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                    [Title] => Pentagon chief: Iraqi strike may be 'mistake' by 2 sides
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The American airstrike that may have killed a number of Iraqi soldiers on Friday seems to be "a mistake that involved both sides," US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-19 16:15:48 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1486458 [Title] => Iraq premier offers plan to trim criticized government [Summary] =>

Iraq's prime minister unveiled a bold plan yesterday to abolish three vice presidential posts and the offices of three deputy premiers, hoping to cut spending amid mass protests against his government as the Islamic State group still holds a third of his nation.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-09 18:00:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747630 [AuthorName] => Sinan Salaheddin [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1486151 [Title] => Iraq PM proposes abolishing vice presidencies in reform push [Summary] =>

 Iraq's prime minister has proposed abolishing the three vice presidential posts as well as the office of deputy prime minister in order to slash spending and improve the government's performance in the face of mass protests.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-09 02:16:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150809/iraq-protesters.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1432820 [Title] => Little progress in key plank of Obama anti-IS strategy [Summary] =>

U.S. military and intelligence officials are voicing increasing pessimism about a key tenet of the Obama administration's strategy to dislodge the Islamic State group and stabilize Iraq.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-12 13:48:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440298 [AuthorName] => Ken Dilanian and Robert Burns [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150312/us-iraq.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1421878 [Title] => Suicide attack kills at least 15 in Iraq's capital [Summary] =>

A suicide bomber set off an explosive vest in a busy Baghdad square crowded with rush-hour commuters early Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-09 16:05:53 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747630 [AuthorName] => Sinan Salaheddin [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150209/Iraq-suicide-bombing.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1409695 [Title] => Australian premier makes unannounced trip to Iraq [Summary] =>

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott made an unannounced visit yesterday to Baghdad, meeting with top officials to discuss ways his country can help Iraqi forces in their fight against the Islamic State group.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-05 05:46:28 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1732471 [AuthorName] => Sameer N. Yacoub [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1409384 [Title] => IS kidnaps dozens of men in northern Iraq [Summary] =>

Militants linked to the Islamic State group have rounded up dozens of men from two villages in northern Iraq following a quarrel that led to the burning of the extremist group's flag, tribal leaders said on yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-04 07:30:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747630 [AuthorName] => Sinan Salaheddin [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1409058 [Title] => Iraqi general warns of military woes in fighting extremists [Summary] =>

Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi had 225 fighters, a single Abrams tank, a pair of mortars, two artillery pieces and about 40 armored Humvees when he set out to retake a strategic city in northern Iraq captured by Islamic State militants over the summer.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-03 05:24:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1347276 [AuthorName] => Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1406659 [Title] => Iraq seeks Turkish support in fight against IS [Summary] =>

Iraq and Turkey on Thursday discussed cooperation in countering the threat posed by the Islamic State group, including an Iraqi request for intelligence sharing and the possible delivery of Turkish arms to Iraqi forces, Iraq's prime minister said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-26 07:14:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1759652 [AuthorName] => Suzan Fraser [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20141226/Ahmet-Davutoglu-Haider-al-Abad-Turkey-Iraq.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1391303 [Title] => Activists: US-led Syria strikes kill at least 860 [Summary] =>

US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State group and other extremists in Syria have killed more than 860 people, including civilians, since they began in mid-September, a monitoring group said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-13 03:36:20 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1347277 [AuthorName] => Hamza Hendawi and Ryan Lucas [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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