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Bombings and shootings kill 28 across Iraq - Reuters Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:12:34 GMT

Voice of America

Bombings and shootings kill 28 across Iraq Reuters Iraq has been rocked by daily attacks that have raised fears of a return to full-blown sectarian conflict in a country where Kurds, Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable way of sharing power. Sunni Islamist militants have been regaining ... Road ahead darkens in Iraq after highway executionsChristian Science Monitor Day of Violence Kills 30 in IraqVoice of America Officials: Attack on police headquarters, other violence elsewhere in Iraq ...Washington Post CNN International all 113 news articles »

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'I risked my life, for what?': Iraq War veterans chilled by country's slide ... - NBCNews.com (blog) Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:06:40 GMT

NBCNews.com (blog)

'I risked my life, for what?': Iraq War veterans chilled by country's slide ... NBCNews.com (blog) As they watch Iraq's mounting body count and potential slide into civil war, some Iraq War veterans are more intensely questioning why they went, what it all meant, and whether the deaths of 4,486 U.S. troops on that foreign soil were worth the ... and more »

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Cafe bombings and checkpoint attacks kill 42 in Iraq, officials say - Fox News Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:45:06 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Cafe bombings and checkpoint attacks kill 42 in Iraq, officials say Fox News BAGHDAD – Emboldened militants in Iraq set up their own checkpoint to kill drivers and bombed crowded cafes Thursday in the deadliest of a series of attacks that killed at least 42 people, authorities said. More than 550 people have been killed in ... Deaths in bombings and shootings across IraqAljazeera.com Iraq: Blast Inside Crowded Cafe Kills 16TIME Iraq: Noufel cafe bombing kills at least 14 amid mounting violenceGlobalPost FRANCE 24 -Irish Independent all 17 news articles »

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Brickyard 400 named for Iraq war veteran this week - USA TODAY Fri, 26 Jul 2013 02:48:00 GMT

Brickyard 400 named for Iraq war veteran this week USA TODAY While serving in Iraq in 2005, he discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) while setting up a vehicle checkpoint. Deeds exposed himself to the device to save his fellow marines. HISTORY: All 19 Brickyard champions and their victories. A gunnery ... and more »

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Iraq speaker warns of prison raid security fallout - Yahoo! News Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:05:52 GMT

Yahoo! News

Iraq speaker warns of prison raid security fallout Yahoo! News Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque in Baghdad's southern Dora neighborhood on Tuesday, killing four and wounding 12, police said. (AP Photo/Karim ...

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Al-Qaeda unleashed against Syria and Iraq with acceptance of the West - RT (blog) Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:04:22 GMT

RT (blog)

Al-Qaeda unleashed against Syria and Iraq with acceptance of the West RT (blog) The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – the official denomination of al-Qaeda in Iraq – does not even pretend to be not responsible for the relentless bombing, political assassination and mostly sectarian horror unleashed across Iraq during Ramadan. Al-Qaeda in Iraq (aka Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria)Council on Foreign Relations Al-Qaeda Militants Raid Iraq's Abu Ghraib, Taji PrisonsAl-Monitor 'Escaped prisoners from Iraq could join jihad'Deutsche Welle (press release) Arab News -Macleans.ca -Fox News all 14 news articles »

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Militants in Iraq ambush truck convoy, kill 14 - Yahoo! News Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:04:24 GMT

Yahoo! News

Militants in Iraq ambush truck convoy, kill 14 Yahoo! News Across Iraq, insurgents have in the recent months escalated attacks on civilians and government forces. The violence has reached levels not seen since 2008, fueling worries of a return to the widespread sectarian killing that pushed the country to the ...

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Why Iraq Was America's Best-Run War - Foreign Policy (blog) Thu, 25 Jul 2013 01:21:25 GMT

Why Iraq Was America's Best-Run War Foreign Policy (blog) It is an axiom that generals tend to fight the last war, but the truth is that, as often as not, they would like to forget the last war. Witness Vietnam, in the wake of which it took more than three decades for a new counterinsurgency manual to be ...

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The Best Defense: McMaster, Korb, and Iraq: Here is what Tom Ricks missed ... - Foreign Policy (blog) Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:06:11 GMT

The Best Defense: McMaster, Korb, and Iraq: Here is what Tom Ricks missed ... Foreign Policy (blog) Like Tom, I have written many things about Iraq, including outlining the strategic redeployment (with my colleague Brian Katulis) which became the basis for President Obama's plan to end our involvement in that mindless, needless, senseless war. But ...

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Al Qaeda says it freed 500 inmates in Iraq jail-break - Reuters Wed, 24 Jul 2013 18:36:19 GMT

Washington Post

Al Qaeda says it freed 500 inmates in Iraq jail-break Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Tuesday for simultaneous raids on two Iraqi prisons and said more than 500 inmates had been set free in the operation, one of its most brazen in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... Iraq prison break a bad sign of things to comeNBCNews.com (blog) Al-Qaeda branch in Iraq claims jailbreakWashington Post Brazen Attacks at Prisons Raise Worries of Al Qaeda's Strength in IraqNew York Times Aljazeera.com -Commentary Magazine all 408 news articles »