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  • September 2008

    • US Hands Anbar Province to Iraqis

      BBC  |  Sep 1, 08 6:30 AM CDT

      US Hands Anbar Province to Iraqis

      (Newser) - The American military is finally handing over control of Anbar province, once the center of the Sunni insurgency, to Iraqi forces today. Once one of Iraq's most dangerous regions, Anbar was transformed as Sunni militants allied themselves with the US. The transfer of Anbar, delayed several times, brings the number of provinces under Iraqi control to 11 out of 18, reports the BBC. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • US military  • Anbar  • Sunni militants  • Sunni Awakening

  • April 2008

    • 9 Dead, 100 Wounded in Iran Mosque Blast

      BBC  |  Apr 12, 08 8:36 PM CDT

      9 Dead, 100 Wounded in Iran Mosque Blast

      (Newser) - A bomb killed nine and wounded more than 100 in an Iranian mosque today, scattering members of an extremist Shiite group, the BBC reports. Police and militia have cordoned off the area while medics attend to victims and local media call for blood donations. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. More »

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      Iran  • bombing  • Shiite  • Sunni militants  • Wahhabism  • Persepolis  • mosque

  • March 2008

    • Sunni Militias Threaten Strike Over Late Pay

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 21, 08 9:53 AM CDT

      Sunni Militias Threaten Strike Over Late Pay

      (Newser) - US-allied Sunni militias are threatening to go on strike over late pay. At least two of the 49 Awakening councils that  have been enlisted in the fight against al-Qaeda in Iraq have already done so, reports the Guardian , and the dispute over their $10-a-day payments threatens the partnership that has been key to the reduction in violence in the last 6 months, say analysts. More »

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      Iraq  • Sunni  • strike  • Awakening Councils  • labor strike  • Sunni militants  • Sunni allies

  • January 2008

    • Huge Blast Kills 15, Wounds 132 in Northern Iraq

      Reuters  |  Jan 23, 08 3:50 PM CST

      Huge Blast Kills 15, Wounds 132 in Northern Iraq

      (Newser) - A blast in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul claimed at least 15 lives and left 132 wounded today, Reuters reports. The explosion came after Iraqi troops detonated a roadside bomb near a building used as a munitions dump by militants, a US general said. At least 15 tons of explosives are estimated to have been stored in the building. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Mosul  • Sunni militants

  • December 2007

    • Bombs Linked to Iraq Sunni Leader

      Washington Post  |  Dec 1, 07 2:57 PM CST

      Bombs Linked to Iraq Sunni Leader

      (Newser) - A raid on the compound of the leader of Iraq's biggest Sunni political bloc saw his son and dozens of guards arrested, reports the Washington Post .  American and Iraqi soldiers found cars wired with explosives outside the compound; one of the guards had the keys. Adnan al-Dulaimi said the raid was politically motivated and demanded the men be released. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Iraq security  • Sunni militants  • Adnan al Duliami

  • May 2007

    • Kurds Forced From Homes in Mosul

      International Herald Tribune  |  May 30, 07 5:16 AM CDT

      Kurds Forced From Homes in Mosul

      (Newser) - Over 1,000 Kurds have been killed in Mosul recently, victims of a Sunni Arab insurgent drive to force them out of the Ninevah province and into Iraqi Kurdistan. And the attacks are working, reports the International Herald Tribune ; as many as 70,000 Kurds have abandoned Iraq's third-largest city. More »

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      Iraq  • insurgents  • Kurds  • Mosul  • Sunni militants

  • April 2007

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