Sunni Militias

Virtue Out of Necessity: Bush Troop Decision Disingenuous

Lawrence Korb | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Sunni Militias, Ilsamist Extremists, Shi'a Civil War, Iraq War, Radical Islamist Extremeists, Shiite Civil War, Iraq Shiite Violence, General Petraeus, Sunnis, Redeployment, Success of the Surge, US Troop Deployments, Politics News
Lawrence Korb

Despite the president's assertion that the withdrawal of some troops represents a "return on success" from his "surge" policy, he is merely making a virtue out of necessity.

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How Many "Gaffes" Equal Incompetence?

Moira Whelan | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Sunni Shiite, John McCain, Sunni Militias, Conservatives, National Security, Mccain, David Petraeus, Bitter, General Petraeus, Iraq, Sunnis, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Moira Whelan

His mistakes would prevent McCain from getting a job as a research assistant at any think tank in D.C., let alone delivering anything resembling a responsible foreign policy as president.

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Iraq Reconciliation Talks Hit By Walkouts

Reuters | Waleed Ibrahim and Mohammed Abbas | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Sunni Militias, Warwire, Iraq Reconciliation, Iraq, War in Iraq, Sunnis, Shiite Militants, Politics News

A conference to reconcile Iraq's warring political groups began to unravel even before it got under way on Tuesday, with the main Sunni Muslim Arab bl...

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Shiites Released In Once-Praised Case Over Sunni Deaths

Washington Post | Amit R. Paley and Zaid Sabah | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sunni Militias, Warwire, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Iraq Justice, Iraq Judicial System, Shiite Militants, Iraq Law Enforcment, Shiites and Sunnis, Politics News

Two former high-ranking Shiite government officials charged with kidnapping and killing scores of Sunnis were ordered released Monday after prosecutor...

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U.S. Admits Firing On Sunni Allies

ABC News | Posted 02.17.2008 | 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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Iraqi PM: al-Qaida Chased From Baghdad

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Shiite Mosques, Iraq Surge, Sunni Militias, Warwire, War in Iraq, Success of the Surge, Shiites, Politics News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Friday that U.S. and Iraqi troops have chased al-Qaida in Iraq out of Baghdad in the year since a security ...

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Attacks Imperil U.S.-Backed Militias in Iraq

NY Times | SOLOMON MOORE and RICHARD A. OPPEL | Posted 01.24.2008 | 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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Turkish Warplanes Bomb Northern Iraq For 3rd Time This Week

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 12.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: u.s.-Backed Sunni Groups, Sunni Militias, Warwire, War, War in Iraq, Shiite Militias, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Sunnis and Shiites, Politics News

Turkey has the right to defend itself against Kurdish rebels based in Iraq but must make sure it does not destabilize its neighbor, the U.S. ambassado...

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