Topic: Baghdad

A wave of attacks across Iraq killed 67 people Thursday as it faced a political crisis, with its vice president accused of running death squads and the premier warning he could break off power-sharing.Apparently coordinated blasts in the capital and the slaughter ...

US forces quit Iraq nine years on

The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait on Sunday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with renewed political deadlock.The last of roughly 110 vehicles carrying 500-odd troops ...
Four Iranian exiles have filed a complaint in US court against senior Iranian and Iraqi officials for their alleged role in an April attack on Camp Ashraf, a site for Iranian dissidents in Iraq.The Iranians, three of whom received political asylum in ...

US invasion unleashed Iraqi 'creative anarchy'

While the past eight-plus years of US forces in Iraq were dominated by headlines of brutal violence and fitful reconstruction efforts, Iraqis note the 2003 war has also unleashed a "creative anarchy."From widely-circulated clips of young rappers to street races where drivers ...

Seven killed in Iraq attacks

A spate of gun and bomb attacks across northern and central Iraq on Saturday killed seven people and left four others wounded, security officials said.In the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, a Shiite Turkman chemicals specialist for the state-owned North Oil Company ...

Huge U.S. air base returned to Iraqi control

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military has handed over to the Iraqi government its 2nd largest Iraq base, a joint army and air force complex that housed some 36,000 American troops and contractors at the peak of the war, U.S. officials said.Joint ...

Iraq casualty toll rises in October

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of civilians killed in violence in Iraq climbed sharply in October, according to government figures, amid concerns about security after U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to pull out U.S. troops.The Health Ministry said 161 civilians were killed ...
Iraqis voiced happiness on Saturday over President Barack Obama's declaration that US forces will leave by year-end, but some spoke of concern the pullout could further destabilise their country.The decision to withdraw all remaining soldiers in the country after nearly nine years ...

US shuts north Iraq division ahead of pullout

The US military closed its north Iraq division on Thursday, leaving 18 bases in the country ahead of a year-end pullout, with Baghdad and Washington still at an impasse over a future troop deal.The closure of US Division-North was the latest in ...

Bomb at Iraq restaurant kills 3, wounds 15: sources

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in front of a restaurant used by Shi'ite pilgrims in the Iraqi town of Haswa on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding 15 others, two security sources said.The blast took place in Haswa, 50 ...
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