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UN envoy warns that battlefields in Iraq and Syria are merging - Fox News Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:02:39 GMT

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UN envoy warns that battlefields in Iraq and Syria are merging
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. envoy to Iraq is warning that the violence in Iraq can no longer be separated from the civil war in neighboring Syria because "the battlefields are merging." Martin Kobler told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that "Iraqi ...
UN Envoy: Iraq and Syrian Conflicts Are MergingABC News
Iran dissidents in Iraq, accused of rights abuses, slam UN envoyReuters
Iraq in 'crucial phase' amid rising sectarian violence, UN envoy tells ...UN News Centre
EurActiv -FRANCE 24
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Police: Attacks around Iraq kill 9 people - USA TODAY Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:58:15 GMT

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Police: Attacks around Iraq kill 9 people
USA TODAY
SHARECONNECT 8 TWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks across Iraq killed nine people on Monday, including a 10-year-old boy out swimming with friends, in the latest in a surge of violence rocking Iraq during the Muslim holy month of ...
Dozens dead in series of Iraq attacksAljazeera.com
Blasts Across Iraq Kill at Least 40 Amid a Surge in AttacksNew York Times
Wave of Bombings, Shootings Kill 38 in IraqTIME
Los Angeles Times
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Iraq Attacks Make For Deadly Start To Holy Month - NPR Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:27:35 GMT

Iraq Attacks Make For Deadly Start To Holy Month
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Ramadan this year is shaping up to be the deadliest in Iraq since a bloody insurgency and rampant sectarian killings pushed the country to the edge of civil war in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
Iraq: Bomb explodes near Sunni mosque, killing 6Yahoo! News
Flamenco, car bombs and a 'happy' future of IraqAljazeera.com
Sectarian tensions threaten to tear Iraq apartArab News
The Hindu
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Looking Into Iraq's Rear-View Mirror - TIME Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:51:19 GMT

Looking Into Iraq's Rear-View Mirror
TIME
In this February interview with the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Major Amanda Warren, an Army logistician, talks of her 2011 deployment to Iraq. She didn't have the logistician's standard marching orders to “git thar fustest with ...


Celebratory fire turns Iraq football win into nightmare - Fox News Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:03:25 GMT

Celebratory fire turns Iraq football win into nightmare
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BAGHDAD (AFP) – Thirteen-year-old Moqtada went outside his house to set off fireworks after a victory by Iraq's football team, but ended up a victim of celebratory gunfire, with a bullet lodged in his back. When Iraq beat South Korea in the U-20 World ...

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Jon Stewart to be honored by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans group - Washington Times (blog) Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:15:46 GMT

Jon Stewart to be honored by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans group
Washington Times (blog)
Comedian Jon Stewart will be awarded the the 2013 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) Civilian Service Award in November at the IAVA Heroes Gala in New York. “Stewart has been a great friend to the veteran community,” reads a release ...


Eni, Iraq agree to cut Zubair output goal - Oil & Gas Journal Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:01:18 GMT

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Eni, Iraq agree to cut Zubair output goal
Oil & Gas Journal
Infrastructure and supply constraints have combined with security problems to hamper development throughout Iraq and have caused the government to lower its production goal for 2017 from nearly 12 million b/d to about 9.5 million b/d. The lower target ...
Eni targets 850000 bpd from IraqUPI.com
Italy's Eni says amended contract for Iraq oil fieldZawya (registration)

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45 die as carnage in Iraq continues - Press TV Sun, 14 Jul 2013 23:49:54 GMT

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45 die as carnage in Iraq continues
Press TV
A car bomb near a bakery killed nine people and injured 42 in the city of Kut in eastern Iraq, while another car bomb wounded two police officers to the north of the city of Hilla. In a market in the holy city of Karbala, a car bomb killed four people ...


Violence in Iraq's Diyala province causes concern - Al-Arabiya Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:27:05 GMT

Violence in Iraq's Diyala province causes concern
Al-Arabiya
Iraq's Diyala province, most known for its religious and ethnic diversity, is once again witnessing violence and breaches of security. Armed groups have become active in the past months, pushing the province's residents to request that security forces ...

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Iraq seeks to bar top officials from dual citizenship - GlobalPost Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:47:49 GMT

Iraq seeks to bar top officials from dual citizenship
GlobalPost
Iraq's cabinet sent a draft law to parliament on Tuesday that would bar top government officials and officers in the security forces from holding dual citizenship, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman said. Under the proposed law, ministers, MPs ...

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