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Iraq soccer team not short on motivation
They may be out of World Cup contention and fielding a severely understrength side but don't expect Iraq to be short on motivation. Australia face the world No.98 side in their crucial World Cup qualifier at ANZ Stadium on Tuesday. Sitting at the bottom of the qualifying group Iraq are out of the mix for Brazil and playing for little more than pride. A win for the Socceroos however, ...
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Risks and rewards offered by no-fly zone in Syria considered in context of Iraq effort in 1992
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military wades into Middle East conflicts. But experts say the White House is looking at the wrong Iraq war, especially as the U.S. reluctantly considers a no-fly zone over Syria to ...
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Dozens dead in spate of bomb attacks across Iraq
A blistering string of apparently co-ordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens on Sunday, spreading fear throughout the county in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a US-led ...
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30 killed in Iraq attacks
Most of the attacks occurred in the cities with a high concentration of Shia Muslims. These included the cities of Kut, Najaf, Mahmoudiya, Nasiriya and Basra.Five people were killed in Basra city when two car bombs went off almost at the same time in a market in the city centre. Another car bomb killed at least seven people in the holy city of Najaf. In Kut, two car bombs targeted an industrial ...
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Al-Qaeda’s Iraq head defies boss over Syria fight
File - Masked Sunni protesters wave Islamist flags while others chant slogans at an anti-government rally in Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal ...
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Series of attacks kills 51 in Iraq
BAGHDAD -- A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens on Sunday, spreading fear throughout the country in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a U.S.-led ...
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23 killed in series of bombings shootings in Iraq
Up to 23 people were killed and 133 wounded in a series of car bomb attacks and shootings in Iraq on Sunday, amid growing sectarian tension in the country that pushed the UN envoy to Iraq to call on Iraqi leaders to hold dialogue to solve their disputes in order to avoid slipping the country into widespread killings.Two car bombs went off in al-Arousah Square in the center of Basra, some 550 km ...
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Iraqi Shiite holy city shares the pain of Iran’s economic woes
Iran have resulted in fewer pilgrims with less money to spend. Business leaders, shopkeepers and hotel owners in Najaf, site of a shrine to a revered Shiite figure and home to most of the sect's top religious leaders, all report declining trade as economic sanctions targeting Iran's controversial nuclear program have made it harder for visitors from Iraq's eastern neighbor to make ...
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