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** FILE ** Iraqi security forces enter through the main gate of Camp Ashraf in Khalis, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iranian exiles call for probe of Camp Ashraf attack

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this file image taken from Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a rebel fighter fires a gun in a valley in an unidentified location in Latakia province, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video, File)

Syria mess may spawn ‘Islamic emirate’ world must deal with, says Iraq’s top diplomat

Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

Syria nightmare: Fresh fears about al Qaeda fighters there returning home as sleeper terrorists

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t return Jewish archive to Iraq

By our readers

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Medal of Honor case goes to 3rd defense secretary; Rep. Duncan Hunter says system broken

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President George W. Bush carries a platter with a cooked turkey during a visit to troops serving in Iraq in 2003. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Media feasting on Bush ‘fake’ turkey claim; false story still repeated 10 years on

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Pope Francis smiles to a child in St. Peter's Square during his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis says ‘no’ to a Middle East without Christians

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Al Qaeda operatives living as refugees in Kentucky were caught on FBI spy-cams with weapons they thought were to be shipped to other Iraq insurgents. (Image: FBI)

Al Qaeda terrorists entered U.S. as part of refugee program

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

FBI scrambles to find Iraqi terrorists living off U.S. welfare

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A $165 million children's hospital in Basra is among hundreds of projects in Iraq funded by U.S. taxpayers. The U.S. and its allies are still paying millions of dollars for reconstruction of the war-ravaged country, even though Baghdad is reaping revenue from its oil industry. Two donor nations are pulling out of the trust fund. A State Department official defended U.S. assistance, saying it is aimed at maintaining a strategic partnership with Iraq. However, the official said, there is "room for improvement" (Associated Press)

Awash in oil revenue, Iraq stays on U.S. dole for reconstruction

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** On Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, civilians inspect the aftermath of a Friday-night car bomb attack in Baghdad's eastern Mashtal neighborhood. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Separate attacks across Iraq kill 20

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Supporters of Iraq's largest Shiite party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, listen to their leader, Ammar al-Hakim, during a rally to mark Muharram, an important period of mourning for Shiites, in Baghdad on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. The Remembrance of Muharram marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala, during which Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was killed. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Attacks in Iraq during religious observance kill 22

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

A Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. intelligence warily watches for threats to U.S. now that 87 nations possess drones

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Syrian woman carries buckets to fill with water at a refugee camp at Delhamiyeh village in the Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon. More than 812,000 Syrians in Lebanon are urban refugees, who live not in camps but in cities and towns. (Associated Press)

Syrian war refugees find crowds, crime, contagion at camps

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Members of an Iraqi Shiite fighters militant group called Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhadaa chant slogans against the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army rebel group and the al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra as they carry the coffin of a Shiite fighter during a funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo)

Syria becomes largest home to al Qaeda; jihadists find safe haven to plot attacks

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Iraqi policemen search a car at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is scheduled to speak about his country's plight to a Washington audience tonight, a day ahead of a White House meeting with President Barack Obama. The two leaders plan to discuss Iraq's request for more weapons, training and manpower to battle deadly attacks by a resurgent al-Qaida in Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi premier asks U.S. for arms, intel to battle al Qaeda

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) walks with Rep. Eliot L. Engel (right), New York Democrat, and Rep. Edward R. Royce, California Republican, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, before their meeting. Earlier, the prime minister met with Vice President Joseph R. Biden. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Iraqi prime minister: U.S. aid needed to battle al Qaeda

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

Vice President Joseph R. Biden welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the Naval Observatory. (Associated Press)

Al-Maliki visit presents a delicate challenge for administration

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BAROOTI: A daughter’s plea for mother’s life

By Shahabeh Barooti

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki listens during a meeting with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., and the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Iraqi government complicit in deadly attack at Camp Ashraf on Iranian refugees, report shows

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times