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In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Iraqi forces put on maximum alert

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 4, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat–Iraqi security forces have been put on maximum alert in expectation of terror attacks during the end of Eid festival celebrating the end of Ramadan at the end of this week. A number of attacks have already claimed the lives of several Iraqi...

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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)

Iraq: Maliki seeks to deflect blame for security problems

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)

Iraqi government criticized over security failures

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...

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In this Feb. 21, 2009 file photo, guards stand at a cell block at the renovated Abu Ghraib prison, now renamed Baghdad Central Prison and run by Iraqis in Baghdad, Iraq. Late-night jailbreak attempts at two major prisons outside Baghdad have killed dozens, including at least 25 members of Iraq’s security forces who battled militants armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Iraq confirms attack on jail holding Al-Qaeda members

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 23, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi security forces yesterday conducted a search operation of areas surrounding two prisons near Baghdad following two attacks that left dozens of guards and prisoners dead, while hundreds of prisoners escaped. The Al-Hout Prison in Al-Taji...