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  • August 2007

    • Extremists, Militias Target Gays in Iraq

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 5, 07 4:56 PM CDT

      Extremists, Militias Target Gays in Iraq

      (Newser) - Gays in Iraq are the targets of increasing violence by militias, police, and religious extremists, a largely unreported consequence of the 2003 US invasion. A fatwa is in place, reports the Chicago Tribune, and gays are fighting to emigrate to Sweden, Germany, and other countries. Recent reports by the UN and the US State Department have documented the brutality. More »

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      Iraq  • human rights  • homosexuality  • sectarian violence  • gay  • fatwa

  • July 2007

    • Third of Iraqis Need Critical Aid

      BBC  |  Jul 30, 07 7:36 AM CDT

      Third of Iraqis Need Critical Aid

      (Newser) - A third of Iraq's population—some 8 million people—are in critical need of emergency aid because they have no food, water or shelter, according to an OXFAM report detailed in the BBC. Trapped in a maelstrom of sectarian violence, the Iraqi government is unable to provide basic needs. Some 4 million Iraqis have either been displaced from their homes or have fled the country. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • children  • food  • poverty  • Iraq government  • sectarian violence  • water  • sanitation

    • Saudi King Backs Iraq's Sunni Rebels

      New York Times  |  Jul 27, 07 6:23 AM CDT

      Saudi King Backs Iraq's Sunni Rebels

      (Newser) - Saudi Arabia is working at cross purposes with the Bush administration in Iraq by backing Sunni tribes engaged in sectarian violence there, the New York Times reports. King Abdullah has funded the Sunnis and is allowing insurgents to enter the country, US officials charge. Of up to 80 foreign fighters who enter Iraq monthly, they estimate, nearly half come from Saudi Arabia. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • Saudi Arabia  • Sunni  • sectarian violence  • King Abdullah

  • June 2007

    • US Goes on Move Against Qaeda

      New York Times  |  Jun 16, 07 5:42 PM CDT

      US Goes on Move Against Qaeda

      (Newser) - In a major tactical shift, the US is set to launch a large-scale offensive against Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, General David Petraeus said today. The new campaign moves attention away from Baghdad's sectarian violence to the outskirts of the capital, where the military will target Al-Qaeda strongholds and aim to destroy their bomb-making capabilities. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • David Petraeus  • troop surge  • sectarian violence  • Mesopotamia

    • Surge Fizzles in Iraq

      Washington Post  |  Jun 14, 07 11:45 AM CDT

      Surge Fizzles in Iraq

      (Newser) - A new report shows no overall drop in bloodshed in Iraq despite the three-month-old troop surge. Violence has fallen slightly in Baghdad and Anbar province, where troops are concentrated, but a corresponding rise everywhere else more than compensates. And while sectarian killings have dropped slightly, civilian casualties are up, and suicide attacks have almost doubled. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • troop surge  • sectarian violence  • Anbar

    • Minarets Hit at Sacred Shrine

      Associated Press  |  Jun 13, 07 7:49 AM CDT

      Minarets Hit at Sacred Shrine

      (Newser) -  The Askariya mosque, a Shiite shrine whose bombing ignited sectarian violence last year, was attacked again this morning, destroying the minarets left standing after its Golden Dome was shattered earlier. Iraq now braces for a bloody response; US troops rushed to Samarra, and a curfew was called on group gatherings and auto traffic, the AP reports. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • bombing  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • sectarian violence  • Samarra

  • May 2007

    • Five Brits Kidnapped in Baghdad

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 30, 07 4:41 AM CDT

      Five Brits Kidnapped in Baghdad

      (Newser) - Five Britons—four members of a private security detail and a financial consultant—were kidnapped in Baghdad yesterday by gunmen wearing Iraqi police uniforms. The kidnappers are said to have barged into the finance ministry around noon, demanding, "Where are the foreigners?"  After rounding up the British civilians, they drove away in as many as 19 vehicles. More »

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      Iraq  • Great Britain  • kidnapping  • Mahdi Army  • sectarian violence

    • Morgue Stats Show Surge in Iraqi Killings

      Washington Post  |  May 24, 07 3:04 PM CDT

      Morgue Stats Show Surge in Iraqi Killings

      (Newser) - Statistics from Iraqi morgues show that three months into the surge, sectarian killings are rising, the Washington Post reports. In the first three weeks of May, 321 unidentified corpses, many showing signs of exectution and torture, were found in Baghdad. The number equals those found in all of January, the month before the new security plan was launched. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • insurgents  • troop surge  • Shiite  • Sunni  • sectarian violence  • militia

    • Shiite al-Sadr Reaches Out to Sunni Rivals

      Washington Post  |  May 20, 07 3:14 PM CDT

      Shiite al-Sadr Reaches Out to Sunni Rivals

      (Newser) - In a dramatic shift in tacttics, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is reaching out to rival Sunni leaders in Iraq, and purging radical elements of his own militia, the Washington Post reports. With Sunni insurgents making moves to distance themselves from al-Qaeda, Sadr sees an opportunity for a cross-sectarian political alliance, aides tell the Post . More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • insurgents  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Mahdi Army  • sectarian violence  • Sunni leaders

    • US Engages Iran on Iraqi Security

      Washington Post  |  May 14, 07 7:33 AM CDT

      US Engages Iran on Iraqi Security

      (Newser) - The US will sit down with Iran to enlist its aid in quelling violence in Iraq as early as next week, reports the Washington Post . US ambassador Ryan Crocker will meet with his Iranian counterparts in Baghdad to encourage the country, frequently accused of sponsoring sectarian violence in neighboring Iraq, to take on a "productive role." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Iran  • Bush administration  • sectarian violence  • Ryan Crocker  • civil war  • Axis of Evil

  • April 2007
  • March 2007

    • Bill Would Put Ba'athists Back in Power

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 28, 07 8:47 AM CDT

      Bill Would Put Ba'athists Back in Power

      (Newser) - Ba'athists will be allowed back in government posts if a bill proposed yesterday, aimed at  reconciling dissident Sunnis with the Shiite-dominated government, passes the Iraqi parliament.  The U.S has been pushing for the law to law to woo the former Saddam loyalists —mostly Sunnis— into the political process to quell Sunni insurgency. More »

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      Iraq  • War on Terror  • insurgents  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Saddam Hussein  • sectarian violence  • Ba'ath party  • Ba'thists

    • Sunni Baghdad Lies in Ruins as Shiites Rebuild

      New York Times  |  Mar 26, 07 12:05 PM CDT

      Sunni Baghdad Lies in Ruins as Shiites Rebuild

      (Newser) - Baghdad's Sunni neighborhoods are in collapse, lacking food, fuel,  electricity and health care even as their Shiite neighbors have regained basic services, Alissa Rubin reports. In Shiite areas, the Mahdi Army fills in for the government by keeping order and organizing resources, but Sunnis now find themselves under attack both from Shiite forces and Sunni insurgents. More »

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      Iraq  • Middle East  • Baghdad  • Islam  • insurgents  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Mahdi Army  • sectarian violence

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