Tag: Iraq
Bombers kill 30 in Iraq
A spate of attacks targeting security forces in the heart of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul have killed around 30 people, the bloodiest day in the country in three weeks.[MORE]
Iraqi religious leader questions US troop pact: reports
Iraq's most senior Shia religious leader is reportedly concerned that a new security pact between Iraq and the United States may cause further instability in the county.[MORE]
Iraqis find 33 bodies beneath former Al Qaeda 'court'
Iraqi authorities have uncovered several shallow graves north of Baghdad containing the bodies of 33 people believed to have been executed by Al Qaeda earlier this year, officials said.[MORE]
Suicide blast kills 9 in Iraq mosque
A suicide bomber shattered prayers in a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad, killing nine people the day after Iraq's Parliament approved a landmark pact allowing US troops to remain until 2011.[MORE]
Bush welcomes Iraq pullout deal
Outgoing US President George W Bush has welcomed the Iraqi Parliament's decision to approve a pact setting a deadline for the withdrawal of American troops.[MORE]
Iraqi parliament approves landmark US military pact
Iraq's parliament has approved a landmark security pact with the United States that paves the way for US forces to withdraw by the end of 2011.[MORE]
Iraqi referendum would not delay US troop pact: Rice
A proposed Iraqi referendum on a US-Iraqi agreement setting a deadline for US troops to withdraw would not prevent the pact from taking effect on January 1, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.[MORE]
19 dead in Baghdad bombings
Three explosions rocked Baghdad on Monday, killing 19 people two days before parliament was to vote on a divisive military pact that would have all US troops leave the country by the end of 2011.[MORE]
Kurdish rebels claim pipeline explosion
Separatist Kurdish rebels are reported to have claimed responsibility for an explosion at an oil pipeline linking Iraq with southern Turkey.[MORE]
Thousands protest US-Iraqi security pact
Thousands in Baghdad are in a mass prayer called by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to protest against a US-Iraqi security pact.[MORE]
Al Qaeda has been 'dramatically' reduced in Iraq: US general
Al Qaeda in Iraq's ability to carry out large-scale attacks against civilians, and on US and Iraqi forces, has been "dramatically reduced," a US general has said.[MORE]
800 doctors 'have returned to Iraq'
A senior official in Iraq's health ministry says 800 doctors have returned to the country this year because of the improved security situation. [MORE]
Iraq flies remains of 150 Kurds home
Iraqi officials have flown the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave home to Kurdistan, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein.[MORE]
Senior judge says Iraq invasion broke international law
One of Britain's most senior judges has attacked Britain and the United States over their invasion of Iraq, describing it as a serious violation of international law.[MORE]
Iranian commando 'arrested at Baghdad airport'
Iraqi security forces have arrested an alleged "senior" Iranian commando from the elite Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force at Baghdad International Airport, the US military said.[MORE]
Britain, US 'vigilantes' in Iraq invasion, says judge
A senior British judge has attacked Britain and the US over their 2003 invasion of Iraq, describing it as a serious violation of international law.[MORE]
Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy
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As Iraq struggles to achieve stability, thousands of people still struggle with the legacy of landmines left in a series of wars.[MORE]
Gulf War illness is real, report finds
A new report has concluded that Gulf War syndrome is a legitimate illness suffered by more than 175,000 US war veterans who were exposed to chemical toxins in the 1991 Gulf War.[MORE]
Car bomb kills 15 in Iraq: police
A suicide car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in Iraq's volatile Diyala province, killing at least 15 people, including seven policemen, a security official said.[MORE]
Iraqi cabinet approves US troops pact
Iraq's cabinet has approved a pact allowing US troops to remain in the country for another three years.[MORE]
Iraq car bomb kills at least seven
At least seven people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded near an auto dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police said.[MORE]
40 Iraqi migrants caught stranded 'en route to Aust'
Forty Iraqi migrants are being questioned by Indonesian authorities after being found stranded on a remote island on their way to Australia, police said.[MORE]
No evidence justifying sending troops to Iraq: former ADF chief
Former ADF chief Chris Barrie says he never saw any evidence suggesting that Australian troops needed to 'do a job' in Iraq.[MORE]
Iraqi businessman blames pacemaker for arrest
A businessman held by US forces in Iraq for eight weeks believes he is being detained because a pacemaker he developed was mistaken for a bomb, his wife said.[MORE]
No timetable on Iraq withdrawal: Britain
Britain has "no timetable" on the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, a defence ministry spokesman said, after Iraq's national security adviser said British troops would leave by the end of 2009.[MORE]
