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Iraq Civil War

Things have gone from bad to worse to beyond the pale as Sunni takes on Shia, Shia takes on Kurd, and everyone takes on America

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May 2007
- US Engages Iran on Iraqi Security
  
  Washington Post | May 14, 07 7:33 AM CDT
  
  (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 »
- 3 Soldiers Missing, 5 Dead
  
  CNN | May 12, 07 7:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A pre-dawn attack on a patrol of seven U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi translator has left five dead and three missing, CNN reports. U.S. and Iraqi troops have joined together to search the violent and explosive region just south of Baghdad for the missing soldiers. More »
- Troops Bomb Ethics Test
  
  Washington Post | May 5, 07 8:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - U.S. troops in Iraq flunked a survey on battlefield ethics, according to a Pentagon report published yesterday. Of the 1,767 soldiers interviewed, more than one-third endorse torture, two-thirds would not turn in a team member for abusing civilians, and 10% admit to harassing civilians and vandalizing property—all policies that violate the Army's code of ethics. More »
- Condi Sits Down With Syria
  
  New York Times | May 4, 07 5:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Syrian counterpart Thursday in an unexpected half hour sit-down that ended a two-year cold-shoulder between the Bush administration and a state it considers a sponsor of terrorism. Rice asked asked Sryia's help in restricting the flow of foreign fighters across the Syrian border into Iraq. More »
- Qaeda in Iraq Deputy Killed, But Masri Still on Loose
  
  New York Times | May 3, 07 11:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Americans have killed a senior Al-Qaeda in Iraq deputy, but there's no evidence that the leader of the group died in fighting between rival factions, as the Iraqi government had claimed Tuesday. Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, killed in a Tuesday raid, was a minister of information for Al-Qaeda in Iraq. More »
- Some Mahdis Going Freelance
  
  Newsweek | May 2, 07 1:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Madhi Army is letting loose. Officially locked down by leader Moqtada al-Sadr during the troop surge, renegade Mahdis are unleashing a wave of random violence on once-peaceful areas of central and southern Iraq, Newseek reports. That worries even al-Sadr's commanders, who are now seeking U.S. help to control their wayward acolytes. More »
- Dems, President Get Serious On Iraq Compromise
  
  Politico | May 2, 07 7:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a day of partisan theatrics—what the Politico notes may rank as the Capitol's most celebrated sendoff for a doomed bill—work gets serious on a compromise war spending bill that may include benchmarks but no timelines. Bush meets with congressional leaders to begin formal negotiations today, even as the House makes a futile effort to override yesterday's veto. More »
- Cabal Pushes Shiite Agenda
  
  CNN | May 1, 07 3:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A shadowy group within the Iraqi prime minister’s office is secretly pushing a Shiite agenda and exacerbating sectarianism, CNN reports. The 24-member Office of the Commander in Chief has power over other ministries, which Iraqis say it is using to protect militias and blacklist commanders not willing to turn a blind eye to violence. More »
- Democracy Depends on Kurdistan
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 1, 07 12:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - While the U.S. focuses on Baghdad, a potentially defining crisis is developing in Kurdistan, according to Mark Lattimer, director of Minority Rights Group International. He argues in the Guardian that bloodshed in the only relatively secure region of Iraq is increasing as Kurds forced out of Kirkuk by Saddam tangle with Shi’ites resettled in Kurdistan. More »
April 2007
- Gunmen Execute 23 In Kurdish Sect
  
  Associated Press | Apr 22, 07 3:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gunmen in northern Iraq stopped a bus carrying workers home from a textile factory today, identified 23 members of a tiny religious sect on board, and shot them to death. The bus was filled with Christians and Yazidis, a mostly Kurdish sect that worships an angel, the AP reports. More »
- Sadr Orders Loyalists to Quit Iraqi Cabinet
  
  Washington Post | Apr 16, 07 6:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Six Iraqi cabinet ministers are expected to resign today on orders from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. "We are going to declare our withdrawal from government because the prime minister does not want to make a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq," a Sadr official told the Guardian . More »
- Baghdad No Safer 2 Months Into Surge
  
  New York Times | Apr 9, 07 1:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Baghdad is no more stable than it was before the American troop surge, the Times reports. With death squads trying to stay off the radar, sectarian executions have dropped in some corners of the city. But executions have given way to increased car bombings, chlorine gas attacks, and the burning of local shops and homes. More »
- Officer Walls Sects Apart in Baghdad
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 5, 07 11:34 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Lt. Col. Jeff Peterson is trying to pacify Baghdad one wall at a time, erecting concrete barriers around Sunni and Shiites neighborhoods in the sector of the city he controls. Each mini-community has its own market, mosque, and generator. It's a controversial strategy most often used during civil wars, the Journal notes—and thus flies in the face of official U.S. policy. More »
- Cleric Opposes Rebaathification
  
  New York Times | Apr 3, 07 8:17 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A bill allowing Saddam's party members back into power in Iraq has been rejected by that country's most powerful cleric. The law, aggressively pushed by the U.S., would allow former low-level Baathists--most of them Sunnis--to hold positions in government. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the powerful Shiite cleric, dismissed the law through an aide, who cited a "general feeling of rejection." More »
March 2007
- Fake Raids Test Iraqi Reconstruction
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 22, 07 11:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The American military is staging fake raids on Iraqi small businesses to confirm that US aid is being well spent—without tipping off insurgents that they have any US connection. "The only way things will work is if the US contribution is totally invisible," says a civil-affairs officer, suggesting that cooperating with Americans puts a bull's eye on Iraqi citizens. More »

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Medics unload a body from an ambulance in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 21, 2007. Gunmen stormed a house in Kirkuk, killing a mother, father and their two... (Associated Press)

A man cleans up the offices of the Iraqi Council for National Dialogue, a major Sunni political group, in western Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, following a military raid on the offices. The... (Associated Press)

Iraqi Sunni scholars take part of their annual meeting, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Some 150 Iraqi Sunni scholars called for an end to sectarian killings in their homeland. (AP Photo/Nader... (Associated Press)

Residents gather at the scene of the previous days car bomb attack that killed least 127 people and injured 148 at the Sadriyah market in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, April 19, 2007. Suspected Sunni insurgents... (Associated Press)

ed 183 people, the bloodiest day since the U.S. troop increase began nine weeks ago. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) (Associated Press)

A residents holds a burnt copy of Quran found at the scene of the previous days car bomb attack that killed least 127 people and injured 148 at the Sadriyah market in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 19,... (Associated Press)

A man pushes a woman and a child on a cart past the scene of previous days car bomb attack that killed least 127 people and injured 148 at the Sadriyah market in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 19, 2007.... (Associated Press)

A mosque in a Sunni Muslim quarter of Azamiyah in Baghdad, Iraq, is seen in this Friday, Aug. 5, 2005 file photo. Criticism mounted Saturday over a wall U.S. troops are building around a Sunni enclave... (Associated Press)

Friends and relatives carry a coffin during funeral of the Fallujah city council chairman Sami Abdul-Amir al-Jumaili, who was gunned down by attackers in a passing car Saturday, April 21, as he was walking... (Associated Press)