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Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen Rebels

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ and SALAH NASRAWI | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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SAN'A, Yemen — Saudi Arabia sent fighter jets and artillery bombardments across the border into northern Yemen Thursday in a military incursion ...

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Jundallah, Sunni Rebel Group, Claims Responsibility For Revolutionary Guard Attack In Iran

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran vowed retaliation Monday after accusing Pakistan, the U.S. and Britain of aiding Sunni militants who stunned the Islamic reg...

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Shiites In Iraq Show Restraint Despite Repeated Sunni Attacks

nytimes.com | ROD NORDLAND | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Violence, Iraq Sunnis, Iraq US Troop Withdrawal, War Wire, Sunni Iraq, Iraq Shiites, Iraq Civil War, Shiites Iraq, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Iraq Sectarian Violence, World News

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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The End of March 14?

Nicholas Noe | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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The Sunni, Druze and Christian coalition that first took the reins of power in July 2005 was dealt what may end up being a lethal blow this past week when the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt formerly left the March 14 Secretariat.

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Iraq suffers bloodiest day since US pullback

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in four days, the worst spa...

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Iraq Sunni-Shia Marriage Payment Program Seeks To Mend Sectarian Divide

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

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The Iraqi government, in an attempt to mend the ethnic, sectarian divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims that has long plagued that country, is offerin...

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Iran and the Syrian Gambit

Howard Schweber | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Iran, Bombings, Sunnis, Golan Heights, Jimmy Carter, Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran Nuclear Program, Shiites, World News

For this week in regards to Iran Obama and his State Department get an A. Maybe even an A+, but the week is not over yet.

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Iraq Fears Return To Sectarian Warfare Of 2006

LA Times | Liz Sly | Posted 06.02.2009 | World

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A string of devastating attacks mostly targeting Shiites has residents fearing a return to the sectarian warfare seen in 2006-07. The planned U.S. mil...

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Iraq Resisting US Pleas To Reconcile With Saddam Hussein's Political Party

New York Times | SAM DAGHER | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

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On April 18, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of ...

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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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Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Sunni Fighters In Iraq

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.12.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Saturday among U.S.-allied Sunni paramilitaries collecting their salaries at an army bas...

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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

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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Iraq: Still Too Many Unknown Unknowns

James Denselow | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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If last week's fighting in Baghdad is a precursor of a more violent stand-off to come, then the US may find its smooth exit from the country rudely interrupted.

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Iraq Orders Sunni Gunmen In Baghdad Area To Disarm

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.29.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces swept through a central Baghdad slum Sunday, disarming Sunnis from a government-allied paramilitary group to ...

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Baha'is Subject To Persecution In Iran, Labeled As Spies (AUDIO)

WorldFocus | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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Morocco Cuts Ties With Iran

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

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RABAT, Morocco — Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran in a rare public spat of trying to spread Shia Islam ...

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Iraqi PM Calls For Reconciliation With Saddam Supporters

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

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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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Where is Mohammed al-Daini? [Updated]

Dal LaMagna | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

The U.S. may be leaving Iraq, but we should not be abandoning the Iraqi people. Particularly those who have put their lives on the line to rebuild their country in peace.

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Sunni V. Shiite Biker Gang War In Sydney

Sydney Morning Herald | Dylan Welch | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

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An ancient religious enmity is at the centre of a new conflict in the Sydney bikie scene, with a new gang comprised mainly of Sunni Muslims warring wi...

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Sunni Tribal Leader In Iraq Says He Can Prove Election Fraud

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

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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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Iraq-US Security Pact: Bitter Battles Ahead?

The Real News | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military, Sofa, George W. Bush, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Al-Maliki, United States, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Video, Politics News

The Real News Network spoke with Leila Fadel about the Iraq/US deal that will not allow residual forces to stay after 2011.

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Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Diplomacy

Jon Soltz | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Diplomacy is as important for keeping Iraq stable as it is for making sure that US troops are not targets of attacks by insurgents, or caught in the crossfire of an explosion of sectarian violence, as we begin to pull back.

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"Sons Of Iraq" Leave US Payroll

Los Angeles Times | Ned Parker and Tina Susman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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Reporting from Baghdad -- The young man stamped his foot, the customary salute to higher officers, handed over his torn identification card and signed...

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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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