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Protest-related violence kills 54 in Iraq
Apr 23, 2013 (AFP)
A wave of clashes and attacks involving Iraqi security forces, protesters and their supporters on Tuesday left 54 people dead and prompted two Sunni ministers t...
US soldier admits 2009 killings in Iraq
Apr 22, 2013 (AFP)
A US soldier pleaded guilty Monday to killing five of his colleagues in Iraq four years ago, in a plea deal to escape a death sentence, a military spokesman sai...
Maliki's plan to manipulate Iraq's election
Apr 21, 2013 (UPI)
The events of recent weeks have once again proved that through grasping all the levers of State power, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki is trying to inf...
Iraq votes in test of stability as violence spikes
Apr 20, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqis voted on Saturday in the country's first polls since US troops departed, a key test of its stability in the face of a spike in attacks that has claimed m...
Baghdad cafe bomb kills 27 as unrest spikes before vote
Apr 19, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq ramped up security Friday for its first elections since US troops withdrew, after 27 people died in a late-night bombing at a Baghdad billiards cafe, the l...
Young restless Iraqis grapple with authority
Apr 19, 2013 (AFP)
After a quick glance in his rear-view mirror, Mustafa smiled confidently. With a flick of the wrist, the 22-year-old launched his motorcycle into a wheelie for ...
Baghdad cafe bombing kills 27 ahead of elections
Apr 18, 2013 (AFP)
A late-night bombing at a Baghdad cafe frequented by young men playing billiards and video games killed 27 people on Thursday, just days before Iraq's first ele...
Iraq executes 21 in one day on 'terror' charges
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq put 21 men to death on Tuesday, a senior justice ministry official told AFP, the latest in a series of mass executions that have drawn international condem...
Wave of Iraq attacks kills 50 ahead of polls
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
Dozens of attacks across Iraq, including a brazen car bombing on the way to Baghdad airport, killed 50 people on Monday, just days before the country's first el...
Election candidate among 10 dead in Iraq attacks
Apr 14, 2013 (AFP)
Attacks north of Iraqi capital on Sunday killed at least 10 people, including a provincial elections candidate and six policemen, the latest in an uptick in vio...
Iraqi forces cast ballots ahead of provincial polls
Apr 13, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi soldiers and policemen cast their ballots for provincial elections on Saturday, a week ahead of the main vote that comes amid an uptick in violence and a ...
Outside View: Democracy in Iraq
Apr 09, 2013 (UPI)
During his unannounced trip to Baghdad last month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to seek greater assistance i...
Iraq marks a decade since the fall of Baghdad
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq on Tuesday marks a decade since US-led forces took control of Baghdad, sealing the ouster of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime, but the country remains plague...
April 9, 2003: A statue, a bridge, and a city, fall
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
Ten years after the statue of Saddam Hussein was famously toppled in Firdos Square, symbolising the fall of Baghdad, Ezzedine Said, AFP's Chief Editor for the M...
Kerry welcomes PKK's commitment to drop arms
Apr 07, 2013 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday hailed the commitment of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to a ceasefire under a renewed push by the Turki...
Suicide attack at Iraq campaign meet kills 25
Apr 06, 2013 (AFP)
A coordinated attack involving a suicide bomber at an open-air election campaign meeting in central Iraq killed 25 people on Saturday, the latest in a spike in ...
Iraq poll hopefuls targeted in politics of death
Apr 02, 2013 (AFP)
On a Sunday evening in March, gunmen walked into the offices of a prominent lawyer in the Iraqi capital, opened fire and left him for dead. A friend discovered ...
Canada opens diplomatic mission in Baghdad
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
Canada opened its first diplomatic mission in Iraq in more than two decades on Monday as Foreign Minister John Baird acknowledged his country "needs to be on th...
Iraq executes four including Qaeda's Baghdad chief
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq on Monday executed Al-Qaeda's former Baghdad chief and three other men convicted of terror-related offences, despite calls for a moratorium its use of the ...
Suicide truck bomb kills 9 as Iraq unrest spikes
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
A suicide truck bomber killed nine people at a police headquarters on Monday as data showed March was Iraq's deadliest month since August, raising fears of a su...
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