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Opinion: Seven Years Later, Iraq War Bearing Fruit

(March 19) -- Less than two weeks ago, 12 million Iraqis went to the polls to vote for a new parliament. The results are still trickling in, and the process of choosing a new president, prime minister and cabinet may well take months. In haste to report on a slowly developing story and befuddled by the chaos that is...

Millions of Iraqis Voted Despite Threat of Violence

(March 7) – Bombs and mortars thundered across Iraq and left at least 36 people dead Sunday as insurgents sought to sabotage historic elections deciding who will shepherd the nation into a new era once American troops pull out. Despite the violence, millions of Iraqis streamed out of polling stations unabashedly...

Coordinated Bomb Attacks Rip Through Baghdad

(Dec. 8) -- Insurgents greeted the announcement of a new date for Iraqi elections with a series of explosions across Baghdad on Tuesday that killed at least 127 people and left Iraqis infuriated that the government still can't secure the capital. The three car bombings and two other attacks, targeting the neighborhoods of...