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BOOK REVIEW: ‘You Are Not Forgotten’

By Ken Allard - Special to The Washington Times

Municipal workers clear debris while onlookers inspect the site of a car bombing in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of the capital, killing and wounding some dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Car bombings kill at least 56 in Shiite areas of Iraq

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday to step up efforts to ensure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry military aid to Syria. Only two planes reportedly have been inspected since July. (Associated Press)

Embassy Row: Appeal to Obama regarding Iranian dissidents

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

This image made from citizen journalist video posted by the Shaam News Network, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows the aftermath of a car bomb attack on a market in the town of Darkoush in Idlib province, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syria seen as haven for Mideast terrorists who can launch attacks on West

By Kristina Wong and Guy Taylor - 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)

Foreign jihadists surpass Afghan-Soviet war, storm Syria in record numbers

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Iraqi Shiite Muslim women attend the Eid al-Adha prayer, outside the party headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Council, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Muslims all over the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha by sacrificing sheep, goats, cows and camels, to commemorate the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Wave of car, suicide blasts kill at least 61

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Blowtorch’

By Gary Anderson. Special to The Washington Times

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq suicide blasts kill 27, many of them children

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra

FILE - People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb explosion at a commercial street in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Suicide bombings in Iraq kill nearly 50 people

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators threaten cuts in Iraq aid over attacks on Iranian exiles

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

HUNTER: Honor where honor is overdue

By Duncan Hunter

Ali Nori Nadir, a Sunni Kurdish interpreter, said those who have aided U.S. troops in Iraq are captured and killed under unknown conditions, and the government blames "insurgents" or "al Qaeda." (Photograph provided by Ali Nori Nadir)

Iraqi interpreters feel frightened and ‘fooled’ as U.S. visa program ends

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Liberals owe Bush an apology

Embassy Row: Iraqi responsibility

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** 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)

Embassy Row: Message to John Kerry

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

People walk past election campaign posters of different parties, in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, day ahead of the self-ruled northern Kurdish region's fourth election for local parliament since 1992. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi Kurds vote for regional assembly

Associated Press

KUHNER: How Obama arms al Qaeda

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

SHELTON: Betrayal at Camp Ashraf

By Hugh Shelton

In this photo released on early Thursday Sept. 19, 2013, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Fox News channel, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says a United Nations report finding "clear and convincing evidence" that sarin nerve gas was used in Syria painted an "unrealistic" account, and he denied his government orchestrated the attack. (AP Photo/SANA)

Bomb hits bus in central Syrian province, kills 19

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press