Aqil Jabbar
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Families of people killed under the former regime are being given priority for employment and other benefits.
Scholars denounce "terrorists" and call for unity in wake of Ashura bombings.
Students heed the calls of Shia leaders and abandon their classrooms for public protests against the constitution
Recent atrocities were partly the result of international forces’ failure to provide adequate policing and border controls, critics say.
Orphans who escaped children’s homes eke out a bare existence on the capital’s streets.
At least 15 reporters are said to have been killed this year, but the real number could higher.
Villagers do roaring trade in sale of weapons to country's growing bands of insurgents.
Old anthems heard again as people in president’s home town insist they have the right to honour their former leader.
Shia from Iran enlist in Mahdi Army, pledging to keep US forces out of Iraqi holy places.
London categorically denies claims that UK soldiers mutilated fighters from southern town.