Last year's Oscars ceremony was supposed to be a pared-down event because of the conflict in Iraq.
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The fundamental source of the conflict in Iraq is competition among ethnic and sectarian communities for power and resources.
The conflict in Iraq "didn't strike me as a war that was affecting people in my life, " Bowers-Defino said.
Germany, along with much of the rest of the euro area, is grappling with problems that long predate the conflict in Iraq.
The crisis has sparked fears of renewed sectarian conflict in Iraq.
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The 30 years or so of conflict in Iraq has taken its toll, Cordesman said, and "it will be years before Iraq can overcome" their effect.
It is unclear what group is behind the recent attacks on the Shiite pilgrims, but it is a sign that the sectarian conflict in Iraq is not over.
As Dr. Waller observed, there clearly is a distinction to be drawn between constructive disagreement about the conflict in Iraq and giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Having provided that summary, I would like to review the nature of the conflict in Iraq, recall the situation before the surge, describe the current situation and explain the recommendations I have provided to my chain of command for the way ahead in Iraq.
The United States, Rumsfeld said, does not want any interference in the military conflict unfolding in Iraq.
"If things continue as they are in Syria today, within a few months, proportionate to the size of the population, more people will have died in Syria than in the whole of the conflict since 2003 in Iraq, " he added.
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In Congress since 1973, he has been a staunch supporter of the Pentagon, voting to back the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and for the current Iraq conflict in 2002 (unlike most Democrats, in both cases).
They would like the United States to be more engaged in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he said.
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"From the beginning, we have warned that some militant groups want to move the conflict in Syria to Iraq, " said Ali al-Mussawi, adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
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Dean -- who until his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses last week had led in New Hampshire polls -- highlighted Kerry's support of the Iraq war but his opposition to the first conflict, launched in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait.
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Zebari told Jolie that the number of Syrian refugees who have fled the conflict to seek sanctuary in Iraq has risen to 21, 000.
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As a result, in the event of conflict with Iraq, Saddam Hussein's forces will be better equipped, in possession of better intelligence and in more secure domestic control than would otherwise be the case.
Nothing divides the U.S. and most of Europe more than precisely how big a role the UN should play in post-conflict Iraq.
Palace of the End, written by Canadian playwright Judith Thompson, is a series of monologues from the perspective of three different people involved in the Iraq conflict.
In the UK, the Duke of York is to visit RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland, to meet the families of servicemen and women involved in the Iraq conflict.
An interagency working group led by the NSC staff and the Office of Management and Budget has undertaken detailed contingency planning for humanitarian relief in case of conflict with Iraq.
Laser guiding has reduced the number of bombs required to destroy a target, from 500 in Vietnam to 15 in the first Iraq war to one in the current conflict.
He criticized Obama for linking the war in Iraq to the conflict between Russia and Georgia.
But the nub of the transatlantic conflict over Iraq is a belief in much of Continental Europe that Saddam Hussein can be contained by diplomatic and economic measures, and that in any case replacing him is unlikely to improve matters.
"It is not acceptable for children to pay the heavy price of previous years of conflict", said UNESCO Office in Iraq Director Mohamed Djelid, adding that "this initiative goes far beyond improving percentages as it is one of the key foundations of social stability and sustainable development".
It has been on the ground in Iraq since before the conflict began.
But Sestak said the administration was too slow to react to the problems it faced in Iraq and let the conflict overshadow the "whole fabric" of U.S. national security.
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