BAGHDAD — Sheik Kamal Maamouri, the leader of one of the largest Shiite-dominated tribes in Iraq, used to call the United States troops here occupiers, demanding that they withdraw because he said they killed and imprisoned innocent members of his tribe.
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Americans love the notion of closure. But history can be messy.
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Eight months shy of its deadline for pulling the last American soldier from Iraq and closing the door on an eight-year war, the Pentagon is having second thoughts.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight months shy of its deadline for pulling the last American soldier from Iraq and closing the door on an 8-year war, the Pentagon is having second thoughts.
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For all the hand-wringing about rising oil prices over the past decade, their impact on the global economy has been far less painful than previously. Record highs barely earned a cameo as a villain in the recent recession, while they played a starring…
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RFE/RL correspondent Dan Alexe says we have grown used to filling our days with surfing, phoning, zapping… There are no gaps; we have forgotten how to be idle.
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