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.

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Iraq: news

Anti-gay attacks on rise in Iraq

Monday, August 17th 2009, 14:43

Gay Iraqis are being murdered in a brutal co-ordinated campaign involving militia forces, a rights group says.
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Iraq abandons nationwide census

Monday, August 17th 2009, 0:33

Iraq postpones indefinitely its nationwide census over fears that it could stoke ethnic and political tensions.
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Iraqi protest at media censorship

Friday, August 14th 2009, 22:15
related places: Baghdad

Some 200 Iraqi media workers protest in Baghdad at what they say is growing state interference in their work.
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Double suicide bombs in Iraq town

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 19:28

At least 21 people are killed and 30 injured by two suicide bombers at a crowded cafe in northern Iraq, police say.
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Iraqis ousted from Danish church

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 16:55
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

Danish police forcibly evict 17 Iraqi men who had sought refuge in a Copenhagen church to avoid repatriation.
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Car bombs kill eight in Baghdad

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 19:28
related places: Baghdad

At least eight people have been killed and many injured in two car bomb attacks in east Baghdad, Iraq, police say.
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'Illusion' of safety

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 9:57

Co-ordinated bombings raise fears across Iraq
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Bomb attacks in Iraq kill dozens

Monday, August 10th 2009, 15:21
related places: Baghdad, Mosul

Blasts in Baghdad and Mosul kill more than 40 people, in some of the deadliest attacks since a US pullout from Iraqi cities.
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Two foreign contractors killed in Iraq

Sunday, August 9th 2009, 19:34
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom
related places: Baghdad

A British man is arrested after another Briton and an Australian contractor die in a shooting in Baghdad's Green Zone.
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Iraqi bombers kill Shia Muslims

Friday, August 7th 2009, 16:31
related places: Karbala'

Bomb attacks targeting Iraq's Shia Muslims leave at least 36 dead on an important Shia religious festival.
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Baghdad blast walls to come down

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 18:22
related places: Baghdad

The Iraqi government announces that all blast walls will be removed from Baghdad within the next 40 days.
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Iran 'cannot confirm' US arrests

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 11:18
related countries: Iran, United States

Iran's Foreign Ministry says it can neither confirm or deny the arrest of three Americans after crossing from Iraq.
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Iraq 'suicide bomber', 16, jailed

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 18:16

A juvenile court in Iraq sentences a 16-year-old girl to seven and a half years in jail for a failed suicide bomb attack.
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Market in Iraq 'hit by car bomb'

Sunday, August 2nd 2009, 10:12

A car bomb has killed at least six people in a crowded market in the town of Haditha in western Iraq, police say.
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US concern as Iran holds tourists

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 22:20
related countries: Iran, United States

The US says it is doing all it can to aid three Americans arrested inside Iran after apparently straying across the Iraqi border.
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Iraqi officer 'behind bank heist'

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 20:38
related places: Baghdad

An Iraqi army captain may have been behind a major Baghdad bank robbery which left eight people dead.
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Three US nationals held in Iran

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 14:06
related countries: Iran, United States

Three missing US nationals have been detained by Iranian guards after they crossed into Iran from Iraq, Iranian media confirm.
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Deadly blasts hit Baghdad mosques

Friday, July 31st 2009, 21:46
related places: Baghdad

At least 29 people are killed in a series of bombings outside Shia mosques in Baghdad, Iraqi police report.
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Baghdad mosques hit by car bombs

Friday, July 31st 2009, 11:37
related places: Baghdad

At least 24 people have been killed in a series of car bombings outside mosques in Baghdad, Iraqi police report.
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Three held over Baghdad robbery

Friday, July 31st 2009, 10:49
related places: Baghdad

Three people are detained in Iraq in connection with a Baghdad bank robbery in which eight guards were killed.
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UK's Iraq war inquiry to be launched

Thursday, July 30th 2009, 13:52

The inquiry into the Iraq war in the UK will be as open as possible but may not be completed by the end of 2010, its chairman says.
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Deadly bomb at Iraq party office

Thursday, July 30th 2009, 11:49

Seven people are killed as bomb explodes at the office of a Sunni political party in central Iraq, police say.
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What will the Iraq inquiry achieve?

Thursday, July 30th 2009, 8:25

The inquiry into the Iraq war will be as open as possible with some hearings being televised, says chairman Sir John Chilcot. Should the inquiry be held in public?
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Ruling bloc wins Iraqi Kurd poll

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 16:51

Iraqi Kurdistan's two-party ruling alliance retains control of parliament with 57% of the vote in elections.
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US could speed up Iraq pull-out

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 14:54
related countries: United States

The US may be able to withdraw troops from Iraq faster than planned, Defence Secretary Robert Gates says, as he ends a visit to the country.
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Anguish over Iraq hostage reports

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 10:59
related countries: United Kingdom

Families of five British hostages in Iraq are "deeply upset" to hear that two of the men are thought to have died.
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Iran exiles 'killed in Iraq raid'

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 10:58
related countries: Iran

Seven Iranian dissidents have died in a raid by Iraqi security forces on their camp north of Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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UK hostages 'likely to be dead'

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 10:18
related countries: United Kingdom

Two more of the British hostages held in Iraq since 2007 are now thought "very likely" to be dead, the BBC learns.
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Iraqi forces raid Iran exile camp

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 23:22
related countries: Iran

Iraqi forces raid a camp of an exiled Iranian opposition group, the People's Mujahideen of Iran, with reports of casualties.
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US praises Iraq's security gains

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 15:53
related countries: United States

The US defence secretary says on a visit to Iraq that security there has improved "amazingly" in three years.
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UK troops in Iraq moved to Kuwait

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 14:12
related countries: Kuwait, United Kingdom

All British forces in Iraq have been moved to Kuwait because the Iraqi authorities are yet to ratify an agreement allowing them to remain, the MoD says.
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Baghdad bank robbers kill eight

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 13:37
related places: Baghdad

Suspected insurgents rob a central Baghdad bank of about $7m in cash, killing eight guards, police say.
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Quiet return

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 6:21
related countries: United States

US troops back on patrol in Iraqi cities, on Iraqi terms
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Iraq awaits Kurdistan poll result

Saturday, July 25th 2009, 18:59

Polls close in Iraqi Kurdistan elections, where the ruling coalition faces a stiff challenge from reformists.
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Deadly blast hits Iraqi party HQ

Saturday, July 25th 2009, 15:32

A car bomb attack on the offices of a leading Sunni party in Iraq kills at least one and wounds 27 in the central city of Falluja.
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Decision time

Friday, July 24th 2009, 17:58

Reformists shake up Iraqi Kurdistan elections
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Iraq PM hints at longer US role

Friday, July 24th 2009, 9:15
related countries: United States

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki hints that US forces could stay in Iraq beyond the current deadline of 2011, during a visit to the US.
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Viewpoints

Thursday, July 23rd 2009, 13:13

Voters' hopes for the Iraqi Kurdistan elections
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Iraq and US vow renewed alliance

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 21:02
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The leaders of the US and Iraq meet for talks at the White House, pledging to work together to bring peace to Iraq.
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Five Iran pilgrims killed in Iraq

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 9:12
related countries: Iran

Five Iranian pilgrims are shot dead near Baquba in the troubled Iraqi border province of Diyala, police said.
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Iraq cleric on rare public visit

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 9:53
related countries: Syria

The Iraqi Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, makes a rare public appearance, visiting Syria for talks with the president.
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Tensions rise over US Iraq role

Sunday, July 19th 2009, 20:51
related countries: United States

US and Iraqi forces disagree increasingly over limitations on the role of American troops in the country, reports suggest.
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Iraqi troops pass festival test

Sunday, July 19th 2009, 9:05
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

A festival in Baghdad passes peacefully - a success for Iraqi troops following the US withdrawal from towns and cities.
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Blast targets Iraq tribal leader

Saturday, July 18th 2009, 23:20

A roadside bomb injures a Sunni tribal leader in the Iraqi city of Falluja, as pilgrims visit a Baghdad shrine.
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Iraq city hit by suicide bombing

Wednesday, July 15th 2009, 8:36

A suicide bomb attack in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi kills at least six people and injures 17 others, local police say.
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Iraqi inquiry sees video of abuse

Monday, July 13th 2009, 14:54
related countries: United Kingdom

A British public inquiry into the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa in UK military custody six years ago opens.
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Baghdad church bombing kills four

Sunday, July 12th 2009, 20:08
related places: Baghdad

A car bomb outside a church in eastern Baghdad kills four people and injures another 21, Iraqi police say.
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Bomb rips through market in Iraq

Saturday, July 11th 2009, 21:27
related places: Mosul

A car bomb kills four people at a market outside the north Iraqi city of Mosul while bombs in Baghdad kill at least three.
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Back on side

Saturday, July 11th 2009, 16:49

Iraqi football's triumphant return from six years' exile
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Iraqi footballers win on return

Friday, July 10th 2009, 23:51

The Iraqi football team celebrates a win in the first international football match held in Iraq since the invasion of 2003.
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US releases five Iranians in Iraq

Friday, July 10th 2009, 8:10
related countries: Iran, United States

Five Iranian officials held by the US military in Iraq since January 2007 are returned to Iran's embassy.
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Dutch hand back looted Iraqi art

Thursday, July 9th 2009, 21:54
related countries: Netherlands

The Netherlands returns dozens of ancient artefacts to Iraq, after police discover they were stolen after the 2003 invasion.
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Dozens killed in Iraqi bombings

Thursday, July 9th 2009, 19:53

At least 50 people are killed in bomb attacks in Iraq, the deadliest day since US troops withdrew from Iraqi towns.
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US criticised over Babylon damage

Thursday, July 9th 2009, 17:21
related countries: United States
related places: Babylon

American troops and contractors caused substantial damage to the archaelogical site at Babylon in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, a new UN report says.
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Twin car bombing hits Iraqi city

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 20:24
related places: Mosul

Two car bombs hit the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the second of them killing at least nine people.
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Iraq bans visits to Saddam grave

Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 11:05
related places: Saddam

The Iraqi government blocks all organised visits to the site of former leader Saddam Hussein's grave.
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'Worse off'

Monday, July 6th 2009, 8:00
related places: Saddam

Iraqi gays say their lives were better under Saddam
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Shifting focus

Sunday, July 5th 2009, 8:45

Has Obama administration taken eye off Iraq?
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Biden urges Iraq reconciliation

Saturday, July 4th 2009, 18:21
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US Vice-President Joe Biden marks 4 July in Baghdad, urging Iraqi leaders to foster political reconciliation.
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US vice-president in Iraq visit

Thursday, July 2nd 2009, 17:41
related countries: United States

US Vice-President Joe Biden makes an unannounced visit to Iraq to visit US troops and meet the nation's leaders.
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