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People look at bodies lying on the ground Dec. 29. 2011, after Turkey's air force attacked suspected Kurdish rebel targets across the border in Iraq, killing at least 35 people — many of them believed to be smugglers mistaken for guerrillas — near the village of Ortasu in Sirnak, Turkey. (Associated Press)

Turkey: Strikes kill 35 people mistaken for rebels

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

People mount bodies onto mules after Turkey's air force attacked suspected Kurdish rebels on Wednesday night, killing 35, many of them believed to be smugglers mistaken for guerrillas. It was one of the largest one-day civilian death tolls incurred during Turkey's 27-year drive against militant Kurds seeking autonomy. (Associated Press)

Warplanes looking for rebels kill 35 Turkish civilians

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former Army Vice Chief of Staff John Keane (Associated Press)

Iraq surge’s advocates fear gains will be lost

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration by William Brown for The Washington Times

FLYNN: The Iraq War is not really over

By Christopher Flynn - The Washington Times

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

U.N. and Iraq reach deal on Iranian dissidents

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Suicide attacker kills 7 at Baghdad checkpoint

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Sadrists call for new elections in Iraq

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning (right) is escorted from a security vehicle to a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., on Thursday for a military hearing that will determine if he should face a court-martial in connection with a leak of secret documents. (Associated Press)

Prosecution seeks court-martial in leak case

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces and people inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A series of blasts Thursday morning in Baghdad killing and wounding scores of people in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc across the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Wave of bombings kills 69 across Iraqi capital

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division, the last American unit to leave Iraq, arrive at Camp Virginia in Kuwait. (Associated Press)

U.S. exit from Iraq leaves a power void

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces inspect a crater created by a car-bomb attack in the neighborhood of Karrada in Baghdad. A series of blasts Thursday morning killed or wounded scores of people in coordinated explosions designed to wreak havoc in the capital. The last U.S. combat troops left the country on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Bombings rock Baghdad and kill scores

By Guy Taylor and Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Two bad September days

By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq’s vice president accuses Iran of being involved in his arrest warrant

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

**FILE** Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a security vehicle to a courthouse at Fort Meade, Md., on Dec. 19, 2011. (Associated Press)

Defense rests case in WikiLeaks military hearing

By David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

LYONS: Facing reality about Iran

By Adm. James A. Lyons - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq prime minister tells Kurds to hand over Sunni VP

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, Iraq's vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Iraq’s Sunni VP denies charges he ran hit squad

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Iraq vice president denies he directed hit squad

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Briefly: Middle East

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES