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Lost at home: Refugees in Iraq
He has a personality split three ways to ensure safety for himself and his family.
She hasn’t been able to leave home because she might be raped if she goes too far.
Their children have to guess which last name to use when they are stopped in the road: Which should they be, Sunni or Shia? [...]
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Back in Blackwater, pt II
Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing regarding the Blackwater incidents that have raised so many concerns about the private security contractor’s practices in Iraq. Starting at 10am, witnesses will include:
Erik Prince, Chairman of the Prince Group, LLC and Blackwater USA
Ambassador David Satterfield, Special [...]
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The numbers of American and Iraqi civilian dead last month are the lowest they’ve been in over a year, according to official estimates and international wire services. Reports attribute the drop to several factors, including the surge of American troops in Baghdad and ongoing outreach to Sunni tribes in the tense Anbar province.
What hasn’t [...]
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Back in Blackwater
Officials in Iraq have resumed travel under the protection of the U.S. private security firm Blackwater. The move may come as a shock to Iraqis, considering that this morning’s headlines reported that the Iraqi government had concluded that deaths caused by the agency a few days ago were unprovoked.
The New York Times comments that [...]
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