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Iraq plans to cut Sunni fighters' salaries (www.chicagotribune.com)

The Iraqi government plans to cut salaries for the estimated 100,000 members of the Awakening movement whose revolt against Al Qaeda in Iraq played a key role in bringing about the sharp fall in... More

Tags: iraqi government,salaries,awakening,sunnis,alqaeda,shia,us military

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

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Iraqis stage mass anti-US rally (news.bbc.co.uk)

Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr have staged a mass demonstration in Baghdad in protest against plans to extend the US mandate in Iraq. An estimated 50,000 protesters chanted slogans such as... More

Tags: video,iraq,rally,moqtada sadr,shia,politics,council

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Petraeus: Serious Ethnic Challenges Loom in Iraq (voanews.com)

The Iraqi Shi'ite faction lead by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says one of its senior lawmakers has been killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad. The bombing comes as a senior U.S. military commander warns of a... More

Tags: iraq,iraq war,general david petraeus,moqtada alsadr,shiite,shia,baghdad,bombs,us military,violence,regional elections

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

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