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3 hrs ago | Trend

5 Iran pilgrims dead in Iraq bomb attack

At least five Iranian pilgrims have been killed and 20 others injured after a car bomb hit their bus in north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Press TV reported.

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5 hrs ago | The Daily Star

Iraq forces strike Sunni militants near Syria

A fireman runs behind the burning carcass of a car following two car bombs explosions in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in the western Anbar province on April 19, 2012.

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Related Topix: World News, US Military, US Air Force

9 hrs ago | The Common Ills

Iraq: Journalists arrested for covering protests

Fridays in Iraq. Since December 21st , that's meant ongoing protests. Though there's been little interest in covering it on the part of US and other western outlets, Iraqi journalists continue to try to cover the protests.

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13 hrs ago | Tri-cityherald.com

Despite word of split over al Qaida, Nusra Front still key in Syria fighting

Nusra's leader, who uses the nom de guerre Abu Mohamed al Jawlani, formally announced the group's allegiance to al Qaida in an audio recording last month, shortly after Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaida's affiliate in Iraq, announced that Nusra and his group had joined to become the Islamic State of Iraq and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Terrorism,

Fri May 24, 2013

Voice of America

Biden Phones Iraqi PM, Concerned About Sectarian Violence

Iraqi Muslim worshippers shake hands during a joint Sunni-Shi'ite Friday prayer at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad, May 24, 2013.

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Tehran Times

Maliki orders changes in Iraqi security structure

An Iraqi government spokesman says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered changes in senior ranks of the military in the wake of bloody attacks that have killed hundreds of people in the past few days.

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The Guardian

UK ordered to hold inquests into civilian deaths during Iraq war

High court rules that up to 161 allegedly unlawful killings by British military should be subject of coroner-style hearings Baha Mousa pictured with his wife and children.

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Weekday Magazine

Iraqi Volunteers Join Both Sides Of War In Syria

A poster on the home in Basra, Iraq, of Dhia Mutashar Gatie al-Issawi, an Iraqi who was fighting on behalf of the Syrian government before he was killed in Damascus.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Syria, Religion, Islam

KVOR-AM Colorado Springs

Southern Iraqi City Invaded by Snakes, 60 Dead

The residents of a southern Iraqi city have to worry about more than a war and deadly militants.

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Daily Mail

Woolwich attack: Schoolboy who became Islamic fanatic was best friend of war hero killed in Iraq

The man suspected of hacking a soldier to death on a London street was best friends at school with a war hero who died in Iraq.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Newsday

Iraq's reminder of the worst of times

A man weeps over his daughter's coffin in the city of Najaf, after a wave of bombings swept the country In the chaos, we visited Meshtal, a predominantly Shia area, like most of those in the city that have been targeted.

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Xinhuanet

11 killed, 26 wounded in attacks in Iraq

A total of 11 people were killed and 26 others wounded in separate attacks in Iraq on Thursday, the police said.

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Brandon Sun

WWII historian Rick Atkinson, a Pulitzer winner, writing about American Revolution

This April 6, 2003 file photo shows Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and reporter Rick Atkinson in Karbala, Iraq.

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The Gazette

Mourners praise Emir for serving four tours in Iraq, protecting president

Mitra Singh with Emir, a retired military working dog, shortly after she adopted him in January 2012.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Kirtland Air Force Base, George Bush, W., World News, Colorado Springs, CO

WOI-TV West Des Moines

Gunmen kill 7 Iraqi soldiers in central Iraq

However Anthony Weiner does when the polls close, he's certain to add drama to the most competitive New York City mayor's race in more than a decade.

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AlertNet

Gunmen kill 7 Iraqi soldiers in worsening conflict

Seven Iraqi soldiers were killed in clashes with gunmen on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, as fears mount that Iraq might slide back into bloody sectarian strife.

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Official Wire News

Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi soldiers north of Baghdad

Two police officers say four others were wounded in the Thursday morning attack in the town of Taji.

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The Peninsula

BP to invest $2.85bn in Iraq's Rumaila oilfield

BASRA,Iraq: Oil major BP has allocated $2.85 billion to develop Iraq's Rumaila oilfield in 2013, up from $2.2 billion last year, the head of the joint management committee for the field told Reuters today.

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Wed May 22, 2013

The Common Ills

69 dead as violence slams Iraq

Violence slams Iraq today. Al Jazeera notes , "Eight car bombs in mainly Shia districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed 20 people on Monday." National Iraqi News Agency reports a Mosul roadside bombing injured a police officer and civilian , 2 Basra car bombings claimed 13 lives and left fifty injured , a Samara car bombing claimed 13 lives ... (more)

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Lake Wales News

Wave of Iraq attacks kills 86

Iraqi security force members gather at the site of a car bomb attack in front of a crowded popular restaurant in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013.

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