War-scarred Iraq in uncertain future
BAGDAD—Iraq on Monday marks 20 years since the start of the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, but no ...
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Ex-US defense chief Rumsfeld passes away, 88
Donald Rumsfeld, the cocksure and unrepentant defense secretary who led the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, has ...
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Iraqi protesters block oil field, hold strike to demand jobs
Nasiriyah—Iraqi anti-government protesters blockaded an oil field and rallied in southern cities Sunday while political factions remained paralyzed in their ...
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Iraq’s PM bows out as protesters mourn their dead
Baghdad"•The government of Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi ended Sunday after two months of violent unrest that has left ...
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Protests in Iraq set stage for Iran, US tug-of-war
Baghdad—Iraq’s deadliest wave of protests since the 2003 ouster of dictator Saddam Hussein has made the country vulnerable to a ...
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