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In Turkey, more than 100 Kurdish rebels die in fighting

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

** FILE ** Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, a U.S. military spokesman, speaks near a poster of senior Lebanese Hezbollah operative Ali Mussa Daqduq during a press conference in July 2007 in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Wathiq Khuzaie, Pool, File)

Court lets suspect in deaths of U.S. GIs go free

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

**FILE** Iraqi police stand guard outside Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad, in December 2011. (Associated Press/People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran)

Iraq’s threat to close MeK camp worries White House

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Briefly: Car-bomb attacks kill 20 in Shiite neighborhoods

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** The Iraqi flag waves Nov. 22, 2011, while federal police parade in Baghdad. (Associated Press)

U.S. audit: $200M wasted on Iraqi police training

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

Officials: 7 Iraqi police killed in attacks

By Mazin Yahya - Associated Press

**FILE** A firefighter runs through the blast site after a garbage truck exploded near a hotel used by western contractors in central Baghdad on March 9, 2005. (Associated Press)

U.S. report says Iraq ‘rebuilders’ died by hundreds

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Briefly: President picks U.S.-educated prime minister

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Monday, July 23, 2012. An onslaught of bombings and shootings has killed scores of people across Iraq on Monday, in the nation's deadliest day so far this year. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Al Qaeda resurfaces as coordinated Iraq attacks kill 106

By Bushra Juhi and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Mohammed Jassim is treated at a hospital Monday after a car-bomb attack in Baghdad. An onslaught of bombings and shootings killed scores of people across Iraq on the deadliest day so far this year since the U.S. departed. (Associated Press)

U.S. keeps hands-off policy after a bloody day in Iraq

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, April 20, 2010, file photo, Iraqi policemen search the site of a joint U.S-Iraqi raid that killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, two top-ranking al Qaeda figures, about six miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Tikrit. The first online statement from the new leader of al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq claims that the militant network is returning to the old strongholds from which it was driven by U.S. forces and their Sunni allies prior to the American withdrawal at the end of last year, and that it is preparing operations to free prisoners and assassinate court officials. (AP Photo, File)

Al Qaeda: We’re returning to old Iraq strongholds

By Maamoun Youssef - Associated Press

Al Qaeda chief vows comeback in Iraq

By Maamoun Youssef - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed by the Associated Press on purports to show the spread of fires as a result of the shelling of Homs, Syria, by government forces on July 21, 2012. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syria revolt reaches Aleppo; rebels target cities

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Nawaf Fares, Syria's ex-ambassador to Iraq, sided with "the revolution" against President Bashar Assad. (Associated Press)

Syrian envoy joins rebels, says Assad must be ousted

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to parliament in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

Opposition: Syria’s ambassador to Iraq has defected

Associated Press

International envoy Kofi Annan, left, shakes hands with secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, as he arrives for a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Annan said Tuesday that Iran must be "part of the solution" to the bloody crisis in its close ally Syria, and that the Tehran has offered its support to end the conflict. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Annan in Iraq for talks on peace plan for Syria

Associated Press

Golf helps military vets, dad get past tough times

By PETE IACOBELLI - Associated Press

People inspect a bomb scene on July 4, 2012, a day after an explosives-laden vegetable truck ripped through a crowded market in Diwaniyah, 80 miles (120 kilometers) south of Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Violence, political unrest in Iraq fuel fears of civil war

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Zainab Abbas inspects her destroyed house June 29, one day after a car bomb attack in the Washash neighborhood of Baghdad. June was the second-deadliest month in Iraq since U.S. troops pulled out Dec. 18, 2011, with a major bombing or shooting occurring about twice a week. The possibility of civil war is a concern. (Associated Press)

Civil war feared in unstable Iraq

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Members of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga., head toward a C-17 aircraft at Sather Air Base in Baghdad in November 2010 as they begin their journey home after a year in Iraq. (Associated Press/Maya Alleruzzo)

Didn’t send your kid to war? Maybe you can send $$

By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press