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  • October 2008

    • Holiday Blasts Kill 19 Iraqis Near Shia Sites

      Associated Press  |  Oct 2, 08 7:55 AM CDT

      Holiday Blasts Kill 19 Iraqis Near Shia Sites

      (AP) - Suicide bombers targeted Shia worshipers as they left morning prayers today at two Baghdad mosques, killing 19 people and injuring 50, police say. In a separate attack, gunmen fatally shot six people as they traveled in a minibus 60 miles north of Baghdad. Attacks on Shia civilians are widely associated with Sunni extremists hoping to reignite sectarian conflict. More »

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      Iraq  • Sunni  • suicide bombing  • Iraq Army  • Shia  • Eid

  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • Iraqi Suicide Blasts Kill 50

      Reuters  |  Jul 28, 08 6:26 AM CDT

      Iraqi Suicide Blasts Kill 50

      (Newser) - Suicide attacks in Iraq today killed at least 50 people and injured about 250, making it one of deadliest days in the country in months, Reuters reports. In Baghdad, three female suicide bombers blew themselves up during a religious pilgrimage, killing 28 and injuring 92. In the northern city of Kirkuk, a bomber killed 22 and wounded 150 at a demonstration against elections law. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but al-Qaeda is suspected.  More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • Baghdad  • Shiite  • suicide bombing  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Shia  • female suicide bomber

    • Iraq Barred From Beijing Games

      MSNBC  |  Jul 24, 08 1:21 PM CDT

      Iraq Barred From Beijing Games

      (Newser) - Iraq has been banned from next month’s Beijing Olympics because of what the International Olympic Committee calls government interference in the Olympic process, MSNBC reports. The Iraqi leadership dissolved the country’s Olympic committee, which is supposed to be an independent body of elected officials, and replaced it with a temporary group of their own selection. More »

    • United Arab Emirates Cancels Iraq's $7B Debt

      BBC  |  Jul 7, 08 4:31 AM CDT

      United Arab Emirates Cancels Iraq's $7B Debt

      (Newser) - Iraq's diplomatic isolation among its Arab neighbors is easing , reports the BBC. The United Arab Emirates canceled Iraq's entire debt of close to $7 billion and appointed a new ambassador, while Jordan's King Abdullah will become  the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since 2003, boosting the Baghdad government's standing in the region. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • King Abdullah  • Jordan  • Sunnis  • Shia  • United Arab Emirates

  • April 2008
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  • December 2007

    • Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

      BBC  |  Dec 27, 07 10:52 AM CST

      Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

      (Newser) - The Iraqi cabinet has framed an amnesty law that would release tens of thousands of suspected insurgents being held without charges. The amnesty, the result of months of negotiation, now goes to the parliament, which will begin debating it Sunday, the BBC reports. The number of prisoners held, estimated at 50,000, has soared since the US troop surge began. More »

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      Iraq  • insurgents  • detainee  • surge  • Sunnis  • Shia  • amnesty

    • Sex Is Okay With 'Pleasure Marriage'

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 4, 07 7:15 PM CST

      Sex Is Okay With 'Pleasure Marriage'

      (Newser) - What Americans call dating, Muslims increasingly permit as “pleasure marriage,” Bloomberg reports. Twenty-somethings who want sex but can’t afford marriage—a problem in the Middle East, where pay is low and unemployment high—get guilt-free dating clearance with a short-term contract. Men often keep it and “tear it up at the first sign of trouble,” said an Egyptian lawmaker who wants to control the practice. More »

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      marriage  • pregnancy  • Lebanon  • Sunni  • Shia

  • November 2007

    • Saudis, Libyans Fighting in Iraq

      New York Times  |  Nov 22, 07 7:47 AM CST

      Saudis, Libyans Fighting in Iraq

      (Newser) - Most of the foreign insurgents fighting American troops in Iraq come from two so-called US allies in the war on terrorism—Saudi Arabia and Libya. Evidence was discovered in a September raid on a desert terrorist base that produced a mother lode of intelligence on the identities and hometowns of 700 foreign fighters entering Iraq since August 2006, reports the New York Times . More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Saudi Arabia  • Libya  • Shia  • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia  • foreign fighters

    • 50 More Years in Mideast for US, Ex-General Says

      Associated Press  |  Nov 1, 07 3:37 PM CDT

      50 More Years in Mideast for US, Ex-General Says

      (Newser) - It could be 50 years before US troops leave the Middle East, the former commander of US forces in the region said yesterday. The Associated Press reports that while John Abizaid acknowledges that US forces will eventually play an "indirect role" in conflicts such as Iraq, the military won't be able to completely withdraw for at least 25 years. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Middle East  • Shia  • Sunni extremism  • John Abizaid

  • October 2007
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