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Neither can constructing a wall divide the citizens of a country nor can it bring peace to the region. The Americans however has oversimplified the idiom that out of sight is out of mind and have thought that the only solution that lay in bringing...
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President Barack Obama claimed that America will not be retaining any permanent bases in Iraq. This was meant to be a sign to Iraqis and the broader Arab world that the...
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Lurid artificial flowers and tinsel decorated the police cars and balloons and streamers adorned the concrete security checkpoints of South Baghdad yesterday as...
made popular Jun 30 2009
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Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
made popular May 4 2009
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The Iraqi government says the June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from urban areas in Iraq is “non-extendable.”
made popular May 4 2009
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Iraqi and U.S. forces have arrested three leading members of a Sunni militia on suspicion of carrying out attacks _ including downing an American military helicopter _...
made popular May 3 2009
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An Iraqi soldier opened fire on a U.S. military team Saturday, killing two American soldiers and wounding three, the U.S. military said, in an attack that could sharpen...
made popular May 3 2009
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The U.S. military says two American soldiers were killed when an attacker wearing an Iraqi army uniform opened fire near the northern city of Mosul.
made popular May 2 2009
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U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police had just sat down for lunch inside a police building in Mosul. Flak vests and other protective gear were removed.
made popular May 2 2009
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A would-be suicide bomber captured on the doorstep of a mosque in northern Iraq is a Syrian linked to al-Qaida in Iraq, police said Saturday.
made popular May 2 2009
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Iraqi police say a roadside bomb has killed at least three people near the northern city of Kirkuk.
made popular May 2 2009
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The U.S. death toll for April rose to 18, the military said Friday, making it the deadliest in seven months for American forces in Iraq. The sharp increase from the...
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The U.S. death toll for April rose to 18, the military said Friday, making it the deadliest in seven months for American forces in Iraq. The sharp increase from the...
made popular May 1 2009
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The anger in Baghdad’s main Shiite district was raw and restless after twin car bombings took more than 50 lives earlier this week. But the true measure of the...
made popular May 1 2009
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Iraqi officials and tribal leaders have protested what they say was a U.S. raid that killed two brothers who were policemen in a mainly Sunni area north of Baghdad.
made popular May 1 2009
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The U.S. military says three American troops have been killed in fighting in Iraq.
made popular May 1 2009
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The Iraq war formally ended for British forces on Thursday as America’s main battlefield ally handed control of the oil-rich Basra area to U.S. commanders and...
made popular Apr 30 2009
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The Iraqi government decided Thursday to kill three wild boars at the Baghdad Zoo amid worldwide fears of swine flu, officials said.
made popular Apr 30 2009
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British forces handed over military control of the Basra area to U.S. commanders Thursday to clear the way for America’s main battlefield ally to exit Iraq after...
made popular Apr 30 2009
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The U.S. military says an American soldier has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a fellow soldier in northern Iraq.
made popular Apr 30 2009
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Iraqi police have raised the death toll in a twin car bombing in Baghdad’s main Shiite district to at least 41.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Iraqi police say two car bombs have killed at least 17 people in Baghdad’s Shiite district of Sadr City.
made popular Apr 29 2009
The Americans are now builing a wall around southern parts of Sadr city, the Shia dominated area of Baghdad. The idea is to prevent more Shia fighters of the Mahdi army...
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Iraqi troops are deployed in large numbers in the Baghdad district of Sadr City, where Shiite militiamen used to control the streets.Iraqi soldiers are on top of...
made popular Jul 18 2008
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Iraq appears on track to establishing sustainable security _ a key step toward withdrawing U.S. troops _ the top U.S. military officer said Monday after visiting the...
made popular Jul 7 2008
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A bomb struck a district council building Tuesday in Baghdad’s Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, killing at least 10 people, including four Americans _ two...
made popular Jun 24 2008
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At least 11 people were killed Wednesday when gunfire broke out after a roadside bombing in a Shiite militia stronghold in eastern Baghdad near Sadr City, scene of a...
made popular May 21 2008
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An Iraqi military spokesman says Iraqi troops have moved into Baghdad’s Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City to seize control.Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi says...
made popular May 20 2008
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An Iraqi military spokesman says Iraqi troops have moved into Baghdad’s Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City to seize control.Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi says...
made popular May 20 2008
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Iraqi hospital officials say clashes in Sadr City have killed 11 men and wounded 19 others.The clashes come even though Iraq’s main Shiite political bloc and...
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Iraqi hospital officials say clashes in Sadr City have killed 11 men and wounded 19 others.The clashes come even though Iraq’s main Shiite political bloc and...
made popular May 13 2008
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A senior Shiite lawmaker says a Sadr City cease-fire has been signed in an effort to stop fighting.The deal was officially signed Monday between five representatives of...
made popular May 12 2008
A cease-fire deal to end seven weeks of fighting in Sadr City could provide the clearest test yet of just how much sway the anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr...
made popular May 12 2008
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Shiite militants agreed on a ceasefire in Baghdad’s embattled neighborhood of Sadr City, an aide to a high level cleric said Saturday, holding out hope that weeks...
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An aide to a radical Shiite cleric says extremists have agreed to a cease-fire in Sadr City.Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, an aide to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, says...
made popular May 10 2008
The U.S. military has tied itself into a verbal knot as it tries to avoid further inflaming tensions with Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr while confronting members of his...
made popular May 8 2008
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Local residents say Iraqi soldiers are warning people to leave their homes in Sadr City for security reasons.They say the warning is the first time residents are being...
made popular May 8 2008
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Entire sections of Baghdad’s embattled Sadr City district have been left nearly abandoned by civilians fleeing a U.S.-led showdown with Shiite militias and...
made popular May 7 2008
Location: Al-Sadr hospital, Sadr City, Baghdad.
Date: Sat May 3, 2008.
Time: Approximately 10 am local time (0700 GMT).
A US rocket attack blasts its way down and...
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U.S. soldiers killed eight suspected Shiite militants in Baghdad, the military said Saturday, as clashes continued in the embattled Sadr City slum and surrounding...
made popular May 3 2008
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