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Renewed Tensions in Iraq - New York Times Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:56:43 GMT

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Renewed Tensions in Iraq
New York Times
He fled Iraq after an arrest warrant was issued last December. Initially accused of running a death squad during the worst period of sectarian slaughter after Saddam Hussein was overthrown, he was convicted in absentia on Sunday of the murders of a ...
Iraq's Sunni VP: Shi'ite PM is Behind My Death SentenceVoice of America (blog)
Wave of attacks kill at least 44 in IraqFox News
Top Sunni leader refuses to return to Iraq for retrial; says Shiite PM ...Washington Post
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FP Passport: Why Mitt Romney can't talk about Iraq - Foreign Policy (blog) Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:26:41 GMT

FP Passport: Why Mitt Romney can't talk about Iraq
Foreign Policy (blog)
Sectarian tensions are once again rising perilously in Iraq after a court in Baghdad sentenced Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to death in absentia -- on the same day that insurgents launched a wave of attacks across the country that killed ...

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Iraq's Zico promises Japan a fight on return - Chicago Tribune Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:59:57 GMT

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Iraq's Zico promises Japan a fight on return
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SAITAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Iraq coach Zico is bracing himself for an emotional return to Japan for his side's World Cup qualifier in Saitama on Tuesday but firmly believes the Asian champions can be beaten. The former Brazil great, who coached Japan ...
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Zico insists Iraq can beat JapanThe Japan Times
Zico plots Blue Samurai upset homecoming: Coach confident of Iraq joy on ...New Straits Times
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Turkish jets strike northern `Iraq, kill 25 Kurd rebels - Pakistan Daily Times Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:09:27 GMT

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Turkish jets strike northern `Iraq, kill 25 Kurd rebels
Pakistan Daily Times
ANKARA: Turkish airstrikes killed 25 Kurdish rebels inside northern Iraq in the past few days as heavy army-rebel fighting inside Turkey killed at least 461 people this year, the army said Monday. “An air operation has been staged against 14 targets of ...
Turkey warplanes 'kill 25 rebels' in northern IraqBBC News
Turkish warplanes kill 25 PKK fighters in IraqTehran Times
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Petraeus offers insight into Iraq troop surge - ArmyTimes.com Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:55:48 GMT

Petraeus offers insight into Iraq troop surge
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“In Iraq, the surge of forces, as important as that was, was not as important as the surge of the big ideas that guided the changes we made in our strategy,” Petraeus told an audience that included U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who was ...
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Obama Nominates Envoy to Iraq - New York Times Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:48:29 GMT

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Obama Nominates Envoy to Iraq
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced Monday that he would nominate Robert Stephen Beecroft, a career diplomat, as the next ambassador to Iraq after his first choice was forced to withdraw after the disclosure of racy e-mail messages.
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Democracy Still Fragile in Iraq, Where Sectarian Tensions Reach Breaking Point - PBS NewsHour Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:53:33 GMT

Democracy Still Fragile in Iraq, Where Sectarian Tensions Reach Breaking Point
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Recent bombings and shootings have raised doubts over the effectiveness of Iraq's coalition government to bridge divides between Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Margaret Warner talks to the National Endowment for Democracy's Laith Kubba and Indiana ...

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Iraq Court Sentences Sunni Leader to Death - Wall Street Journal Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:57:11 GMT

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Iraq Court Sentences Sunni Leader to Death
Wall Street Journal
"These attacks come within the context of the strategy of the forces of terror to exploit the internal and regional political climate," said Iraq's Ministry of Interior in a statement about Sunday's attacks. The ministry said the attacks were "obvious ...


Iraq's VP Declares Innocence After Death Sentence - NPR Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:40:28 GMT

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Iraq's VP Declares Innocence After Death Sentence
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Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi waves to cameras as he leaves a meeting with Turkey's foreign minister in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday, An Iraqi court found the nation's Sunni vice president guilty Sunday of running death squads against security ...


Sectarian fury, Syrian turmoil pressure Iraq's Maliki - Reuters Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:21:53 GMT

Sectarian fury, Syrian turmoil pressure Iraq's Maliki
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A fugitive vice president condemned to death and rallying opposition to Iraq's "sectarian" prime minister, fresh bloodshed in the streets and the entire Middle East divided by religion over the war across the border in Syria - Nuri ...