Iraq executes five over terrorism
August 29th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 29 (IANS) Iraq Wednesday executed five convicted prisoners over terrorism charges, including a Syrian and Saudi national, the justice ministry announced.On Tuesday, Iraq executed 21 prisoners, including three ... Read more...
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11 caught trying to escape Iraq jail
August 7th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) Eleven Al Qaeda prisoners was caught trying to tunnel out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison using a frying pan and a part of a ceiling fan, ... Read more...
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UN extends Iraq mission mandate
July 26th, 2012 - 7:24 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, July 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN Security Council(UNSC) has extended the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) by one year.UNAMI, a political mission, was established ... Read more...
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Iraq moves against transiting arms to Syria: US
July 24th, 2012 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (IANS) The US has said that Iraq has moved to prevent its territory from being used for transiting weapons to Syria.State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the ... Read more...
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Russia condemns Iraq violence
July 24th, 2012 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 24 (IANS) Russia has condemned the latest terrorist attacks in Iraq that left at least 80 people as killed, Xinhua reported."Moscow strongly condemns these bloody crimes, expresses condolence ... Read more...
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US condemns deadly attacks in Iraq
July 24th, 2012 - 8:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (IANS) The US has strongly condemned the spate of attacks across Iraq in the last two days, the deadliest in the country since the withdrawal of US ... Read more...
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US, Iraq discuss F-16 sales
May 25th, 2012 - 7:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (IANS) The US and Iraqi defence officials have held discussions in the past three days over sale of 18 F-16 fighter jets, according to US Defence ... Read more...
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Libya, Iraq want to buy Russian arms: Minister
April 24th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Libya and Iraq continue to show interest in buying Russian-made weaponry despite regime changes in these countries, a minister said Tuesday.Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, ... Read more...
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Iraq executes 14 on terrorism, criminal charges
February 9th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Feb 8 (IANS) A total of 14 people convicted for terrorism and criminal charges have been executed in Iraq, its justice ministry said Wednesday."Fourteen convicted prisoners were executed early ... Read more...
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Iraq bans visits to Saddam Hussein’s grave
January 22nd, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 22 (IANS) The Iraqi authorities Sunday banned individuals from visiting former Iraqi president Saddam Hussien's grave over two years after having already prohibited organised visits to it in ... Read more...
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Iraq demands back ‘Saddam bottom’ taken by British soldier
January 17th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 17 (IANS) Iraq has demanded back a metal chunk that formed the bottom of a bronze statue of late president Saddam Hussein that was taken by a British ... Read more...
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‘US withdrawal closes important chapter in Iraq history’
December 16th, 2011 - 4:54 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 16 (IANS) As the US military formally started its withdrawal from Iraq Thursday, British foreign secretary William Hague said it "closes an important chapter" in the country's recent ... Read more...
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U.S. officially ends nearly nine-year-long war in Iraq
December 15th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by BNO News
BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday officially ended the U.S.-led war in Iraq during a highly symbolic ceremony in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. It brings to ... Read more...
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Obama marks end of Iraq war
December 15th, 2011 - 3:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Wednesday marked the end of the Iraq war with a visit to troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Xinhua ... Read more...
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US military equipment being moved out of Iraq: Report
August 6th, 2011 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Nearly 60 percent of US military equipment has been moved out of Iraq and the remaining is on track as the deadline for American forces to ... Read more...
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Iraq declares holiday amid 50 degree scorcher
August 1st, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 1 (IANS) The Iraqi government declared Monday as a holiday in central and southern parts of the country after temperatures crossed 50 degrees Celsius, Xinhua reported."The Iraqi Council ... Read more...
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Tens of thousands protest in Baghdad to demand U.S. troops to leave
May 27th, 2011 - 4:46 am ICT by BNO News
BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Baghdad on Thursday to demand that American troops leave the country by the end of the year, local ... Read more...
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Iraqis demand end to American occupation
April 10th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by BNO News
BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators on Saturday took to the streets of Baghad to mark the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and demand the departure ... Read more...
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Iraqi shoe-thrower coming to Delhi to watch play on him
March 7th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Iraqi journalist Muntazer-al-Zaydi, who threw his shoes at former US president George W. Bush at a press conference in Baghdad in 2008, will be in ... Read more...
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Briton gets life sentence in Iraq for killing two
February 28th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Feb 28 (IANS) An Iraqi court Monday sentenced a British contractor to life imprisonment for killing two of his colleagues in Baghdad, Xinhua reported."The court issued a verdict of life imprisonment ... Read more...
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Maliki controlled security forces abusing detainees at secret sites: HR Watch
February 2nd, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Baghdad, Feb 2 (ANI): Security forces under the control of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki are reportedly running secret detention sites in Baghdad where prisoners are being abused, the Human Rights Watch ... Read more...
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Iraqi PM rules out US troops’ stay beyond 2011
December 28th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 28 (IANS) The US troops will leave Iraq by 2011, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said and ruled out the possibility of extension of their stay any more as ... Read more...
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Iraqi government donates wheat flour to help flood victims in Pakistan
December 13th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by BNO News
BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) -- The Iraqi government on Monday donated a shipment of wheat flour to help some of the flood victims in Pakistan, who continue to suffer nearly five months after ... Read more...
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Iraq PM Maliki stays in power for second term with help of tentative deal
November 11th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Baghdad (Iraq), Nov.11 (ANI): Iraq Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki will remain the country's Prime Minister for a second term, thanks to leaders reaching a tentative agreement late Wednesday night to create ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda kingpin escaped as chopper had no fuel
October 24th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 24 (IANS) A British military helicopter ran out of fuel, allowing Osama bin Laden's Iraqi commander to evade capture for further 15 months, the Guardian reported Sunday after studying the ... Read more...
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Wikileaks releases documents that claim Iran devised new suicide vest for al-Qaeda use in Iraq
October 24th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct. 24 (ANI): Iranian-backed forces devised new forms of suicide vests for al-Qaeda to use in Iraq, assessments released by controversial web site Wikileaks reveal.Intelligence of variable quality hint at Iranian ... Read more...
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Secret war files reveal brutal killing of over 100,000 Iraqis over six years
October 23rd, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct. 23 (ANI): Secret U.S. field reports from the Iraq war have revealed s grim new details, indicating that over 100,000 Iraqis were killed during a six-year stretch and that American ... Read more...
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10 killed in Iraq bomb attack
October 19th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 19 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed Tuesday when a bomb exploded in the house of a police officer in Iraq, Xinhua reported.Eight bodies were retrieved and two ... Read more...
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Bomb explosions rock Iraq
October 17th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 17 (IANS) A series of bomb explosions followed by gunfire rocked this Iraqi capital Sunday, an official said.At least six bomb explosions went off successively at about 2 p.m. (1100 ... Read more...
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New Maliki govt with anti-US Shiite Islamic support could complicate Iraq-US relationship
October 2nd, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Baghdad, Oct 2 (ANI): The comeback of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to power, which is widely expected especially after he secured the support of an anti-American Shiite Islamic movement on ... Read more...
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Nine soldiers killed in Iraq
September 15th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 15 (IANS) Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion and gunfire attack in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh Wednesday, police said.
The attack took place outside the provincial capital ... Read more...
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Obama gets thumbs up on Iraq, down on economy: Poll
September 4th, 2010 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) US President Barack Obama's approval rating appears to have edged up after his speech on the Iraq war but he still gets bad marks on the economy, ... Read more...
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‘The page has turned, Iraq combat mission is over,’ says Obama
September 1st, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep.1 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has declared the American combat mission in Iraq as over, and made clear that he intends to begin disengaging from the war in ... Read more...
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‘War is ending’ in Iraq: Obama
August 28th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 28 (DPA) US President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address to tout the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, which officially closes Tuesday, more than seven ... Read more...
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Experts question efficacy of handing US military tasks in Iraq to civilians in 2011
August 19th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 19(ANI): With the United States military preparing to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, the Obama administration is reportedly preparing to hand over the lead to civilians.However, administration ... Read more...
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