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Death Toll Rises as Bloodshed Spreads in Iraq - New York Times Mon, 27 May 2013 02:22:56 GMT

The Nation
Death Toll Rises as Bloodshed Spreads in Iraq
New York Times
Iraq has been hit by a wave of bloodshed that has resulted in the deaths of about 300 people in the past two weeks, raising tensions between the country's Sunni minority and its Shiite-led government. The surge in violence has been reminiscent of the ...
Iraq violence kills 8, wounds dozensCNN International
Iraq Officials Says Separate Attacks Kill 14ABC News
Security forces targeted as Iraq violence kills 12The Nation
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A Marine's Last Letter's Home - Daily Beast Sun, 26 May 2013 22:43:47 GMT

Daily Beast
A Marine's Last Letter's Home
Daily Beast
Nate's qualities shine through in his final letters home from Iraq, a handful of which his family has agreed to share, below, for Memorial Day because of their instructive value about the nature of service and sacrifice. While reading them—the last ...

We've moved on from the Iraq war – but Iraqis don't have that choice - The Guardian Sun, 26 May 2013 18:07:52 GMT

The Guardian
We've moved on from the Iraq war – but Iraqis don't have that choice
The Guardian
The dust in Iraq rolls down the long roads that are the desert's fingers. It gets in your eyes and nose and throat; it swirls in markets and school playgrounds, consuming children kicking a ball; and it carries, according to Dr Jawad Al-Ali, "the seeds ...

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With the US Gone From Iraq, Non-Governmental Organizations Are Becoming ... - Wall Street Journal (blog) Sun, 26 May 2013 19:15:15 GMT

Wall Street Journal (blog)
With the US Gone From Iraq, Non-Governmental Organizations Are Becoming ...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
“The US started the culture of the NGOs in Iraq and they pressed the Iraqi government to accept the NGOs' role,” said Muhanad Na'im al-Kilani, the head of the election monitoring group Eye on Iraq which was unable to conduct full monitoring of Iraq's ...

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Memorial Day: Remembering a quiet sergeant in Iraq - Charlotte Observer Sun, 26 May 2013 21:17:13 GMT

Memorial Day: Remembering a quiet sergeant in Iraq
Charlotte Observer
DALLAS On Memorial Day, her time as a homeless veteran drawing to an end, Tonya Maynor will remember Iraq and a quiet young Army staff sergeant she met there. In 2008, she was a chaplain's assistant with the 82nd Airborne Division and he was a ...

Another View | Memorial Day A look back at the Iraq war - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Mon, 27 May 2013 01:16:26 GMT

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Another View | Memorial Day A look back at the Iraq war
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
This year marks 10 years since the start of the war in Iraq, a war that made us painfully aware of the human cost of war. We all know the cost of sacrifice on some level; some know it better than others, as it has touched their lives personally in the ...
Remembering Iraq: A FOX News Radio Special Hour 2FOX News Radio

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Sunni grievances drive deadly spike in Iraq unrest - Raw Story Sun, 26 May 2013 13:01:23 GMT

AFP
Sunni grievances drive deadly spike in Iraq unrest
Raw Story
Attacks including bombings that ripped through worshippers in mosques and cut down shoppers in markets killed over 430 people in Iraq so far in May, 461 in April and 220 or more every other month this year, according to AFP figures. Crispin Hawes, the ...
Sectarian Violence On The Rise In Iraq As Sunni Insurgency Reemerges And ...Huffington Post
The threat of sectarian war in Iraq looms largerWorld Tribune
Bedlam in Baghdad: Q&A on Iraq with James PhillipsHeritage.org (blog)
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Iraq oil exports hurt by Kirkuk attacks - Arab News Sun, 26 May 2013 19:00:51 GMT

Arab News
Iraq oil exports hurt by Kirkuk attacks
Arab News
BAGHDAD: Iraq oil exports averaged 2.6 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, affected by attacks on a northern Kirkuk pipeline while production was 3.15 million bpd for the month, the oil minister said. Iraq needs to boost exports to consolidate its ...

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Sole Survivor: Iraq Rescue Mission Ended In Tragedy - NPR Sat, 25 May 2013 15:12:52 GMT

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Sole Survivor: Iraq Rescue Mission Ended In Tragedy
NPR
Lance Cpl. Travis Williams, 29, is an Iraq War veteran — and the only post-9/11 Marine to lose every other member of his 12-man squad. It happened in August 2005, when Williams and his teammates were sent on a rescue mission in Barwanah, Iraq.

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Kurds flee for Iraq as Syria war slogs on - Aljazeera.com Sat, 25 May 2013 09:22:51 GMT

Kurds flee for Iraq as Syria war slogs on
Aljazeera.com
Duhok, Iraq - As Syria's brutal civil war slogs on, some of the country's ethnic Kurds have been fleeing the chaos and destruction and taking refuge across the border in Iraq. About 50,000 people live in the Domiz camp, located near the city of Duhok ...

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