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In this Oct. 24, 2012 photo, soldiers stop to check a car as they patrol in a convoy near the town of El Alcalde in Michoacan state, Mexico. Knights Templar, a quasi-religious drug cartel that controls the area and most of the state, monitors the movements of the military and police around the clock.
Crime   Mexico   Photos   War on Drugs   Wikipedia: Mexican Drug War		  Al Jazeera 
Mexico to compensate drug-violence victims
Thu 10 Jan 2013
Mexican has enacted a law that will ensure that the victims and relatives of crime are compensated with payments and social services from the state. The law, enacted by President Enrique Pena... (photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini)
Kurdish activists gather outside a building where three Kurdish women were shot dead, in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Police say three Kurdish women have been shot dead at a pro-Kurdish centre in Paris in what the French interior minister is calling an execution.
Activist   France   Kurdish Turkish conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: Kurdish–Turkish conflict		  The Times of India 
Three Kurdish women shot dead in Paris
Thu 10 Jan 2013
PARIS: Three Kurdish women, including one of the founders of a militant group battling Turkish troops since 1984, were "executed" at a Kurdish center in Paris, the interior minister said on Thursday.... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
10th Mountain soldiers head to Afghanistan  Syracuse  Thu 10 Jan 2013
10th Mountain soldiers head to Afghanistan
Nearly 3,500 10th Mountain Division soldiers are leaving for Afghanistan this month. Members of the 1st and 2nd... (photo: US Army / Alexandra Campo)
Afghanistan   Brigade   Photos   Soldiers   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
Iraqi soldiers search detainees after a firefight May 22, 2005, in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. The soldiers are participating in Operation Squeeze Play, a major operation to catch insurgents and stop insurgent activity throughout Baghdad´s Rusafa neighborhoo  Al Jazeera  Wed 9 Jan 2013
Iraqis awarded $5m over Abu Ghraib abuse
A US defence contractor whose subsidiary was accused of conspiring to torture detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has paid $5.28m to 71 former inmates held there between 2003 and 2007.... (photo: US Army)
Abu Ghraib abuse   Iraq   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
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Iraqi security forces close a bridge leading to the heavily guarded Green Zone while protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 4, 2011. Thousands rallied across Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq on Friday in anti-government demonstrations that defied security checkpoints and a vehicle ban that forced many to walk for hours to the heart of the capital. The Guardian Tue 8 Jan 2013
Iraqis government backers show support in rally
... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Iraq   Photos   Protests   Shiite   Wikipedia: Iraq
Iraq: UN Mission Condemns Wave of Attacks Scoop Sat 5 Jan 2013
Iraq: UN Mission Condemns Wave of Attacks
Sunday, 6 January 2013, 10:44 am Press Release: United Nations Iraq: UN Mission Condemns Wave of Attacks During Arba'een Commemoration New York, Jan 4 2013 4:00PM The... (photo: UN/UN)
Attacks   Iraq   Photos   Religious   Wikipedia: Baghdad
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani voted on Saturday in elections expected to keep Kurdistan San Francisco Chronicle Sat 5 Jan 2013
Iraqi president said to be recovering from stroke
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's ailing president is responding to treatment and is making progress in recovering from a stroke last month, the leader's office said Saturday. The... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Health   Iraq   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani President of Iraq addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters The Guardian Sat 5 Jan 2013
Iraq presidency claims progress in stroke recovery
... (photo: AP / David Karp)
Health   Iraq   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Jalal Talabani
GEN Norman Schwarzkopf, Commanding General, V.S. Central Command, arrives at the Pentagon for meetings with General Colin Powell, CJCS, and Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney. D-1998-OSD-91-040129 Location: PENTA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tue 1 Jan 2013
1991 Victory Over Iraq Was Swift, but Hardly Flawless
WASHINGTON -- As the 1991 Persian Gulf war drew to a close, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf told an anxious nation that an American-led juggernaut had swept across the desert,... (photo: US DoD)
Gulf   Iraq   Norman Schwarzkopf   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia : 1991 Persian Gulf War


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File - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Tredway, of Bravo Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Calvary Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, restrains and searches a detainee during a mission in Al Haymer, Iraq, July 12, 2007. How the US intelligence community came out of the shadows Al Jazeera
U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains security on the street during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district of Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 2012. Imperial Lockstep CounterPunch
In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Tensions Rise in Baghdad With Raid on Official The New York Times
Syrian women stand amid the ruins of their farm, destroyed by Syrian Army jets, in Al-Hafriyeh village, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Turkey's 'No Problems' or 'Many Problems' Policy? WorldNews.com
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Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. The anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr voiced support for Iraqi Sunni protesters who have been rallying against the country’s Shiite-dominated central government and said the demonstrators have the right to demonstrate as long as they are peaceful. Iraqi Shiite cleric lends support to Sunni protest US News
Protesters chant slogans against the Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags and hold posters of Sunni Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Iraq's western Sunni heartland following the arrest of bodyguards assigned to the finance minister, who draws support from the area. The Khulafa al-Rashideen mosque is seen at right. New protests break out in Iraq’s Sunni heartland The Washington Times
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a meeting with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the Presidential Palace Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Redrawing the Middle East map: Iran, Syria and the new Cold War Al Jazeera
Oil & Gas
Iran's Minister of Petroleum Rostam Ghasemi, center, gestures as he speaks to journalists prior to the start of the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, June 14, 2012. The meeting of the 12 oil ministers of the OPEC focuses on price and production targets. Iran claims it has circumvented sanctions US News
Essar Group - Essar Oil -India -Petroleum -hires(sk1) Essar slashes Iran imports in Nov; to continue with cuts-source Reuters
SG meets with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President, Iran Sanctions costing Iran $100 million every day The Daily Telegraph
An Exxon tanker truck operated by Corey Moorer, right, of Clinton, Md., makes a refueling stop at an Exxon station in Arlington, Va., Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourth-quarter earnings fell 33 percent from a year ago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)hg3 UPDATE 1-Exxon tells Iraq wants to quit West Qurna oilfield Reuters
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