Iraq War
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US says it will reduce troop numbers to 3,000 in Iraq this month
General Frank McKenzie said the decision has been taken due to confidence in the increased ability of the Iraqi Security Forces to operate independently.
Scroll Staff
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Iraq’s brutal crackdown on suspected Islamic State supporters could trigger civil war
Iraq beat the Islamic State. Now, its Shia government is jailing and even executing all suspected terrorists – most of them Sunni Muslims.
Eric Keels, The Conversation & Angela D Nichols, The Conversation
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Video: In a post Islamic State Mosul, women finally get to remove face veils
This is the result of Iraqi forces pushing back Islamic State militants and reclaiming the Old City in Iraq.
Reuters
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What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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View from the Margins: A Miya poet on how Hindutva's rise has scarred his community
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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A lion and a bear, the last surviving animals of a Mosul zoo, have been flown out of Iraq
Simba, the male lion, and Lula, the female bear, have been taken to Jordan by the Four Paws International, an animal welfare group.
Scroll Staff
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Chilcot Report: Tony Blair’s sad and shameful political epitaph
Tony Blair insists to this day that his decision to go to war in Iraq was made in good faith. Does that make him any less culpable?
Feargal Cochrane, The Conversation