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Top Texas Health Official Resigns Amid Questions About Iraq Connection - Houston Press Fri, 12 May 2017 17:22:00 GMT

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Top Texas Health Official Resigns Amid Questions About Iraq Connection
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Stuart Bowen, who was tasked with overseeing $40 billion in health and welfare spending in Texas, was appointed to the post by Governor Abbott in 2015 after he had been the U.S. inspector general for the reconstruction of Iraq. Texas Monthly started ...

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Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries are squeezing ISIS toward the border with Syria - Business Insider Fri, 12 May 2017 13:15:54 GMT

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Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries are squeezing ISIS toward the border with Syria
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ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries launched an offensive on Friday to drive Islamic State from a desert region near the border with Syria as security forces fought the militants in the city of Mosul. Spokesman Karim al-Nouri said the ...
Iraq: UN refugee camp opens twelfth camp as displacement escalates in West MosulUN News Centre
PHOTOS: At least 625 people from Mosul, Iraq have become amputeesThe Denver Post
War in Iraq: Islamic State Collapses As Military Kills ISIS Commander in West MosulNewsweek
Heritage.org -The Independent -Rudaw
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Will Trump Agree to the Pentagon's Permanent War in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria? - Common Dreams Fri, 12 May 2017 14:32:56 GMT

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Will Trump Agree to the Pentagon's Permanent War in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria?
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In fact, at the beginning of the negotiations with Iraq on the US military presence in 2008, the US sought access to bases in Iraq without any time limit. But the al-Maliki government rebuffed that demand and the US was forced to agree to withdraw all ...
NATO rules out combat operations in Syria, Iraq: StoltenbergAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
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Top Texas official out over 'unacceptable' Iraq consulting - Oroville Mercury Register Fri, 12 May 2017 07:27:25 GMT

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Top Texas official out over 'unacceptable' Iraq consulting
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Documents show that Bowen was introduced to Trump administration officials in recent months as a senior adviser to a Washington law firm representing the Iraq government. He previously was special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction under ...
Texas health agency's waste watchdog also was working for IraqmySanAntonio.com
Abbott Appointee Had Role in Trump Removing Iraq from Travel BanTexas Monthly (blog)
HHSC inspector general forced to resign over work for Iraq lobbyistMyStatesman.com
Houston Chronicle -Chron.com
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Kurdish parties in Iraq plan referendum on independence - The Militant Sat, 13 May 2017 00:49:16 GMT

Kurdish parties in Iraq plan referendum on independence
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The recent decision by the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the two main political parties in Kurdistan, to hold a referendum on independence before the end of 2017 throughout the northern Iraq territory governed by the ...

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'The Wall' Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Delivers Tour De Force Performance In Tight Iraq War Thriller - Deadline Fri, 12 May 2017 23:08:01 GMT

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'The Wall' Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Delivers Tour De Force Performance In Tight Iraq War Thriller
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Largely alone onscreen for most of the 81-minute running time of the tight new psychological thriller The Wall, Aaron Taylor-Johnson dominates this engrossing and challenging work that grown-up audiences just might want to choose over King Arthur: ...
Fear and Courage in Iraq, Mostly FearAmerican Spectator
'The Wall' Is Not A Typical Iraq War Movie, And Not Just Because It Stars WWE's John CenaUPROXX
Iraq war drama 'The Wall' often battles with itselfThe Boston Globe
LA Daily News -The Globe and Mail -The News Tribune
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'We went to Iraq to overthrow Saddam, not bring democracy' – ex-State Secretary Condoleezza Rice - RT Fri, 12 May 2017 12:48:00 GMT

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'We went to Iraq to overthrow Saddam, not bring democracy' – ex-State Secretary Condoleezza Rice
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“We went to Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein, who we thought was reconstituting weapons of mass destruction, and who we knew had been a threat in the region. It was a security problem.” Bringing democracy to Afghanistan by removing the radical ...
Well Duh! 14 Years Later, Condoleezza Rice Reveals Real Reason for Iraq InvasionSputnik International

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James Mattis announces US will 'accelerate the fight' against ISIS in ... - SOFREP (press release) (subscription) Thu, 11 May 2017 12:13:27 GMT

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James Mattis announces US will 'accelerate the fight' against ISIS in ...
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In a joint press conference conducted with Denmark's Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen, American Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced that ...
The US military's special ops has slowly fallen back to its roots - and it's paying off in Iraq and SyriaBusiness Insider
Defense Secretary Mattis to hold 'major' ISIS press conference next week: TrumpWashington Examiner

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Canada forces missed targets in Iraq 17 times, no reasons or timeline given – report - RT Fri, 12 May 2017 21:54:55 GMT

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Canada forces missed targets in Iraq 17 times, no reasons or timeline given – report
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That mission took place when Iraqi security forces were fighting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters outside Kirkuk, Iraq in November 2015. All in all, 17 bombs out of the 606 dropped went off course during the 16-month Canadian air ...

Iraq, Algeria Support Extension of Oil Production Cuts - U.S. News & World Report Thu, 11 May 2017 08:36:15 GMT

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Iraq, Algeria Support Extension of Oil Production Cuts
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30, 2016 file photo, Iraq's Minister of Oil Jabar Ali al-Luaibi speaks to journalists prior to the start of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Iraq and Algeria said ...

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