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Iraqis gather at the site of a car bom in Al-Nasr neighbourhood in the northern Iraqi town of Kirkuk on September 5, 2013, which killed two people and wounded more than 15. (AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM)

Iraqi forces arrest Douri’s top aide

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 5, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—One of the top aides of Iraq’s Saddam-era vice-president Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri was arrested on Wednesday, Iraqi authorities’ announced. Samir Shwaili, media spokesman of the head of Iraq’s anti-terrorism agency, said that Iraqi...

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Iraqi women living in Yemen hold up the Iraqi flag used during the Baath Party’s rule under ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, as they take part in a protest in front of the Iraqi Embassy, in the capital Sanaa on January 16, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Opinion: Has the US Fulfilled its Promise to the Iraqi People?

by Tariq Al-Hashemi | Apr 20, 2013 | Opinion

Ten years on from the occupation, the Iraqi people are still divided and preoccupied with searching for a way out of their national disaster. The Americans, for their part, are also confused and divided and unable to agree on a way out from their own financial and...

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An April 10, 2003 photo shows US Marines walking past a dismounted statue of Saddam Hussein on Baghdad’s Fardous Square. (AFP PHOTO)

Iraq: How the Republic of Fear was Brought Down

by Amir Taheri | Mar 17, 2013 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ten years, already. Yes, the people of Iraq have completed their first decade without a despot who had invaded every aspect of their life with a mixture of brutality and cynicism. And, yet, many Iraqis have not yet succeeded in filing away...