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In Iraq, a bushel of problems threaten stability - CNN Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:07:37 GMT

Washington Post

In Iraq, a bushel of problems threaten stability CNN (CNN) -- Two years after the United States pulled its forces out of Iraq, the country is, in the words of one analyst, "a house of cards." "It is a contraption held together solely by the reluctance of its many components to let things again come to ... National security expert: Obama could lose IraqFox News Iraqi leader blames regional unrest for revival of al Qaeda in IraqReuters Iraq Leader's Visit Shows Strain With USWall Street Journal Los Angeles Times -Aljazeera.com -Christian Science Monitor all 544 news articles »

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2 years after US military departure, Iraq asking for new help to battle al-Qaida - Fox News Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:25:22 GMT

2 years after US military departure, Iraq asking for new help to battle al-Qaida Fox News WASHINGTON – Nearly two years after pushing out the U.S. military, Iraq is asking for more American weapons, training and manpower to help fight a bloody resurgence of al-Qaida that has unleashed a level of violence comparable to the darkest days of ...

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Car bombs kill scores in Baghdad, in sign of crisis in Iraq - Washington Post Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:44:55 GMT

Washington Post

Car bombs kill scores in Baghdad, in sign of crisis in Iraq Washington Post IRBIL, Iraq — Nearly two years after the U.S. troop withdrawal, Iraq is in the midst of a deepening security crisis as an al-Qaeda affiliate wages a relentless campaign of attacks, sending the death toll soaring to its highest level since 2008. In the ... Iraq to press US on drones, F-16s to fight al QaedaReuters Wave of attacks kills scores in IraqAljazeera.com In Iraq, Sunni Attacks Spark Shiite Calls to ArmsABC News The Guardian -Here And Now -The Independent all 396 news articles »

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Iraq war claimed half a million lives, study finds - Al Jazeera America Wed, 16 Oct 2013 04:06:22 GMT

Al Jazeera America

Iraq war claimed half a million lives, study finds Al Jazeera America The number of deaths caused by the Iraq war has been a source of intense controversy, as politics, inexact science and a clamor for public awareness have intersected in a heated debate of conflicting interests. The latest and perhaps most rigorous ... This chart shows that the Iraq war was worse than we thinkWashington Post (blog) A Better Stab at Estimating How Many Died in the Iraq WarPacific Standard Iraq Death Toll Reaches 500000 Since Start Of US-Led Invasion, New Study SaysHuffington Post TIME -RT (blog) -UW Today all 77 news articles »

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Iraq History Fast Facts - CNN Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:30:34 GMT

Iraq History Fast Facts CNN (CNN) -- Here's a look at what you need to know about the history of Iraq since the 1920's. 1920s-1930s 1921 - After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Great Britain gains control of the area. It sets up a government in Mesopotamia ...

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Dozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq - CNN Mon, 14 Oct 2013 01:58:27 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Dozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq CNN (CNN) -- A string of car and roadside bombings across Iraq on Sunday killed at least 44 people and wounded more than 140 others, police officials told CNN. The deadliest attack occurred in Kut when two car bombs exploded in a busy commercial street. Bombings Kill at Least 34 in Iraq, Mostly in Southern Provinces and BaghdadNew York Times Bombs blasts across Iraq kill 25 peopleReuters Deaths reported in serial Iraq bombingsAljazeera.com Huffington Post -PolicyMic -TIME all 294 news articles »

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Bomber Kills 13 Children At Iraq School Playground - New York Times Mon, 07 Oct 2013 02:17:03 GMT

New York Times

Bomber Kills 13 Children At Iraq School Playground New York Times BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated a truck filled with explosives on the playground of an elementary school in northern Iraq on Sunday morning, killing 13 children and the headmaster, the police said. Shortly afterward, another suicide truck bomb ... Suicide bombers target Iraq Shi'ites, killing 60Reuters Iraq suffers 'accelerated surge' in sectarian violenceCNN Children among dead in Iraq blastsAljazeera.com TIME -CBS News -NBCNews.com (blog) all 443 news articles »

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Business Rebuilds in a Thriving City in Iraq - New York Times Tue, 15 Oct 2013 06:43:12 GMT

New York Times

Business Rebuilds in a Thriving City in Iraq New York Times ERBIL, Iraq — Perception is not always reality with emerging business travel destinations. That's especially true for Erbil, the political and business capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in the north of Iraq. The city is becoming an alternative ... and more »

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Attacks in western Iraq kill 7 police officers - CNN Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:50:19 GMT

Attacks in western Iraq kill 7 police officers CNN Iraq has seen a sharp increase in tension between its Shiite and Sunni populations since April, when security forces raided a site used by Sunni protesters to demonstrate against the Shiite-led government. Sunnis, who represent a minority of Iraqis ...

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Spate of attacks on Shi'ite Muslims kills 59 people in Iraq - Reuters Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:08:08 GMT

Spate of attacks on Shi'ite Muslims kills 59 people in Iraq Reuters Sectarian tensions in Iraq and the wider Middle East have been brought to a boil by Syria's civil war, which has drawn Sunnis and Shi'ites from the region and beyond into battle. Ten bombs exploded in primarily Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital ...