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Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of ‘Mission Accomplished’
Dubai (Reuters) - A year after President George W. Bush launched the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, four U.S. civilian security contractors in SUVs took an...
U.S.-led Iraq war ushered in years of chaos and conflict
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Instead, Iraqis faced years of upheaval and chaos.
The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was meant to topple a dictator who had inflicted reckless wars...
ANALYSIS: Iraq’s mercurial Moqtada Sadr risks isolation with political retreat
Reuters
Many Shi'ite Iraqis still view Sadr as a hero of the downtrodden
Moqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi'ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades,...
Iraqi MPs to meet in new bid to elect president, end deadlock
Baghdad (AFP) — Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq are set to meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this year to elect a new state president...
How will the future of a sectarian ruler look like in a state where political assassinations are the norm?
Perhaps Al-Maliki will meet the fate of Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh who was killed at the hands of the Houthis, his onetime allies.
Political assassinations...