Monday, June 21, 2010

A Summer Of Discontent In Iraq



Bombings, Deadly Protests Point To Long, Hard Summer In Iraq -- McClatchy News

BAGHDAD_The morning after a double suicide bombing of Iraq's Trade Bank, employees working around collapsed ceilings and bent beams to pack up computer equipment and files say they are a day away from reopening the institution central to Iraq's reconstruction efforts.

Resilience is a way of life here. But between the attacks, faltering electricity, which has sparked deadly protests, and the lack of a new government almost four months after national elections, Iraqis are dreading a long, hot, difficult summer ahead.

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More News On Iraq

First day of summer in Iraq signals hot, violent months ahead
-- Christian Science Monitor
Twin suicide blasts outside Baghdad bank kill 27 -- L.A. Times
Suicide blasts kill 26 at Iraqi state-sector bank -- Reuters
Suicide bombers target Iraq finance centre -- The Australian/AP
Bomb Attack Kills 8 in Northern Iraq -- Voice of America
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 21 -- Reuters

Protests Over Power Shortages Force Iraq Minister to Quit -- New York Times
Iraq: Electricity minister resigns after violent demonstrations -- L.A. Times
Iraq electricity minister resigns after deadly protests -- BBC

Former Iraqi PM Confirms Assassination Plot Warning -- Voice of America
Iraq's Allawi fears plots to assasinate him -- AFP
Former Iraqi prime minister accuses government figures of plotting to kill him -- L.A. Times

IRAQ: Forced repatriation puts minorities at risk -- IRIN
Sand flies infect U.S. forces with parasite that leaves them with 'Baghdad Boil' -- Washington Post
Iraq Crude Oil Exports Rise in May, First Time in Three Months -- Bloomberg Businessweek

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