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1. As Sunnis Die In Iraq, a Cycle Is Restarting.

Author

RUBIN, ALISSA J., NORDLAND, ROD, and al-Salhy, Suadad

Subjects
*SHI'AH -- Relations -- Sunnites, *SUNNITES, *SHIITES, *PRISONERS, *DEATH, *CIVIL war, *IRAQ War, 2003-2011, *TWENTY-first century
Abstract

The article reports on the June 2014 killings of Sunni prisoners in Iraq held in prisons controlled by the Shiite government, possibly in response to violence caused by Sunni militants and with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant organization. Topics discussed include the possibility that the country will return to civil war, the spread of violence into the city of Baghdad, Iraq, and that the U.S. military is no longer in the country following the end of the Iraq War in 2011.

Published
2014

2. Deadlock Blocks Iraqi Leadership Vote as ISIS Makes Gains Toward Baghdad.

Author

RUBIN, ALISSA J. and AL-SALHY, SUADAD

Subjects
*LEADERSHIP
Abstract

The article reports that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), jihadist group active in Iraq and Syria have gained the leadership votes in Baghdad, Iraq wherein the National Alliance was discouraged on the prospect of voting.

Published
2014

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