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Iraq: Stop Killings for Homosexual Conduct

Human Rights Watch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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The killings -- committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim -- violate standards in Sharia law for legality, proof, and privacy.

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Iraq: Bombs Kill Scores Ahead Of US Troop Withdrawal

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — The bombing of a Baghdad bus station Thursday pushed the death toll from a weeklong series of blasts near Shiite targets to about 200,...

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US-Funded Effort To Win Over Sadr City Residents

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Hundreds of women in black abayas crowd outdoor food markets, snapping up groceries and fresh vegetables. Stores are open again. Child...

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Thousands Of Iraqi Troops Flood Into Sadr City

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and LEE KEATH | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Some 10,000 Iraqi troops fanned out in Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday, taking positions on main roads, rooftops and near hospitals in ...

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Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the coun...

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Iraqi Military Orders Sadr City Residents To Evacuate

McClatchy | Leila Fadel | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

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Iraqi security forces, after more than of 40 days of intense fighting, on Thursday told residents to evacuate their homes in the northeast Shiite slum...

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Airstrike kills 4 in Basra, 2 die in Sadr City clashes

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Clashes with Shiite militiamen flared in two cities Wednesday as a U.S. drone fired two missiles in Basra and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops...

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US GIs in Iraq Suffer Worst Week of '08

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clash...

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Fighting Erupts In Baghdad After Week Of Relative Calm

Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home

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Twenty-two people were killed and 55 wounded in clashes in Baghdad, police said on Sunday, the worst eruption of violence in the capital since Shi'ite...

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Poll: Civilian Toll In Iraq Could Top 1 Million

Los Angeles Times | Tina Susman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A car bomb blew up in the capital's Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least four people, as a new survey suggested that ...

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