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Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein

FILE - Boys sit next to a mural of Shiite clerics Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, left, and Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 6, 2013, painted over a portrait of former ...
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Sadr urges security boost in Iraq amid reports of ISIS prison break in Syria

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday urged Baghdad’s security forces to raise ...
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Iraq security deal with Iran sparks tension with US

A security agreement between Iran and Iraq has faced backlash from Washington, which for years has opposed Tehran's close ties with Baghdad. The deal comes as Ali Larijani, head of Iran's Supreme ...
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Iraq's displaced Yazidis and security forces cast ballots in early voting in parliament election

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Members of Iraqi security forces and displaced people living in camps, including minority Yazidis, cast their ballots Sunday in early voting ahead of this week's parliamentary ...
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Shiite pilgrims commemorate Ashoura in Karbala, Iraq, under tight security

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims are in the Iraqi city of Karbala for Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet ...
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$500 Million of Iraqi Oil Funds Assigned to Security

With little more than two weeks before the Iraqi transitional government takes over in Baghdad, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority has approved an additional $500 million in Iraqi oil ...