War in Iraq

Cairo - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egypt's leadership. Al-Maliki was met by his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Nazif at Cairo international airport. He would also meet President Hosny Mubarak during the ...  

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iranian troops have withdrawn partially from a disputed oil well claimed by both Tehran and Baghdad, an Iraqi spokesman said on Sunday, possibly defusing a border feud straining the two countries' delicate ties. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said a small group of Iranian troops who had taken over an oil well in a remote ... (Read on Source)  

Two prominent Somali journalists are assassinated in Mogadishu Two prominent radio journalists, one a McClatchy Newspapers freelance correspondent, were assassinated within hours of each other on Saturday in Somalia’s bloody capital, Mogadishu, in ...  

In a special interview with Alsumaria, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki elaborated most of the internal issues currently on the table in Iraq including security, relations with neighboring countries and upcoming legislative elections. After ascertaining security in Iraqi provinces, application ...  

ABU GHRAIB, Iraq – Word arrived to brigade officials Monday: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was visiting Baghdad, and he wanted to tour the main marketplace in the western Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib.

Protecting the United States’ top uniformed service member during his 45-minute walk was no small task.

 

Though Blair has always argued that Iraq would be better off without Saddam Hussein, to parliament and the public, he always justified military action on the grounds that the Iraqi dictator was in breach of UN-backed demands that he ...  

Iraq says new mass grave found near Kirkuk hat tip Armaros BAGHDAD – A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday. The grave was originally found nearly two years ago west of Kirkuk, though its discovery was only made public this week after forensic pathologists began examining...  

Associated PressIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq last month.BAGHDAD -- Iranian troops have crossed into Iraqi territory and seized an oil...  

CAIRO -- Iraq does nor favor tense relations with Syria, and seeks to end all disputes with Arab countries, said Iraqi Premier Nouri Al-Maliki on Saturday. Al-Maliki, who will begin a two-day visit to Egypt tomorrow, said in an interview with the ...  

BAGHDAD — A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday. The grave was ...  

A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday.  

Mass grave found in northeastern Iraq, possibly from Saddam era (JPOST.COM, 12/19/09) The Iraqi government says a mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein. [...] The grave was found at a former military camp used by Saddam's forces. Authorities believe the remains date to between 1988 and 1991. An estimated 180...  

The combined platoon of American Special Forces and Iraqi Army, hunting for a reported cave full of weapons south of Balad Ruz, Iraq, instead had found a cell of insurgents. Immediately, the unit was pinned down by waves of exploding mortars, small-arms fire, machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades.  

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government says a mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein.  

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Members of Iraqi security forces have been involved in attacks in Baghdad and will be punished if found out, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday, a week after deadly bombings killed 112 in Baghdad.  

A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi government said today.  

A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi government said today.  

BAGHDAD - A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said Saturday.  

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BAGHDAD - Dozens of suspected plotters in last week's deadly suicide bombings that killed 127 people in Baghdad were linked to security forces, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday.  

Authorities are holding dozens of people as suspects in last week's suicide bombings in Baghdad, an Iraqi official said Thursday, clarifying earlier remarks by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that had appeared to link security forces to the attacks.  

Foul pre-Christmas weekend in store for East Coast Report: US helped Yemen's strike against al-Qaida Judge extends block on Oklahoma abortion law The nation's weather Adm. Mullen tours Iraqi market WASHINGTON - A military strike on al-Qaida's network ...  

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi troops massed Saturday near an oil well on the border in a standoff with Iranian forces that seized control of the site in a sudden flare up of tension between the two uneasy neighbors. The top U.S. diplomat in Iraq said Baghdad's ...  

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki offered a reward of 100 million Iraqi dinars to anyone who can help lead security forces to garages or other hideouts where extremists assemble car bombs. Al Maliki stressed that terrorism targeting Iraq and Iraqis is aimed at thwarting the political process in ...  

“Dozens of suspected plotters in last week’s deadly suicide bombings that killed 127 people in Baghdad were linked to security forces, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday. The revelation came as the Shiite prime minister, who is running for re-election in March, sought to assure Iraqis that he has security under control. But repeated [...]  

AT LEAST 45 Iraqi security force members may have been involved in co-ordinated attacks that killed 127 in Baghdad on December 8th, prime minister Nuri al-Maliki has revealed. He said that 24 of the culprits belonged to one of the security services ...  

The Iraqi government says a mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein. read more  

The explosions in Baghdad and Mosul come on the heels of last week’s horrific suicide bombings in the Iraqi capital that killed 127 people and wounded more than 500. Those blasts intensified pressure on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to improve ...  

BAGHDAD -- Iraq says the takeover of a disputed oil well by a group of armed Iranians who crossed the border is a violation of the country's sovereignty and demands the immediate withdrawal of the Iranian forces. Iraqi spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said ...  

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Dozens of Iraqi security force members were involved in attacks that killed up to 112 people in Baghdad last week, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday. There is widespread suspicion in Iraq that the police and armed ...  

Gov. Charlie Crist's office on Monday appointed retired Sgt. Maj. Ray A. Quinn of St. Augustine as interim St. Johns County commissioner for District 3. Quinn will serve while Commissioner Mark P. Miner deploys with the Florida Army National Guard in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Miner, an infantry sergeant, previously served a tour of duty in Iraq. He expects orders in January to deploy for a one-year term with the 53rd Infantry Brigade. He had...  

Dozens of Iraqi security force members were involved in attacks that killed up to 112 people in Baghdad last week, the country’s prime minister Nuri al-Maliki said today.  

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Jaiciae L. Pauley, 29, of Austell, Ga., died Dec. 11 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.For more...  

Iraqi Vice President Tarek Al Hashemi called upon Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki to resign on account of Baghdad recent bombings. In televised statements, Al Hashemi pointed out that Al Maliki should cede power if he is incapable of undertaking his mission out of his moral, legal and ...  

As much as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki tries to shift the blame following this week's multiple bomb attacks in Baghdad, apart from the tragic death toll, he and his State of Law Coalition are the big losers as the countdown begins to March elections. Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr can only gain from Maliki's wavering. - Sami Moubayed (Dec 11, '09)  

NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide car bomber struck a group of policemen in Russia’s restive North Causasus on Thursday, killing himself and one other, and wounding at least 15 officers and two civilians, officials said.  

“In Mosul, a 12-year-old was injured in a thermal bomb attack. Gunmen killed a policeman, while police found a body. A policeman was killed in a raid. Gunmen killed a Christian man. A man was killed when gunmen attacked his store. In Baghdad, a bomb wounded two people in Doura. No casualties were reported after [...]  

File photo of MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle. Image: photo/Lt Col Leslie Pratt, U.S. Air Force. Senior defense and intelligence officials say insurgents were able to take advantage of an unprotected communications link in the systems of the ...  

BAGHDAD, Dec. 18, 2009 – The “advise and assist brigade” concept is a hit with leaders of the provincial reconstruction teams in southern Iraq. The 1st Armored Division’s 4th Brigade, based at Talil Air Base, is the model of how U.S. forces will be configured when the American combat mission ends Aug. 31. The unit came in for unqualified praise from Iraqi security forces leaders, judges and provincial reconstruction team leaders who met with...  

HURLBURT FIELD — Tech. Sgt. Dameon Jackson has been awarded the Bronze Star for his successful leadership as convoy commander of the Army’s 70th Medium Truck Detachment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. For six months, Jackson led convoys...  

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki met with US Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman and discussed means to promote bilateral ties in all fields. Iraq has overcome major difficulties and terrorist challenges and is moving forward with elections, Al Maliki said. Political parties are ...  

In a meeting with European Union Ambassadors, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki stated that foreign countries and agendas stand behind recent terrorist attacks in Iraq aimed at hindering elections and sapping democracy in the country, he argued. Terrorists tried to hamper investments and prevent ...  

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baghdad prepares to crackdown on Iranian dissidents in Iraq by forcibly removing them from their camp Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced plans to move the more than 3,400 members of the group living at Camp Ashraf near the Iranian border to Neqrat al-Salman, a location in the desert south of Baghdad that once housed prisoners during the reign of Saddam Hussein. The state...  

A car bomb targeted the convoy of MP Nadim Al Jaberi in Baghdad killing a civilian and wounding ten others. Al Jaberi was not in the convoy, police said. Gunmen killed citzen Zayd Majed Youssif in a drive by shooting in Mosul. The incident came two days after several attacks on churches in the ...  

Russia and China were the big winners in the latest auction of Iraq's oil rights, as was the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki; United States companies were conspicuous by their absence. If the oil starts to flow as now promised, the next few years should see the rise of a relatively wealthy, Shi'ite-controlled Iraq, friendly with Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah. Does this make Maliki the new Saddam Hussein? - Pepe Escobar (Dec 15, '09)  

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A pair of car bombs exploded Tuesday in highly guarded central Baghdad locations, killing four people and injuring 14 others, the Ministry of Information said. The first bomb detonated at about 7:30 a.m. in a park just outside ...  

Disarmed Iranian rebels and their families defied Iraqi police instructions Tuesday for them to leave a border camp the government has ordered closed.Police toured the camp reminding residents over loudspeakers of the deadline set by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for their departure for alternative accommodation in southern Iraq but they refused to leave.  

American Forces Press Service Dec. 17, 2009 - Iraqi security forces with U.S. advisors arrested a suspected leader of a terrorist group operating in southern Baghdad yesterday and followed up overnight with four more operations targeting the Baghdad al-Qaida in Iraq network. All of the operations were conducted with warrants issued by Iraqi courts for the arrest of suspected terrorists. Acting on intelligence gathered by Iraqi and U.S. sources...  

Security Sources said that a mass grave was found in Al Anbar Province. The Mass grave contains the bodies of 25 people which were probably shot dead in a desert region near the town of Hit. Medical sources said that the grave dates 3 years ago. A source in the seventh emergency contingent ...  

FORWARD OPERATING BASE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Battalion 64th Armor, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and members from 2-5/2 Iraqi Army Battalion discovered a large weapons cache in Ninawa province, ...  

Peter W. Galbraith Recent reports on my activities in Kurdistan call for a response. I have been both a writer on Iraq and an active participant in events there. After being an eyewitness to Saddam Hussein’s genocide against the Kurds in the 1980s, I came to the view that the Iraqi Kurdish aspiration for independence was morally justified and the only sure means of protecting the Kurdish people. In late 2003 and early 2004, I helped Kurdistan...  

The Iraqi cabinet has approved a plan to offer rewards of up to 85,000 dollars for tip-offs about car bombs, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday, a day after a new wave of bombings."The cabinet decided on Tuesday to offer rewards of up to 100 million dinars (85,000 dollars) for information about car bombs," Maliki told a news conference.The plan still needs to go before parliament.Maliki also announced the creation of a new "joint...  

The day was not going well for Lt. Col. Rickie Grabowski, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, as he stood a few hundred yards south of the railroad bridge leading into Nasiriyah, the first major city U.S. forces encountered in the invasion of Iraq.  

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, challenged by parliament Thursday to explain the lapses that led to a recent series of devastating car bombings, distanced himself from his interior minister and blamed the security gaps on "political infighting."  

Lt. Col. Rickie Grabowski, U.S. Marine Corps, Bronze Star with Valor -- The day was not going well for Lt. Col. Rickie Grabowski, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, as he stood a few hundred yards south of the railroad bridge leading into Nasiriyah, the first major city U.S. forces encountered in the invasion of Iraq.  

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki canceled a planned meeting with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday after being summoned by Iraqi lawmakers to discuss a huge bombing in the capital earlier this week.  

A roadside bomb killed three soldiers and injured nine others in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, an eyewitness said on Tuesday. The bomb hit a vehicle carrying troops on a routine patrol on Monday night on the main street of Bossaso, a ...  

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Pat Barone, a platoon leader, and Sgt. Daryl Appling, both with Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), explain to Iraqi department of border enforcement Soldiers how to conduct tactical patrols at night along the Iraqi-Syrian border, Dec. 9, 2009. Photo by Spc. Mike MacLeod, 82nd Airborne Division. COS UBAYDI — Since U.S. advise and assist...  

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday emerged politically intact from a parliament session called over this week's car bombings in the capital and a series of explosions since August that have caused lawmakers to question his handling of the country's security situation.  

(AP) NAZRAN, Russia - A suicide car bomber struck a group of policemen in Russia’s restive North Causasus, killing himself and wounding at least 11 officers, officials said Thursday. The bomber attacked the group of policemen at a checkpoint in the ...  

NAZRAN, Russia (AP) ― A suicide car bomber struck a group of policemen in Russia's restive North Causasus on Thursday, killing himself and wounding at least 11 officers, officials said. The bomber attacked the group of policemen at a checkpoint in ...  

Up until this summer, Shiite militants in Iraq were regularly intercepting video feeds from U.S. Predator drones operating in Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reports. Video data recorded by the unmanned aircraft was being broadcast unencrypted, and data from a number of seized laptops indicates that miltiamen were regularly intercepting, recording, and distributing this data. Read the rest of this story »See Also:Predator Drones Now Defend...  

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, challenged by parliament Thursday to explain the lapses that led to a recent series of devastating car bombings, distanced himself from his interior minister and blamed the security gaps on "political infighting."  

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iraqi Arab and Kurdish leaders have made progress in recent weeks toward resolving their differences over power sharing and the status of the city of Kirkuk. Gates met Friday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad and with Kurdish President Masoud Barzani at his regional capital, Irbil.  

By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press ServiceDec. 10, 2009 - The recent spate of violence that has rocked the Iraqi capital dominated Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' talks here today with President Jalal Talabani and Iraq's Presidency Council, all pledging to continue working cooperatively to combat it. The violence also forced Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who was summoned by the Iraqi Council of Representatives as it addressed the...  

Days after top ministers were quizzed in parliament over security issues, security concern is back once again as explosions struck the heart of the Iraqi government's nerve center, near the heavily fortified Green Zone pointing out that there are still, internal or foreign, intentions to impede the ...  

BAGHDAD - Iraq's top security chiefs faced lawmakers behind closed doors Saturday to answer for security lapses that allowed a third attack since summer against government sites in the Iraqi capital. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to make his ...  

American Forces Press ServiceDec. 16, 2009 - Iraqi security forces arrested two suspected terrorists today during a combined security operation targeting the Kataib Hezbollah terrorist network in northeastern Baghdad. Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched for a suspected leader of a cell believed to conduct rocket attacks on security forces and military installations in and around Baghdad.They searched two buildings for the warranted...  

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Thursday emerged virtually unscathed from a parliament session called over this week's car bombings in the capital and a series of explosions since August that have caused lawmakers to question his handling of the country's security situation.  

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, challenged by parliament Thursday to explain the lapses that led to a recent series of devastating car bombings, distanced himself from his interior minister and blamed the security gaps on "political infighting." Making a rare appearance before lawmakers, al-Maliki defended the government's security agencies, but he stopped short when it came to Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, an al-Maliki rival. The...  

In a closed hearing session in Parliament, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki believed that the interference of some political parties added to political rows and sectarianism have led to security deterioration. Al Maliki called to purge security forces from members belonging to any political ...  

BAGHDAD, Dec. 10, 2009 – The recent spate of violence that has rocked the Iraqi capital dominated Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ talks here today with President Jalal Talabani and Iraq’s Presidency Council, all pledging to continue working cooperatively to combat it. The violence also forced Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who was summoned by the Iraqi Council of Representatives as it addressed the crisis, to postpone his scheduled...  

By By SINAN SALAHEDDIN -- Massive bombings and scattered daily violence won't slow American troops from leaving Iraq by the end of 2011, Iraq's prime minister said Wednesday.Nouri al-Maliki blamed explosions in two major Iraqi cities a day earlier on al-Qaida extremists and former Baath Party loyalists. He said both groups, whom he blamed for three massive bombings since August, seek to derail Iraq's fragile political process.But the Dec. 31...  

Gates and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met for about 45 minutes on Friday morning. U.S. officials said the meeting was similar to one a day earlier between Gates and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in which Gates expressed his condolences for ...  

NAZRAN, Russia - A suicide car bomber struck a group of policemen in Russia's restive North Causasus on Thursday, killing himself and wounding at least 16 officers and two civilians, officials said. The bomber attacked the group of policemen at a ...  

BAGHDAD — The former top military commander for Baghdad says the U.S. military warned Iraqi security officials of multiple car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital hours before suicide bombers hit government sites.Lt. Gen. Abboud Qanbar told lawmakers Sunday that Baghdad’s security command was warned by the U.S. military that insurgents would carry out three attacks, including one in or near the Green Zone.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki replaced...  

(AP) BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's top security chiefs faced lawmakers behind closed doors Saturday to answer for security lapses that allowed a third attack since summer against government sites in the Iraqi capital. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to ...  

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew to Baghdad, after a 48-hour visit to Afghanistan, to press Iraqi leaders to resolve their differences over the status of the autonomous Kurdish region and the disputed city of Kirkuk. But his plan to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was thwarted by a parliamentary uproar over a series deadly bombings on Tuesday.  

Iranian-backed insurgents in Iraq have hacked the video feed from US Predator drones using software available online for $26. Though they haven’t been able to take control of the unmanned aircraft or disrupt their flights, intercepting the video may allow them to anticipate or evade US strikes, and know which...  

(AP) NAZRAN, Russia (AP) - A suicide car bomber struck a group of policemen in Russia's restive North Causasus on Thursday, killing himself and wounding at least 16 officers and two civilians, officials said. The bomber attacked the group of ...  

Abboud Qanbar told lawmakers Sunday that Baghdad's security command was warned by the U.S. military that insurgents would carry out three attacks, including one in or near the Green Zone. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... The blast in Fallujah ...  

The Department of Defense reported Monday that a soldier with the 3rd Infantry Division died in a non-combat related incident while deployed to Iraq. Pfc. Jaiciae L. Pauley, 29, of Austell, Ga., died Dec. 11, in Kirkuk, Iraq. He was assigned to the ...  

During a meeting with employees in Umm Al Kasr port in Al Basra Province yesterday, Leader of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar Al Hakim said that Iraq is getting ready for the electoral process after approving the elections law and after the Presidency set the date thereof next March. Hakim ...  

guardian.co.ukIraqi Lawmakers Question Maliki about SecurityVoice of AmericaParliament convenes a special session to find out how bombers were able to stage 3 massive attacks in the capital since August. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is facing tough questions from lawmakers about security lapses in the capital, ...Iraq vote won't affect US drawdown: PentagonReutersIraqi PM condemns sectarianismAljazeera.netIraqi PM says rivals putting...  

BAGHDAD — The military says a soldier in northern Iraq has died of injuries unrelated to combat.The military said in Saturday’s statement that the Multi-National Division-North soldier died Friday. He was found not breathing in his living quarters at Camp Speicher near Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit.The name of the soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The incident is under investigation and no further details...  

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in a surprise visit to Baghdad and met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Vices President Tarek Al Hashemi and Adel Abdul Mehdi as well as Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Barham Saleh, Defense Minister Abdul Qader Al Ubaidi, Water Resources ...  

The U.S. military says an American soldier in northern Iraq has died of injuries unrelated to combat.The military said in Saturday's statement that the Multi-National Division-North soldier died Friday. He was found not breathing in his living quarters at Camp Speicher near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.The name of the soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The incident is under investigation and no further...  

Mosul (Iraq), Dec 13 : Two soldiers were killed and 21 injured Sunday when a car bomb exploded near an Iraqi army facility in the northern city of Mosul, police said. The bomb was placed in a car parked at a military recruitment centre. Mosul, some ...  

Iraq's prime minister says continued violence won't slow the U.S. military's withdrawal from his country. Nouri al-Maliki told a news conference Wednesday that U.S. troops still will leave by a December 31, 2011 deadline included in a security agreement between Iraq and the United States.  

There were no ISAF fatalities in the last 24 hours in Afghanistan.Dec. 10 airpower summary: Dec. 11 airpower summary:Back from combat, women struggle for acceptance:Insurgent foe's slaying shows cracks near Baghdad:Iraq War Inquiry Depicts Britain as Sidekick to U.S.Reported security incidentsBaghdad:#1: Meanwhile, in Baghdad, two pedestrians were injured Monday when a roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi army patrol as it was passing in...  

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces were tipped off to last week's suicide bombings in Baghdad just hours before the blasts killed 127 people, a Shiite lawmaker said yesterday after a closed-door parliamentary briefing by the nation's defense minister.  

Prime Minister Nouri Maliki parried questions in parliament for nearly six hours, emerging virtually unscathed. He said attacks were to be expected as the country prepares for elections. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Thursday emerged virtually unscathed from a parliament session called over this week's car bombings in the capital and a series of...  

A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in central Mosul wounded two policemen, Iraqi Police reported. Brigadier General Majed Al Bayati escaped death when a roadside bomb explosion targeted his convoy in central Mosul while three of his bodyguards were wounded, police added. Another bomb ...  

Head of US Central Command General David Petraeus believes Al Qaeda still plans for more attacks to spur the media. Reduced numbers of foreign fighters across the borders with Iraq is due to the difficulty Al Qaeda is facing and not owing to Syrian efforts in this regard. During his participation ...  

An Iraqi Interior Ministry official says 13 suspected al-Qaida-linked insurgents are in custody as alleged planners in last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad.

The official says authorities believe the suspects are linked to al-Qaida in Iraq and helped mastermind the bombings that killed at least 127 people. They are the first arrests confirmed after Tuesday's blasts.  

BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi police official says four people have been killed in a series of explosions near the heavily protected Green Zone. The police major says three car bombs were detonated Tuesday within minutes of each other shortly after 7:30 a.  

MANAMA (Reuters) - Fewer foreign volunteers are making it into Iraq to fight with Al Qaeda against the U.S.-backed government but the group has switched to fewer but more deadly attacks, U.S. General David Petraeus said on Sunday. (Read on Source)  

Mercenaries have been taking part in American raids on al-Qaeda militants in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to newspaper reports that will intensify pressure on Congress to curtail the use of private security guards in war zones. The disclosure that former Navy Seals and other US special forces soldiers employed by Blackwater Worldwide took part in CIA raids may also prompt fresh scrutiny of General Stanley McChrystal. The senior Nato...  

No, he doesn't speak Arabic. But take a look at this quote from Gen. David Petraeus at the Manama Dialogue security summit in Bahrain, where he is trying to cajole America's Arab allies to counter Iranian influence in Iraq. I would remind my Arab brothers if there is a concern about certain influences in Iraq then it would be wise to increase the Arab influence. This is an anodyne statement wrapped up in interesting rhetorical...  

In Iraq and Afghanistan, insurgent-planted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have consistently been one of the deadliest weapons used against U.S. and international troops. To combat the IED threat and provide for safe movement of its troops, the...  

Former British Prime Minsiter Tony Blair admitted this week that even without evidence that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, he would have supported invading Iraq in order to depose Saddam Hussein's regime: "I would still ...  

MANAMA (Reuters) -- Fewer foreign volunteers are making it into Iraq to fight with Al Qaeda against the U.S.-backed government but the group has switched to fewer but more deadly attacks, U.S. General David Petraeus said on Sunday. "There is no ...  

Army General David Petraeus, Commander of the US Central Command, testifying at the Senate Armed Services Committee in April 2009. December 13, 2009 MANAMA (Reuters) -- Fewer foreign volunteers are making it into Iraq to fight with Al Qaeda against ...  

WASHINGTON — A 29-year-old Fort Hood soldier has died in a non-combat related incident in Iraq. A Defense Department statement issued Monday said Pvt. Jhanner A. Tello of Los Angeles died Dec. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq of injuries suffered in the ...  

MANAMA - Fewer foreign volunteers are making it into Iraq to fight with Al Qaeda against the U.S.-backed government but the group has switched to fewer but more deadly attacks, U.S. General David Petraeus said on Sunday. “There is no question that ...  

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The former top military commander for Baghdad says the U.S. military warned Iraqi security officials of multiple car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital hours before suicide bombers hit government sites. Lt. Gen. Abboud Qanbar ...  

General Abboud Qanbar, former top Iraqi military commander in Baghdad told his nation’s parliament that American officers warned Iraqi security forces that suicide bombers would be making a series of blasts, but that no extra precautions were taken about this possibility. What is the meaning of this comment? Does it suggest there are still deep [...]  

The Swedish government announced that it would take in 8,700 people from Iraq and provide them an opportunity to live in peace in a day that witnessed over a hundred Iraqis killed or wounded in bomb blasts in Baghdad. Many European nations like France, Germany, the UK, and Italy have also allowed people from Iraq [...]  

ABC NewsGood timing made Bush's surge look successful. Obama will probably enjoy no ...SalonEven the willingness of Sunni Arabs to join pro-American Awakening Councils or Sons of Iraq militias that took on Sunni extremist groups derived in some ...Obama has no stomach for this fightguardian.co.ukObama Pleases the NeoconsConsortium NewsAfghan troop increase similar to Iraq surge of 2007?CNN InternationalBoston Globe -Long War Journalall 16,191...  

Quick Reax to Leaked Obama Afghan PlanThe League of Ordinary Gentlemen (blog)... hand over and/or kill al-Qaeda in Iraq while the US would restrain the Shia Iraqi government and provide funding and resources to the Sunni militias. ...and more »  

Sir John Sawers, head of M16, headed a group that was stationed in Baghdad in 2003 during early stages of the invasion of Iraq by American and British troops. He told the Chilcot group which is conducting an investigation into who knew what or did what in Iraq, that his group picked up information about [...]  

They arrive dressed carefully in order to calmly present their information to the Chilcot inquiry which seeks to uncover the truth about how the United Kingdom wound up fighting in Iraq. They arrive, diplomats, generals, bureaucrats, Cabinet members and spooks from secret agencies, they arrive with new versions as to what happened during the eventful [...]  

George Bush can sleep peacefully these days since the wars he began are still going on, but now responsibility of solving them is in another’s hands. Fortunately, for Bush and the Republican party the disastrous wars they began are now the responsibility of Barack Obama. Unfortunately, for the president, there is no possibility that he [...]  

Sir David Manning, one of former prime minister Tony Blair’s key foreign policy advisers, told a committee that George Bush and Blair had a secret meeting in Texas at which plans for an invasion of Iraq were discussed months before the actual invasion took place. The prime minister ordered Army chiefs to draw up plans [...]  

Tony Blair, former prime minister of the United Kingdom who parternered with his dear friend, George Bush, made a decision six long years ago to invade Iraq in order to save the world from the threat of WMD in the hands of Saddam Hussein. Well, that is what he said six years ago, we simply [...]  

The United Kingdom, unlike the Obama Administration, has established a govenment body that is engaged in studying the origin of the war in Iraq that began with a joint US-UK invasion. Former prime minister Tony Blair will be speaking to the Chilcot inquiry, but his testimony will be kept secret on grounds it involves national [...]  

I wrote a letter to President Obama which included very specific concerns and offered suggestions on how to deal with problems. For example, based on fifty years in the field of education, I offered a critique on the disastrous policies of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and suggested the need to provide free swine flu [...]  

As the years pass and individuals who participated in the madness of the invasion of Iraq reveal what happened — or did not happen- – it becomes increasingly clear that Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld did not have the slightest idea what they were doing in Iraq from day one of the operation. Sir John Sawers, recently appointed head [...]  

Globe and MailIraq auctions fields to move up oil's big leagueReutersBaghdad desperately needs the billions of dollars of revenue that more oil output would generate to rebuild after decades of war and sanctions and years of ...Iraq's Second Round Of Oil Bidding StartsWall Street JournalIraq Closes In on Big Oil Deals But Short Of PowerNew York TimesNo need for OPEC to change output in Angola -IraqForbesHuffington Post (blog) -ChattahBox -UPI...  

Iraq war refugee finds home at Belmont HighDayton Daily NewsStaff photo by Chris Stewart Nimr Ibrahim lost his leg after an explosion during the war in his home country of Iraq. His agility as a former soccer player ...Belmont freshman wrestler living the American dreamDayton Daily Newsall 2 news articles »  

guardian.co.ukFor some, war can certainly be lucrativeTrue/SlantOf course, there's another group making good money off of war — and it's not our soldiers on the ground. It's the so-called civilian contractors who in Iraq ...Report: Blackwater guards linked to CIA raidsThe Associated PressBlackwater's Black Ops: Batman BeginsWired NewsBlackwater teams joined CIA operations: reportGlobe and MailTIME -9&10 News -CounterPunchall 413 news articles »  

Press TVUS military deaths in Iraq war at 4368The Associated Press10, 2009, at least 4368 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. ...US soldier dies in IraqXinhuaUS military deaths in Iraq war at 4368Greenville Daily Reflectorall 134 news articles »  

ReutersHow Much Will the New Troops in Afghanistan Really Cost?The Faster TimesAmidst the funding debate one thing remains a certainty: for the first time since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, spending on the war in Afghanistan will ...Obama's Afghan war decision makes senseSalt Lake TribuneWhy the Afghan War was a Mistake -- And Why that MattersHuffington Post (blog)Focus rebuilding effort at homeFayObserver.comBowdoin Orient -NewsBusters...  

Telegraph.co.ukIraq war inquiry key witnesses: Sir William Ehrman and Tim Dowseguardian.co.ukThe second day of the Iraq war inquiry, 25 November, was devoted to international concern over Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and British policy on the ...UK spy chief denies Iraq war deceitAljazeera.netInquiry Highlights Divisions Between US, Britain on IraqVoice of AmericaTony Blair was urged by officer to delay Iraq warBBC NewsRTT News -The...  

BBC NewsGates finally sees sun, and troops, in IraqWashington Post (blog)Gates told the troops that rather than viewing Afghanistan as one eight-year war, the conflict should be considered two wars--a brief one in 2001, ...US sees Arabs, Kurds in Iraq settling differencesReutersDefense secy tells US troops Iraq mission criticalThe Associated PressGates: US likely to advise Iraqis beyond deadlineStars and StripesTelegraph.co.uk -The Press...  

guardian.co.ukMI6 chief: Pitiable war led to Iraq militancyPress TVIn his testimony to the Iraq war inquiry panel, Sawers, who formerly served as the ex-British premier Tony Blair's top foreign policy adviser, ...MI6 boss blames Russia for Iraq warRussiaTodayUS ignored pleas on Baathists -- inquiryUPI.comArmy chief lambasts 'amateurs' in post-invasion IraqBBC NewsMetro -Telegraph.co.uk -The Heraldall 75 news articles »  

Washington PostObama Outlines a Vision of Might and RightNew York TimesThen, as a state senator, he had used his opposition to the Iraq war to speak for the first time on issues of war and peace. The main paragraph in Oslo ...The Nobel Prize for failure: Obama the love-bomberForthIn Oslo, Obama tries to reconcile early antiwar rhetoric with prevailing realitiesWashington Post'Just War' Theory and AfghanistanNew York Times (blog)WNCT -msnbc.com...  

Can Arlen Specter End the War in Afghanistan?Huffington Post (blog)Of course, Lamont had one advantage over Specter - he was an unknown commodity, so he could define himself as the anti-Iraq war candidate. ...and more »  

After Delays, Deal Set on Iraq Election LawNew York TimesWhile much of the recent violence has been concentrated in Sunni strongholds, there has been concern about Shiite militias regaining traction. ...and more »  

BBC NewsViolence returns to IraqBBC NewsThe violence in Iraq has always come from a variety of sources - disgruntled former Baathists, freelance militias and criminal gangs, as well as Islamist ...and more »