Hiwa Osman

Media Advisor, then-Iraqi President Jalal Talabani

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Editor and trainer for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, based in Baghdad; an Iraqi Kurd, he previously served as media advisor to Iraqi president Jalal Talabani

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Yesterday at the Disabled Veterans of America meeting in Atlanta yesterday, President Obama reminded his audience that, as a candidate, he promised to bring the war in Iraq to what he…

America Leaves Iraq: Is the Mission Accomplished at Last?

Yesterday at the Disabled Veterans of America meeting in Atlanta yesterday, President Obama reminded his audience that, as a candidate, he promised to bring the war in Iraq to what he…

from Which Way, L.A.?

President Obama did not say "mission accomplished," but he did say yesterday that all combat operations in Iraq will end this month, as he promised.

America Leaves Iraq: Is the Mission Accomplished at Last?

President Obama did not say "mission accomplished," but he did say yesterday that all combat operations in Iraq will end this month, as he promised.

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