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Clashes around oil-rich Kirkuk raise specter of a new civil war in Iraq - Los Angeles Times Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:40:00 GMT

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Clashes around oil-rich Kirkuk raise specter of a new civil war in Iraq
Los Angeles Times
State television reported that the advancing troops β€” which include members of Iraq's army, counter-terrorism commandos and federal police β€” took over large parts of the surrounding province without a fight. But residents said they heard exchanges of ...
Iraqi forces retake the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in escalating dispute with KurdsWashington Post
Iraqi Troops Enter Kirkuk, Seeking To Take Oil-Rich Area Back From KurdsNPR
Oil prices rise toward six-month high as new Iraq conflict threatens outputCNBC
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Confrontation Over Kirkuk In Iraq Reignited After Kurdish Independence Vote - NPR Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:43:00 GMT

Confrontation Over Kirkuk In Iraq Reignited After Kurdish Independence Vote
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Heard on All Things Considered. Iraqi troops have wrested control of Kirkuk from the Kurds, who have held it for the last three years. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with New York Times reporter David Zucchino about the situation on the ground in Iraq ...

South Korea And Iraq Share A Conundrum: Survival - In Homeland Security (blog) Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:43:03 GMT

South Korea And Iraq Share A Conundrum: Survival
In Homeland Security (blog)
At times, nation-states can find themselves faced with impossible choices. Two nations, Iraq and South Korea, face immediate and similar challenges that they simply cannot handle on their own. In Iraq, sectarian issues have become a constant challenge.

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Mission Still Not Accomplished in Iraq - Foreign Affairs Tue, 17 Oct 2017 02:25:25 GMT

Mission Still Not Accomplished in Iraq
Foreign Affairs
For nine grueling months, Iraq's Counter Terrorism Service, an elite group of U.S.- trained forces, suffered heavy losses as they fought street by street to uproot ISIS fighters, who used the local population as human shields. Thousands of civilians ...

Donald Trump risks repeating the errors made in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq - The Independent (blog) Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:31:46 GMT

The Independent (blog)
Donald Trump risks repeating the errors made in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq
The Independent (blog)
Hans Blix remembers the fateful run-up to the Iraq invasion well, a time of ratcheting tension and desperate diplomacy to try and avert a conflict, and also a time of secrets and lies when America and Britain conjured up the tale of Saddam Hussein's ...

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Security contractor settles claims it bilked US in Iraq - The Charlottesville Newsplex Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:53:59 GMT

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Security contractor settles claims it bilked US in Iraq
The Charlottesville Newsplex
RESTON, Va. (AP) -- An American contractor has agreed to pay $2.6 million after it was accused of employing unqualified security guards in Iraq. Federal law enforcement officials said in a statement Monday that the settlement was reached with Triple ...
Reston-Based Government Contractor Reaches Settlement in Iraq Security Guard CaseReston Now

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Vet traded Buffalo winters for heat of Iraq and mortars, RPGs - Buffalo News Sun, 15 Oct 2017 16:09:16 GMT

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Vet traded Buffalo winters for heat of Iraq and mortars, RPGs
Buffalo News
After graduating from Hutchinson Central Technical High School, Chanthini Taylor-Dixon wanted to escape the cold Buffalo winters. College in Florida sounded like a great idea. But by her junior year at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in ...

The Brief: Austria votes, Raqqa, Iraq tension, Rohingya - Aljazeera.com Sun, 15 Oct 2017 06:06:52 GMT

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The Brief: Austria votes, Raqqa, Iraq tension, Rohingya
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Austria votes today and the far right is expected to gain popularity. Find out everything you need to know here. We will be bringing you all the latest. In the Middle East, ISIL is being pushed from its former de facto capital in Syria, Raqqa. What's ...

How Sci-Fi Writers Imagine Iraq's Future - The Atlantic Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:00:20 GMT

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How Sci-Fi Writers Imagine Iraq's Future
The Atlantic
Edited by the writer, filmmaker, and Iraqi expatriate Hassan Blasim, Iraq + 100 bills itself as β€œthe first anthology of science fiction to have emerged from Iraq.” It comprises 10 short stories written by Iraqis, all of whom were guided by a simple yet ...

Iraq: People Displaced by Hawijah Offensive Still Vulnerable in Kirkuk - Doctors Without Borders (blog) Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:29:16 GMT

Doctors Without Borders (blog)
Iraq: People Displaced by Hawijah Offensive Still Vulnerable in Kirkuk
Doctors Without Borders (blog)
MSF mobile teams have been taking care of displaced people in areas around Hawijah since 2016, including here in Tuz Kurmato, in neighboring Salah al-Din governorate. October 16, 2017. The Hawijah military offensive launched by Iraqi forces to oust the ...

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