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Attacks on Sunni mosques fuel fears in Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | 6 days ago
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A sharp rise in attacks on Sunni holy sites in Iraq is feeding fears that the country could spiral into a new round of sectarian violence similar to the bloodletting that brought Iraq to its knees in 2006 and 2007. Majority Shiites control the levers
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Iraq says Turkey controlling protests
Ankara :: Turkey | 14 days ago
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Iraqi Defence Minister Saadun al-Dulaimi speaks at the Defence Ministry in Baghdad during a memorial for the killing of five soldiers late last month in the mainly Sunni Muslim city of Ramadi, west of the capital on May 5, 2013. Acting defence
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Bomb explosion at Iraq mosque kills 5
Baghdad :: Iraq | 17 days ago
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Iraqi authorities say a bomb explosion at a Sunni mosque just north of Baghdad has killed five worshippers and wounded about 19 others. Police officials say Friday's bombing occurred as worshippers were leaving mid-day prayers at al-Ghofran mosque in
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Iraq pulls plug on 'misleading' TV networks
Baghdad :: Iraq | 21 days ago
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Sunday's order from the Communications and Media Commission includes the Qatar-based satellite network Al Jazeera and eight outlets aimed at the country's Sunni Arab minority. Ahmed Saeed, a reporter for Baghdad Satellite TV, said the decree
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25 dead in Iraq car bombs
Baghdad :: Iraq | 21 days ago
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At least 25 people were killed and 69 others were wounded in five car bombings in Iraq on Monday, police said, amid an uptick in longstanding tensions between Sunnis and Shiites. Four of the blasts occurred in the Shiite heartland in the southern
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Iraq shuts 'misleading' TV networks
Baghdad :: Iraq | 21 days ago
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Sunday's order from the Communications and Media Commission includes the Qatar-based satellite network Al Jazeera and eight outlets aimed at the country's Sunni Arab minority. Ahmed Saeed, a reporter for Baghdad Satellite TV, said the decree
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Iraqi soldiers retake control of Sunni town
Baghdad :: Iraq | 24 days ago
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Iraqi soldiers backed by tanks retook control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad on Friday after gunmen withdrew without a fight, although violence continued in other parts of the country. The Sunni gunmen had seized Suleiman Beg on Thursday after a
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30+ killed in Iraq attacks
Baghdad :: Iraq | 27 days ago
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At least 28 people were killed and more than 70 wounded in northern Iraq on Tuesday in fighting between security forces and gunmen, police said...Police said the fighting began when security forces looking for wanted people raided al-Atisam Square,
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Patrick Cockburn: The American Legacy in Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | 1 month ago
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Patrick Cockburn is a Middle East correspondent for The Independent and also contributes to the London Review of Books. Ten years ago, Iraqis, even if they had originally opposed them, hoped that the US invasion and occupation would at least bring an
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Shiite fighters rally to defend Damascus shrine of Sayyida Zeinab
Damascus :: Syria | 3 months ago
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Shiite fighters from Iraq and Lebanon have joined fellow Shiite Syrian gunmen to defend a shrine south of Damascus which they fear is threatened by Sunni rebels battling President Bashar Assad. The presence of Shiite combatants from some neighboring
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