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An Iraqi policeman and a soldier secure the site of car bomb attacks in Qurna, a town in Basra, south of Baghdad June 8, 2007.
Iraq's Insurgents and Militias The Sunni Insurgency Nationalists and Ba'athists — By far the largest category of Sunni insurgents are those that regard themselves as an Iraqi "nationalist resistance" against U.S. occupation. There are scores of such groups, made up mainly of Saddam loyalists and former soldiers. Although the nationalists regard the jihadis with suspicion, ... Read More
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Aug. 6, 2006 | By Bobby GhoshA knot begins to form in my stomach exactly at 8 a.m., when I step into the small Fokker F-28 jet that will take me and 50 other passengers from Amman, Jordan, to Baghdad. I know what lies ahead: an hour's uneventful flying over unchanging desert, followed by the world's scariest landing--a steep, corkscrewing plunge ...
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Oct. 6, 1980 | By Spencer DavidsonCOVER STORIES Seeking power and revenge, Iraq attacks Iran along a crucial oil artery Suddenly the nightmare, the conflict that had only been discussed as a worst-case scenario, was at hand—war amid the oilfields and across the vital oil routes of the Persian Gulf. Day after day last week, Iraqi pilots flying Soviet-built MiGs headed ...
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Mar. 5, 2007 | By Reynolds HoldingIn the Iraq war, the White House has little use for international law--except when it comes in handy
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Nov. 5, 2006 | By Peter W. GalbraithWith the country descending into civil war, a noted diplomat and author argues why partition may be the U.S.'s only exit strategy
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Nov. 10, 2003 | By Michele OrecklinThey talk guardedly on walkie-talkies, using code names. No logos mark their cars. Their office buildings contain no names that would give away their business. These are not intelligence operatives or criminals. These are Western relief workers, and this is how they have been forced to work in Iraq, where they have been targeted dozens ...
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