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I Was An Innocent Prisoner at Guantanamo Bay

Hussein Latif, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. June 11, 2010.

An Iraqi's tale of an odyssey through war zones, trying to reach the West but ending up in Guantanamo.

In Iraq, Combating Oil Corruption, Staving Off Fears of a Kurdish-Arab War

Iraq Oil ReportFebruary 22, 2009.

A round-up of the most important news out of Iraq.

Maliki Leads in Iraqi Election: Voters See Party as 'Most Expedient Way to End the Occupation'

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. February 3, 2009.

The U.S. likes to cast elections as proof of the legitimacy of the occupation, but many Iraqis saw their votes as a way to end it.

Maliki to Launch More Attacks in South as Sadr Calls for Massive Protests

Middle East OnlineApril 4, 2008.

Also: US air strike kills three members of one Basra family.

'Handed Over' to a Government Called Sadr

Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. April 3, 2008.

The "Surge" will go down in history as one of the greatest strategic failures in military history.