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Racked by horror and heartache, there was no one to help him as he struggled to give his wife some vestige of dignity in death.
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A secret deal between Britain and the notorious al-Mahdi militia prevented British Forces from coming to the aid of their US and Iraqi allies for nearly a week during...
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A secret deal between Britain and a notorious Iraqi militia kept the British forces out of a bloody battle in the southern Iraqi city of Basra earlier this year,...
made popular Aug 5 2008
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Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq’s biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police said.Sheik Salim al-Dirraji was gunned...
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Men and women can openly study for the first time in years at Basra University, free from the threat of Shiite gunmen enforcing extreme Islamic views.To get to class,...
made popular Jun 24 2008
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A clothing store owner defiantly waves a cigarette in the air, saying he was not allowed to smoke when Shiite militias were in control. Then he quietly adds:...
made popular Jun 12 2008
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British Defense Minister Des Browne toured the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Thursday and praised the progress made by Iraqi forces in their crackdown against Shiite...
made popular May 23 2008
When the U.S.A led NATO forces invaded Iraq, they promised the Iraqis better life and more liberty than what they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein’s regime. However,...
made popular Apr 25 2008
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CD shops sell love songs again. Some women emerge from their homes without veils, and alcohol sellers are coming out of hiding in the southern city of Basra _ where...
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Warplanes struck militants firing rocket-propelled grenades at Iraqi soldiers in a Shiite militia stronghold of the southern city of Basra on Wednesday, killing four of...
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The British military says an airstrike in Basra has killed four gunmen armed with rocket propelled grenades.British spokesman Maj. Tom Holloway says the group was...
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Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is demanding the Iraqi government reinstate all security forces fired for deserting during fighting in Basra.Monday’s statement...
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The Iraqi military says a British journalist kidnapped two months ago in the southern city of Basra has been rescued.Basra security commander Lt. Gen. Mohan al-Fireji...
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An attack on a U.S. convoy sparked a large fire in an eastern Baghdad market Monday, as gunmen in Basra assassinated a police commander who was also a senior member of...
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The Iraqi government has dismissed about 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted or refused to fight during last month’s offensive against Shiite militias and...
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Iranian support for militias in Iraq has grown, top U.S. defense leaders said Friday, asserting that recent battles in Basra gave the Iraqis an eye-opening view of...
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Iranian support for militias in Iraq has grown, top U.S. defense leaders said Friday, asserting that recent battles in Basra gave the Iraqis an eye-opening view of...
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Airstrikes in Baghdad’s Sadr City district and in Basra have killed 12 suspected insurgents, U.S. and British military officials said Friday.An unmanned drone...
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Iraqi security forces say a large explosion demolished a building in the southern city of Basra. At least three militants were killed and four were wounded.British...
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A U.S. fighter jet destroyed a house in the Shiite southern city of Basra, killing two militants after American and Iraqi ground forces came under fire, the military...
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The U.S. military says an airstrike has destroyed a house in the southern city of Basra in Iraq and killed a militant.The confirmation of Wednesday’s airstrike...
made popular Apr 3 2008
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Three years after gunning down unarmed protesters in the city of Andijan, Uzbek authorities are still persecuting people they believe are linked to the unrest, an...
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Afghan lawmakers’ bodyguards fired indiscriminately into a crowd after a suicide bombing and children bore the brunt of the onslaught, according to an internal...
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Up to two-thirds of the 77 people killed and 100 wounded in a suicide bombing last week were hit by bullets from visiting lawmakers’ panicked bodyguards, who...
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Green Bay Packers General Manager Ted Thompson, right, answers questions during a press conference on the trade of Brett Favre to the New York Jets, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. as Head Coach Mike McCarthy looks on.
