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Shiite Shrine Double Bombing Kills Scores In Baghdad

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Two female suicide bombers hiding explosives in their purses struck worshippers streaming into Baghdad's most important Shiite shrine ...

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Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Suspected Leader Of Al Qaeda In Iraq, Arrested Amidst Wave Of Violence

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Suicide bomb blasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian p...

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Refugee Chess

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

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Freddy Deknatel

In Baghdad, their eldest daughter had two cars. Six years later, the Iraqi couple moves their mattresses out of the bedroom each night to sleep on the living room floor.

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Iraq Sues To Shut Down Newspaper, TV Station In Baghdad

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's Shiite-led government criticized foreign and Iraqi media Monday for reports about recent arrests of U.S.-backed Sunni paramilit...

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CNN Reporter Turned Princess Starts Jordanian J-School

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Princess Rym's advice to young journalists today is: "Be persistent. Don't take no for an answer. Remember why you're doing this. It's not about you, it's about the story."

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In Baghdad, Spiffy New Car Sales Way Up

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Business, not bombs, is booming at Baghdad car dealerships, as well-heeled Iraqis are indulging in a passion long out of reach _ spiff...

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Bomb Explodes Near Baghdad Shrine, Kills 7

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A bomb left in a plastic bag exploded Wednesday near Baghdad's most important Shiite shrine, killing seven people and wounding 23, pol...

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Obama In Iraq Viewed As A Welcome Change

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — The last time an American president showed up in Iraq he was greeted with boos and shoes. That, as they say, was then....

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Obama Went to Iraq and Visited... the Airport. Was it the Sandstorms or the Rising Shitstorm?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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Jeremy Scahill

it is hard not to wonder about the "coincidence" of Obama's visit being confined to the airport and coming in the midst of a rising tide in violence in Iraq over the past several days.

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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 9 Day After Deadly Wave Of Attacks

AP | KATARINA KRATOVAC | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A salesman rescued a baby from a blaze ignited by a car bombing in a Shiite neighborhood Tuesday, reaching through the shattered windo...

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Series of bombings in Baghdad Shiite areas kill 34

AP | HAMID AHMED | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Anger boiled over in Baghdad streets at Iraqi soldiers and police after they failed to prevent a stunning series of coordinated bombin...

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As U.S. Prepares To Exit Iraq, Insurgents Prepare More Attacks

Nytimes.com | By ALISSA J. RUBIN | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD -- As the American military prepares to withdraw from Iraqi cities, Iraqi and American security officials say that jihadi and Baath militants ...

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Iraq: Car Bomb Kills 20 At Crowded Market In Baghdad

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded Thursday along a bustling commercial street in a mostly Shiite area of north Baghdad, killing at least 20 people i...

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Anniversary in Damascus

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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Freddy Deknatel

Khalid and Hussein are friends from Baghdad, though Hussein in his forties is a bit older. He is Shi'i; Khalid is Sunni. None of this matters to them.

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Art Galleries Reopening In Baghdad As Violence Ebbs

The Daily Star | Khalil Jalil | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD: Six years after the US-led invasion, art galleries are reopening in Baghdad in what is hoped are tentative signs of a renaissance in the Arab...

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US Shoots Down Iranian Drone Over Iraq

Wired | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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An American fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone as it was flying over Iraq, U.S. military sources in Baghdad tell Danger Room....

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Suicide Attack On Iraq Tribal Leaders Kills More Than 30

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber struck Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in a Baghdad suburb T...

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Sundance Channel Launches Site For 6 Years Of Occupation In Iraq

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

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The Sundance Channel launched a new website today to make note of the anniversary of Iraq's six-year occupation. The site has webisodes of documentar...

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How Obama Can Further U.S.-Iran Relations

Eric Margolis | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

President Barack Obama, who says he wants to open serious talks with Iran and establish better relations will have his work cut out for him. His first step is to read Iran's modern history.

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Mohammed al Dayni, Sunni Lawmaker, Wanted In Green Zone Cafeteria Attack

McClatchy Newspapers | Trenton Daniel | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

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A Sunni Arab lawmaker is wanted in connection for a string of retaliation attacks and mortar strikes on the fortress-like Green Zone compound after a ...

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Iraq: US Soldier Convicted Of 2007 Murder

BBC | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

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A US soldier has been convicted of murder for his involvement in the killing of four Iraqis who were shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal in 2007. Sgt ...

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Baghdad Real Estate Booms With Return Of Refugees

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn in Arbil, northern Iraq | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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As the price of housing collapses in the rest of the world, it is soaring in Baghdad. "Property is the fastest way to make money here," says Mohammed ...

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Car Bombs Kill 16 At Baghdad Bus Station

BBC | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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At least 16 people have been killed in two simultaneous explosions at a bus terminal in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police and medical sources have sai...

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Leukemia: A Soldiers Souvenir From the Burn Pits of Iraq

R. B. Stuart | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

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R. B. Stuart

Although SSG. Steven Ochs seemed impenetrable, he could not sidestep the invisible weapon that would course through his bloodstream five months after his third tour ended.

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Obama and the Perils of Gaza

Sandy Tolan | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

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Sandy Tolan

Obama promised in his too-brief comments on Gaza that "after January 20th, I'll have plenty to say." Here's hoping he does, and that by the time he opens his mouth, it won't be too late.

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