IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Claims that British soldiers unlawfully killed Iraqis withdrawn

Mar 20, 2014 (AFP)

There is "insufficient material" to prove that British soldiers unlawfully killed Iraqi civilians following a vicious battle in 2004, lawyers for families of th...

Iraq violence kills 37 nationwide

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

Violence across Iraq, including shelling and clashes in a militant-held city on Baghdad's doorstep, killed 37 people on Wednesday amid a protracted surge in blo...

Spain judge draws fire over Iraq killing case

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

A judge in Spain drew criticism Wednesday for defying the government by pushing on with an investigation into the 2003 killing of a Spanish journalist by US fir...

Iraq bill sparks fury over child marriage claims

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

A bill before Iraq's parliament that opponents say legalises child marriage and marital rape has sparked controversy ahead of elections as secular activists fac...

Militants attack Iraq anti-Qaeda leader, kill four

Mar 16, 2014 (AFP)

Heavily-armed militants attacked the home of an anti-Qaeda militiaman north of Baghdad Sunday, killing and decapitating his wife and two sons and killing anothe...

Iraq executes seven, including Saddam-era agents

Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)

Iraq executed seven people Thursday, including three men convicted of the 1994 killing in Beirut of the father of a current MP, despite international condemnati...

Saudi slams 'irresponsible' terror charges by Iraq PM

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

Saudi Arabia on Monday slammed as "aggressive and irresponsible" accusations by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the kingdom was supporting global terro...

Iraq suicide bombing death toll rises to 50

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

A suicide bombing at a crowded checkpoint south of the Iraqi capital killed 50 people and wounded more than 150, police and a doctor said Monday, raising the to...

Suicide bomber kills 34 at crowded Iraq checkpoint

Mar 09, 2014 (AFP)

A suicide bomber killed 34 people, including two state television employees, at a checkpoint near Baghdad Sunday, after Iraq's premier accused Riyadh and Doha o...

Saudi Arabia and Qatar in 'war on Iraq': Maliki

Mar 08, 2014 (AFP)

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are supporting militant groups in Iraq and have effectively declared war on the country, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said as nationwide...

Bombings, shootings kill 22 in Iraq

Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)

A dozen bombings in central Iraq and two shootings in the north killed 22 people Thursday, officials and doctors said, as the country suffers its worst violence...

Baghdad blasts mainly targeting Shiites kill 14

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Nine bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more on Wednesday, officials said, as Iraq suffers ...

Attacks in Baghdad area kill 21 people

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Bombings mainly targeting Shiite areas of Baghdad and attacks on security force checkpoints in and around the capital killed at least 21 people Wednesday, offic...

Iraq forces battle militants, other violence kills 10

Mar 03, 2014 (AFP)

Dozens of militants died in two days of fighting with counter-terrorism forces in a city west of Iraq's capital, a security spokesman said, while violence elsew...

Iraq February toll falls but still one of worst in years

Mar 01, 2014 (AFP)

The death toll from violence in Iraq fell in February from the previous month, but was still one of the worst in years, new figures showed Saturday as Baghdad h...

Iraq attacks kill 37, PM slams foreign aid to jihadists

Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)

Bombings in a Shiite-majority area of Baghdad and other attacks killed 37 people on Thursday, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki accused neighbouring states of ba...

Iraq commemorates 1920 revolt against Britain in new museum

Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)

Iraq opened a museum in the Shiite pilgrimage city of Najaf on Thursday commemorating a 1920 uprising against British occupation in a building that once housed ...

Governor survives blasts as Iraq violence kills 32

Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)

Provincial governor Atheel al-Nujaifi, a brother of Iraq's parliament speaker, on Monday survived the third attempt on his life this month, as violence killed 3...

Iraq announces 72-hour truce in militant-held Fallujah

Feb 22, 2014 (AFP)

Iraq's defence ministry on Saturday announced a 72-hour halt to military operations in the militant-held city of Fallujah, but new violence showed the weeks-lon...

Iraq mortar attack kills 17: officials

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

Five mortar rounds struck the Mussayib area south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 17 people, police and a doctor said. The shelling, which hit an area of shops ...