Showing posts with label iraq news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iraq news. Show all posts
September Iraq Attacks 'Deadliest Month For Two Years'
Iraq Attacks: September 'Deadliest Month For Two Years' -- BBC Some 365 people were killed in Iraq during September, making it the c...
Threats And Killings Are Now Being Directed Against Iraq's 'Emo Youth'
Threats And Killings Striking Fear Among Young Iraqis, Including Gays -- New York Times BAGHDAD — A recent spate of killings and intimidatio...
America's Former Allies In Iraq Are Now Ostracized Or Targeted For Assassination
Dan Morse/The Washington Post - Muhannad Mundher Mahmoud, who was paid by American Forces to kill terrorists linked to al-Qaeda, now service...
U.S. To Iraq: Don't "Blow This Opportunity"
At least two civilians were killed after a motorcycle bomb missed a passing police patrol in Kirkuk [ AFP ] U.S. To Iraq: Don't "Bl...
Human Rights Watch: Iraq Is Becoming A Police State
Human Rights Watch: Iraq Getting Worse -- CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- The human rights situation in Iraq is worse now than it was a year ago,...
Is Iraq Becoming A Dictatorship?
Iraq's Maliki Accused Of Detaining Hundreds Of Political Opponents -- McClatchy News BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's secu...
After U.S. Military Withdrawal, Iraq Violence Is Up Sharply
Troops, guests and media representatives from throughout the world watch as the last convoy of U.S. service members enters Kuwait from Iraq,...
Foreign Contractors Not Welcomed In Iraq
This month Iraqi authorities kept scores of contractors penned up at the airport for nearly a week until their visa disputes were resolved. ...
Another Bloody Bombing In Baghdad
Bombing Kills 53 Shiite Pilgrims Near Basra, Iraq -- Washington Post BAGHDAD — A furious explosion ripped through a group of Shiite pilgrims...
Iraq's Political And Sectarian Tensions Continue
Iraq's Political Crisis May Have Broader Mideast Reach -- Voice of America In the wake of the U.S. military pullout from Iraq, a politic...
Iraq PM Announces Dec. 31 "National Day Of Iraq"
U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Allen case the command's flag during ...
One Week After The U.S. Withdrawal, Changes In Iraq Are Accelerating
Official: Iran Stands Ready To Expand Defensive Ties With Iraq -- CNN (CNN) -- Iran is prepared to expand military and security cooperation ...
Quick U.S. Departure From Iraq Has Left A Power Vacuum And Chaos
Troops, guests and media representatives from throughout the world watch as the last convoy of U.S. service members enters Kuwait from Iraq,...
The U.S. War In Iraq Is Now Over -- News Roundup
American troops in Iraq before the ceremonies marking the end of their mission on Thursday. Pool photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais U.S. War ...
U.S. Allies In Iraq Now Feel Deserted
Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha, who leads the Sunni Awakening, at his compound in Ramadi. A portrait depicts his brother Abdul, who was assassinated ...
To The Victor Goes The Spoils
Turf Battle Forms Over Hussein's Palaces -- Wall Street Journal CAMP VICTORY, Iraq—A quarrel is brewing among Iraqi officials over who g...
Plot To Overthrow The Iraq Government Is A Fake
Coup Tip A Fake, Official Says -- Newsweek/Daily Beast In an exclusive interview a senior Iraqi official tells The Daily Beast the governmen...
Iraq's Military Forces Not Ready Until 2020
Iraqi forces will not be ready to protect its borders without assistance from international partners until at least 2020, a military officia...
US Military Post Offices In Iraq To Close Novemebr 17
Mail Terminal Services in Newark, NJ, a USPS-contracted company that prepares and ships mail to US war zones. Photo from Mssparky Military ...
Is Iraq's Anbar Province A U.S. Success Story?
In Iraq’s Anbar Province, Unfinished Business? -- Washington Post AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq — The dust storm swallowed the horizon and then the...