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Iran eclipses US as Iraq's ally in fight against militants
by Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - January 13, 2015 - 2:18am
In the eyes of most Iraqis, their country's best ally in the war against the Islamic State group is not the United States and the coalition air campaign against the militants. It's Iran, which is credited with stopping...
Iraqi general warns of military woes in fighting extremists
by Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - January 3, 2015 - 5:24am
Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi had 225 fighters, a single Abrams tank, a pair of mortars, two artillery pieces and about 40 armored Humvees when he set out to retake a strategic city in northern Iraq captured by Islamic...
Iraq militia parades as insurgents seize crossing
by Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - June 22, 2014 - 5:06am
Thousands of heavily-armed Shiite militiamen paraded through several Iraqi cities on yesterday as Sunni militants seized two strategically located towns in what appeared to be a new offensive in the western Anbar...
Humiliation at rout hits Iraqi military hard
by Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - June 19, 2014 - 5:52am
The Iraqi soldiers tell of how they can hardly live with the shame of their rout under the onslaught of the Islamic militants. Their commanders disappeared. Pleas for more ammunition went unanswered.
Iran's general in Iraq, militants seize key city
by Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - June 17, 2014 - 7:04am
In a sign of Iran's deepening involvement in the Iraqi crisis, the commander of Tehran's elite Quds Force is helping Iraq's military and Shiite militias gear up to fight the Sunni insurgents who have advanced across...
15 killed at Iraq campaign rally for Shiite group
by Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - April 26, 2014 - 3:38am
A series of bombs struck a campaign rally Friday for a militant Shiite group in Iraq's capital ahead of next week's parliamentary election, killing at least 15 people and wounding 25, authorities said.
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