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Jury Weighs Claims of Abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison Against Contractor, 20 Years Later
Three men who were detained at the notorious prison in Iraq are suing a defense contractor, saying its interrogators told U.S. soldiers to “soften up” prisoners.
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Explosion Hits Iraqi Military Base Used by Iran-backed Armed Group
It was unclear who carried out the attack in Babylon Province, south of Baghdad.
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Israel’s Strike on Iran Highlights Its Ability to Evade Tehran’s Air Defenses
The retaliatory attack damaged a defense system near Natanz, a city in central Iran that is critical to the country’s nuclear weapons program.
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The Met, Amid an Audit of its Holdings, Returns an Ancient Statue to Iraq
The museum said its enhanced effort to study the provenance of items in its collection had turned up evidence that the statue of a Sumerian man was the property of Iraq.
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Liberal Democrats Urge ‘No’ Vote on Israel Aid to Pressure Biden on Gaza
Progressives in the House who oppose unfettered military aid to Israel are pressing their colleagues to vote against the $26 billion bill, which is likely to pass, to send a message to President Biden.
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A Diplomatic Victory of Uncertain Staying Power
President Biden successfully assembled a coalition to defend Israel against Iran’s aerial attack, but the cycle of retaliation could continue, challenging the White House’s efforts to avert a sustained conflict.
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Thomas Gumbleton, Catholic Bishop and a Progressive Voice, Dies at 94
He was arrested protesting war and clashed with fellow bishops in supporting gay marriage and the ordination of women and championing victims of sex abuse by priests.
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How Iran Shapes the Mideast: Power by Proxy
A guide to the armed groups that let Iran extend its influence throughout the region.
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On the Deaths of David Mixner and Senator Joseph Lieberman
Their experience of being outsiders deeply affected their political worldviews and caused them to embrace the struggles of other excluded Americans as their own.
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Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97
A refugee from Iraq, he explored in popular books the worlds of Jews living in Arabic countries or who fled persecution, and of Arabs living in Israel.
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Book Review: ‘The Achilles Trap,’ by Steve Coll
In “The Achilles Trap,” Steve Coll paints the demise of the Iraqi dictator as a tragedy of misperceptions on both sides.
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Book Reviews: ‘An American Dream,’ by David Finkel; ‘A Dangerous Country,’ Ron Kovic; ‘Diplomats at War’ Charles Trueheart.
Three new books track the pain that persists among American soldiers and diplomats in the aftermath of war.
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Inside America’s Shadow War With Iran
There’s another Middle East conflict going on, and U.S. soldiers are on the front lines of it.
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The Justice of Israel’s War in Gaza Will Depend on How It Ends
How to think about the moral complexities in the Israel-Gaza war.
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Why Authoritarians Like Saddam Hussein Confound U.S. Presidents
A C.I.A. capable of making a mistake on the scale of its miss about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction was not part of Saddam Hussein’s worldview.
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Iran’s Proxies Curtail Attacks on American Bases in Iraq and Syria After U.S. Strikes
Tehran, wary of igniting open warfare with Washington, has told militia groups it backs to curtail assaults on targets such as military installations, Iranian and American officials say.
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U.S. Strike Killed Afghans Recruited to Fight for Iran
Refugees who joined the largely overlooked Fatemiyoun Brigade to battle for Shiite Islam and escape crushing poverty had become a force in Tehran’s proxy wars.
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It’s Not Time for Our Troops to Leave the Middle East
Should U.S. troops stay in Syria and Iraq, or should they go? And if they stay, how does American leadership prevent these attacks from continuing?
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Iraq Hosts Both U.S. and Iranian-Backed Forces. It’s Getting Tense.
As Iranian-backed groups and American forces, both of which have bases in Iraq, lock horns around the Mideast, things are becoming uncomfortable for the Iraqi government.
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U.S. Strikes Hit Most of Targets in Iraq and Syria, Pentagon Says
U.S. officials acknowledge that the targeted militias still retain the majority of their capability to carry out future attacks.
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