Iraq
Iraqis inspect the damage following an explosion in the Kamaliya area of eastern Baghdad on May 20, 2013. A wave of 12 bomb attacks across Iraq killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more, security and medical officials said.
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They were five. They jumped over the concrete walls and entered the church yelling ‘God is great’ ... They said they belonged to the Islamic State of Iraq – a Sunni group linked to al-Qaeda. It was Oct. 31, 2011. We were attending mass.
Now 100% of drinking water in Southern Iraq has to be either imported or bottled at one of two rural osmosis plants that were built by USAID. Think of it, there is no such thing as drinkable water in that part of the country anymore.
I was in the National Guard and spent some time in Iraq and KuwaitMore quotes »
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LI home to a dozen U.S. Army generals
even know the other two were from Smithtown until I stumbled across it in conversations. At one time, we all were serving in Iraq at the same time, but I didn't know even then."The absence of large military installations on Long Island would appear to make Read more »
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Gunmen kill 9 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
anti-terrorism policeman and his family in Baghdad on Saturday, while kidnappers abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main highway to Jordan and Syria , the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. Attackers also shot dead a Sunni cleric Read more »
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Officials: Car bombing kills 5, wounds 19 in Iraq
(AP) -- Officials say a car bomb explosion in a sprawling Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad has killed at least five civilians.Two police officers say the explosives-laden vehicle struck a bus and taxi stop Thursday morning around rush hour in the eastern Sad Read more »
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Turkey: oil search deal reached in northern Iraq
after his visit to the United States on Thursday.Both the United States and the Iraqi central government oppose allowing Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government to sign oil deals without Baghdad's approval. They fear that could threaten Iraq's unity and stability.It Read more »
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Suicide tanker truck kills 3 people in Iraq
officer himself was not home at the time.A hospital official confirmed the casualties. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media.Violence has ebbed in Iraq, but insurgent attacks are still frequent. Read more »
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Iraq: Federal system won't work in Iraq
on sectarian or ethnicity. It's usually a geographical situation". Mukhtar also said that there is "no effective" government in Iraq that could solve the recent sectarian violence. "The dictatorship of Saddam Hussein has been replaced by the dictatorship of 9 m ago from Mike Hitchen Online Read more »
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80 die in car bombings as Iraq tensions intensify
We moderate all comments on HeraldScotland on either a pre-moderated or post-moderated basis. If you're a relatively new user then your comments will be reviewed before publication and if we know you well then your comments will be subject to moderation on 12 m ago from Herald Scotland Read more »
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Iraq to overhaul security strategy: Maliki
told journalists in Baghdad late on Monday. He added that the Iraqi Cabinet would discuss the matter on Tuesday. "I assure the Iraqi people that they (militants) will not be able to return us to the sectarian conflict" which killed tens of thousands of people 27 m ago from Press TV Read more »
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CIA: An Idea That’s Time Has Gone
Reserve paper money. When some Sovereign Country tries to break free, and establish its own more solvent currency model (such as Iraq, or Libya, or now Iran who wants to trade Oil in Gold and break away from FR Dollars), then those Countries get wacked. War 51 m ago from Firedoglake Read more »
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‘War on mosques’ now daily part of Iraq strife
to mortar rounds is raging in Iraq. Dozens of attacks this year have stirred already-simmering sectarian tensions between Iraq’s Sunni minority and Shiite majority, and led some would-be worshippers to stay away. “There is an increase in the frequency of reciprocal 9:50 PM from Lebanon Daily Star Read more »
