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Iraq's Parliament Adopts Law Legalizing Shia Militias
Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to accord full legal status to government-sanctioned Shia militias as a "back-up and reserve" force for the military and police and empower them to "deter" security and terror threats facing the country, like the Islamic State group.
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Wave Of Attacks Kills At Least 15 Civilians Across Iraq
A wave of attacks across Iraq killed at least 15 civilians today as government forces pressed on with their offensive to dislodge ISIS militants from a major city west of Baghdad, officials said.
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World's Largest Annual Pilgrimage on in Iraq Despite Threat of ISIS Attacks
Millions of people across the globe are risking their lives this year to reach Karbala, in Iraq, to mark "Chehlum" - the 40th day after the death of Imam Hussain - even as threats from terror group Islamic State (IS) loom large.
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Overnight Attacks in Iraq Kill At Least 16 people
Attacks overnight in two Iraqi cities killed at least 16 people, officials said Monday as authorities struggle to stop the Sunni militants' offensive that has left huge areas in northern and western Iraq outside of government control.
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Opinion: In Iraq Crisis, Modi Sarkar's First Test
Complexities well-handled, writes Kumar Ketkar.
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Indian Muslim Group Invites Volunteers to Defend Iraq's Shrines
Muslims in India are signing up to defend Iraq's holy shrines and, if need be, fight Sunni Islamist militants in the country where the civilian death toll from the Sunni insurgents' advance is estimated at least 1,300.
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John Kerry Confronts Threat of New War in Iraq
US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Baghdad on Monday to meet with Iraq's leaders and personally urge the Shiite-led government to give more power to political opponents before a Sunni insurgency seizes more control across the country and sweeps away hopes for lasting peace.
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For Joe Biden, Iraq Crisis Offers Timely Vindication
Joe Biden was a US senator from Delaware in 2006 gearing up for a presidential campaign when he proposed that Iraq be sliced up into three semi-independent regions for Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. Follow his plan, he said, and US troops could be out by early 2008. Ignore it, he warned, and Iraq would devolve into sectarian conflict that could destabi...
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Attacks on Sunni, Shiite mosque in Iraq kill 9
Iraqi officials say a Shiite and a Sunni mosque in Baghdad have been targeted in bombings that killed at least nine people.
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At least 26 killed after Iraqi forces clash with Sunni protesters: sources
At least 26 people were killed today when Iraqi forces and Sunni Muslim protesters clashed after troops raided their anti-government demonstration camp near Kirkuk, military sources said.
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Iraq's Parliament Adopts Law Legalizing Shia Militias
Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to accord full legal status to government-sanctioned Shia militias as a "back-up and reserve" force for the military and police and empower them to "deter" security and terror threats facing the country, like the Islamic State group.
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Wave Of Attacks Kills At Least 15 Civilians Across Iraq
A wave of attacks across Iraq killed at least 15 civilians today as government forces pressed on with their offensive to dislodge ISIS militants from a major city west of Baghdad, officials said.
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World's Largest Annual Pilgrimage on in Iraq Despite Threat of ISIS Attacks
Millions of people across the globe are risking their lives this year to reach Karbala, in Iraq, to mark "Chehlum" - the 40th day after the death of Imam Hussain - even as threats from terror group Islamic State (IS) loom large.
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Overnight Attacks in Iraq Kill At Least 16 people
Attacks overnight in two Iraqi cities killed at least 16 people, officials said Monday as authorities struggle to stop the Sunni militants' offensive that has left huge areas in northern and western Iraq outside of government control.
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Opinion: In Iraq Crisis, Modi Sarkar's First Test
Complexities well-handled, writes Kumar Ketkar.
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Indian Muslim Group Invites Volunteers to Defend Iraq's Shrines
Muslims in India are signing up to defend Iraq's holy shrines and, if need be, fight Sunni Islamist militants in the country where the civilian death toll from the Sunni insurgents' advance is estimated at least 1,300.
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John Kerry Confronts Threat of New War in Iraq
US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Baghdad on Monday to meet with Iraq's leaders and personally urge the Shiite-led government to give more power to political opponents before a Sunni insurgency seizes more control across the country and sweeps away hopes for lasting peace.
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For Joe Biden, Iraq Crisis Offers Timely Vindication
Joe Biden was a US senator from Delaware in 2006 gearing up for a presidential campaign when he proposed that Iraq be sliced up into three semi-independent regions for Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. Follow his plan, he said, and US troops could be out by early 2008. Ignore it, he warned, and Iraq would devolve into sectarian conflict that could destabi...
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Attacks on Sunni, Shiite mosque in Iraq kill 9
Iraqi officials say a Shiite and a Sunni mosque in Baghdad have been targeted in bombings that killed at least nine people.
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At least 26 killed after Iraqi forces clash with Sunni protesters: sources
At least 26 people were killed today when Iraqi forces and Sunni Muslim protesters clashed after troops raided their anti-government demonstration camp near Kirkuk, military sources said.
