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Wassim Bassem

Wassim Bassem

Aug 11, 2015

A displaced Iraqi man, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, sits in a wheelchair at Baherka refugee camp in Erbil September 19, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY) - RTR46YAX — A displaced Iraqi man, who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, sits in a wheelchair at the Baherka refugee camp in Erbil, Sept. 19, 2014. — REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), take part in weapons training in Najaf, July 18, 2014. The United Nations accused Islamic State fighters in Iraq of executions, rape and forced recruitment of children during a campaign to seize much of northern Iraq, part of a conflict it said has killed almost 5,600 civilians this year. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marj

Militarization of Iraqi society is intensifying

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Laboratory equipment and chemicals are seen on display during a news conference at the Defence Ministry in Baghdad June 1, 2013. The materials were confiscated from four men who have been arrested, and are accused of planning to make chemical weapons like nerve and mustard gas, according to the ministry. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) - RTX10825

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Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), carry weapons during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, eastern Baghdad June 15, 2014. The insurgent offensive that has threatened to dismember Iraq spread to the northwest of the country on Sunday, when Sunni militants launched a dawn raid on a town close to the Syrian border, clashing with police and government forces. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Suda

Iraqi weapons trade thrives

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Decline in education threatens future Iraqi generations

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