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The Sunni-Shia Conflict in Iraq

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 12.08.2009 | World

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Nathan Gonzalez

Tuesday's deadly coordinated bomb attacks against soft targets in Iraq bear the mark of a simmering Sunni insurgency. But the Sunni-Shia conflict has very little to do with personal religious grudges.

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Tragedy and Compassion in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

The fireworks fired into the air and the pomp and circumstance of so-called Sovereignty Day cannot mask the grief felt by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who lost loved ones in the past six years.

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First Milestone Approaches In Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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Chris Weigant

America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.

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Iraq's Sectarian Cleansing Sees Families Attacked For Returning Home

McClatchy Newspapers | Corinne Reilly | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD -- Haj Ali's family had been home for less than a month when a makeshift bomb blew off part of his garage. The message was clear: Go back to w...

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The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

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Iraq's Shiite-Led Government Cracks Down On US-Backed Sunni Fighters

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — The Shiite-led government is cracking down on U.S.-backed Sunni Arab fighters in one of Iraq's most turbulent regions, arresting some ...

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The Bomb That Changed Iraq Forever

New York Times | Yusra al-Hakeem | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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Dozens of bombs blew up in Iraq every day, hundreds of sirens went off, tearing through the silence of the nights and the noise of the days, torn body...

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Iraq: 4 Killed in US Raid

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — The U.S. military faced complaints Tuesday from its Sunni allies over claims that more civilians had been killed by American forces _ ...

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Maverick Shiite Cleric Al-Sadr Resumes Studies To Attain Powerful "Ayatollah" Title

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The leader of Iraq's biggest Shiite militia movement has quietly resumed seminary studies toward attaining the title of ayatollah _ a goal that could ...

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Iraq Troop: "I Don't Think This Place Is Worth Another Soldier's Life"

Washington Post | Joshua Partlow | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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BAGHDAD, Oct. 26 Their line of tan Humvees and Bradley Fighting Vehicles creeps through another Baghdad afternoon. At this pace, an excruciating slown...

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