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Update: Iraqi Elections

Super good news re Iraqi March election: Sunni leader *will* participate. NY Times: http://nyti.ms/cC43bE

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More religious strife in Iraq

It’s sad that there’s been an uptick in suicide bombings and the like in Iraq.  This was from earlier this month from the BBC: On Monday a female suicide bomber killed at least 41 and wounded more than 100 people … Continue reading

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St. Elijah’s in Iraq

[Photo: Eros Hoagland for The New York Times] From the NY Times, a wonderful photo-documentary on the rebuilding of a Christian monastery in Iraq, St. Elijah’s. I hope that when the dust settles and the bullets stop (or mostly stop), Iraq … Continue reading

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