Topic: Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ten years after the hijacked airliner attacks on the United States, Iraqis are swamped in the violent wake of a war launched on a tenuous premise and uncertain if they are headed to democracy or dictatorship.While the sectarian slaughter ...
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suggested that Iraq had agreed to keep American troops in the country beyond a 2011 deadline, but Baghdad insisted the issue was still under negotiation.In an interview with two US newspapers published Friday, Panetta said the Iraqis ...
Iraqi leaders have trumpeted a joint Arab-Kurdish "Golden Lions" security unit in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk but key issues remain over its funding and expansion.American troops, who were key to the force's formation in early 2010, have taken a back ...
Insurgents killed at least six people in a bomb attack on the home of a Shiite family in a mainly Sunni town south of Baghdad on Sunday, part of nationwide violence that left a total of eight dead.The blast, which occurred in ...
Twin bomb attacks in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi killed seven people and wounded 13 others on Wednesday evening, part of nationwide violence that left 10 dead, security officials said.A roadside bomb exploded at around 5:30 pm (1430 GMT) in the ...
Successive bombings targeting an alcohol shop on Baghdad's western outskirts killed three policemen at the beginning of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a security official said on Wednesday.An Iraqi policeman was also killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) on ...
Iraq must decide soon if it wants US troops to stay on beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, the top American military officer said during a surprise visit on Monday.Admiral Mike Mullen, outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met ...
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - When Iraq's northern Kurdish region sent a division of troops to surround Kirkuk in February, it may have been a signal of the delicate balancing act to come when U.S. forces leave the disputed oil city.Officially, the 10,000 ...
Separate bomb and gun attacks on Friday killed five Iraqi policemen and a doctor and wounded 17 other people in Baghdad, Baquba north of the capital, and Kirkuk, security officials said.In Baghdad's western Mansur district, a roadside bomb killed two policemen, including ...
American forces in Iraq are going after Iran-backed Shiite insurgents, who have killed 17 US soldiers in five weeks, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said in Baghdad on Monday."We have to unilaterally be able to go after those threats. We're doing that," ...
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