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The Moment A Retired Sergeant Who Served In Iraq Adopts The Dog He Served ... - Huffington Post Sat, 15 Mar 2014 15:27:44 GMT

The Moment A Retired Sergeant Who Served In Iraq Adopts The Dog He Served ... Huffington Post For four years in Iraq, Air Force Technical Sergeant David Simpson served alongside a German Shepherd named Robbie. When Simpson retired last year for medical reasons, the service dog was still working, and the two parted ways. "[It's] probably the ... and more »

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Car Bombs Kill 19 People in Iraq's Capital - ABC News Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:56:54 GMT

AFP

Car Bombs Kill 19 People in Iraq's Capital ABC News A series of car bomb attacks targeting commercial areas and a restaurant killed at least 19 people Saturday in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, authorities said. Police officials said a car bomb went off at night in a commercial street in al-Ameen district in ... Violent attacks kill 13 in IraqXinhua all 193 news articles »

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Trayvon Martin redux? New Mexico shooting death of a black Iraq war vet - Christian Science Monitor Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:02:00 GMT

Trayvon Martin redux? New Mexico shooting death of a black Iraq war vet Christian Science Monitor Ablbuquerque, N.M.. New Mexico State Police will investigate the shooting death of a black Iraq War veteran by his Albuquerque neighbor after complaints by civil rights groups, the agency announced Thursday. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories ... and more »

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Debate: Iraq will remain in Iran's sphere of influence - Asharq Alawsat English Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:24:03 GMT

Debate: Iraq will remain in Iran's sphere of influence Asharq Alawsat English Almost two years after the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, Iran is considered to be the most influential foreign force in the country. Given the current geopolitical, geo-economic and geostrategic ties between Iraq's central government and Tehran ... and more »

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Iraq Child Marriage Bill Would Allow Girls To Wed, Severely Limit Women's Rights - Huffington Post Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:25:18 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Iraq Child Marriage Bill Would Allow Girls To Wed, Severely Limit Women's Rights Huffington Post BAGHDAD (AP) — A contentious draft law being considered in Iraq could open the door to girls as young as nine getting married and would require wives to submit to sex on their husband's whim, provoking outrage from rights activists and many Iraqis who ... Iraq Marriage Bill Will Allow Girls To Marry…Hollywood Life Iraq tries to legalise child marriageSydney Morning Herald Iraq mulls law to let men marry 8-year-old girlsWashington Times all 82 news articles »

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In Iraq, Anbar Faces Extremists Stronger Than Those US Fought - NPR (blog) Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:40:41 GMT

NPR (blog)

In Iraq, Anbar Faces Extremists Stronger Than Those US Fought NPR (blog) The extremists now committing a wave of attacks in Iraq's Anbar province are better trained, funded and equipped than the al-Qaida-linked groups American soldiers battled there, says Brett McGurk, one of the State Department's top officials for Iraq. and more »

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Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 45 at Checkpoint in Southern Iraq - New York Times Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:07:02 GMT

Yahoo News

Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 45 at Checkpoint in Southern Iraq New York Times Many of the attacks have struck in and around Baghdad and in southern Iraq, but the government is also battling militants in Anbar Province, in the west, who have seized parts of Falluja and Ramadi. In an interview broadcast on Saturday, Prime Minister ... Suicide bomber kills 45 in Iraqi city of HillaReuters Suicide car bomb kills at least 22 in IraqYahoo News Suicide car bomb, attacks kill at least 42 in IraqSeacoastonline.com PakTribune.com -ABC Online -PanARMENIAN.Net all 572 news articles »

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Saudis hardened by wars in Syria, Iraq join al Qaeda in Yemen - Reuters Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:29:59 GMT

Saudis hardened by wars in Syria, Iraq join al Qaeda in Yemen Reuters SANAA (Reuters) - Dozens of Saudi Islamist militants have left the battlefields of Syria and Iraq for Yemen, where their experience appears to have contributed to a spate of lethal al Qaeda attacks, a senior Yemeni security official said. The influx ... and more »

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Con: It was senseless to invade Iraq, Afghanistan with factions opposed to ... - Janesville Gazette Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:23:28 GMT

Con: It was senseless to invade Iraq, Afghanistan with factions opposed to ... Janesville Gazette EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, “Were wars in Afghanistan and Iraq worth it?” COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Our withdrawals from Iraq, and now imminently from Afghanistan, are not the reason that we find ourselves dealing with governments in ... Con: Were wars in Afghanistan and Iraq worth it?The Salinas Californian all 5 news articles »

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Pro: Were wars in Afghanistan and Iraq worth waging? - The Salinas Californian Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:12:11 GMT

Pro: Were wars in Afghanistan and Iraq worth waging? The Salinas Californian The Obama administration's Afghan strategy is a virtual carbon copy of its withdrawal from Iraq. It assumes that once the imminent threat of the collapse of the regime has passed, it's OK to head for the exit. But absence of imminent failure is a poor ... Pro: US withdrawal plucks defeat from the jaws of victoryJanesville Gazette all 4 news articles »