A week after Basra and a dozen other cities were struck by coordinated bombings and shootings, life stalls.
National Security
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Despite ongoing efforts to improve security, Iraq’s northern oil export pipeline still suffers from attacks and well organized smuggling operations.
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A civilian contractor has disappeared in Baghdad and now appears to feature in a militant group’s video, raising fears that kidnap tactics may return to Iraq
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Kurd, Arab and US soldiers are patrolling areas around the disputed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, to the alarm of locals.
