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Al-Qaida in Iraq claims deadly wave of attacks and jailbreak - Washington Post Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:34:51 GMT

The Nation

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims deadly wave of attacks and jailbreak Washington Post In a statement posted on a militant website, the Islamic State of Iraq said the attacks, mostly bombings using explosive-rigged parked cars, were launched against “carefully selected targets” in Baghdad and some other provinces. Loading... Comments ... Al Qaeda local wing says responsible for Iraq bombingsChicago Tribune Iraq: Twin bombs outside Baghdad Shiite mosque explode after prayers, killing 5Fox News Iraq: American Sentenced in Terrorism CaseNew York Times Huffington Post all 609 news articles »

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Iraq provincial elections planned for April - Reuters Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:05:12 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Iraq provincial elections planned for April Reuters The provincial elections will serve as an indicator of the strength of Iraq's political groupings ahead of a parliamentary vote due in 2014. "The prime minister received the members of the Independent Electoral Commission (IHEC) in his office on ... Kimberly and Frederick Kagan on America's Disengagement from IraqNational Review Online (blog) Iran and Iraq enjoy strong ties: Jalal TalabaniTehran Times Al-Qaeda group takes credit for Iraq attacksAljazeera.com Pravda -Al-Monitor all 38 news articles »

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Exclusive: Sugar ships stranded off Iraq as government axes contract - Reuters Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:21:14 GMT

Exclusive: Sugar ships stranded off Iraq as government axes contract Reuters LONDON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to 150,000 tonnes of refined sugar is marooned and deteriorating off Iraq's main cargo port Umm Qasr over a trade spat with the government, as the country struggles to untangle bureaucratic turmoil that has dogged its ... and more »

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Father in Iraq Watches Birth of Twins Via Skype - ABC News (blog) Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:55:17 GMT

ABC News (blog)

Father in Iraq Watches Birth of Twins Via Skype ABC News (blog) Jon Zimbelman, 31, Skyped with his wife, Erin, all the way from Basrah, Iraq, where he works as a contractor in the private sector, to watch the delivery of his now-2-week-old twins, Braylon and Brielle. Erin Zimbelman, 32, of Kalispell, Mont., was ... Montana dad watches wife give birth to twins via Skype, iPad from IraqNew York Daily News Father Watches Twins Birth From Iraq!Direct2Mum all 20 news articles »

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Lessons from Iraq: Urban marshes and city survival - Phys.Org Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:32:49 GMT

Lessons from Iraq: Urban marshes and city survival Phys.Org And her conclusions about the importance of wetlands to a sustainable urban environment – or, in fact, any environment – have particular resonance in southern Iraq. That area is both the site of her studies and the region where Saddam Hussein forcibly ... and more »

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Al-Qaida claims attack wave and jailbreak in Iraq - Boston.com Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:39:32 GMT

Al-Qaida claims attack wave and jailbreak in Iraq Boston.com BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Friday for a stunning jailbreak last week that was followed by a wave of deadly attacks across the country that left 26 dead. In a statement posted on a militant website, the Islamic ...

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Veteran unemployment rate dips, but crisis deepens for ex-military women - NBCNews.com (blog) Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:38:08 GMT

Press TV

Veteran unemployment rate dips, but crisis deepens for ex-military women NBCNews.com (blog) American businesses are carving out more room for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan − finally driving the overall unemployment rate for that group into single digits in September. But joblessness for the U.S. women home from war continued to ... Report: Texas veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan dying young at alarming ratePress TV all 14 news articles »

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Iraq, Kurds May Reach Draft Oil Law Pact Soon - Fox Business Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:25:05 GMT

AFP

Iraq, Kurds May Reach Draft Oil Law Pact Soon Fox Business The federal government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq could soon reach an agreement on a new draft hydrocarbon law that would help resolve an impasse over who should control oil resources, Iraq's oil minister ... UPDATE 1-Oil exports from Iraq's Kurdish region rise to 170000 bpdReuters Looking for Friends in the Middle East: Try the KurdsHuffington Post (blog) Iraq to Pay Oil Companies in Kurdish Region Today, Hawrami SaysBloomberg Wall Street Journal -Platts (blog) -AFP all 101 news articles »

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Iraq 2002, Iran 2012: Compare and contrast Netanyahu's speeches - Haaretz (blog) Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:28:33 GMT

Haaretz (blog)

Iraq 2002, Iran 2012: Compare and contrast Netanyahu's speeches Haaretz (blog) Iraq 2002, Iran 2012: Compare and contrast Netanyahu's speeches. The arguments are the same, the intonation is the same, even the advisers are the same. By Barak Ravid | Oct.04, 2012 | 3:18 PM | 5 ... Into the Fray: Illogical, ineffectual, immoralJerusalem Post Netanyahu Aligns With Obama on IranHuffington Post all 479 news articles »

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Syria's Kurds flock to Iraq to prepare for Assad's onslaught - The Independent Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:02:11 GMT

Syria's Kurds flock to Iraq to prepare for Assad's onslaught The Independent In secret training camps in the mountains and plains of northern Iraq, Kurdish Syrian army defectors are being drilled to protect the oil-rich areas in the north-east of their home country, which have so far managed to avoid being dragged into the ... and more »