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Clashes continue in Iraq; at least 17 more die
BEIRUT -- Battles between Iraqi government forces and Sunni fighters left at least 17 people dead Wednesday as sectarian tensions showed little sign of abating and threatened an insurrection in Sunni provinces. Dozens of people were reportedly killed...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Armed Conflicts, Political Dissent, Nouri Maliki, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Iraq violence sparks fears of a Sunni revolt
BEIRUT — Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting violence around the country that left at least 36 people dead. The unrest led two Sunni officials to resign from the...
Tags: Revolutions, Bashar Assad, Armed Conflicts, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Dissent
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Sergeant tells story, pleads guilty to Baghdad killings
The News TribuneSgt. John Russell returned to a Baghdad combat stress clinic "in a rage," seeking out the Army psychiatrist who Russell believed had encouraged him to commit suicide earlier that day. Russell didn't see the doctor but still attacked the military clinic,...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Psychiatrists, Justice System
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Army sergeant may plead guilty at JBLM Monday to murder charges
The News TribuneA soldier who faced the death penalty on charges he killed five service members at a military mental health clinic in Baghdad reached a plea agreement with the Army last week and is expected in court Monday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Army's...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Armed Conflicts, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Punishment
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Frustrated Iraqi Sunnis protest, fear they being sidelined
Reuters* Sunni provinces halt work, boycott schools in protest * Iraqi politics sharply divided along sectarian lines By Kamal Naama RAMADI, Iraq, April 22 (Reuters) - Iraqis in Sunni provinces boycotted government offices, closed shops and deserted...Tags: Religion and Belief, Armed Conflicts, Islam, Activism, Politics
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Iraqis vote in provincial elections amidst angst, ire
BEIRUT — After a week of violence, Iraq held its first provincial elections Saturday since the departure of U.S. troops last year. Results are not expected for several days, but the conditions under which the vote was held showed that little has...Tags: Iraq, National Government, Elections, Nouri Maliki, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Did the system fail a soldier?
SHERMAN, Texas — Sgt. John Russell designed his new house here so there would be room for everyone: for him and his wife, Mandy, his wife's parents and his own. There was a doggie door for Louie and Queenie — "the little ones," he called...Tags: Mental Illness, Punishment, Behavioral Conditions, Lawyers, Iraq
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Bombings in Iraq kill more than 30 people
BEIRUT -- A string of bombings in Iraq claimed the lives of more than 30 people Monday in the run-up to provincial elections scheduled for this weekend. The attacks, which left dozens wounded, took place around the country, including in Baghdad; the...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Religion and Belief, Islam, Al-Qaeda, Politics
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Iraq: String of attacks across country kills 32
BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents launched what appeared to be a highly coordinated string of attacks across Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 32 and wounding more than 200, according to officials. The attacks, many involving car bombs, erupted...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Emergency Incidents, Armed Conflicts, Shootings, Al-Qaeda
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Four years after Camp Liberty killings, families losing patience
SEATTLE — On the day Sgt. John Russell allegedly walked into the mental health clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad and shot five U.S. service members to death, Pfc. Jacob Barton was just signing in at the front desk. It was the day after Mother’...
Tags: U.S. Army, Psychiatry, Murder, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization
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Iraq veterans remember the fallen on anniversary
FT. STEWART, Ga. — Angel Acevedo found the granite marker for his friend, Robert Stever, known to all as "Catfish." There it was on the Warriors Walk memorial. It lay beneath tree No. 31, one of 444 planted here to honor fallen soldiers: Army...
Tags: Iraq, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Bush's war, 10 years later
The 10th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq seems an appropriate time to look back at how it all happened and what it has wrought, not so much for Iraq as for the United States, which poured its own troops, treasure and world reputation into...
Tags: Iraq, Lyndon B. Johnson, Vietnam War (1955-1975), United Nations, Wars and Interventions
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