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Protesters chant anti-Iraqi government slogans during a protest in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
by Hamza Mustafa and Sherzad Shekhani | Jul 25, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki hit out at his coalition partners in the ruling National Alliance, including the Sadr Movement and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) in a television interview on Tuesday, after coming...
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Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at the Abu–Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Sept. 2, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 24, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The escape of top Al-Qaeda commanders from two Baghdad prisons on Sunday evening has raised fears of a renewed terrorist campaign, placing pressure on Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and his government, which has so far remained quiet on the...
