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Bush admin's Iraq WMD claims hang over Syria chemical weapons debate - NBCNews.com Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:58:33 GMT

Politico

Bush admin's Iraq WMD claims hang over Syria chemical weapons debate NBCNews.com Obama administration officials say they know they have to deal with the Iraq WMD legacy and will need definitive proof to persuade Russia, Syria's only remaining ally in the U.N. Security Council, that Bashir Assad's regime used deadly sarin gas ... Iraq haunts Obama's Syria choicesPolitico all 643 news articles »

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Iraq fighting leaves at least 41 more people dead - Los Angeles Times Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:46:54 GMT

Washington Post

Iraq fighting leaves at least 41 more people dead Los Angeles Times The violence this week ended four months of largely peaceful Sunni protests centered on the group's alleged mistreatment by Iraq's Shiite Muslim-led government. Confrontations occurred across Sunni regions of Iraq. At least 31 Sunni gunmen were killed ... Clashes kill 41 in northern Iraq city of MosulWashington Post Iraq Fears Rise as Clashes Spread to Northern CityABC News Iraq: Sectarian tensions or wider discontent?Aljazeera.com Christian Science Monitor all 135 news articles »

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Reid Proposes Plan to Replace Sequester Cuts with Money from Afghanistan ... - ABC News Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:52:40 GMT

ABC News

Reid Proposes Plan to Replace Sequester Cuts with Money from Afghanistan ... ABC News The Overseas Contingency Operation is the designation used in the Department of Defense budget for money used to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. At the start of FY2013, $96.7 billion was allocated for OCO, including money for the State Department ... and more »

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Kurdish rebels to retreat from Turkey to Iraq - USA Today - USA TODAY Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:29:55 GMT

Ynetnews

Kurdish rebels to retreat from Turkey to Iraq - USA Today USA TODAY ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish rebels will start withdrawing thousands of guerrilla fighters from Turkey on May 8 and retreat across the border to northern Iraq, a rebel commander said Thursday, in an important milestone toward ending the nearly ... PKK fighters to withdraw from Turkey into IraqFinancial Times Kurdish rebels to retreat from Turkey to IraqYnetnews PKK fighters will begin withdrawing into Iraq on May 8Press TV UPI.com all 69 news articles »

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Obama's Bush Library Speech Leaves Iraq And More Unspoken - NPR (blog) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:11:21 GMT

NPR (blog)

Obama's Bush Library Speech Leaves Iraq And More Unspoken NPR (blog) Obama has used the 43rd president as a foil for more than a decade: from the anti-Iraq War speech he gave in Chicago in 2002 as a state senator; to his 2008 presidential campaign, in which he argued the GOP presidential nominee would extend Bush's ... Obama Orders Reinvasion Of Iraq After Illuminating Trip Through Bush ...The Onion (satire) Barack Obama leaves Iraq war out of speech to honour George W BushThe Guardian Iraq & ObamaCare: Of Millstones & PresidentsRealClearPolitics RT -Mediaite -PolicyMic all 1,236 news articles »

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Nearly 50 killed as sectarian violence flares in Iraq - 路透社 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:53:51 GMT

Nearly 50 killed as sectarian violence flares in Iraq 路透社 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nearly 50 people were killed in clashes on Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, sources said, on the third day of the most widespread violence in Iraq since U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011. More than 100 people have ...

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A Mortuary Affair in Iraq - New York Times (blog) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:51:30 GMT

New York Times (blog)

A Mortuary Affair in Iraq New York Times (blog) As a 23-year-old Marine lieutenant just a year and a half out of R.O.T.C., my plan for a seven-month Iraq deployment included laying fiber-optic cable underground, not taking up with a comrade 12 years my senior. I befriended him in the cavernous chow ...

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Gunmen overtake town as clashes continue in Iraq - Los Angeles Times Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:22:56 GMT

Gunmen overtake town as clashes continue in Iraq Los Angeles Times Bombings, widely believed to be the work of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, have continued to rattle the country. The new unrest has left analysts fearful of an outright uprising. Two Sunni government minister quit their posts this week, bringing the ...

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Rising Violence in Iraq Spurs Fears of New Sectarian War - New York Times Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:17:21 GMT

Rising Violence in Iraq Spurs Fears of New Sectarian War New York Times BAGHDAD — In what appeared to be a new phase in an intensifying conflict that has raised fears of greater bloodshed and a wider sectarian war, Iraqi soldiers opened fire from helicopters on Sunni gunmen hiding in a northern village on Wednesday ...

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Iraq gunmen seize Sunni town north of Baghdad after clashes with security forces - Washington Post Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:02:47 GMT

Washington Post

Iraq gunmen seize Sunni town north of Baghdad after clashes with security forces Washington Post BAGHDAD — Gunmen have taken over a Sunni town north of Baghdad after a firefight with security forces, Iraqi authorities said Thursday, raising concerns that unrest is spreading. Iraq's prime minister appeared on national television to appeal for calm.