http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ali_al_DabbaghFind stories, videos, and photos about Ali al-Dabbagh from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:14:33 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ali_al_Dabbagh14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Ali al-Dabbagh from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.baath.videos/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.baath.videos/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraqi government has aired videos showing three men, who claim to be members of the ousted Baath Party, saying they were involved in last month's devastating Baghdad attacks.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwin car bombs exploded near three Iraqi government buildings Sunday in central Baghdad, killing at least 132 people. It was the deadliest attack in the country in more than two years.Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of gay men have been tortured and killed in Iraq in recent months, some by the nation's security forces, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/04/iraq.biden/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/04/iraq.biden/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqis "want us want us to be engaged with them in helping them realize their potential," said Vice President Joe Biden after leaving Baghdad on Saturday.Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo more U.S. contractors initially detained in connection with the slaying of a contractor in Baghdad were released from Iraqi custody on bond late Friday, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said Saturday.Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree of five Americans contractors detained in Baghdad have been ordered released by an Iraqi judge, because of insufficient evidence, a court spokesman said Thursday.Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.prisoner.release/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/09/iraq.prisoner.release/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a good will gesture to militant groups, the Iraqi government has freed a man who had been held in connection with the killing of five U.S. soldiers, a government spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.legal.system/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.legal.system/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive U.S. contractors detained inside Baghdad's Green Zone now face the Iraqi judicial system, which critics say is rife with problems.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.contractors.held/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.contractors.held/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive U.S. contractors appeared in an Iraqi court Monday and were told to expect a decision Tuesday on whether they would be freed or stand trial, a source close to the suspects told CNN.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.mosul.us.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.mosul.us.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's government said Sunday it won't extend a June deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraqi cities despite concerns about ongoing attacks in cities like Mosul.Mon, 04 May 2009 00:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/28/syria.us.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/28/syria.us.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTextSyria said Tuesday that it has formally complained to the United Nations about a U.S. strike that a U.S. military official said targeted a smuggler responsible for funneling weapons into Iraq.Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.us.forces/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.us.forces/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's government has authorized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to submit to Washington amendments to a draft security agreement with the United States, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraqi government has unanimously agreed that a security pact with the United States lacks "some necessary amendments," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Tuesday.Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/24/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/24/Iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 22 police officers and Awakening Council members were killed in an ambush southwest of Diyala Wednesday, a U.S. military official said.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:52:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839150,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839150,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report is trueFri, 05 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.awakening.councils/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.awakening.councils/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military will transfer control of Sunni Awakening groups to the Iraqi government next month, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday in Baghdad.Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed to include a "general time horizon" for meeting goals such as reducing U.S. combat forces and transferring Iraqi security control across the country, the White House said Friday.Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/08/us.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/08/us.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextA deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a supplementary 2008 budget, bringing the total budget to $70 billion -- the highest in the country's history, a government spokesman said.Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraqi government and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement have agreed to a cease-fire to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City district, spokesmen for both sides said Saturday.Sun, 11 May 2008 05:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737543,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737543,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.S. continues to inveigh against Tehran's alleged subversion of Iraq, so why are many in Baghdad slow to believe the American accusations?Mon, 05 May 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb detonated near the Iraqi first lady's motorcade in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, wounding soldiers and at least two civilians, but the president's wife escaped without injury, officials said. Sun, 04 May 2008 16:46:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1733967,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1733967,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Tuesday he was disappointed that neighboring countries have not done enough to his war-torn nation and urged them to stop terrorists from infiltrating over their bordersTue, 22 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blasted the U.S. State Department for renewing its contract with the Blackwater security firm, saying the company has yet to answer for what he called a "massacre" last year. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/05/iraq.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/05/iraq.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. State Department's renewal of Blackwater's contract to provide security in Iraq "is bad news," an adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said.Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran was integral in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to halt attacks by his militia on Iraqi security forces, an Iraqi lawmaker said Monday. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/24/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/24/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq wants the Turkish forces targeting Kurdish rebels out of northern Iraq "as soon as possible," according to government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/23/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/23/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 35 Kurdish rebels have been killed in fighting in northern Iraq on Saturday, Turkey's military said Saturday as its offensive against the rebels came under criticism from Baghdad.Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA messianic Shiite cult's battles with police and attacks on religious holiday pilgrims have left 75 dead across Iraq in two days, officials say.Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAll vehicles were banned from the largely Shiite city of Amara Wednesday after three car bombs ripped through a market district, killing at least 27 people and wounded 151, officials said.Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextConvoys of buses carrying Iraqi refugees are heading from Damascus to Baghdad, marking the first time that some of the 1.5 million Iraqis who fled to Syria are returning home as part of an organized plan.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/23/iraq.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe leader of a prominent group representing tribes in southern Iraq is calling for "the eviction of the Iranian regime from our homeland."Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 300,000 Iraqi Shiites have signed a petition calling for an end to what they say are "Iranian terrorist interferences in Iraq" and demanding the United Nations investigate the Islamic republic's involvement in Iraq.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/01/turkey.iraq.border/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/01/turkey.iraq.border/index.html#cnnSTCTextSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice is headed to Turkey, where she will meet with officials on the Iraq-Turkey border crisis.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/30/blackwater.immunity/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/30/blackwater.immunity/index.html#cnnSTCTextNo blanket immunity deal was offered to Blackwater guards for their statements regarding a shootout in Iraq last month that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, two senior State Department officials told CNN Tuesday.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met Sunday with the top U.S. military commander in Iraq to voice his outrage over the reported deaths of Iraqi civilians during a Sunday morning military raid in Baghdad's Sadr City, a government spokesman told CNN. Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/10/baghdad.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/10/baghdad.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Australian security company that Tuesday fired on a car carrying two Iraqi women, killing them, said its team acted because they feared a suicide bombing attack.Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Iraqi report on last month's shootings involving security contractor Blackwater USA called the incident "pre-meditated murder" and is calling for $8 million in compensation for each of the 17 Iraqis who died, a senior Iraqi government official said Monday.Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/19/iraq.fateful.day/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/19/iraq.fateful.day/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt was last Sunday in western Baghdad. Helicopters circled overhead while armed guards, privately hired by the U.S. government, were conducting an ordinary mission to protect U.S. State Department employees.Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/18/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/18/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextGround movements of American civilians in most of Iraq were on hold Tuesday after an uproar over a Baghdad firefight involving American security firm Blackwater USA.Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:08:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662788,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662788,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Iraqi government said Tuesday it would review the status of private security companies as anger over the alleged involvement of Blackwater USA in a fatal shootingTue, 18 Sep 2007 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith the country's largest Sunni political bloc threatening to leave the Cabinet, top Iraqi leaders are hoping to sit down soon to settle the friction and finger-pointing among Sunni Arabs, Shiites and Kurds, officials told CNN on Saturday.Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/26/iraq.main/index.htmlAuthorities in Iraq on Tuesday raided the home of the country's Sunni culture minister, whom they accused of killing two people during an assassination attempt two years ago.Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Anbar Salvation Council claims it killed al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri in fighting Tuesday.Tue, 01 May 2007 09:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/10/iraq.main/index.htmlEleven Shiite pilgrims were ambushed, shot and killed Wednesday as their caravan returned from the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, an Interior Ministry official in Baghdad said.Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.deaths/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.deaths/index.htmlWar has wiped out about 655,000 Iraqis or more than 500 people a day since the U.S.-led invasion, a new study reports.Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/19/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Iraqi government said Tuesday that it will shut down the offices of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in an effort to maintain good relations with Turkey.Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:05:00 EDT