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Military experts warn US losing leverage, gains in Iraq as violence escalates - Fox News Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:37:33 GMT

RT (blog)

Military experts warn US losing leverage, gains in Iraq as violence escalates Fox News WASHINGTON – As violence and political turmoil tear through a war-wrecked Iraq, military experts are warning Congress that Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist cells are regrouping and working together not only in Iraq but in the entire region to undo a ... More bloodshed is inevitable in IraqRT (blog) Iraq: 49 steps to failure in one crazy chartGlobalPost 'Escaped prisoners from Iraq could join jihad'Deutsche Welle Council on Foreign Relations -OpEdNews -Al-Monitor all 34 news articles »

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Iraq's growing sectarian rifts, deteriorating security cast dark shadow on ... - Fox News Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:06:13 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Iraq's growing sectarian rifts, deteriorating security cast dark shadow on ... Fox News The wave of violence is the deadliest since Iraq teetered on the edge of civil war half a decade ago. The bloodshed is linked to rising sectarian divisions between Iraq's Sunni and Shiite and friction between the Arabs and Kurds, dampening hopes for a ... Bombings and shootings kill 28 across IraqReuters Deaths in bombings and shootings across IraqAljazeera.com Officials: Cafe bombings, attacks kill 42 in IraqYahoo! News Christian Science Monitor all 140 news articles »

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'I risked my life, for what?': Iraq War veterans chilled by country's slide ... - NBCNews.com (blog) Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:52:22 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 ...

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Iraq, US reach deal on stolen artefacts: official - Fox News Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:58:03 GMT

Iraq, US reach deal on stolen artefacts: official Fox News BAGHDAD (AFP) – Baghdad reached an initial deal with the US on the return of more than 10,000 artefacts stolen from Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion, a senior official said on Friday. "We have reached an initial agreement... on returning more than ... and more »

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Afghan war now more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war ever was - Washington Post (blog) Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:15:05 GMT

Yahoo! News

Afghan war now more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war ever was Washington Post (blog) This is the lowest support for the Afghan war ever recorded in the poll – and even lower than the Iraq war ever scored on the same question. A full two-thirds, 67 percent, say that the Afghan war has not been worth fighting. The drop in support crosses ... Afghan War Fatigue Hits New High, Matching Levels Last Seen in IraqYahoo! News Iraq: America's best-run warWaterloo Record all 18 news articles »

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Making the case for war: Dearlove doublethink on Iraq? - RT (blog) Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:09:56 GMT

RT (blog)

Making the case for war: Dearlove doublethink on Iraq? RT (blog) You'll no doubt have some vague recollection that, in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq War, the British government produced a couple of reports “making a case for war”, as Major General Michael Laurie said in his evidence to the enquiry in 2011: “We knew at ... and more »

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Report: Iraq's Maliki says Iran wants nuke talks with US - Jerusalem Post Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:17:06 GMT

Alsumaria TV (satire) (press release)

Report: Iraq's Maliki says Iran wants nuke talks with US Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq told the Obama administration this month that Iran wanted direct talks with the US on its nuclear program, according to a report in The New York Times on Friday that cited Western officials. Maliki said that Iraq ... Iran wants direct nuclear talks with US - Iraqgulfnews.com Al Maliki points out to failure of Iraq ElectricityAlsumaria TV (satire) (press release) all 111 news articles »

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Media harassment increases in Iraq - Deutsche Welle Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:49:23 GMT

Media harassment increases in Iraq Deutsche Welle Freedom of the press in Iraq has once again reached a low point, according to a report issued in May by the independent Iraqi Center for Press Freedom. Many independent media groups agree with the finding. One example of the restrictions is the small ... and more »

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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant eulogizes Tunisian suicide bomber - Long War Journal Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:37:46 GMT

Long War Journal

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant eulogizes Tunisian suicide bomber Long War Journal The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a martyrdom statement for a Tunisian fighter who executed a suicide attack on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Tunisian suicide bomber said that for practical purposes, the ...

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A growing Iraq-Iran economic rivalry in India bolsters stability - The National Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:22:58 GMT

A growing Iraq-Iran economic rivalry in India bolsters stability The National Iran's growing influence in Iraq since the US invasion in 2003 has been cause for enormous concern for many in the Middle East and beyond. But a growing economic rivalry between Tehran and Baghdad has attracted little attention. Nowhere is this rivalry ... and more »