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Escaped Inmates From Iraq Fuel Syrian Insurgency - New York Times Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:13:43 GMT

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Escaped Inmates From Iraq Fuel Syrian Insurgency New York Times BAGHDAD — A series of daring but little noticed breakouts from Iraqi prisons has freed hundreds of hardened militants who are now among the leaders and foot soldiers of the radical Sunni groups operating in neighboring Syria and, increasingly, in Iraq ... Where Did Syria Extremists Come From? Iraq's PrisonsNewser ISIS, al-Qaeda compete for supremacy in global jihadAl-Monitor Top ISIS leaders revealedAl-Bawaba all 60 news articles »

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Marine Arraigned in Iraq Slaying Retrial - ABC News Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:51:49 GMT

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Marine Arraigned in Iraq Slaying Retrial ABC News A Marine sergeant who is being retried in an Iraq war crimes case has been arraigned on charges that include murder and obstruction of justice. U-T San Diego says ( http://bit.ly/1jhpmBI ) Lawrence Hutchins III didn't enter a plea Thursday at Camp ... Plymouth Marine arraigned in Iraq slaying retrialWCVB Boston all 34 news articles »

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UN: Clashes in Iraq's Anbar displaced 300000 - Aljazeera.com Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:24:34 GMT

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UN: Clashes in Iraq's Anbar displaced 300000 Aljazeera.com Violence in Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province, where armed groups fully control one city and parts of another, has displaced up to 300,000 people in six weeks, the United Nations has said. The province has been hit by a surge in fighting between ... Bombs kill at least 17 across Iraq: police and medicsReuters Lesson of the Talmud in an Iraq School Suicide BombingJewish Daily Forward Iraq turns to Sunni tribes, but distrust remainsWashington Post BBC News all 382 news articles »

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10 Killed in bombing in western Iraq - Fox News Latino Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:20:37 GMT

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10 Killed in bombing in western Iraq Fox News Latino For more than a month, Anbar's two largest cities, Ramadi and Fallujah, have witnessed clashes between security forces and insurgents led by the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Tribal militias in the majority Sunni ... Sunni militants of ISIL seize another town north of BaghdadDigitalJournal.com Ramadi 90% 'purged' of ISIL: Anbar governorTurkish Press all 6 news articles »

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Iraq: Suicide bombing tutor kills himself and 20 pupils in training camp gaffe - euronews Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:02:41 GMT

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Iraq: Suicide bombing tutor kills himself and 20 pupils in training camp gaffe euronews A suicide bombing instructor killed himself and 20 of his pupils in Iraq when he accidentally set off explosives during a training session, it's emerged. The incident happened at an insurgents' camp near Samarra, around 100km north-west of the capital ... Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His ClassNew York Times Iraq: 21 Die as Militants Accidently Blow Themselves UpABC News Iraq speaker escapes assassination bidAljazeera.com CNN -Fox News -CBS News all 560 news articles »

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The Grotesqueries of Iraq - CounterPunch Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:11:41 GMT

The Grotesqueries of Iraq CounterPunch Of the fourteen violent, brutal, and bloody short stories in Hassan Blasim's The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq, only one (the last one in the collection) has a bit of levity, and even it ends consistently with the events and the tone of ... and more »

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The enlightened king of Iraq - Spectator.co.uk Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:10:13 GMT

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The enlightened king of Iraq Spectator.co.uk 'King of Iraq' has an odd ring even to those who know that Iraq was called Mesopotamia and was part of the Ottoman empire before falling into and out of the clutches of the British. Many people, including Iraqis, seem unaware that it was a monarchy ...

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Liverpool fan in Iraq has to explain: 'I'm not Luis Suarez' - The Independent Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:53:35 GMT

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Liverpool fan in Iraq has to explain: 'I'm not Luis Suarez' The Independent One is an incredibly gifted footballer paid millions of pounds a year. The other is a fan from Iraq. However, based on looks alone there is little between them. An Iraqi man who looks incredibly like Luis Suarez has come to light in a revelation that ... Luis Suarez lookalike mobbed by Liverpool fans on visit to Anfield from IraqExpress.co.uk Luis Suárez Lookalike Takes Liverpool And Iraq By Storm (VIDEO)Huffington Post UK 'Leave me alone, I'm not Luis Suarez!' says look-a-like Liverpool fan from IraqDaily Star all 207 news articles »

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Libya, Iraq cast shadow as State Department readies for Afghanistan drawdown - Stars and Stripes Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:00:16 GMT

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Libya, Iraq cast shadow as State Department readies for Afghanistan drawdown Stars and Stripes Now, as the NATO military presence in Afghanistan dwindles, experiences in Libya as well as Iraq hang over State Department security experts as they grapple with how to secure their personnel and facilities and prevent a similar tragedy. Ever since U.S ... US fumes as Afghanistan releases 65 'insurgents'The Nation all 1,275 news articles »

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Travelling to Iraq - let the waters rise - Mail & Guardian Online Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:22:48 GMT

Travelling to Iraq - let the waters rise Mail & Guardian Online In what is southern Iraq today, the first city-states sprang up as complex societies; we see the first craft specialists, taxation to fund public works and pay civil servants, the emergence of counting, writing, credit and debt. Interest was introduced ... and more »