News: Iraq

We have started to collect the most important news related to Iraq in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Iraq – overview

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• $10m reward to find Iraq killers – 'No timetable' for Turkey assault
• 'No whitewash' from UK's Iraq inquiry – Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri mocks US bill
• Ambush kills 13 Iraqi servicemen – AWB kickbacks report handed in
• AWB loses hold after Iraq probe – Baghdad market bomb 'kills 130'
• Baghdad market bomb kills 13 – Battle 'marks new Iraq campaign'
• Battle rages in Shia Iraqi town – Blasts hit Baghdad football game
• Blasts kill 14 at Baghdad airport – Bounty set over Prophet cartoon
• Breakthrough in Iraq oil standoff – Bush hails Iraq militia crackdown
• Bush hails Iraq militia crackdown – Bush vows to 'complete Iraq job'
• Bush vows to adapt Iraq tactics – Charges dropped in Haditha trial
• Checkpoint attack kills 10 Iraqis – Danes on trial over Iraq secrets
• Dangerous chemicals found at UN – Democrats wary over Iran claims
• Democrats' anger at Bush Iraq speech – eBay Iraq relic auction stopped
• Eden drying out – Fifty Iraqi security men captured
• Fijian died in Iraq accident – Fresh bombs hit Baghdad rush hour
• Fresh bombs shake Iraqi capital – Gunmen kill 29 villagers in Iraq
• Gunmen kill dozens in Iraqi town – Insurgents downed Iraq helicopter
• IOC offers last chance for Iraq – Iraq 'failing half US benchmarks'
• Iraq 'fails to meet key targets' – Iraq bomb attack toll rises to 52
• Iraq bomb attacks leave 16 dead – Iraq court drops Saddam's charges
• Iraq court names new Saddam judge – Iraq gunmen target Oman embassy
• Iraq hangs 13 for insurgency role – Iraq MPs block non-US troop bill
• Iraq MPs condemn parliament blast – Iraq postpones key elections vote
• Iraq power system 'near collapse' – Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured'
• Iraq shoe thrower faces shoe-ing – Iraq tribes 'taking on al-Qaeda'
• Iraq troops 'buried family alive' – Iraqi 'bomber confession' aired
• Iraqi 'plot' officials released – Iraqi jailed over aid worker death
• Iraqi journalist's family 'safe' – Iraqi PM hails vote as 'victory'
• Iraqi PM home after health tests – Iraqi students seized near Baquba
• Iraqi Sunni leader meets Sistani – Italian troops' bodies flown home
• Italians 'cannot try US soldier' – Killing of Iraq Kurds 'genocide'
• Killing sparks Iraq-Australia row – Many killed in Iraq suicide bomb
• Many killed in Iraqi bomb attacks – Most people 'want Iraq pull-out'
• Mother recalls Iraqi gas attack – No new charges on UK Iraq death
• No public probe into Iraq 'abuse' – Petraeus says Iraq gains 'uneven'
• Pinter blasts Iraq war 'lies' – Reid urges Iraqi leaders to unite
• Relocation plan for Kirkuk Arabs – Russian hostages 'killed in Iraq'
• S Asian pilgrims shot in Iraq – Saddam trial defence continues
• Saddam trial faces fresh delays – Seven dead in Baghdad bank blast
• Seven dead in Baghdad blasts – Stress 'no excuse in Iraq case'
• Study reveals veterans' trauma – Tehran rejects US weapons claims
• Ten die in Baghdad car blast – Troops cleared over Iraq deaths
• Troops feared dead in Basra crash – Turkish soldiers cross into Iraq
• Turkish soldiers killed by rebels – UK may transfer Basra 'in spring'
• UK minister accused over Iraq attacks – UN warns of Iraq refugee crisis
• UN's concern over Iraqi killings – US air strike kills Iraqi troops
• US air strike kills nine in Iraq – US denies Saddam handed to Iraq
• US detains 'Iran-linked militant' – US hostage in Iraq confirmed dead
• US hostage makes new video appeal – US marines face Iraq murder trial
• US marines offer Babylon apology – US rejects Iran captives exchange
• US rejects Iraq hostage ransoms – US soldier jailed for Iraq murder
• US soldier jailed on Iraq murders – US troops killed in northern Iraq
• US troops launch Iraq toxins case – Warning over Pentagon funding
• Warnings of Iraq refugee crisis – Zawahiri tape praises insurgency

Iraq: news

Fresh bombs shake Iraqi capital

Thursday, September 7th 2006, 11:19
related places: Baghdad

A suicide car bomber targets a petrol station used by Iraqi police vehicles in Baghdad, one of several new attacks.
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Fresh clashes break out in Basra

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 12:00

Fighting erupts for a second day in Basra and elsewhere, as Iraqi soldiers confront Shia militants.
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Fresh clashes grip southern Iraq

Thursday, March 27th 2008, 15:23

The southern Iraqi city of Basra sees a third day of heavy fighting between Iraqi forces and Shia militias.
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Fresh UK attack on US Iraq policy

Sunday, September 2nd 2007, 13:07
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

A second key British general criticises US post-war policy in Iraq, saying it was "fatally flawed".
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Fresh violence hits Iraq cities

Sunday, May 7th 2006, 20:24
related places: Karbala'

Car bombs kill 24 people in Iraq as police find 43 bodies, believed to be victims of sectarian violence.
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Fresh violence rocks Iraq capital

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 11:05
related places: Baghdad

Five US soldiers are killed by insurgents in Iraq in the past day, as a series of explosions leave another 11 dead.
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Fresh wave of bombs strikes Iraq

Saturday, November 19th 2005, 22:28

Renewed bomb attacks across Iraq kill more than 50 people - including five US soldiers - and injure dozens more.
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Fresh wave of violence hits Iraq

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 19:55
related places: Kirkuk

More than 20 people are killed and dozens injured in bomb attacks in Iraq, after a day of bloodshed in the capital.
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Friday prayer plea for Iraq calm

Friday, February 24th 2006, 19:26

Shia and Sunni Muslim leaders use Friday prayers to call for calm in Iraq after the bombing of a Shia shrine.
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Friendly fire pilot back in Iraq

Sunday, April 15th 2007, 14:46
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

A US pilot involved in the friendly fire killing of a UK soldier is returning to fight in Iraq next month, it is revealed.
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Fuelling Baghdad's energy crisis

Saturday, March 8th 2008, 12:06
related countries: United States

As Baghdad experiences ongoing power shortages, Hugh Sykes hears claims this is a legacy of US planning for post-Saddam Iraq.
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Funeral for Iraq football legend

Friday, May 29th 2009, 14:40
related places: Baghdad

Revered Iraqi footballer and coach Emmanuel Baba Dawud is buried at Baghdad's football stadium.
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Funeral Mass for Iraqi archbishop

Friday, March 14th 2008, 18:07

Iraqi Christians attend the funeral of an archbishop whose body was found two weeks after his kidnap.
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Gandhi vows to punish oil guilty

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 8:14
related countries: India

India's ruling Congress party head says anyone who profited from Iraq's oil-for-food deal will be punished.
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Gangs 'kill freely' in Iraq chaos

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 12:40
related places: Baghdad

Execution and torture are rife in Baghdad, where armed gangs operate freely, a senior UN human rights official says.
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Gates briefs Bush on Iraq visit

Saturday, December 23rd 2006, 19:07
related countries: United States

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates briefs George Bush about Iraq, as the president ponders a policy shift.
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Gates criticises Air Force role

Monday, April 21st 2008, 15:33
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

US Air Force heads are "stuck in old ways" on tactics in Afghanistan and Iraq, defence chief Robert Gates says.
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Gates seeks greater Iraqi effort

Friday, April 20th 2007, 15:33
related countries: United States

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates meets Iraqi politicians to urge them to speed up reconciliation efforts.
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General hints at Iraq troop cuts

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 10:16
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

The top US general in Iraq hints at troop reductions within six months, days ahead of his key report to Congress.
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General says Iraq talks critical

Thursday, March 8th 2007, 16:35
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

The top US general in Iraq says force alone will not end the conflict, as political reconciliation is "critical".
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General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal

Friday, October 13th 2006, 7:13
related countries: United Kingdom

The head of the British Army says UK forces in Iraq make security problems worse and wants them to leave soon.
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Georgia to double troops in Iraq

Friday, March 9th 2007, 5:57
related countries: United States

Georgia announces that it will more than double the number of its troops fighting as part of the US-coalition in Iraq.
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German 'kidnapped in Iraq'

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 11:50
related countries: Germany

A German woman is believed to have been kidnapped in Iraq, German government officials say.
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German engineers seized in Iraq

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 12:01
related countries: Germany

Two German engineers are kidnapped from their house at an industrial plant in northern Iraq, police say.
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German FM begins first Iraq visit

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 11:38
related countries: Germany, United States
related places: Baghdad, Berlin

Germany's foreign minister arrives in Baghdad, the first such visit since Berlin opposed the US-led invasion in 2003.
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German hostage released in Iraq

Sunday, December 18th 2005, 18:40
related countries: Germany

German hostage Susanne Osthoff is freed in Baghdad, three weeks after being captured.
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German mother 'released in Iraq'

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 9:13
related countries: Germany

A German woman held hostage with her son in Iraq has been freed, the German foreign minister says.
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German spies' Iraq role defended

Friday, January 20th 2006, 15:45
related countries: Germany

Germany's foreign minister defends the role of German agents in Iraq amid claims that they helped US bombers.
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Germany contacts Iraq kidnappers

Friday, January 27th 2006, 13:02
related countries: Germany

The German government contacts the group holding two German engineers in Iraq, who appeared on a video.
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Germany jails Iraqi PM plotters

Tuesday, July 15th 2008, 9:44
related countries: Germany

A German court convicts three Iraqi men of plotting to kill ex-Iraqi PM Iyad Allawi during a 2004 visit to Germany.
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Germany to probe 'Iraq spy role'

Friday, April 7th 2006, 15:46
related countries: Germany, United States

The German parliament is to investigate claims that German agents helped the US in the 2003 Iraq war.
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Ghosts of Amman bring back memories

Saturday, May 16th 2009, 11:04
related countries: Kuwait
related places: `Amman

A visit to the Marriott hotel in Amman reminds Jeremy Bowen of his first big break, as a young journalist covering the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
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Going, going

Friday, November 28th 2008, 1:06
related countries: United States
related places: Vote

Vote on US troops shows Iraqi democracy at work
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Goodbye to Baghdad

Saturday, December 17th 2005, 11:46

As the BBC's Caroline Hawley leaves Iraq, she reflects on times of violence, turmoil and - recently - hope.
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Grave threat

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 13:02

Iraq's southern marshlands are shrinking again
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Graves evidence at Saddam trial

Tuesday, November 28th 2006, 17:46
related countries: United States
related places: Saddam

A US scientist shows images of mass graves of Iraqi Kurds killed in 1988, in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein.
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Grieving process

Sunday, March 8th 2009, 0:08

How Iraq's widows often lose more than just a spouse
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Grim pattern

Sunday, October 25th 2009, 22:40
related places: Baghdad

Baghdad blasts fear in run-up to Iraqi elections
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Grim testimony at troops' hearing

Sunday, August 6th 2006, 15:15
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

An Iraqi army medic tells a hearing in Baghdad how he found the bodies of four Iraqis allegedly killed by US troops.
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Gruesome find in Iraqi province

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 14:15
related places: Baghdad

Nine bodies and 10 severed heads are discovered in Diyala province north-east of Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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Guard 'quizzed over Saddam video'

Wednesday, January 3rd 2007, 19:39
related places: Saddam

A guard at Saddam Hussein's execution is being questioned over unofficial filming of his hanging, Iraqi officials say.
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Guards 'undermine' US Iraq aims

Friday, October 19th 2007, 9:46
related countries: United States

The activities of security guards are "in conflict" with the US mission in Iraq, says the US defence secretary.
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Gunmen 'kill 11 Iraqi recruits'

Monday, May 19th 2008, 21:52
related countries: United States
related places: Mosul

Eleven Iraqi police recruits are shot dead near Mosul as US and Iraqi forces try to crack down on al-Qaeda.
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Gunmen abduct 14 in Iraqi capital

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 15:42
related places: Baghdad

Gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms seized 14 people from a computer store in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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Gunmen abduct Iraq Olympic chief

Saturday, July 15th 2006, 11:44

Gunmen in Iraq kidnap a group of more than 30 people, including Iraq's Olympic committee chief.
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Gunmen kidnap 50 in Iraqi capital

Monday, June 5th 2006, 14:03
related places: Baghdad

Gunmen kidnap at least 50 people from a busy Baghdad street lined with travel agencies, officials say.
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Gunmen kidnap dozens in Baghdad

Thursday, December 14th 2006, 8:51
related places: Baghdad

Dozens of people are abducted in central Baghdad by armed men dressed in military uniforms, police say.
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Gunmen kidnap dozens in Iraq

Thursday, December 14th 2006, 18:35
related places: Baghdad

About 25 people who were among dozens kidnapped from central Baghdad on Thursday are released, Iraqi police say.
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Gunmen kidnap Iraq football star

Monday, September 4th 2006, 10:47
related places: Baghdad

Gunmen in Baghdad kidnap Ghanim Khudayer, a well-known Iraqi footballer, from his home.
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Gunmen kill 11 in Baghdad TV raid

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 15:21
related places: Baghdad

Eleven people have been killed in an attack on a satellite TV channel in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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Gunmen kill 12 in Iraqi village

Monday, November 16th 2009, 17:49
related places: Baghdad

At least 12 people are shot dead by gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms in a village south-west of Baghdad, officials say.
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Gunmen kill 19 Iraq Shias

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 17:13
related places: Baghdad

In continuing violence, the bodies of 19 Iraqis killed in a suspected sectarian attack are found near Baghdad.
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Gunmen kill 29 villagers in Iraq

Tuesday, July 17th 2007, 15:15

Gunmen wearing military uniforms kill 29 villagers in Iraq's Diyala province, security officials say.
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$10m reward to find Iraq killers – 'No timetable' for Turkey assault'No whitewash' from UK's Iraq inquiry – Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri mocks US billAmbush kills 13 Iraqi servicemen – AWB kickbacks report handed inAWB loses hold after Iraq probe – Baghdad market bomb 'kills 130'Baghdad market bomb kills 13 – Battle 'marks new Iraq campaign'Battle rages in Shia Iraqi town – Blasts hit Baghdad football gameBlasts kill 14 at Baghdad airport – Bounty set over Prophet cartoonBreakthrough in Iraq oil standoff – Bush hails Iraq militia crackdownBush hails Iraq militia crackdown – Bush vows to 'complete Iraq job'Bush vows to adapt Iraq tactics – Charges dropped in Haditha trialCheckpoint attack kills 10 Iraqis – Danes on trial over Iraq secretsDangerous chemicals found at UN – Democrats wary over Iran claimsDemocrats' anger at Bush Iraq speech – eBay Iraq relic auction stoppedEden drying out – Fifty Iraqi security men capturedFijian died in Iraq accident – Fresh bombs hit Baghdad rush hourFresh bombs shake Iraqi capital – Gunmen kill 29 villagers in IraqGunmen kill dozens in Iraqi town – Insurgents downed Iraq helicopterIOC offers last chance for Iraq – Iraq 'failing half US benchmarks'Iraq 'fails to meet key targets' – Iraq bomb attack toll rises to 52Iraq bomb attacks leave 16 dead – Iraq court drops Saddam's chargesIraq court names new Saddam judge – Iraq gunmen target Oman embassyIraq hangs 13 for insurgency role – Iraq MPs block non-US troop billIraq MPs condemn parliament blast – Iraq postpones key elections voteIraq power system 'near collapse' – Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured'Iraq shoe thrower faces shoe-ing – Iraq tribes 'taking on al-Qaeda'Iraq troops 'buried family alive' – Iraqi 'bomber confession' airedIraqi 'plot' officials released – Iraqi jailed over aid worker deathIraqi journalist's family 'safe' – Iraqi PM hails vote as 'victory'Iraqi PM home after health tests – Iraqi students seized near BaqubaIraqi Sunni leader meets Sistani – Italian troops' bodies flown homeItalians 'cannot try US soldier' – Killing of Iraq Kurds 'genocide'Killing sparks Iraq-Australia row – Many killed in Iraq suicide bombMany killed in Iraqi bomb attacks – Most people 'want Iraq pull-out'Mother recalls Iraqi gas attack – No new charges on UK Iraq deathNo public probe into Iraq 'abuse' – Petraeus says Iraq gains 'uneven'Pinter blasts Iraq war 'lies' – Reid urges Iraqi leaders to uniteRelocation plan for Kirkuk Arabs – Russian hostages 'killed in Iraq'S Asian pilgrims shot in Iraq – Saddam trial defence continuesSaddam trial faces fresh delays – Seven dead in Baghdad bank blastSeven dead in Baghdad blasts – Stress 'no excuse in Iraq case'Study reveals veterans' trauma – Tehran rejects US weapons claimsTen die in Baghdad car blast – Troops cleared over Iraq deathsTroops feared dead in Basra crash – Turkish soldiers cross into IraqTurkish soldiers killed by rebels – UK may transfer Basra 'in spring'UK minister accused over Iraq attacks – UN warns of Iraq refugee crisisUN's concern over Iraqi killings – US air strike kills Iraqi troopsUS air strike kills nine in Iraq – US denies Saddam handed to IraqUS detains 'Iran-linked militant' – US hostage in Iraq confirmed deadUS hostage makes new video appeal – US marines face Iraq murder trialUS marines offer Babylon apology – US rejects Iran captives exchangeUS rejects Iraq hostage ransoms – US soldier jailed for Iraq murderUS soldier jailed on Iraq murders – US troops killed in northern IraqUS troops launch Iraq toxins case – Warning over Pentagon fundingWarnings of Iraq refugee crisis – Zawahiri tape praises insurgency