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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, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Politics, Transportation Accidents, Iran, Activism, Islam
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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: Government, Politics, Arab Spring, Iraq, Islam
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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, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Al-Qaeda
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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: Weaponry, Iran, Iraq, Bashar Assad, Religion and Belief
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Suicide bomber kills Iraqi lawmaker as protests simmer
A Sunni Muslim lawmaker was killed Tuesday by a suicide bomber in the restive stretches of western Iraq, two days after another Sunni official survived a bombing in the same area. Ifan Saadoun Issawi was on his way to attend protests against the...
Tags: Bombings, Government, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mass protests against government spread in Iraq
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and pressing for detainees to be freed. Protests have raged for weeks and...
Tags: Al Jazeera (tv network), Government, Politics, Arab Spring, Philippines
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Bombings rip through Iraq, reportedly killing at least 25
More than two dozen people were reportedly killed Monday in a string of bombings across Iraq that appeared to include sectarian and anti-government attacks. The deadliest of the bombings occurred in the village of Mouafaqiyah, northwest of Baghdad,...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Government, Politics, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Al-Qaeda
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Statehood for Kurds?
The Baghdad newspaper Sabah published a surprising article a few weeks ago. Its editor, Abd Jabbar Shabbout, suggested it was time to settle the "age-old problem" between Iraq's Arabs and Kurds by establishing a "Kurdish state." Never before had I heard...
Tags: Government, Politics, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Environmental Issues
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Fugitive Iraqi vice president slams 'kangaroo court' [Video]
World NowFrom the safe haven of Turkey, the fugitive Iraqi vice president on Monday slammed his conviction for plotting death squads against his rivals as a politically slanted sham, insisting on his innocence. Tariq Hashemi was sentenced Sunday to death by... -
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for recent barrage of Iraq attacks
World NowThe Islamic State of Iraq, an Iraqi group linked to Al Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for a Monday barrage of attacks reported to have killed at least 115 people across the divided country.... -
Iraq still operating secret torture site, rights group says
World NowA clandestine jail and alleged torture site under the control of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki continues to operate more than a year after the government ordered it shut down, Human Rights Watch claims in a report being released Tuesday....
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