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Jews fight US, Iraq, Obama over stolen Torahs - WND.com Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:12:51 GMT

Jews fight US, Iraq, Obama over stolen Torahs
WND.com
Jews worldwide are mobilizing to fight a plan by the U.S. National Archives under the Obama administration to hand over to the Muslim government in Iraq thousands of mostly priceless treasures, including ancient Torahs, that had been stolen by Saddam ...


Blackwater faces new charges in Iraq killings - Aljazeera.com Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:57:04 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Blackwater faces new charges in Iraq killings
Aljazeera.com
The vast majority of the US contractors who served in Iraq did so with honour and integrity, but, as alleged today, these defendants abused their power through a relentless attack on unarmed civilians that recklessly exceeded any possible justification.
Ex-Blackwater contractors face fresh charges in Iraq attackUSA TODAY
Privatising security in Iraq was always a recipe for disasterThe Independent
Blackwater faces new charges for Iraq killingPress TV
Antiwar.com -Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Shia death toll rises in latest wave of Iraq attacks - Al Jazeera America Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:16:54 GMT

Al Jazeera America

Shia death toll rises in latest wave of Iraq attacks
Al Jazeera America
Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday. A barrage of car bomb and suicide bomb blasts rocked Baghdad and two northern Iraqi communities Thursday, killing dozens of people during a major holiday period and ...


Iraq bomb attacks mar end of Eid festival - euronews Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:04:34 GMT

Deseret News

Iraq bomb attacks mar end of Eid festival
euronews
Elsewhere on Friday, insurgents in northern Iraq killed a mother and her three sons who belonged to a minority Kurdish group. At Baquba north of Baghdad, two members of the same family were killed and five others wounded in a bomb explosion. Thursday ...
Iraq: Wave of car, suicide blasts kill at least 51Deseret News
Iraq: Blasts Kill at Least 61 PeopleNew York Times
Scores killed in Iraq bombingsAljazeera.com
CNN -Washington Post
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Iraq War Killed Half-a-Million People, Study Finds - Nature World News Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:02:01 GMT

Nature World News

Iraq War Killed Half-a-Million People, Study Finds
Nature World News
The Iraq war claimed nearly 500,000 lives between 2003 and 2011, a new study by researchers at University of Washington and colleagues found. The study also claimed that for every three people killed during the U.S-led invasion, two more died due to ...
Our country has suffered from the effects of the Iraq WarDallas Morning News (blog)

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Iraq's Moment to Rise or Burn - by Marc Lynch - Foreign Policy (blog) Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:10:07 GMT

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Iraq's Moment to Rise or Burn - by Marc Lynch
Foreign Policy (blog)
Iraq is facing a rising death toll, with more than 5,000 recorded deaths from a horrific wave of car bombs, and attacks by a reinvigorated insurgency driven by Syria's war and by Maliki's obstinately sectarian and autocratic politics. Washington needs ...
Obama to meet Iraq prime ministerUSA TODAY
Iraq's al-Maliki to meet with Obama November 1: White HouseReuters
'Russia begins shipping arms to Iraq'Press TV
Iraq Oil Report -www.worldbulletin.net
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Al Qaeda strikes fear into Iraq's government-backed Sunni militia - Reuters Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:24:45 GMT

Al Qaeda strikes fear into Iraq's government-backed Sunni militia
Reuters
Ahmed, who did not want his full name used, was targeted for belonging to a government-backed Sunni Muslim militia formed at the height of Iraq's sectarian conflict in late 2006, when Sunni tribesmen joined forces with U.S. troops and rebelled against ...

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Insight Into How Insurgents Fought in Iraq - New York Times (blog) Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:35:29 GMT

New York Times (blog)

Insight Into How Insurgents Fought in Iraq
New York Times (blog)
This kind of attack occurred many times in Iraq, often with fatal consequences. Yet the weapon and tactic were not often discussed publicly. Relatively small and easily concealed, the RKG-3 is a peculiar type of grenade, another relic of the Soviet ...


Suicide truck bomber kills 15 in northern Iraq - Reuters Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:07:55 GMT

Suicide truck bomber kills 15 in northern Iraq
Reuters
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives blew himself up in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least 15 members of the country's Shabak minority early on Thursday, police said. It was not immediately clear who ...


The Most Lethal Weapon Americans Faced in Iraq - New York Times (blog) Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:35:29 GMT

The Most Lethal Weapon Americans Faced in Iraq
New York Times (blog)
In the first part of this series, At War explored the various conventional weapons used by insurgents in Iraq, as evidenced by reports, called “storyboards,” written by United States forces detailing the contents of captured weapons caches. Often times ...