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Suicide blast kills 19 in Iraq, including Iranians - USA TODAY Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:35:55 GMT

Suicide blast kills 19 in Iraq, including Iranians USA TODAY BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide attackers rammed car bombs on Friday into a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims and a police checkpoint west of Baghdad, killing 19 people in all, in the latest bout of violence to rattle Iraq. The attacks follow the deadliest two ...

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Iraq bomber hits Iranian pilgrims, at least nine dead - Reuters Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:25:19 GMT

Iraq bomber hits Iranian pilgrims, at least nine dead Reuters Police said that in Friday's attack in Muqdadiya, 80 km northeast of Baghdad, the bomber targeted a convoy of three buses carrying Iranian pilgrims, who often visit Iraq's Shi'ite shrines in the south of the country. At least nine people were killed ...

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'The Life That Follows' Disarming IEDs In Iraq - NPR Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:17:15 GMT

'The Life That Follows' Disarming IEDs In Iraq NPR This interview was originally broadcast on July 8, 2012. Brian Castner arguably had one of the most nerve-wracking jobs in the U.S. military. He commanded two Explosive Ordnance Disposal units in Iraq, where his team disabled roadside IEDs ... and more »

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Iraq: Bomber Strikes Iranian Pilgrims - New York Times Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:29:57 GMT

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Iraq: Bomber Strikes Iranian Pilgrims New York Times Suicide attackers on Friday rammed car bombs into a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims and into a police checkpoint west of Baghdad, killing 19 people in all. In the first attack, a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into a bus carrying Iranian ... Iraq bombings claim more casualtiesAljazeera.com Two car bomb attacks kill 19 in IraqPress TV Car bombs kill 14 in Iraq, officials sayDAWN.com ABC News all 61 news articles »

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How Many Iraqis Died in the Iraq War? - FAIR (blog) Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:31:04 GMT

How Many Iraqis Died in the Iraq War? FAIR (blog) The results from a new poll commissioned by the British media watchdog group MediaLens exposed a startling disconnect between the realities of the Iraq War and public perceptions of it: Namely, what the Iraqi death toll was. When Britons were asked ...

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Iraq Looks to Foreign Investment To Boost Oil Capacity - Al-Monitor Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:47:24 GMT

Iraq Looks to Foreign Investment To Boost Oil Capacity Al-Monitor Technip, a French company specializing in the management of energy producing installations, received a “significant contract” in the second phase of the oil refinery project in the Iraqi province of Karbala, in what seems to be an actual manifestation ... and more »

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Jon Stewart Shocked China Getting Iraq's Oil: 'Don't You Have To Be In A War ... - Huffington Post (satire) Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:03:26 GMT

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Jon Stewart Shocked China Getting Iraq's Oil: 'Don't You Have To Be In A War ... Huffington Post (satire) Jon Stewart is starting to think the Iraq war might have been a mistake. After all, not only was the "mission" not quite "accomplished," we apparently lost the war to a country that wasn't even it. As it turns out, China is reaping huge benefits from ... China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil BoomNew York Times WATCH: Jon Stewart discovers who actually won the Iraq WarThe Week Magazine Jon Stewart Declares China the Winner of the Iraq WarThe Atlantic Wire Business Insider -GlobalPost -The New American all 137 news articles »

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Suicide blasts kill 16 in Iraq, including Iranians - Yahoo! News Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:25:36 GMT

Suicide blasts kill 16 in Iraq, including Iranians Yahoo! News Associated Press/Hadi Mizban - Worshippers attend joint Sunni-Shiite Friday prayers in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 7, 2013. In a show of national unity, Muslim Shiite and Sunni worshippers held joint prayers …more Friday in a Sunni mosque in downtown ...

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Why Iraq Is on the Precipice of Civil War - The Atlantic Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:38:53 GMT

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Why Iraq Is on the Precipice of Civil War The Atlantic Iraqi security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Karrada district of Baghdad on May 30, 2013. (Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters). These days, no one in Iraq is safe. Last Wednesday, a bridal party was the target. On Thursday, separate attacks ... Bloody conflict in Iraq should come to an endPeople's Daily Online Why is Obama ignoring Iraq?Iran Focus Tensions Flare Between Iraq's Sunnis and ShitesPRI's The World AINA -Daily Nexus all 9 news articles »

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Iraq: Bombings Kill at Least 14 People - New York Times Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:02:09 GMT

Iraq: Bombings Kill at Least 14 People New York Times A series of car bombings in and around Baghdad killed 14 people and wounded dozens of others on Thursday, police officials said. In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into the headquarters of a police commando unit ...