60 Killed in Iraq As Battles Rage in Dujail

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and discuss Australia’s role in the conflict. At least 60 people were killed and 104 were wounded, many of them in a battle in Dujail.
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Is War in the Cards for 2015?

"If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you," said Calvin Coolidge, whose portrait hung in the Cabinet Room of the Reagan White House. Among the dispositions shared by the two conservatives was...

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How To Read the Senate Report on CIA Torture

Introduction: The recent Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture is arguably the single most important U.S. government document released to date in this still-young 21st century. Yet even with all its richly revealing detail about the CIA’s recourse to...

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Iraq 2014: 48,590 Killed and 26,516 Wounded

During 2014, the number of casualties in Iraq increased dramatically. At least 48,590 were killed and 26,516 were wounded. The surge in violence began shortly before the start of the year when the government forcibly closed a protest camp in Anbar province. By midyear, Islamic State militants from Syria had taken advantage of the situation, brutally co-opting the rebellion in Anbar, and wreaking havoc elsewhere in the country.
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