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Recent and archived news articles by Richard A. Oppel Jr. of The New York Times.

U.S. Military Says Soldiers Fired on Civilians - (Found September 17, 2008 )

The American military admitted that a platoon of soldiers raked a car of Iraqi civilians with gunfire and that the military then issued a misleading news release.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/world/middleeast/28iraq.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Bombers and Ethnic Clashes Kill 61 in Iraq - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Suicide bombers struck Kurdish protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad in one of the deadliest series of attacks in Iraq this year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Iraqis Fail to Agree on Provincial Election Law - (Found September 17, 2008 )

The failure to reach a deal before Parliaments recess left the fate of provincial elections in doubt.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/world/middleeast/07iraq.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Kurdish Control of Kirkuk Creates a Powder Keg - (Found September 17, 2008 )

The ethnic quarrel over the oil-rich city is a major barrier to creating stable political structures in Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/middleeast/19kirkuk.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rs...

Iraqi Forces Raid Mosque With Links To Sadrists - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Government forces in the southern city of Diwaniya burst into a mosque attended by followers of the rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Friday, arresting the imam and four worshipers, including another cleric, Iraqi security officials said. The raid on the Imam Ali mosque underscored the bitter, often violent feuding across southern Iraq between those loyal to Mr. Sadr and forces allied with the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E5DA1E3EF931A25754C0A96E9C8B63&part...