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Turkish commandos hit Kurd rebel bases in Iraq: TV
Nov 07, 2012 (AFP)
Turkish commandos have staged a raid against Kurd rebel hideouts in Iraq, the NTV news channel reported Wednesday. The rare cross-border strike hit targets some...
Iraq looks to end food-to-poor for cash transfers
Nov 06, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq's cabinet on Tuesday voted to remove the country's largest social welfare programme, a food distribution system, in favour of a direct cash transfer to cit...
25 killed as car bomb targets Iraq army recruits
Nov 06, 2012 (AFP)
A car bomb at the entrance to an Iraqi army base while new recruits were massed at the gate killed at least 25 people on Tuesday, in the country's deadliest sin...
Three killed in bombing at Baghdad Shiite mosque
Nov 05, 2012 (AFP)
A car bombing near a Shiite mosque in east Baghdad killed three people on Monday, as worshippers continued to mark a key date in the Shiite calendar, officials ...
Iraq violence drops off sharply in October
Nov 01, 2012 (AFP)
Levels of violence in Iraq last month dropped off dramatically despite a string of attacks over the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday that were claimed by Al-Qaeda, fi...
Fugitive Iraq VP handed second death term
Nov 01, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq's vice president Tareq al-Hashemi, a critic of premier Nuri al-Maliki and one of the country's top Sunni officials, was handed a second death sentence in a...
12 dead in Iraq after bloody day
Oct 28, 2012 (AFP)
Bombings in and around Baghdad killed at least 12 people on Sunday, just a day after a wave of attacks during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha resulted in Iraq...
Iraq tightens security after bloody day
Oct 28, 2012 (AFP)
Bombings near Baghdad on Sunday killed two people despite tighter security a day after attacks mostly against Shiites during the Eid holiday killed 31 people in...
Iraq attacks kill 27 on month's deadliest day
Oct 27, 2012 (AFP)
Attacks mostly targeting Shiite Muslims during the Eid al-Adha holiday killed 27 people across Iraq on Saturday, the country's deadliest day this month. The sho...
Iraq looks to reinstate disbanded army officers
Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)
Efforts by Iraq's premier to court disbanded army officers from Sunni areas of the country can help boost security and support for the Shiite leader ahead of up...
Iraq attacks kill 15 in deadliest day this month
Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)
Attacks mostly targeting government officials and security forces in central and north Iraq killed 15 people in the run-up to the Muslim Eid holiday on Wednesda...
Iraq seeks help in retrieving pillaged antiques
Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq's Tourism Minister Liwaa Smaisim Tuesday urged France to help Baghdad in reclaiming archaeological treasures pillaged after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2...
Iraq cabinet proposes $115-billion budget for 2013
Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq's cabinet approved a $115 billion budget for 2013 on Tuesday, an 18-percent increase on this year's spending programme, a government spokesman said. The 13...
Iraq PM in power grab by ousting bank chief: experts
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
The targeting of Iraq's well-respected central bank chief appears to be a move by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to consolidate power and sends a bad message to ...
Children at Iraq prison 'future time bomb': NGO
Oct 21, 2012 (AFP)
Some 21 children living with their mothers in a Baghdad women's prison represent a potential "time bomb," an Iraqi rights group warned on Sunday in a report tha...
UK soldiers, families of fallen can sue over Iraq: court
Oct 19, 2012 (AFP)
The relatives of British soldiers killed and wounded in Iraq can claim damages for negligence against the defence ministry, the Court of Appeal in London ruled ...
Iraq wants faster delivery of U.S. F-16s
Oct 19, 2012 (UPI)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accelerated his country's rearmament program with multibillion-dollar contracts with the United States, Russia and Czec...
Iraq calls for faster arms deliveries, nears F-16 deal
Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq called for the US to speed up its weapons deliveries on Thursday as the two countries near a deal on a second set of 18 F-16s, days after Baghdad signed $4...
Deadly Baghdad blast leaves survivors struggling
Oct 17, 2012 (AFP)
The car bomb ripped through a row of shopfronts on a square in central Baghdad, shattering windows, setting cars ablaze and sending heavy sheets of dark grey sm...
Iraq attacks kill five: officials
Oct 17, 2012 (AFP)
Shootings and bombings in Baghdad and north of the capital killed five people, including a police captain, on Wednesday, security and medical officials said. In...
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