Iraq

Dominating the news for many years now, Iraq, the country, has come to epitomize Middle East strife. Its people have survived through decades of war. With its infrastructure torn apart, and sectarian and religious strife taking a daily toll in lives, Iraq has a huge challenge ahead. Out of a population of 30 million, 2.4 million are internally displaced persons—refugees not only from the US led war there, but also from ethno-sectarian violence. Escalating persecution of Christians has forced hundreds of thousands of them to flee.

Now that US troops have left Iraq, leaving a democratically elected government in place, incidents of Islamic in-fighting have risen. Can Iraq rise above the old Sunni-Shi'a animosity that threatens to tear it apart from within? Read more here at Suite 101.

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Latest articles in Iraq

US Troops in Iraq Will Have to Leave by the End of 2011

The Associated Press reports that sources within the Obama administration are admitting that US troops in Iraq will have to leave by 31 December, 2011.

Oct 17, 2011 – Gerald Greene

Iraqi Protestor Beaten, Intimidated

Beatings and threats answer Iraqi woman's calls for freedom. Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) supports victim.

Oct 6, 2011 – Kayt Peck

Iraq's War Reparations to US: A Gift for Iraqi Radicals

Forcing Iraq to pay war reparations to the US for its misbegotten and unpopular campaign there would further undermine America's image in the Middle East.

Jun 16, 2011 – Enver Guseynov

Iraqi Protestors Persecuted

Ongoing protests in Iraq call for freedom and quality-of-life for the Iraqi people, but not without a price for peaceful protestors.

Jun 12, 2011 – Kayt Peck

Devastation of Iraq

The destruction of Iraq was an overkill where the punishment of thousands of innocent people did not fit any crime.

Apr 27, 2011 – Paula Marie Deubel

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