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Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province
Associated Press
Diyala, bordering both Iran and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, is a prime conduit for smuggling, including drugs.
Hussein Maytham and his family were driving...
Iraq WMD failures shadow US intelligence 20 years later
Associated Press
Bush’s administration soon began to warn about Iraq, which was long seen as threatening American interests in the Middle East.
In his U.S. Capitol...
The road to war: An ex-Reuters journalist recalls the chase for WMD in Iraq
That allegation was included in Bush’s 2003 "State of the Union" address.
Louis Charbonneau covered the UN weapons inspections prior to the Iraq war and...
Iraq and Iran sign deal to tighten border security
Baghdad (Reuters) - Iraq and Iran signed a border security agreement on Sunday, a move Iraqi officials said aimed primarily at tightening the frontier...
Saddam’s rusting yacht serves as picnic spot for Iraqi fishermen
Basra (Reuters) - Capsized in a river in southern Iraq, the rusting wreck of a yacht that belonged to Saddam Hussein serves as a...