Iraq Is Coming Apart at the Seams — Here’s an Essential Reader
Confused about what’s going on in Iraq? Wondering how the situation became so grim?
After American troops were withdrawn at the end of 2011, our media’s coverage of the ongoing conflict in Iraq dwindled to almost nothing. But suddenly the country is back in the headlines as a violent militant group called the Islamic State of Iraq…
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