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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

Iraqi forces arrest Douri’s top aide

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)


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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

Iraq: How the Republic of Fear was Brought Down

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...