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US couldn’t create a more convenient villain than Abu Bakr Baghdadi
May 16, 2019 10:33Washington is the source of all acts of terrorism and bloodshed in Muslim countries, and in the words of Tony Cartalucci, a Bangkok-based independent American geopolitical researcher in his article for New Eastern Outlook “The US Couldn’t Create a More Convenient Villain than Abu Bakr Baghdadi”.
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Four killed as anti-graft protest rocks Iraq's Najaf
May 16, 2019 08:10At least four people have been killed in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf during an anti-corruption protest called by a political movement led by cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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US orders departure of non-emergency employees from Iraq
May 15, 2019 08:31The US State Department has ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees from Iraq, following Washington's repeated expressions of concern about so-called threats from Iran's allies in the Arab country.
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Iraqi PM hopes tensions between Washington, Tehran will eventually subside
May 15, 2019 01:31Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi says he believes “things would end well” between the United States and Iran despite growing tensions between the two arch-enemies over Tehran’s nuclear program and its missile capabilities.
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Iraq ‘will not stand idle’ if US steps up anti-Iran campaign: Influential Iraqi figure
May 11, 2019 06:50Iraqi Shia cleric and leader of the National Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, has warned that the country will “not stand idle” as Washington’s unabashedly aggressive and hawkish policies against Tehran risk jeopardizing Iraq.
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Glimpses of Epic of 8-Year Holy Defense (66)
May 10, 2019 06:48The fifth year of the imposed war came to an end in 1985 when the Islamic Republic of Iran, in view of all the restrictions and economic and military pressures, had shown supremacy over the Ba'athist regime via a number of operations that would amaze Saddam and his backers in Washington, Tel Aviv and regional Arab Sheikhdoms.
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Iraq reaffirms won’t cooperate with US on Iran sanctions
May 10, 2019 04:45Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi says his country will not be part of the regime of US sanctions against Iran, and that is Baghdad’s clear and declared policy.
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Iraq holds trial for over 500 Daesh terrorists
May 08, 2019 12:29The Iraqi judiciary has tried and sentenced more than 500 foreigners since the start of 2018 for joining the Daesh group, the country's Supreme Court announced on Wednesday.
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Iraqi Air Force to receive four more KAI T-50 Golden Eagle warplanes
May 08, 2019 01:43The Iraqi military is going to receive a new batch of South Korean KAI T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic advanced trainers and light combat aircraft under a deal struck between Baghdad and Seoul several years ago.
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US-led coalition aircraft drop food, medicine to Daesh remnants in western Iraq: Report
May 08, 2019 00:50The US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has reportedly dropped foodstuff and medical supplies to the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq’s western province of Anbar and on the border with conflict-plagued Syria.