Iraq Sunnis

Growing Shiite-Sunni Divide In Post-U.S. Iraq

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 04.03.2012

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BAGHDAD -- Now that U.S. forces are gone, Iraq's ruling Shiites are moving quickly to keep the two Muslim sects separate – and unequal. Sunnis ...

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Iraq's Sunni Cabinet Members Suspended

AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 03.18.2012

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's Shiite-dominated Cabinet suspended boycotting Sunni-backed ministers Tuesday, an official said, deepening a sectarian conflict ...

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String Of Bombings Brings Death Toll In Iraq To 150 In 2012

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 03.17.2012

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BAGHDAD — Car bombs ripped through two Iraqi cities on Monday, killing at least 11 people, Iraq officials said, in the latest attacks targeting ...

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Iraqi Government Demands VP Face Terrorism Charges

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 03.09.2012

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's Shiite-led government on Sunday demanded that authorities in the semiautonomous Kurdish region hand over the country's top Sunn...

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Iraq War: Not Over and Danger Ahead

James Zogby | Posted 02.23.2012

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James Zogby

America leaves an Iraq that is deeply divided. After decades of ruthless rule, Iraqis endured an invasion and occupation, suffered from terror and ethnic cleansing, and while the trappings of a democracy have been set-up, it remains in a gestational state.

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As U.S. Departure Nears, Sunni Worries In Iraq's Tikrit Grow

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 02.12.2012

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TIKRIT, Iraq — In the hometown of the late Saddam Hussein, arrests have become so commonplace that whenever a police car shows up, young men fle...

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Preparing for a Sunni Arab Spring in Baghdad

Sami Moubayed | Posted 01.16.2012

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Sami Moubayed

The uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and now Syria have undoubtedly awakened a Sunni appetite for change in Iraq.

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Iraq Detains 615 In Massive Anti-Baathist Sweep

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 12.29.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that 615 people have been detained in a security sweep targeting members of the former ruling Baat...

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Iraqi Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr: "Resist The US By All Means Necessary"

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAJAF, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr lambasted the American "enemy" in Iraq during his first speech in the country since returning from exile, fiery rh...

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Iraq: Deadly Reminders of Unfinished Business

Peter Bouckaert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Bouckaert

The failure of Iraqi's high-paid politicians to live up to their responsibilities to their people and work toward resolving the core issues facing the country -- or to show up for work at all -- is putting Iraq once again in mortal danger.

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Secret Baghdad Prison Revealed

latimes.com | Ned Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hundreds of Sunni men disappeared for months into a secret Baghdad prison under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's military office, whe...

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Iraq Election Results: Nouri Al-Maliki Battling Secular Challenger

AP | BEN HUBBARD AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — First results from Iraq's parliamentary election showed the prime minister and his secular rival locked in an extremely tight contest ...

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Iraq Police Say 8 Killed In Wahda, Village South Of Baghdad

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Eight members of one Shiite family were killed south of Baghdad on Monday in the worst incident of a bloody day across Iraq that left ...

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Shiites In Iraq Show Restraint Despite Repeated Sunni Attacks

nytimes.com | ROD NORDLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD Shiite clerics and politicians have been successfully urging their followers not to retaliate against a fierce campaign of sectarian bombings,...

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Arrests Of Former Insurgents Who Switched Sides Inflaming Tensions In Iraq

New York Times | ALISSA J. RUBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Members of the Sunni Awakening Councils, the former insurgents who switched sides to help bring calm to Iraq, are increasingly being besieged from all...

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Iraqi PM Calls For Reconciliation With Saddam Supporters

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — In an overture to Sunnis, Iraq's prime minister called on Iraqis on Friday to reconcile with former supporters of Saddam Hussein's Sun...

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Sunni Tribal Leader In Iraq Says He Can Prove Election Fraud

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A senior Sunni tribal leader claimed Wednesday to have hundreds of documents proving fraud in weekend elections in Anbar province, esc...

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Iraqi Sunnis End Boycott And Rejoin Government

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political bloc returned to the government fold Saturday after calling off a nearly one-year boycott of the S...

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