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Iraq Shuts Down the Abu Ghraib Prison, Citing Security Concerns - New York Times Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:24:37 GMT

The Guardian

Iraq Shuts Down the Abu Ghraib Prison, Citing Security Concerns
New York Times
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government said Tuesday that it had closed the Abu Ghraib prison, the site of a notorious prisoner abuse scandal during the American occupation of Iraq, because of fears that it could be overrun by Sunni insurgents who have gained ...
Iraq closes Abu Ghraib prison amid security concernsThe Guardian
Iraq's Infamous Abu Ghraib Prison Temporarily ClosedNPR (blog)
Iraq: Abu Ghraib Prison Closure Not PermanentABC News

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28 killed in violence across Iraq - CNN Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:32:47 GMT

CNN

28 killed in violence across Iraq
CNN
(CNN) -- A car bomb went off in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, killing nine people, while 10 others were killed in clashes there, security officials said. The explosives-laden car targeted a joint security patrol of the Iraqi army ...
Iraq car bomb kills at least 16 peopleFox News
Deadly car bombings hit northern IraqAljazeera.com
Series of Bombings Kills More Than 20 Across IraqNew York Times
TIME -Voice of America
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The big test facing Iraq - Christian Science Monitor Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:38:24 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

The big test facing Iraq
Christian Science Monitor
Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq's foreign minister, looks out the cockpit window of a military helicopter at the thin blue waterway below – the site of one of the fiercest battles in modern history. The Russian-made chopper, part of Iraq's tiny Air Force, winds ...
Violence surges in Iraq's Anbar provinceAljazeera.com
Iraq: The Road to ChaosThe New York Review of Books (blog)
36 killed, 53 wounded in violent attacks across IraqXinhua
The Hindu -The Daily Star
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ELECTIONS IN IRAQ AND UNCERTAINTY - Daily Sabah Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:42:25 GMT

ELECTIONS IN IRAQ AND UNCERTAINTY
Daily Sabah
The ban on campaigning before the April 30 national elections in Iraq was lifted on April 1 and the campaign season started. However, the ongoing security problems and political instability prevents political parties from properly executing their ...


Schumer Takes Pitch for Parade for Iraq, Afghanistan Vets to SI - NY1 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:42:46 GMT

NY1

Schumer Takes Pitch for Parade for Iraq, Afghanistan Vets to SI
NY1
Sen. Charles Schumer took his push for a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to Staten Island Wednesday. NY1's Amanda Farinacci filed the following report. He's calling for a hero's welcome, New ...
The wars' toll on female Iraq and Afghanistan veteransWashington Post
Call for NYC Parade for Iraq and Afghanistan VetsMilitary.com
Councilmen push for parade for war veteransNew York Daily News
CBS Local -WGRZ-TV -LongIsland.com
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Iraq Shutters Abu Ghraib Prison - TIME Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:57:07 GMT

Iraq Shutters Abu Ghraib Prison
TIME
Iraq's government has closed the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, citing security concerns in the increasingly restive area of the country. Justice Minister Hassan al-Shimmari announced that its 2,400 inmates had been relocated to other jails in the ...


Iraq Kurds press states to recognise genocide - Aljazeera.com Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:48:40 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Iraq Kurds press states to recognise genocide
Aljazeera.com
Erbil, Iraq - Twenty-six years have passed since Saddam Hussein's campaign of mass killings against the Kurds in northern Iraq. Yet to date, no governments except for Iraq's have officially recognised the campaign as constituting a genocide. Saddam ...
Calls Grow Louder for Kurdish Independence from IraqRudaw
Kurdish president: totalitarian political culture fragmenting IraqAl-Monitor

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Ankara getting ready for worst case scenario in Iraq - Hurriyet Daily News Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:07:19 GMT

Ankara getting ready for worst case scenario in Iraq
Hurriyet Daily News
One would have hoped that time would have helped Iraq's young democracy to mature. Unfortunately, it seems the country is heading to general elections in a political landscape more fragmented than in the previous 2005 and 2010 elections and with a rise ...

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Bilbray Would Have Voted for Iraq War, but Considers Snowden a 'Hero' - Washington Free Beacon Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:23:04 GMT

Bilbray Would Have Voted for Iraq War, but Considers Snowden a 'Hero'
Washington Free Beacon
“We are sending more sons and daughters out and we can't even respect the ones that come before us,” she said at an anti-Iraq war event in 2007. She also said she believes Edward Snowden—who fled to China and Russia after leaking huge amounts of ...

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Bombings Kill at Least 16 People in Northern Iraq - ABC News Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:55:12 GMT

Washington Post

Bombings Kill at Least 16 People in Northern Iraq
ABC News
Bombings targeting security forces in northern Iraq killed at least 16 people Sunday, authorities said, as the country prepares for a crucial election later this month. In the deadliest attack, an explosives-laden parked car exploded as a joint Iraqi ...
Iraq's deputy prime minister survives assassination attempt, officials sayCNN
Iraq: Official disputes assassination allegationWashington Post
Iraqi deputy PM escapes assassination attemptAljazeera.com
Marine Corps Times
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