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ISIS Making Strong Gains In Anbar, Baghdad May Be Next

“From the first day that ISIS was appearing we were warning the government. We said all of Iraq is in danger and if Anbar falls, the rest of the country will follow.”

by Susannah George

Ex-Blackwater Contractors Seek Dismissal Of Baghdad Massacre Case

The four former Blackwater Worldwide contractors are accused of taking part in a Sept. 16, 2007 shooting that prosecutors say killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square.

Ex-Blackwater Contractors Seek Dismissal Of Baghdad Massacre Case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former security contractors charged in a deadly shooting in Iraq are asking a federal judge to dismiss the indictment against them as the case moves forward to trial. The four former Blackwater Worldwide contractors are accused of taking part in a Sept. 16, 2007 shooting that prosecutors say killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in

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Iraq On The Brink … Again

With violence escalating, is there any way to head off a sectarian civil war?

Iraq On The Brink … Again

Sunni extremists fought for control of Ramadi and Fallujah through the weekend in Iraq’s eastern desert after the militants stormed the cities in retaliation for the central government’s move to break up a lengthy sit-in staged by Sunni protesters who have felt left out of the Shi’ite dominated political process. The fighting started earlier

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UN: Iraq Sees Highest Annual Death Toll In Years

According to a U.N. report, nearly 8,000 Iraqi civilians died in violence last year.

UN: Iraq Sees Highest Annual Death Toll In Years

BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations said Wednesday that violence claimed the lives of 7,818 civilians in Iraq in 2013, the highest annual death toll in years. Over eight months of escalated violence has sparked fears that the country may be returning to the widespread bloodshed of 2004-2007 that saw tens of thousands killed each year. Death

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Sectarian Violence Is Back: New Attacks In Iraq Kill 24 Shiites, 5 Policemen

Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks in Iraq as part of a series of attacks in a recent uptick in violence.

Sectarian Violence Is Back: New Attacks In Iraq Kill 24 Shiites, 5 Policemen

BAGHDAD  — New attacks on Iraqi Shiites killed at least 24 people while assaults Friday against policemen killed five, officials said, as insurgents press their campaign to exacerbate the country's renewed sectarian tensions. In one of the attacks on Shiites, a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden motorcycle into a funeral tent for a

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