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Arrests Of Former Insurgents Who Switched Sides Inflaming Tensions In Iraq

New York Times | ALISSA J. RUBIN | Posted 05.12.2009 | World

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

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad Bombing, Camp Victory, Green Zone, Iraq Bombing, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Jalal Talabani, Iraq Sandstorm, Condoleezza Rice, Baghdad, Iraq, Robert Gibbs, Sunni Awakening, Sunnis, Nouri Al Maliki, Obama Iraq, Warwire, World News
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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Al-Qaida Infiltrating Iraq Security Forces: Sunni Awakening Commander

Time | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaida, Sunni Awakening Fighters, Anbar Province, Foreign Affairs, Qaeda Infiltration, Anbar Awakening, Sahwa, Al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Nouri Al Maliki, Advocacy, Al Qaeda, World News

Sheikh Hamid al-Hayess is not optimistic. A burly man with a thick black moustache and closely knitted brows, he is one of the founding members of the...

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While Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan, Iraq Could Blow Up in His Face

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, Obama Afghanistan, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Thomas Ricks Fiasco, MoveOn.Org, Success of the Surge, Antiwar Movement, Afghanistan, Obama Iraq Withdrawal, Afghanistan Escalation, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Thomas Ricks, Myth of Iraq Surge Success, Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Obama Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News
Jeremy Scahill

There is great reason to suspect that the timeline for withdrawal -- all troops out by 2011 -- announced in February by the Obama administration will prove to be a fallacy.

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Iraq: 3,000 High-Risk Detainees

John Bruhns | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Mahdi Army, Iraqi Detainees, Shiite Militias, General Odierno, Iraqi Government, Sunni Awakening, Nouri Al Maliki, The Obama Administration, Politics News
John Bruhns

If these the 18,500 Iraqi detainees, when freed, return to terrorist activity, it will be the biggest road block to a stable democracy in Iraq -- if that's even possible.

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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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Has the 'Surge' Brought Us Any Closer to 'Victory'?

Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Peter Galbraith, Bush, Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Mccain, Politics News
Dan Froomkin

If the surge has worked, that must mean victory is just around the corner, right? That's certainly the impression that the Bush White House is trying to give -- without exactly coming out and saying so.

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Iraq Targets Leaders Of Sunni "Awakening"

New York Times | RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sunni Awakening, Warwire, War Wire, Anbar Awakening, Iraq, Iraqi Government, Sunnis, Shiites, Politics News

The Shiite-dominated government in Iraq is driving out many leaders of Sunni citizen patrols, the groups of former insurgents who joined the American ...

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McCain Makes False Claims On Iraq Timeline (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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In an interview with CBS News' Katie Couric tonight, John McCain made the false assertion that the Surge brought about the so-called Anbar Awakening. ...

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Not a Gaffe: A Fundamental Misunderstanding of Iraq

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Iraq, Anbar, Sunni, John McCain Gaffe, Sunni Awakening, Mccain Gaffe Surge, Mccain Surge Gaffe, Cbs Edited Mccain Gaffe, Couric Mccain Gaffe, Politics News
Ilan Goldenberg

This is not controversial history. It is history that anyone trying out for president must understand when there are 150,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. It is an essential element to the story of the past two years.

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U.S. Admits Firing On Sunni Allies

ABC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Sunni Militias, Warwire, War in Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Sunnis, Politics News

The US military has acknowledged that it fired on a group of its anti-Qaeda allies in Iraq in an attack the leader of the group said killed three peop...

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Iraq: US Sunni Allies Protest Killings

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Al Queda, Sunni Awakening, Sunni Insurgency, Sunnis, The Great Awakening, Al Quaeda, Politics News

BAGHDAD — An anti-al-Qaida Sunni group announced Saturday it was temporarily withdrawing from its alliance with the American military in protest...

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Attacks Imperil U.S.-Backed Militias in Iraq

NY Times | SOLOMON MOORE and RICHARD A. OPPEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Sunni Militias, Warwire, Success of the Surge, Sunni Insurgency, Concerned Local Citizens, Iraq, War in Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Shiite Militants, Politics News

American-backed Sunni militias who have fought Sunni extremists to a standstill in some of Iraq's bloodiest battlegrounds are being hit with a wave of...

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4 Sunni Allies Of US Killed In Iraq

New York Times | DAMIEN CAVE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Four members of a local American-backed Awakening group in Diyala Province were killed Wednesday when a house they were raiding exploded, the police s...

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