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Syrians Report Broad Fighting and Suspicious Airstrike - New York Times Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:37:28 GMT

Syrians Report Broad Fighting and Suspicious Airstrike New York Times Some accused Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq, whose Shiite-dominated government is engrossed in a worsening conflict with Sunni militants, of ordering the strike. Others said the plane was a Syrian Air Force MiG that had crossed into Iraqi ... and more »

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Syria: US manipulating chemical weapons evidence, like it did with Iraq - CNN Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:22:15 GMT

New Yorker (blog)

Syria: US manipulating chemical weapons evidence, like it did with Iraq CNN (CNN) -- Syria denies that it has used, or even possesses, chemical weapons, accusing the United States and Britain of lying in order to pressure the embattled Damascus government. Syrian Information Minister Omran Al-Zoubi talked to Russia TV on ... Bush admin's Iraq WMD claims hang over Syria chemical weapons debateNBCNews.com Syria and the Ghosts of IraqNew Yorker (blog) Iraq looms large as wary Obama warns Syria over chemical weaponsYahoo! News (blog) Politico -Press TV all 1,041 news articles »

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Deadly anti-government violence grips Iraq - Aljazeera.com Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:50:34 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Deadly anti-government violence grips Iraq Aljazeera.com Sectarian tensions have escalated in Iraq, where the death toll from a four-day wave of violence has passed 190, officials have said. Thousands of protesters gathered in cities across the country this week to voice their anger at the government of ... Iraq: Bombings in BaghdadNew York Times Iraq: The Sectarian DivideInternational Crisis Group 'Iraq at a crossroads,' UN envoys says, urging country's leaders to diffuse ...UN News Centre Deutsche Welle -CNN (blog) all 199 news articles »

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The Iraq Sanctions Myth - Pacific Standard Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:22:55 GMT

Pacific Standard

The Iraq Sanctions Myth Pacific Standard Just over 10 years ago the United Kingdom followed the United States into the bloody Iraq War. George W. Bush and Tony Blair justified the invasion mainly with the claim that Iraq possessed, or was in the process of building, weapons of mass destruction. Schools try to play catch-upIRINnews.org all 2 news articles »

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Obama agenda: Iraq's impact on Syria decision - NBCNews.com (blog) Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:18:53 GMT

Obama agenda: Iraq's impact on Syria decision NBCNews.com (blog) Josh Gerstein notes that Iraq has to be a factor in Obama's caution on Syria. Said ex-White House counsel Greg Craig: “It has to be a factor. He does not want to jump to conclusions or shoot from the hip.” A White House official to National Journal on ... and more »

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Bush's legacy is more than Iraq - Washington Post Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:39:15 GMT

Bush's legacy is more than Iraq Washington Post During Thursday's dedication of his presidential library at Southern Methodist University, nary a word was spoken about the most controversial aspect of his tenure, the invasion of Iraq. All living presidents were in attendance and made only generic ... and more »

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Iraq Clashes Between Militants And Police Kill At Least 41 In Mosul - Huffington Post Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:18:50 GMT

Iraq Clashes Between Militants And Police Kill At Least 41 In Mosul Huffington Post BAGHDAD — Clashes spread to a key northern city and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in Iraq on Thursday, raising the death toll from three days of violence to more than 150 people as a wave of Sunni unrest intensified. The turmoil is aggravating an ...

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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 Bush 'very comfortable' with Iraq War and wants brother Jeb to be next presidentRT ABC News (blog) -Arab News -News24 all 1,249 news articles »

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Clashes kill 41 in northern Iraq city of Mosul - Washington Post Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:54:58 GMT

Washington Post

Clashes kill 41 in northern Iraq city of Mosul Washington Post BAGHDAD — More than 40 people were reported killed in fighting in a key city in northern Iraq and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in the country Thursday, raising concerns that unrest roiling Sunni areas is spreading. Iraq's prime minister appealed ...

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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 ...