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Iraq violence sparks fears of a Sunni revolt
BEIRUT — Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting violence around the country that left at least 36 people dead. The unrest led two Sunni officials to resign from the...
Tags: Shootings, Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Activism, Bashar Assad
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Iraqis vote in provincial elections amidst angst, ire
BEIRUT — After a week of violence, Iraq held its first provincial elections Saturday since the departure of U.S. troops last year. Results are not expected for several days, but the conditions under which the vote was held showed that little has...Tags: Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Baghdad (Iraq), National Government
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Bombings in Iraq kill more than 30 people
BEIRUT -- A string of bombings in Iraq claimed the lives of more than 30 people Monday in the run-up to provincial elections scheduled for this weekend. The attacks, which left dozens wounded, took place around the country, including in Baghdad; the...
Tags: U.S. Military, Islam, Emergency Incidents, Al-Qaeda, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Iraq: String of attacks across country kills 32
BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents launched what appeared to be a highly coordinated string of attacks across Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 32 and wounding more than 200, according to officials. The attacks, many involving car bombs, erupted...
Tags: Shootings, Bashar Assad, Transportation Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Al-Qaeda
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Who's to blame for our politics? Don't ask
There is a classic "Doonesbury" cartoon, published soon after the Vietnam War ended, in which the antiwar activist Mark Slackmeyer is arguing with his pro-war father. They go back and forth, each blaming the other's politics for everything that's wrong in...Tags: Government, Gun Control, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Bashar Assad, Authors
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Letters: The tragedy of the Iraq war
Re "Iran appears the victor in postwar Iraq," March 29 In 1991, the first President Bush, a decorated World War II combat veteran, was content to simply drive Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait. Iraq was left militarily capable of opposing its...Tags: Government, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Politics, Executive Branch, International Military Interventions
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Removal of troops from Iraq was 'irresponsible' move [Letter]
Being a Naval Reserve Officer veteran with eight years of active duty — five during WWII and three more in the Korean Conflict —- it was with a sad and heavy heart that I read a recent article in a local newspaper concerning the unrest and...Tags: Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Iraq, Barack Obama
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Syrian rebels claim to shoot down Iranian plane at airport
BEIRUT -- Syrian rebels claimed Thursday they downed an Iranian plane that was landing at Damascus Airport and suspected of carrying weapons and ammunition for the Syrian government. The statement came as about a dozen students at Damascus University&...
Tags: Islam, Air and Space Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Activism, Transportation Accidents
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Iraq's great divider
Iraq is on its way to dissolution, and the United States is doing nothing to stop it. And if you ask people in Iraq, it may even be abetting it. With very few exceptions, an important event in Iraq went unnoticed in the U.S. media this month. Prime...
Tags: Islam, Government, Bashar Assad, Jalal Talabani, Arab Spring
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Maliki resists Kerry's call to halt flow of Iranian arms to Syria
BAGHDAD – Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Sunday to stop Iran from flying arms across Iraqi territory to the beleaguered Syrian regime, but found him unwilling to give ground. In a visit to Baghdad that...
Tags: Government, Bashar Assad, Hillary Clinton, Al-Qaeda, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost. In his final report to...
Tags: Government, Al-Qaeda, Jalal Talabani, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of State
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U.S. official: Iraq continues to allow Iranian overflights to Syria
BAGHDAD -- Despite regular U.S. objections, Iraq continues to allow Iranian flights to Syria to use its airspace and has not searched an Iranian plane since October, an American official says. “We object very strongly to the overflights, which...
Tags: Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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Feb 27, 2013
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