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With Paychecks Scarce, Iraqi Awakening Unravels

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2009 10:47 AM CDT

(Newser) – The imminent withdrawal of US troops and the lack of funds to keep Sunni Awakening members on the payroll has led to rising violence there, the Wall Street Journal reports. The steep decline in oil revenues has left the Iraqi government broke, and former insurgents... Read full story »

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