msnbc.com: Conflict in Iraq http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3042924/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/ Msnbc.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. Copyright 2009 msnbc.com en-us http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gif msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:55:57 GMT News 60 Report: Blackwater OK’d plan to bribe Iraqis Nov. 10: The New York Times reports that the Blackwater security company authorized secret payments to Iraqi officials to silence criticism. Rachel Maddow talks about these new revelations with Jeremy Scahill, reporter for The Nation.  (Other)Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the contractor sent  $1 million to  Iraq to pay off officials angry about fatal shootings, The New York Times reports.




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]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:38:54 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33850878/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/ Iraqi parliament passes key election law Nov. 8: President Obama congratulates the Iraqi parliament for passing a much-delayed election law. (NBC News)Iraq's parliament has passed a long-delayed electoral law, paving the way for nationwide elections.




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]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33575006/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/ AP file Engineer Ali Hussein steps around crude oil on April 23, 2003, that leaked from a pipe at the K-1 pumping station near the Babagurgur oil fields in Kirkuk, Iraq. Iraqi politicians are debating with new hostility over control of Kirkuk, set near rich oil fields that both the self-ruling Kurds and the central government want.


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