http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Mouwaffak_al_RubaieFind stories, videos, and photos about Mouwaffak al-Rubaie from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:23:58 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.us.troops/tztop.odierno.cnn.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Mouwaffak_al_Rubaie14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Mouwaffak al-Rubaie from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.us.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.us.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextGen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said Sunday he believes U.S. troops will be out of the country by the end of 2011.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/16/iran.iraq.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/16/iran.iraq.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextMembers of an Iranian group say Iraqi forces have beaten and abused them as Iraqis move to expel the Iranians from a camp on Iraqi land.Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour U.S. soldiers died in a roadside bombing in Iraq on Sunday, military officials reported, bringing the American toll in the 5-year-old war to the grim milestone of 4,000 deaths. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:46:00 EDThttp://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/12/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextBritish troops Sunday handed over responsibility for security in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, a major milestone in the scaling-back of the foreign military presence nearly five years after the U.S.-led invasion.Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/12/iraq.soldiers.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/12/iraq.soldiers.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo U.S. soldiers whose signatures appeared on an op-ed piece in The New York Times critical of the war in Iraq were among seven Americans killed in a truck accident outside of Baghdad, family members said Wednesday.Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/11/iraq.rubaie/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/11/iraq.rubaie/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's government expects fewer combat operations for U.S.-led coalition troops in the near future, the country's national security adviser said Tuesday.Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAnti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered a suspension of his Mehdi Army militia for up to six months for restructuring, a senior aide said Wednesday.Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/08/iraq.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/08/iraq.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq is on target to meet by September key political benchmarks set by the U.S. Congress, Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said Sunday.Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.iran/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.iran/index.htmlIraq's national security adviser said Sunday Iran has stopped interfering in Iraq.Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.main/index.htmlA combination of rocket and bomb attacks -- the worst taking place at the entrance to a Baghdad university -- killed more than 50 people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in Iraq.Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/04/saddam.execution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/04/saddam.execution/index.htmlA second security guard who witnessed Saddam Hussein's execution was detained for questioning Thursday in the investigation into a cell phone video of the hanging, an aide to the Iraqi prime minister told CNN.Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/03/saddam.execution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/03/saddam.execution/index.htmlAt least two more arrests are expected in connection with cell-phone video of the moments before Saddam Hussein was hanged, Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said Wednesday.Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/31/hussein.funeral/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/31/hussein.funeral/index.htmlAbout 100 mourners gathered at the flag-draped grave of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein who was buried Sunday in Awja, near Tikrit.Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/30/hussein/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/30/hussein/index.htmlDefiant to the end, Saddam Hussein mocked Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr moments before he was hanged, a witness said Saturday.Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/13/bush.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/13/bush.iraq/index.htmlPresident Bush said Wednesday he will not be rushed into a decision on "a new way forward in Iraq," but pledged that his new strategy will give troops there all the tools they need to "complete their mission."Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was pushing for a shake-up in his government on Sunday as Baghdad suffered through another day of carnage that left dozens dead.Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main/index.htmlA search is under way for a U.S. soldier who went missing in Iraq Monday evening, amid fears the soldier might have been kidnapped.Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/05/al.masri/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/05/al.masri/index.htmlThe U.S. military Thursday denied reports that al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been killed by U.S. forces in a raid.Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/01/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq's national security adviser Sunday issued a warning to the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, telling Abu Ayyub al-Masri that Iraqi troops are close to getting him "either as a corpse or tied up to face justice soon."Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi police found 40 bullet-riddled bodies in Baghdad Monday, an official with Baghdad emergency police said.Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/03/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Iraqi government sent a clear message to its neighbors Monday, warning them to turn over people on a most-wanted list or risk contributing to a spread of terrorism that would engulf the region.Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq unveiled a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives Sunday, including Saddam Hussein's wife and daughter.Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi security forces have arrested a Tunisian who they say played an active role in the February 22 bombing of the Askariya Mosque in Samarra, a major Shiite shrine, a top Iraqi official said.Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/27/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq has freed about 450 prisoners from Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad as part of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's national reconciliation plan to restore law and order in his war-torn country.Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/25/iraq.amnesty/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/25/iraq.amnesty/index.htmlU.S. senators on Sunday called Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's national reconciliation plan a positive step but expressed concerns about its "amnesty" provision.Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/18/iraq.pullout/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/18/iraq.pullout/index.htmlSen. Pat Roberts said Sunday that setting a timetable to pull U.S. troops from Iraq would show American resolve to be "very shaky," but Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the U.S. commitment is unsustainable.Mon, 19 Jun 2006 02:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.main/index.htmlThe majority of the U.S.-led multinational forces will most likely have left Iraq by mid-2008, and a gradual reduction in forces will begin at the end of this year, Iraq's national security adviser predicted Sunday.Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.main/index.htmlPolice reported discovering 43 bodies scattered across Baghdad this weekend, but Iraq's national security adviser told CNN Sunday that "sectarian-motivated violence" is isolated and beginning to decline.Sun, 07 May 2006 06:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/26/alrubaie.interview/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/26/alrubaie.interview/index.htmlIraq's national security adviser said Sunday that violence from the past week is not a precursor to civil war between the country's religious factions.Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.htmlGunmen targeted 27 Baghdad mosques and killed three Sunni imams Wednesday in the wake of a bomb attack at one of the holiest Shiite sites.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/05/iraq.main/index.htmlFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was chased from a mosque Sunday in Najaf in what he said was an apparent attempt on his life.Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/04/saddam.hussein.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/04/saddam.hussein.trial/index.htmlIraqi security forces said they uncovered a plot by Sunni insurgents to attack the site of Saddam Hussein's trial, set to resume Monday, Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said Sunday.Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/09/Iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/09/Iraq.main/index.htmlThe terrorists fighting against Iraq's fledgling government would consider a "no" vote in next week's planned constitutional referendum to be a victory, the country's national security adviser said Sunday.Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.britain0840/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.britain0840/index.htmlInsurgents have infiltrated Iraq's security forces, a senior Iraqi official said, as the fallout continued over British forces' use of armed vehicles to smash their way into a police station to rescue two undercover soldiers.Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.britain/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.britain/index.htmlIraq's national security adviser has raised sharp questions about the way British forces handled the rescue of two of its undercover troops in Basra earlier this week and voiced concern about the infiltration of security forces by insurgents.Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/15/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq's National Assembly voted unanimously Monday to extend for a week the deadline for negotiators to agree on a draft of the country's new constitution.Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/01/iraq.main/index.htmlA committee drafting Iraq's new constitution has decided against requesting a six-month extension of its August 15 deadline, its chairman told Iraq's transitional National Assembly on Monday.Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/31/iraq.main/index.htmlA bodyguard of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi was killed Sunday and three others wounded in an attack on their convoy south of Baghdad, a city emergency police official said.Sun, 31 Jul 2005 06:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/29/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Iraqi National Assembly failed to choose a speaker Tuesday after arguments broke out among lawmakers and reporters were ordered to leave the session.Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.main0545/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.main0545/index.htmlIraqi officials were counting votes Monday, a day after millions of Iraqis defied terrorist threats and cast ballots in the nation's first free election in half a century.Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/30/iraq.troops/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/30/iraq.troops/index.htmlSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that U.S. troops will remain in Iraq until the country's forces are capable of carrying out their own security functions.Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.voter.reax/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.voter.reax/index.htmlAn Iraqi man named Saad proudly displayed his ink-stained finger on Sunday, after defying terrorist threats and voting in Iraq's first free election in half a century.Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.main/index.htmlMillions of Iraqis cast ballots Sunday in the nation's first free election in half a century -- a vote hailed by officials as a success despite sporadic violence that killed more than two dozen people.Sun, 30 Jan 2005 05:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/13/iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/13/iraq/index.htmlA car bomb was detonated outside a Shia mosque Thursday night, killing four Iraqi police officers and three civilians and wounding 30 others, a U.S. military spokesman said.Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.htmlDeadly weekend attacks targeting Christian worshippers in Iraq bear the markings of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his operatives, Iraq's national security adviser said Monday.Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/30/saddam.custody/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/30/saddam.custody/index.htmlWhen we finally see Saddam Hussein in an Iraqi courtroom Thursday, sources say, he will look a lot different from the most recent photos of him, which were taken last December when he was captured.Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/27/iraq.main/index.htmlA convoy carrying a member of the Iraqi Governing Council was ambushed Thursday shortly after leaving Najaf to return to Baghdad.Thu, 27 May 2004 04:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S.-led coalition forces killed about 50 members of a radical cleric's militia in overnight battles in the south-central Iraqi city of Najaf, a senior coalition official said Wednesday.Wed, 26 May 2004 08:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/29/sprj.nirq.prison/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/29/sprj.nirq.prison/index.htmlThe Iraqi Governing Council says it has asked authorities to investigate allegations an illegal prison is being run by a top Shiite cleric.Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/22/sprj.nirq.elections/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/22/sprj.nirq.elections/index.htmlAn Iraqi Governing Council member said on Thursday that a top Shiite cleric and coalition officials are crafting a solution for selecting an Iraqi transitional legislature and developing a compromise on elections.Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:11:00 EST