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September 21, 2023

Iraq

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US Air Force targeted in ‘propaganda attack’ in Kuwait

August 25, 2022 The Associated Press

BAGHDAD — The U.S. Air Force said it was the subject of a “propaganda attack” by a previously unheard-of Iraqi militant group that falsely claimed it had launched a drone attack targeting American troops at an […]

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General says US troops to remain in Iraq

December 30, 2021 Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The top U.S. commander for the Middle East said that the United States will keep the current 2,500 troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future, and he warned that he expects increasing […]

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Army general who commanded in Iraq dies of cancer at age 67

October 13, 2021 Robert Burns, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Raymond T. Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq at the height of the war and capped a 39-year career by serving as the Army’s chief […]

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In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters

June 4, 2021 Samya Kullab, Associated Press

CHIBAISH, Iraq — “Don’t move a muscle.” His command cut across the reeds rustling in the wind. On a moonlit embankment several kilometers from shore in Iraq’s celebrated southern marshes, everyone stood still. Omar al-Sheikhly […]

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Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric deliver message of coexistence

March 9, 2021 Nicole Winfield and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press

PLAINS OF UR, Iraq — Pope Francis walked through a narrow alley in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf for a historic meeting with the country’s top Shiite cleric Saturday, and together they delivered a powerful […]

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After historic whirlwind visit, Pope leaves Iraq for Rome

March 8, 2021 Nicole Winfield and Samya Kullab, Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Pope Francis on Monday wrapped up his historic whirlwind tour of Iraq that sought to bring hope to the country’s marginalized Christian minority with a message of coexistence, forgiveness and peace. The pontiff […]

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Pope’s risky Iraq trip aims to boost Christians

March 3, 2021 Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is pushing ahead with the first papal trip to Iraq despite rising coronavirus infections, hoping to encourage the country’s dwindling number of Christians who were violently persecuted during the Islamic […]

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In a Baghdad bar, a Syrian serves cocktails to fix war woes

February 6, 2021 Samya Kullab, Associated Press

BAGHDAD — From the outside, the building seems just one of the many in central Baghdad that are decaying from years of misuse — silent, windows shut. After 6 p.m., one knock on its steel-plated […]

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Rally in Baghdad marks 1 year since Iran general’s killing

January 3, 2021 Abdulrahman Zeyad and Zeina Karam, Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Chanting anti-American slogans, thousands of Iraqis converged on a landmark square in central Baghdad on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia […]

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Acting Pentagon chief cites risks during troop reductions

November 18, 2020 Robert Burns, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The coming period of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq is “fraught with risk,” but the military will not hesitate to strike back if extremists attempt to undermine the transition to […]

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