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Commanders of the Multi-National Force-Iraq, as the American-led coalition is formally called, have a looming nomenclature problem.
Two days from now, there will no longer be any other nations with troops in Iraq — no “multi” in the...
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Doctors in Iraq’s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may...
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That would be the country that spent a trillion dollars — on the invasion and occupation, but also on training and equipping Iraqi security forces, and on ambitious...
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There seems, as with many problems in Iraq, no good answer for Camp Ashraf, as tensions here rise and American soldiers get closer to leaving: what to do with the few...
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Behind-the-scenes U.S. pressure has finally forced Iraq’s leaders to accept a political compromise, with Sunday’s vote in the Iraqi parliament to adopt an...
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Iraq’s parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis...
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Iraq’s Green Zone has been an Oasis for Western officials in the city since the advent of the war. Secured behind myriad checkpoints and high concrete walls, the...
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It is not known who is responsible for such attacks, as no one is claiming responsibility for them; which doesn’t really make sense as terrorist organizations...
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A new wave of attacks has been wavering around Iraqi cities these days. Massive bombings were reported during the last couple of weeks causing deaths, casualties and...
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Violence in Iraq has been reduced, as Western generals and politicians are keen to point out, but it has not gone away. If anything, it has become more deeply...
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Nearly half of all Iraqis who died in October perished in a single coordinated attack against government offices in Baghdad, a tally by The Associated Press showed...
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A new poll conducted by the Pew Research Center revels an alarming belligerency in the American public. Apparently, several years of agonizing war in Iraq (and...
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Iraqi politicians have been turning up their rhetoric over Kirkuk, the oil-rich city that both Kurds in the north and Arabs in the south want to control.
The dispute...
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Iraq has called for more support from the international community to help it combat insurgent suicide bombings.
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Sunday’s...
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Many people around the world have been cursed with cringe-inducing names (as this BBC story proves). Some, however, are more unfortunate than others.
On last...
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132 Iraqis are dead, more than 500 are injured… Suicide bombers on Sunday caused this huge number of deaths and casualties.
Why and who would do something like this?...
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Suicide bombers driving two large vehicle bombs again penetrated the heart of Baghdad today, killing 147 people and wounding more than 700, less than three months...
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After fleeing their bloodied homeland, where violence and increasing conservatism confine their compatriots’ lives, some Iraqis in exile are taking the...
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President Obama’s pledge to withdraw US troops from Iraq and end combat operations there by September 2010 is under threat because of increased levels of violence and...
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Around 8 months after banning smoking in public places in Jordan, Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad issues a decree banning smoking in public places and public...
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Iraq says 85,694 people have lost their lives in the country’s violence from 2004-2008, in the first official report by the government on the Iraqi death toll...
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The U.S. military, which built itself for Iraq, is racing to remake itself for Afghanistan.
The effort is on full display at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a sprawling...
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Britain’s final military mission in Iraq is in disarray after a failure to seal an agreement with the Baghdad Government by the end of last month forced two British...
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Coalition of willing is gradually disappearing from Iraq. This time US’s biggest ally Britain bids Iraq adieu nearly after six years. The military campaign, which...
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American President Barak Obama paid Iraq a visit, to check up on his troops and talk to Iraqi leaders.
The visit was a surprise, as suspicions regarding what will be...
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You know how the Republicans in the Senate refused to spend $30 billion to bring the US auto industry back from the brink?
It turns out that they were perfectly happy...
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The Iraqi national cabinet, made up of 23 cabinet ministers, approved a Iraqi-U.S. Security Agreement or SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement). SOFA still needs to be...
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The situation in Iraq in terms of achieving victory there, in the strategic meaning, is something like the situation in Europe after the world war ΙΙ. What was done...
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The U.S. will not abandon Iraq according to President Bush. To me, it means that the U.S. will not abandon the Middle East. Abandoning Iraq means abandoning the new...
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The Bush administration is trying to impose on the Iraqi parliament a Iraq-U.S. Security Agreement that would facilitate the continuation of American troops in the...
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Follow the link to watch the toothless Impeachment Hearings by the House Judiciary Committee. These links, from Kucinich onward-shares all those that testified on the...
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Alaa Amir fled Iraq for Jordan a decade ago after years of being harassed for his liberal views by Saddam Hussein’s regime. Amir, a Sunni, lost his house to...
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