Tag: Iraq
Time for British troops to leave country: Iraqi PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying it was time for British combat forces to leave the south of the country because they were no longer needed to maintain security and control.[MORE]
War-weary Saddam victims miss his iron rule
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People in the Iraqi town of Dujail say they miss Saddam Hussein because he made them feel secure.[MORE]
Turkish air raid targets senior Kurdish rebels in Iraq: army
Turkish warplanes have bombed a Kurdish rebel base believed to contain senior militants in neighbouring Iraq, the army said.[MORE]
Iraq pours in police to protect Christians
Iraq deployed around 1,000 police in Christian areas of Mosul, an official said, as thousands of members of the minority group fled the worst violence against them in five years.[MORE]
Anger against US mounts as Iraq Shiites bury slain MP
Mourners have shouted anti-US slogans and torched American and Israeli flags in Baghdad's Shiite bastion after a radical MP was buried, as fresh attacks killed at least 19 people across Iraq.[MORE]
Sadr MP dies after attack in Baghdad
A member of parliament from anti-American cleric Moqtada al Sadr's bloc died after a bomb blast struck his car in Baghdad, fellow politicians and a health ministry official said.[MORE]
Suicide bomber kills 7 in Iraq town: police
A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest has killed seven people and wounded 20 in Baquba, the capital of Iraq's volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad, police say.[MORE]
Bombings outside Baghdad Green Zone as US official visits
Two powerful bombs exploded just outside Baghdad's tightly-guarded Green Zone as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to address reporters inside, an AFP correspondent said.[MORE]
Turkey launches strike on Kurdish rebels
Turkey has bombed Kurdish rebel bases near its border, after 17 Turkish troops were killed in fighting four days ago.[MORE]
Suicide bombing kills 11 in Iraq
A suicide bomber has killed 11 people in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.[MORE]
Suicide bomber kills 11 Iraqis during US raid
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest during a US raid in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing 11 Iraqis and the bomber, the US military said.[MORE]
Two US Blackhawks down in Baghdad
One Iraqi soldier was killed when two US Blackhawk helicopters crashed while attempting to land in Baghdad on Saturday, the US military says. Two American and two Iraqi soldiers were also injured in the crashes, which took place as the helicopters were landing in northern Baghdad, military spokesman Lieutenant Patrick Evans said.[MORE]
Top Al Qaeda planner slain: US
US forces have killed an Al Qaeda militant who planned some of the biggest bombings in Baghdad and who killed a group of Russian diplomats in 2006, the US military has said.[MORE]
Poland ends Iraq mission
Poland has ended its Iraq mission at a formal ceremony in the Shiite province of Diwaniyah and said it would pull out its 900 troops out of the country by the end of the month.[MORE]
US takes 14,000 Iraqi refugees in 08
The United States says it has taken in almost 14,000 Iraqi refugees over the past year, an eight-fold increase on the previous year. [MORE]
Iraq attacks kill 26 near Iraq mosques
Twin suicide bombings near Shiite mosques in Iraq's capital have killed 20 people as worshippers celebrated Eid al-Fitr, which ends the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.[MORE]
Baghdad mosque bombings kill 13
Suicide bombers have struck Shiite worshippers gathering to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting month in Baghdad, killing 13 and wounding 49, an Iraqi government security spokesman said.[MORE]
Iraq Govt to absorb former insurgents
Iraq's government has taken responsibility for about 100,000 former insurgents who were being paid by the US to fight against Al Qaeda.[MORE]
Bombings kill 32 in Baghdad
Four bombs have killed at least 32 people and wounded scores in busy districts of Baghdad, as Iraqis shopped and broke their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, police said.[MORE]
US court dismisses AWB oil-for-food case
The second of four United States court actions against Australia's wheat exporter AWB has been dismissed by the New York Southern District court.[MORE]
Death toll hits 35 in Iraqi security ambush
The death toll has risen to 35 in the ambush of a patrol by Iraqi security forces and the United States-backed Sunni militia north-east of Baghdad.[MORE]
Gunmen kill 20 people northeast of Baghdad
Gunmen killed 20 people including 12 policemen in an ambush northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said, in one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in weeks.[MORE]
Iraq sets January deadline for provincial election
The Iraqi parliament finally passed a provincial election law on Wednesday, setting a January 31 deadline for a vote to allow more power to be handed to the country's divided communities.[MORE]
Iraq blast kills five children
A bomb blast near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has killed five children and wounded three as they were playing near their homes, police and a doctor said.[MORE]
Dozens of bodies uncovered in 3 Iraq mass graves
The Iraqi Government says its forces have uncovered dozens of bodies buried in three mass graves in the restive province of Diyala.[MORE]
