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Ali Mamouri

Ali Mamouri was the Associate Editor of Iraq at Al-Monitor.

A woman buys bread at a bakery in the city of Mosul, June 24, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held crisis talks with leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday urging them to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country. Picture taken June 24, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT BUSINESS FOOD SOCIETY) - RTR3VNJJ

Iraqis fear uncertain future in areas under 'Islamic State'

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Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a military-style training in the holy city of Najaf, June 16, 2014. The United States said it could launch air strikes and act jointly with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government, after a rampage by Sunni Islamist insurgents across Iraq that has scrambled alliances in the Middle East. REUTERS/Ahmad Mousa (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR3U41A

Escalating crisis drives surge in Iraq's messianic movements

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Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants, carry weapons and a portrait of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during a parade in the streets in Baghdad's Sadr city June 14, 2014. An offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some territory in counter-attacks, easing pressure on the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL

Sistani stresses need for unity over sectarianism in battle for Iraq

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Blindfolded suspected militants, with possible links to al-Qaeda, are seen at Iraqi police headquarters in Diyala province, north of Baghdad December 5, 2011. Police forces arrested 30 suspected militants during a raid in Diyala province, a police source said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT) - RTR2UVUD

Transitional justice fails in Iraq

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Shi'ite people place copies of the Koran on their heads during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Imam Ali at his shrine in the holy city of Najaf, about 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, July 30, 2013. Imam Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad, was wounded in the head during a battle and died after two days in 661 AD in Najaf. REUTERS/Ahmad Mousa (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE ALSO SEE: GM1EA3R14QL01 - RTX124BU

Sunni, Shiite scholars attempt to ease Iraqi political conflicts

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IRAQI STUDENTS APPLYING FOR FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS CROWD A ROOM TO SIT
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Iraqi higher education continues decline

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A girl stands amidst people attending Friday prayer in Najaf, south of Baghdad, March 28, 2014. REUTERS/ Ahmad Mousa (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3J081

Tensions remain between Iraqi government, religious authorities

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Israeli film sows nostalgia among Iraqi Jews

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Employees of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count ballots during Iraqi parliamentary elections in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Baghdad April 30, 2014. Iraqis head to the polls on Wednesday in their first national election since U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011 as Prime Minister Nuri Maliki seeks a third term amid rising violence. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - RTR3NATN

Iraqi voters shift from religious to 'political sectarianism'

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Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks to his supporters during a ceremony to announce his election platform as well as promote candidates of State of Law coalition in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad, April 17, 2014. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - RTR3LQ81

Iran seeks Shiite consensus on next Iraqi premier

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A worker from the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) walks amongst ballot boxes during a vote counting at an analysis centre in Kerbala, south of Baghdad May 2, 2014. Iraq held a democratic vote to choose a leader with no foreign troops present for the first time on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought to hold power for a third term in a country again consumed by sectarian bloodshed. The electoral commission said 60 percent of all voters had so far cast a ballot, according to

Iraqis defy terrorists to vote in elections

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A cloud of smoke rises from an oil pipeline in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, April 17, 2014. A rusting pipeline that runs from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Baiji refinery in Salahuddin province leaked a large amount of oil into the Tigris River, according to a Northern Oil Company official who asked not be named. The spill stirred panic after someone set the oil ablaze, sending huge clouds of smoke into the provincial capital Tikrit, according to city residents. Ambulances evacuated residents with difficulty bre

On eve of elections, Iraq's waters become weapons of war

Ali Mamouri