After Syria, they want to take the fight to Iraq and on to Iran.” That, Mr. Crooke said, is what Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was referring to last year when he warned that the ousting of Bashar al-Assad could lead to a regional sectarian ...
The Shiite axis, meanwhile, hopes to keep Assad from falling. Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki even pleaded his case to U.S. President Barack Obama during his recent White House visit. It’s difficult to imagine the Syrian ...
During a ceremony in the oil-rich province of Basra, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki opened the tap to start experimental pumping for the floating terminal located about 35 miles (60 kilometers) off Iraq's coast. Iraq plans to start the actual ...
BAGHDAD, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki on Sunday inaugurated a new crude oil terminal to increase its capacity of exports from the oil-hub of Basra in southern part of the country, an oil ministry spokesman said. "Prime Minister ...
Twenty-one years ago, in January 1991, President George H.W. Bush sent several hundred thousand troops to the Persian Gulf to force Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, to abandon his brutal invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait. Nine years ...
Two days after ministers from the main Sunni-backed political bloc eased a crisis with Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki by returning to work, Sadr struck a markedly moderate note, calling on the fractious blocs to come together. Sadr ...
"Any support from any Muslim or country is forbidden ... However, the official noted that al-Qaida in Iraq long has had an operational network in Syria. Al-Zawahri in the past clashed with al-Qaida in Iraq. Both he and bin Laden urged followers ...
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 9, 2012
Supporters of anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia fought pitched battles with American forces, on Thursday officially celebrated the departure of the "occupiers" from Iraq.
The last American soldiers except for a small number under US embassy authority departed Iraq in mid-December, after almost nine years in the country.
But the official Sadrist celebration was held on
Baghdad – Al-Qaida’s chief has called on Muslims from other countries to support rebels in Syria seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad, saying they cannot depend on the West for help. Ayman al-Zawahri, in a videotaped statement released late Saturday, asked Muslims in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey to join the uprising against Assad’s “pernicious, [...]
The group had all been passengers on a bus passing through Anbar province, long a stronghold of Sunni insurgents and Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, when their vehicle was stopped by gunmen at 0000 IST. "Gunmen dressed in military and police uniforms set ...
Iraq’s capital is embracing Valentine’s Day this year with a huge public display of affection in what its residents say is the nation’s most amorous celebration of the holiday ever.
Street corners across Baghdad are blanketed with the synthetic red fur of teddy bears, while silken nighties and lip-shaped satin pillows hang in store fronts.
It’s a vivid counterpoint to a place that’s still a far cry from warm and fuzzy — with bombings remaining a fact of life since the withdrawal of U.S...Read Full Story
Probably not the best choice of font for the flag of the US Marine Corps Scout Snipers. From CNN: The Marine Corps said it became aware of the photo last November and the local command investigated, but found it not to be racially motivated, according to a statement released by a Marine Corps spokesman, Lt. Col. Stewart Upton. The unit's commander decided not to proceed with disciplinary action, it said, but all Marines in the unit were reminded that such behavior will not be tolerated and...Read Full Story
By NBC News, msnbc.com and news services
February 11, 2012
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that a sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS.
Use of the SS symbol is not acceptable, and the Marine Corps has addressed the issue, Lt. Col. Stewart Upton said in a statement. He did not specify what action was taken.
Upton said the Marines in the photograph, posted on an Internet blog, are...Read Full Story
Jerry Burke in front of a destroyed Iraqi tank ( Police Futurist ) In May 2003, Jerry Burke, who at the time was the head of the New England Institute of Law Enforcement Management, was asked if he would be interested in travelling to Baghdad to carry out an assessment of the Iraqi police. He took up the offer, and found a police force in utter disarray. Most of its officers had abandoned their posts, police stations were looted and burned, and the government was non-existent. The U.S. was...Read Full Story
Afghan Suicide Attack Targets Police in Kandahar
By TAIMOR SHAH and ALISSA J. RUBIN
Published: February 5, 2012
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle in a police parking lot next to a civilian area in central Kandahar on Sunday, killing at least seven people, five of them police, in the fourth such bombing or attempted bombing in almost a month.
glass. The area where the explosion occurred is on a main road used by civilians that runs beside...Read Full Story
Whether it is a civil war, insurgent violence, an unjust war, or a war on terror - no one argues that there is a "war" in Iraq. Track the latest news and share opinions about what should be done to curb violence.