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For Iraq's Christians, a Bittersweet First Christmas Home After Islamic State - U.S. News & World Report Sun, 24 Dec 2017 22:55:16 GMT

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For Iraq's Christians, a Bittersweet First Christmas Home After Islamic State
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Iraqi Christian children attend a mass at Church of Saint George in Teleskof, Iraq December 24, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal Reuters. By Raya Jalabi. TELESKOF, Iraq (Reuters) - Inside the newly renovated Church of Saint George in the Northern Iraqi town of ...

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Judge Sides With ACLU, Ruling American Detainee In Iraq Has Right To Lawyer - NPR Sun, 24 Dec 2017 15:59:00 GMT

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Judge Sides With ACLU, Ruling American Detainee In Iraq Has Right To Lawyer
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On Saturday a federal judge ruled an American detainee, held for three months in Iraq by the U.S. military without charge, has the right to counsel. In this 2008 photo, detainees are seen through the door of their cell at the U.S. detention facility at ...
American ISIS Suspect Held in Iraq Has Right to Lawyer, Judge RulesNew York Times
Pentagon must give access to American detained in IraqAOL
Judge Rules US Must Allow ACLU Access To American Held In IraqHuffPost
The Jerusalem Post -The Hill -UPI.com
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Salvaging childhood after ISIS in Iraq - New York Post Mon, 25 Dec 2017 02:19:00 GMT

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Salvaging childhood after ISIS in Iraq
New York Post
Call him the marbles wizard of Karmles. And in addition to excelling at one of the world's oldest games, Noeh illustrates the precarious existence of Christians in the Mideast. The 13-year-old boy who grew up in that majority Chaldean Christian town in ...

Iraq Christmas service takes place in Mosul after IS defeat - BBC News Sun, 24 Dec 2017 15:35:00 GMT

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Iraq Christmas service takes place in Mosul after IS defeat
BBC News
The patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, Louis Raphael Sako, requested that followers pray for "peace and stability in Mosul, Iraq and the world". Farqad Malko a Christian who returned to the city after the defeat of IS, said the service was ...
Iraq's Mosul fetes first Christmas since Islamic State forces fellThe Japan Times
After ISIS, Christmas returns to Northern IraqThe Jerusalem Post

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Italy PM plans to shift military forces from Iraq to Niger - Reuters - Reuters Sun, 24 Dec 2017 15:03:19 GMT

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Italy PM plans to shift military forces from Iraq to Niger - Reuters
Reuters
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Sunday he would propose to parliament transferring some of the country's troops stationed in Iraq to Niger to fight people smuggling and terrorism.

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Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, solicits interested parties - The Japan Times Sun, 24 Dec 2017 22:13:20 GMT

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Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, solicits interested parties
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The Kurds, who had taken control of Kirkuk and other disputed areas when IS swept into Iraq three years ago, exported oil through their own pipeline to Turkey. The fields around Kirkuk currently produce around 140,000 barrels a day, all of which goes ...
Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline | Fox NewsFox News
Iraq Invites Energy Companies For Building New Oil PipelineRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Iraq reaches initial deal with China's Zhenhua to develop East Baghdad oilfieldReuters
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US Military Ordered to Let American Held in Iraq See a Lawyer - Wall Street Journal Sun, 24 Dec 2017 08:38:02 GMT

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US Military Ordered to Let American Held in Iraq See a Lawyer
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—A federal judge ruled the military must provide immediate access to legal counsel for a U.S. citizen being held as an enemy combatant at a secret location in Iraq. The unnamed U.S. citizen was captured in September by Syrian opposition ...
Some of Iraq's fighters look to next target: the US militaryRudaw

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Local man helps bring his ex-Iraq military interpreter & kin safely to US - Times Herald-Record Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:24:40 GMT

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Local man helps bring his ex-Iraq military interpreter & kin safely to US
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WASHINGTONVILLE – The Iraqi man risked his life to help American soldiers in the wake of the 2003 U.S. invasion, and for years afterward he and his family lived in fear. There were the death threats, and the day when someone spray-painted “traitor” on ...

Is the US covering up civilian deaths in Iraq? | USA | Al Jazeera - Aljazeera.com Sat, 23 Dec 2017 11:19:00 GMT

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Is the US covering up civilian deaths in Iraq? | USA | Al Jazeera
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We ask journalist Azmat Khan and Professor John Tirman about the lack of transparency in the so-called precision war.

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4 paramilitary fighters killed in IS attack in central Iraq - Xinhua Sun, 24 Dec 2017 08:26:15 GMT

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4 paramilitary fighters killed in IS attack in central Iraq
Xinhua
TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Four paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed and six others injured Sunday in an overnight attack by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, provincial security source said. The attack ...

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