War in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki affirmed that resolving election law row is imminent. Iraqi Vice President Tarek Al Hashemi’s veto of the law is a constitutional breach, Al Maliki said. In a visit to Karbala City aimed at inaugurating a number of services projects, Al Maliki called upon ...  

Journalists fear Prime Minister Maliki may be choosing to limit freedom of the press ahead of national elections in Iraq. In the coming months, the moderate Shiite-led coalition of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki aims to hold on where it is while more conservative Shiite groups, Sunni Baathists, moderates, radicals, Communists, progressives, and Kurdish parties aim to win seats in parliament. Currently, the political violence in the county has...  

The use of improvised explosive devices in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts has made clear that the ability to survey objects underground rapidly and effectively. Afghanistan - Iraq - Improvised explosive device - Asia - Warfare and Conflict  

London, Nov.30 (ANI): Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is the star of a mysterious channel on satellite TV in Iraq that began broadcasting on the Islamic calendar’s anniversary of his 2006 execution. According to The Telegraph, the channel, which is broadcast across the Arab world, dredges up the sectarian divisions that Saddam inspired among Shias [...]  

Speicher's F/A-18 was shot down Jan. 17, 1991, over Anbar province, Iraq. Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him. So it took the most powerful military in the world 18 years to find the remains of ...  

Chief Warrant Officer Steve Bridges, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, shows 2nd Lt. Karam Ebrahem, an Iraqi Air Force student pilot, the inner workings of a U.S. helicopter during an open house on Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Nov. 25. Photo by Pfc. Justin A. Naylor, 1st Cav. Div. KIRKUK — Iraqi Air Force student pilots came here to Forward Operating Base Warrior, Nov. 25, to speak with U.S. pilots...  

MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier of non-combat related injuries in an undisclosed location in Iraq on Friday, November 27th.ISAF suffered no fatalities in the last 24 hours.Baghdad Garden Becomes Graveyard, Full of Grieving:3 Ukrainians died in Afghan helicopter crash:Military divorces edge up again:Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect:2 Afghans allege abuse at U.S. site...  

JOLO, Philippines — The attack was unusually deadly, and it came in a nightmarish form familiar to U.S. servicemembers fighting thousands of miles away in Iraq and Afghanistan — a homemade roadside bomb. It was Sept. 29 on this remote Philippine ...  

U.S. Army Spc. Scott Guthrie stands watch on the roof of an Iraqi police station in Tunis, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2009. Guthrie is assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James Wagner Thomas Ricks posted a nice response by Lt. Joseph Somers, in reaction to a shootout in Diyala province between Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA), questioning its meaning. Lt. Somers sheds...  

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of noncombat-related injuries in Iraq. A military statement said the soldier from the Multi-National Division — Baghdad died on Friday. No further details were immediately ...  

(By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writers) Iraq's prime minister on Thursday vowed there will be no delay in the withdrawal of U.S. troops despite an Iraqi political dispute that is expected to force a January vote to be postponed.In an interview with The Associated Press, however, Nouri al-Maliki warned that the dispute threatens national security and he harshly criticized Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni Arab vice...  

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2009 – Iraqi security forces arrested 18 suspected al-Qaida in Iraq associates today, and earlier this week captured a terrorism suspect they’ve been pursuing for three years, military officials reported. Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched several houses in Mosul looking for an alleged al-Qaida in Iraq regional leader who is suspected of staging deadly attacks against Iraqi civilians and security forces. Based on...  

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister is vowing there will be no delay in the withdrawal of U.S. troops despite an Iraqi political dispute that is expected to force a January vote to be postponed. But in an interview with The Associated Press, Nouri ...  

During March, 2003, the President of the United States and his British allies insisted there had to be an immediate invasion of Iraq in order to rid that nation of its WMD. The frenzied atmosphere brooked no attempt to delay what was posed as a vital immediate need. However, recently revealed information indicate that British [...]  

Six years ago a frenzy enveloped both the American people and leaders of the United Kingdom resulting in an invasion that was predicated on the assumption Saddam Hussein had WMD that must be seized and destroyed before employed. UN inspectors urged they be afforded additional time to pursue their investigations, but the dogs of war [...]