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Iraqis vote in provincial elections amidst angst, ire
BEIRUT — After a week of violence, Iraq held its first provincial elections Saturday since the departure of U.S. troops last year. Results are not expected for several days, but the conditions under which the vote was held showed that little has...Tags: Government, Voting, Nouri Maliki, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Did the system fail a soldier?
SHERMAN, Texas — Sgt. John Russell designed his new house here so there would be room for everyone: for him and his wife, Mandy, his wife's parents and his own. There was a doggie door for Louie and Queenie — "the little ones," he called...Tags: Health, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Witnesses, International Military Interventions
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Bombings in Iraq kill more than 30 people
BEIRUT -- A string of bombings in Iraq claimed the lives of more than 30 people Monday in the run-up to provincial elections scheduled for this weekend. The attacks, which left dozens wounded, took place around the country, including in Baghdad; the...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Religious Conflicts, Islam, Politics, Bombings
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Iraq: String of attacks across country kills 32
BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents launched what appeared to be a highly coordinated string of attacks across Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 32 and wounding more than 200, according to officials. The attacks, many involving car bombs, erupted...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Armed Conflicts, Transportation Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Military Interventions
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Four years after Camp Liberty killings, families losing patience
SEATTLE — On the day Sgt. John Russell allegedly walked into the mental health clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad and shot five U.S. service members to death, Pfc. Jacob Barton was just signing in at the front desk. It was the day after Mother’...Tags: Psychiatrists, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Murder, U.S. Army
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Iraq veterans remember the fallen on anniversary
FT. STEWART, Ga. — Angel Acevedo found the granite marker for his friend, Robert Stever, known to all as "Catfish." There it was on the Warriors Walk memorial. It lay beneath tree No. 31, one of 444 planted here to honor fallen soldiers: Army...
Tags: Human Interest, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Armed Conflicts, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Bush's war, 10 years later
The 10th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq seems an appropriate time to look back at how it all happened and what it has wrought, not so much for Iraq as for the United States, which poured its own troops, treasure and world reputation into...
Tags: Iraq, Colin Powell, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, United Nations
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Baghdad Revisited: After Liberation, What Victory?
The Hartford CourantTen years ago I stood on the outskirts of Baghdad and looked at the city through my binoculars. Columns of thick, black smoke rose up from burning enemy vehicles off to our front. In the distance, a surface-to-air missile rocketed skyward in pursuit...Tags: Iraq
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Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost. In his final report to...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Government, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Susan Collins
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How low can FAU go? A satirical look ahead
The stomp on Jesus controversy. The Owlcatraz stadium/GEO Group sponsorship controversy. The Sandy Hook massacre-doubting-professor controversy. Think things can't get any worse at Florida Atlantic University? Here's how: An exclusive sneak peek at...
Tags: Rick Scott, Government, Students, Florida Atlantic University, Ann Coulter
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The war in Iraq: Embedded with the U.S. Military
FrameworkAfter returning from assignment in Afghanistan in 2003, Times photojournalist Rick Loomis asked to be sent out in the first wave of journalists to cover the Invasion of Iraq. He spent several weeks traveling in the back of a canvas topped Humvee with U.S.... -
Iraq's great divider
Iraq is on its way to dissolution, and the United States is doing nothing to stop it. And if you ask people in Iraq, it may even be abetting it. With very few exceptions, an important event in Iraq went unnoticed in the U.S. media this month. Prime...
Tags: Government, Iran, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts, Lehigh University
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