“Today, old adversaries are at peace…”

“Today, old adversaries are at peace, and emerging democracies are potential partners.”  -Barack Obama, August 31, 2010

AFP/Baghdad, August 25, 2010… More than a dozen apparently co-ordinated car bombs targeting Iraqi police and other attacks blamed on Al Qaeda killed 53 people yesterday, just days before the US military ends its combat mission.

BAGHDAD, Aug 17… A suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded army recruitment centre in Baghdad killing 61 people Tuesday, officials said, as violence coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan raged across Iraq.

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