallizing, it's not at all clear that this election will heal any of Iraq's wounds.
Keywords: minister · unity · Iraq · Parliament · Compromise · civil · deaths · Sunni · winners · citizen · Secret · Prisons
Mar 16th, 2010 · In Iraq, the minority Sunnis have boycotted previous elections — many of them under threat from insurgents. But now that Sunnis have cast their votes in this month's parliamentary elections, how will they react if their side loses? Many in Fallujah seem resigned to accept what they get.
Keywords: Iraq · Parliamentary · Sunni · boycotting · insurgents · minority · Fallujah · Anbar
Mar 13th, 2010 · Six days have passed since Iraq's nationwide elections, and there are still no real results. Last Sunday, about 62 percent of eligible voters defied threats of violence to cast a ballot. Guest host Jacki Lyden gets the latest from NPR's Quil Lawrence in Baghdad.
Keywords: Violence · Iraq · voters · Baghdad · Jacki Lyden · Quil Lawrence
Mar 13th, 2010 · The results of Iraq's election could have broader repercussions in the Middle East. Jacki Lyden speaks with Rami Khouri, editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper, about reaction in the Arab world to the Iraq elections.
Keywords: newspapers · Iraq · Middle East · world · Rami Khouri · Beirut · Arab · neighbors · Jacki Lyden · emDaily
Mar 13th, 2010 · A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was winning in the all-important capital, according to a partial tally of results released Saturday.
Keywords: Iraq · capital · coalition · PM · al Maliki · Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri
Mar 12th, 2010 · Bourne Identity director Paul Greengrass and leading man Matt Damon have re-teamed for Green Zone, a fictionalized account of the U.S. search for weapons of mass destruction in the first year of the Iraq occupation. Film critic David Edelstein reviews the political thriller.
Keywords: Iraq · director · politics · identity · critic · Baghdad · fictional · weapons · WMDs · destruction · thriller · David Edelstein
Mar 11th, 2010 · Actress Amy Ryan stars in the new Paul Greengrass thriller Green Zone as a journalist investigating the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. She has also played a port authority police officer in the HBO series The Wire and Michael Scott's girlfriend on The Office.
Keywords: Iraq · officer · weapons · destruction · authority · Amy · thriller · girlfriend · HBO · Ryan · Paul Greengrass · Michael Scott
Mar 11th, 2010 · Preliminary election results released by Iraq's electoral commission show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is winning in two Shiite provinces in southern Iraq.
Keywords: Iraq · Shiites · province · electoral · PM · Commission · al Maliki · Prime Minister Nouri
