Topic: Iraq Body Count
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Global News Blog Good Reads: Christian Middle East exodus, online ed, drone strikes, and Japan's prisons
The round-up of Good Reads for this week includes a look at the plight of Christians in the Middle East, how online classes are faring, a visual timeline of US drone attacks, and why Japan's crime rate is so low.
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Backchannels Weapons flowing from Iraqi Sunnis to Syria's rebels?
So says a fairly credible CNN report.
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Iraq withdrawal: With US troops set to exit, 9-year war draws to close
Iraq withdrawal will occur by the end of this year, President Obama announced Friday. For the 39,000 US troops still in Iraq, withdrawal means most will be home for the holidays.
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Wikileaks allegations to be scrutinized in investigation called by British deputy PM
WikiLeaks has published almost 400,000 US military logs, mainly written by soldiers on the ground, detailing daily carnage in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion: detainees abused by Iraqi forces, insurgent bombings, sectarian executions and civilians shot at checkpoints by US troops.
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Iraq's Maliki says Wikileaks documents could be used in court
But ordinary Iraqis didn't seem to immediately grasp that the 400,000 Wikileaks documents could provide details on the deaths of thousands of people.
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Opinion: Rachel Corrie, an Israeli bulldozer, and our shared global fate
Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer while defending a Palestinian home in Gaza in 2003. Today, for all the fierce division the Corrie family's recent civil suit against Israel rekindles, her story speaks more than ever to our interconnections.
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Iraq's waning insurgency scrambles for new sanctuary
As violence falls in Baghdad, Al Qaeda in Iraq is taking its fight to desert outposts and rural villages.
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Iraqi insurgents forced underground
But even in hiding, Al Qaeda in Iraq can carry out high-profile attacks and has infiltrated security forces.
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Is life for Iraqis improving?
Five years after the US invasion, some see flickers of hope.
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Rift threatens U.S. antidote to Al Qaeda in Iraq
Growing divisions among pro-US Sunni tribal chiefs threatens to unravel American gains against Al Qaeda.
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New survey of Iraqi death toll: 151,000
Conducted jointly by the Iraqi government and the World Health Organization, its finding is lower than the 600,000 arrived at by John Hopkins University.
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