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Iraq offers hefty bounties for killing, capturing jihadists
Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq, struggling to curb its worst violence in years, is offering bounties of up to $25,000 for killing or capturing a foreign jihadist fighter, state televisio...
Security forces in firing line as Iraq attacks kill 12
Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks mainly targeting members of Iraq's security forces in areas north of Baghdad killed 12 people on Wednesday, officials said. Security forces, often plagu...
Powerful cleric Sadr slams Iraq govt, 'tyrant' PM
Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)
Powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday slammed Iraq's government as corrupt and its leader as a "tyrant" while calling on citizens to vote, days afte...
Car bombs in Iraqi capital kill at least seven
Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)
Three car bombs in the Iraqi capital killed at least seven people Tuesday, security and medical officials said, after more than a dozen died in Baghdad blasts t...
Clashes, sniper fire as Iraqi forces fight for town
Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi soldiers and police backed by helicopters and tanks on Monday battled militants for control of a northern town that has repeatedly changed hands in recent...
Iraq's Sadr: cleric, militia chief, kingmaker
Feb 16, 2014 (AFP)
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has bowed out of Iraqi politics, was a fierce critic of the US-led invasion, chief of a once-feared militia and political kin...
Iraq forces battle to retake town from militants
Feb 14, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces fought Friday to retake part of a northern town and nearby areas seized by gunmen, killing over a dozen militants and at least temporarily regainin...
Gunmen seize part of Iraq town, historic Baghdad market burns
Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)
Gunmen seized part of a northern Iraqi town and nearby villages Thursday, while bombs killed at least seven people at a historic Baghdad market and set it ablaz...
Iraq PM pledges jobs for Anbar allies
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki promised police jobs for pro-government fighters in Anbar province Wednesday, as the deputy premier said they aim to cut sup...
Iraq speaker targeted in blast as 21 militants killed
Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's parliament speaker narrowly escaped an attack in his hometown on Monday, while 21 militants died when a car bomb they were readying mistakenly went off, ...
Iraq governor gives Anbar militants one-week ultimatum
Feb 08, 2014 (AFP)
An Iraqi provincial governor Saturday gave militants controlling a city near Baghdad one week to surrender as government forces made steady progress in an effor...
Iraq pension law draws ire over MP exemption
Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)
A new law passed by Iraqi MPs to raise retirement benefits for civil servants is drawing criticism amid accusations politicians will use a loophole to secure la...
7 bombs hit Baghdad as US lawmakers slam Maliki
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
Seven bombs ripped through Baghdad killing seven people Thursday, hours after American lawmakers criticised the slow pace of political reconciliation in Iraq wh...
Iraqi PM under fire amid 'insanity' of suicide bombings
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki came under fire from US lawmakers Wednesday for the slow pace of political reconciliation and links to Iran, which they said...
Baghdad bombs, including near Green Zone, kill 33
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
Bombings in Baghdad, including three near the heavily fortified Green Zone and the foreign ministry, killed 33 people Wednesday, prompting US lawmakers to criti...
Renewed Iraq bloodshed kills seven
Feb 04, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks in and around Baghdad killed seven people on Tuesday as Iraqi forces made steady progress against militants in conflict-hit Anbar province where the gov...
Baghdad attacks kill 17 as Iraq presses Anbar assault
Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)
A series of attacks in and around Baghdad, including a spate of car bombings, killed 17 people Monday as Iraqi forces pressed an assault against militant-held a...
More than 1,000 killed in Iraq in January
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in January, figures showed Friday, as the country grapples with a surge in attacks and battles militants holding terr...
Iraq forces free hostages as January toll tops 900
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces ended a hostage-taking at a Baghdad government building killing four militants on Thursday, as nationwide violence took January's death toll past 9...
Iraq forces 'take back control' of western areas
Jan 29, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces Wednesday wrested back control of key areas west of Baghdad that have been out of government hands for weeks amid a deadly standoff between militan...
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