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Conjuring the Ghosts of Iraq's Brutal Past - New York Times Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:04:50 GMT

Conjuring the Ghosts of Iraq's Brutal Past New York Times As security has deteriorated, Iraqis say it has become clearer with each bombing attack, each spasm of vigilante violence, that Iraq's American-trained security forces have been ineffective and, worse, a growing source of abuses themselves. And the ...

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Wave of Bombings, Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 67 - ABC News Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:19:27 GMT

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Wave of Bombings, Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 67 ABC News A series of coordinated evening blasts in Baghdad and other violence killed at least 67 people in Iraq on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a months-long surge of bloodshed that Iraqi security forces are struggling to contain. Many of those killed ... Iraq carnage continues, 70 more diePress TV Shootings, car bombings kill 14 people in IraqPlain Dealer Wave of bombings, attacks in Iraq kill at least 47Washington Times GlobalPost -TIME all 128 news articles »

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Obama on Syria strike: "This is not Iraq, and this is not Afghanistan" - CBS News Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:34:09 GMT

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Obama on Syria strike: "This is not Iraq, and this is not Afghanistan" CBS News The U.S. military plan for Syria is "proportional, it is limited, it does not involve boots on the ground," President Obama told reporters ahead of his first meeting with lawmakers since announcing he would seek congressional authorization to strike in ... Syria is Not Iraq, Congressional Authorization EditionReason Obama: Syria is 'not Iraq, Afghanistan'The Hill Obama: 'This is not Iraq, and this is not Afghanistan'Washington Post Bloomberg -MiamiHerald.com all 6,636 news articles »

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Senators warn Kerry: Syria can't become another Iraq - Christian Science Monitor Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:37:55 GMT

Senators warn Kerry: Syria can't become another Iraq Christian Science Monitor The first congressional hearing on President Obama's request to use military force in Syria showcased the deep and bitter legacy of the Iraq war, as one senator after the other demanded that any authorization specifically rule out any recourse to ...

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Iraq: UN human rights office, UN mission condemn attack on Camp Ashraf - UN News Centre Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:49:14 GMT

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Iraq: UN human rights office, UN mission condemn attack on Camp Ashraf UN News Centre 3 September 2013 – The United Nations human rights office and the UN mission in Iraq today strongly condemned the killing of dozens of people in Camp Ashraf north of Baghdad, urging the Iraqi Government to investigate what happened. The UN ... UN counts 52 corpses after violence at Iranian dissident camp in IraqReuters Deadly Clashes Hit Iranian Dissident Camp in IraqTIME UN demands inquiry after deaths at Iraq refugee campNBCNews.com (blog) Washington Post -Aljazeera.com -New York Times all 245 news articles »

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Baghdad cracks down on protests as Iraq democracy falters - Christian Science Monitor Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:43:14 GMT

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Baghdad cracks down on protests as Iraq democracy falters Christian Science Monitor Many Iraqis are worried that democracy, never firmly rooted here, is sliding away from their country. On Saturday, Iraq's security forces stopped demonstrators from protesting against the parliament's pension program, which activists say is excessive.

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Iraq War Haunts Obama On Syria - Huffington Post Tue, 03 Sep 2013 05:00:48 GMT

Iraq War Haunts Obama On Syria Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The painful legacy of the Iraq war has complicated President Barack Obama's efforts to muster support for military action against Syria. As a senator, Obama opposed the Iraq war, and as president, he brought it to a close. But that war's ...

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Car Bomb Epidemic Is the New Normal in Iraq - New York Times Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:45:39 GMT

Car Bomb Epidemic Is the New Normal in Iraq New York Times BAGHDAD — This time the targets were an ice cream shop, a bus station and a famous restaurant near the Shiite slum of Sadr City. A string of coordinated car bombs struck around Baghdad at dusk on Tuesday, killing at least 46 people, in the latest ...

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First Iraq, now Syria: why is Labour such a klutz when it comes to foreign policy? - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:30:34 GMT

First Iraq, now Syria: why is Labour such a klutz when it comes to foreign policy? Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Iraq: Labour said "yes, yes, yes!" to a full-scale, open ended, boots-on-the-ground war-plus-occupation of Iraq, with no plan at all for Day 2, shoulder to shoulder with a Republican US President and a Conservative Spanish Prime Minister, in the teeth ...

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Ron Paul: "I Smell Iraq All Over Again" - RealClearPolitics Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:27:21 GMT

Ron Paul: "I Smell Iraq All Over Again" RealClearPolitics WOLF BLITZER, CNN: Congressman Paul, first to you. You are totally -- correct me if I'm wrong -- totally opposed to any U.S. military force in Syria right now despite all of that evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own ...