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Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic: Ø¬Ù…Ù‡ÙˆØ±ÙŠØ© Ø§Ù„Ø¹Ø±Ø§Ù‚ (helpÂ·info), transliteration: Al-JumhoorÄ«yah al-â€˜IrÄqÄ«yah), formerly known as Mesopotamia, is a country in the Middle East spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at Umm Qasr on the Persian Gulf. There are two major flowing rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the desert landscape that covers most of the Middle East.

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Iraqi forces find explosives inside mosque

INT47International/Terrorism/DefenceIraqi forces find explosives inside mosqueBaghdad, Oct 17 DPA Iraqi forces Friday discovered a cache of explosives in a mosque south of Baghdad, an army source said. The find was made when forces raided Adullah al-Gaboury mosque in al-Askanderia district, 60 km south of Baghdad, the source told DPA. The explosives were removed and eight suspects were later arrested..

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Iraq: Handicapped child used as bomber - Conflict in Iraq- msnbc.com
A handicapped child was used by insurgents as one of the suicide bombers who launched attacks on election day, Iraq's interior minister said Monday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6889106/

Iraq UN Mission | Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations
On behalf of the Iraqi government and the Iraqi people, I welcome you to the website of the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations. Iraq is a founding member of the United ...
http://www.iraqunmission.org/

Iraq News - AOL News
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ReliefWeb " Countries & Emergencies " Iraq
IOM Iraq - Atlas: IDPs by district and returnee locations, March 2008 (PDF, 2,575k) ... Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference in Stockholm. UN Iraq ...
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Iraq Facts

Area	total: 437,072 sq km land: 432,162 sq km water: 4,910 sq km
Climate	mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in c
Terrain	mostly broad plains; reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey
Population	25,374,691
Languages	Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
Capital	Baghdad

Iraq Elected Officials

President of Interim Government (IG) Ghazi al-YAWER

Prime Minister of Interim Government (IG) Ayad ALLAWI

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