Topic: Iraq War
Two American soldiers were killed on Tuesday when an Iraqi army comrade opened fire after an argument over a sports match, the first US deaths since Washington declared an end to combat operations here. The shooting, which also left nine American soldiers ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and nine others wounded in an attack inside an Iraqi army compound Tuesday, the U.S. military said. A gunman wearing an Iraqi army uniform opened fire on the soldiers at the base near the ...
Two American soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when an Iraqi soldier opened fire after an argument over a sports match they had been playing, US and Iraqi military officials said. The shooting, which resulted in the first American fatalities ...
US military says gunman in Iraqi army uniform kills 2 American soldiers in northern IraqThe U.S. military says a gunman wearing an Iraqi army uniform has killed two American soldiers in northern Iraq. A military statement says the Americans were among a ...
Al-Qaida front group claims responsibility for weekend attack in Baghdad that killed 12An al-Qaida front group is claiming responsibility for a weekend attack in the heart of Baghdad that killed 12 people. In a statement posted on a militant website Tuesday, the ...
Kidnappings, bombs, death threats: 2 Iraqi journalists, Sunni and Shiite, talk about the warAs the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and ...
The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops. The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees made the appeal ...
Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011. US military advisers described myriad inefficiencies and problems, from hospitals that ...
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday on a surprise visit following a trip to Iraq, where he attended ceremonies to mark the formal end of the American combat mission there. During his visit to America's other war, Gates is ...
Vice President Joe Biden launched a new American military mission in Iraq on Wednesday, opening up a fresh phase in a seven-year deployment that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 US troops. Addressing soldiers near Baghdad a day after the ...