Iraqi athletes targeted for wearing shorts
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An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were shot to death this week in Baghdad because they were wearing shorts, authorities said Saturday, reporting the latest in a series of recent attacks attributed to Islamic extremists.
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Iraqi insurgents are targeting fellow Iraqis serving as police or national guardsmen and their families, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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Inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, Samir Zedan dons a flak jacket and helmet. But Zedan is not your typical high-level U.S. government employee: He is Palestinian.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister went to Jordan on Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influential Iraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan.
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The Arab TV network Al-Jazeera is showing footage of six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women. The Islamic Army in Iraq is claiming responsibility.
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The State Department and other government agencies are having trouble filling great, career-enhancing jobs in Baghdad as part of the new Iraq reconstruction push. Many agency employees are hesitant to sign up for these new "provincial reconstruction teams" because they think they might be killed....
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accused of sheltering fighters led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Washington&#39;s main foe in Iraq. which involved US air strikes on targets in the city.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered Iraq's military commanders on Tuesday to speed up preparations for a U.S.-backed crackdown in Baghdad after a string of attacks killed hundreds of people in recent days.
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In 2006,  Faisal Faisal wants to become the first Iraqi athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics, but he can hardly describe the sport, skeleton, in which he hopes to qualify.
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Iraq's interim prime minister has  threatened to attack Falluja unless it turns in foreign  militants, but a negotiator for the rebel-held city said on  Thursday its people were being asked to chase shadows.
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Iraq&#39;s Munir Qusai evades a tackle from Australia&#39;s Anthony Danze in Iraq&#39;s 1-0 victory. Photos: AP.s. From the ashes of war-torn Iraq an unlikely Phoenix is rising.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 23  - The suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people in a lunchtime attack on a US base in Iraq was likely wearing an Iraqi Army uniform, US Brigadier General Carter Ham, commander of the Mosul base where the attack occurred, told
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Much to the anger of the athletes involved, President Bush is using the Iraqi Olympic team&#39;s success in his re-election campaign, essentially saying if it hadn&#39;t been for him
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IRAKLION, Greece - The Iraqi soccer team is one victory away from an improbable trip to the podium. Emad Mohammed's 12-yard bicycle kick in the 64th minute gave Iraq a 1-0 victory over Australia in the quarterfinals Saturday, putting the invaded, war-torn country in position to compete for only its second Olympic medal in the nation's history...
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A man arranges smal l shells as he squats close to an anti aircraft gun in the Industrial Club stadium in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City 18 October 2004 in Baghdad, which is being used as an official weapons&#39; collection point.
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Iran is training fighters in Iraq and helping to plan attacks there despite diplomatic pressure for change, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, while violence around the Arab state killed at least 19 people.
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Iraqi officials plan to dig a series   of trenches around Baghdad in the coming weeks to seal it off   and control movement into and out of the city, The New York   Times reported on Saturday.