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

'Chemical Ali' faces his accusers

Monday, September 24th 2007, 15:22
related places: Baghdad

Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali", is back in court in Baghdad.
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Nations 'failing Iraq refugees'

Monday, September 24th 2007, 0:32
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK must do more to help the thousands of people fleeing violence in Iraq, Amnesty International says.
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UN hopes to broaden Iraq role

Sunday, September 23rd 2007, 2:58

The UN is ready to broaden its role in support of Iraq, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says at key talks.
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Blackwater denies Iraq smuggling

Saturday, September 22nd 2007, 19:18
related countries: United States
related places: Blackwater

US security company Blackwater denies allegations that its staff smuggled weapons into Iraq.
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US urged to free Iranian 'guest'

Saturday, September 22nd 2007, 18:06
related countries: Iran, United States

Iraq's president calls for the release of an Iranian official detained by US forces in the country's Kurdish north.
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Blackwater 'arms smuggling probe'

Saturday, September 22nd 2007, 15:36
related countries: United States
related places: Blackwater

Prosecutors look into whether staff at the US security firm Blackwater smuggled weapons to Iraq, say reports.
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Blackwater back at work in Iraq

Friday, September 21st 2007, 14:15
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad, Blackwater

US security firm Blackwater resumes work in Baghdad days after a shootout which killed 11 Iraqis.
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Two Sistani aides killed in Iraq

Friday, September 21st 2007, 11:48

Two aides of Iraq's most senior Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, have been shot dead in separate incidents.
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US Senate condemns Petraeus ad

Friday, September 21st 2007, 10:44
related countries: United States

The US Senate condemns a newspaper advertisement attacking the country's top commander in Iraq.
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Bush sad over Baghdad shootout

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 17:22
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US President George Bush speaks of his sadness over a shootout in Baghdad involving a US security firm.
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Iranian officer 'seized in Iraq'

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 13:41
related countries: Iran, United States

US-led forces in Iraq say they have arrested an Iranian officer operating in the north of the country.
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US claims fall in Baghdad attacks

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 11:54
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Violence in Baghdad has fallen by 50% since the start of 2007 as the surge takes effect, the US army says.
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US troops' Iraq leave bid blocked

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 0:44
related countries: United States
related places: Senate

A move by Democrats to give US troops in Iraq more home leave is blocked by Republicans in the Senate.
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US-Iraq probe Baghdad shootout

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 21:26
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US and Iraq set up a joint commission to investigate a deadly shootout in Baghdad involving a US security firm.
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Iraq row grounds US diplomats

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 11:50
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

The US suspends all road journeys by its diplomats in Iraq outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
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Iraq to review all security firms

Tuesday, September 18th 2007, 12:14
related countries: United States

Iraq says it will review the status of all security firms in the country after a deadly gunfight involving a US firm.
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Deadly attack on Baghdad morgue

Tuesday, September 18th 2007, 8:51
related places: Baghdad

A car bomb explodes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding more than 20.
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'Fair probe' vow on Iraq gunfight

Monday, September 17th 2007, 23:25
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

A "fair and transparent" probe will be held into a Baghdad gunfight involving a US firm, says Iraq's prime minister.
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Iraq shootout firm loses licence

Monday, September 17th 2007, 17:45
related countries: United States
related places: Blackwater

Iraq cancels the licence of US private security firm Blackwater after eight civilians die in a shootout.
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US contractors in Iraq shootout

Monday, September 17th 2007, 11:03
related countries: United States

Officials investigate after at least eight Iraqi civilians are reported killed by private US security contractors.
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Crocker urges Iraq refugee action

Monday, September 17th 2007, 9:42
related countries: United States

The US envoy to Iraq warns that about 10,000 Iraqis seeking to enter the US may have to wait two years.
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At least 22 dead in Iraq violence

Sunday, September 16th 2007, 12:57
related countries: United States

Bombings and shootings claim at least 22 lives in Iraq, a day after militants pledge Ramadan attacks.
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Sadr group quits Iraq ruling bloc

Saturday, September 15th 2007, 18:52

The political movement loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr withdraws from Iraq's governing Shia alliance.
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Bounty set over Prophet cartoon

Saturday, September 15th 2007, 16:26
related countries: Sweden
related places: Al

Al-Qaeda in Iraq offers a reward for the murder of a Swedish cartoonist over his Prophet Muhammad drawing.
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US hints at bigger Iraq pullout

Saturday, September 15th 2007, 1:43
related countries: United States

Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands of extra troops from Iraq during 2008.
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US reports on religious freedom

Friday, September 14th 2007, 21:13
related countries: China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States

Religious freedom has deteriorated in Iraq, Egypt, and China, and improved in Saudi Arabia, a US report says.
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Iraq Sunnis vow revenge

Friday, September 14th 2007, 20:26

Sunni tribesmen vow revenge for the death of a leader who opposed al-Qaeda in Iraq, as the group says it killed him.
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Iraq 'failing half US benchmarks'

Friday, September 14th 2007, 18:59
related countries: United States

Iraq's government has fulfilled only nine out of 18 benchmarks on governance and security, the US says.
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Iran supreme leader slams Bush

Friday, September 14th 2007, 15:03
related countries: Iran, United States
related places: Bush

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a scathing attack on US President George Bush, says he should face trial over Iraq.
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Bush pledges Iraq troop reduction

Friday, September 14th 2007, 7:17
related countries: United States

US President George Bush addresses the nation on his Iraq plans, including details of a partial troop withdrawal.
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Iraqi insurgents kill key US ally

Thursday, September 13th 2007, 17:28
related countries: United States

A key Iraqi Sunni ally of the US, who met President George W Bush last week, is killed in a bomb attack.
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US accuses Iran over Iraq attacks

Wednesday, September 12th 2007, 23:52
related countries: Iran, United States

Senior US officials single out Iran for criticism, a day after giving a progress report on security in Iraq.
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Baghdad residents protest at wall

Wednesday, September 12th 2007, 16:05
related places: Baghdad

Hundreds protest against the building of a wall between a Shia district of Baghdad and a neighbouring Sunni area.
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Policemen shot dead in north Iraq

Wednesday, September 12th 2007, 12:56
related places: Mosul

Six Iraqi policemen are killed by gunmen in an attack on a checkpoint near the city of Mosul, police say.
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Democrats attack Iraq testimony

Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 23:09
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

The two leading US figures in Iraq face criticism from Democratic presidential candidates in Congress.
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Bush 'to announce Iraq troop cut'

Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 21:30
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The US president is to announce troop reductions in Iraq in a speech later this week, the White House says.
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Syria visas 'halt fleeing Iraqis'

Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 17:49
related countries: Syria

The UNHCR warns that new Syrian visa restrictions are preventing Iraqi refugees from escaping violence.
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Iraq welcomes US surge 'progress'

Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 13:04
related countries: United States

Iraq's government welcomes a positive report on the US troop surge by its top commander in the country.
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US general under fire over surge

Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 7:08
related countries: United States

Democrats in Congress challenge top US commander Gen Petraeus' positive view of the Iraq troop surge.
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US surge plan in Iraq 'working'

Monday, September 10th 2007, 22:41
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

The military aims of the US surge in Iraq "are largely being met", the top US commander there tells Congress.
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Key Iraq pair to brief Congress

Monday, September 10th 2007, 15:18
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

The two most senior US leaders in Iraq are to deliver crucial testimony on the war strategy to Congress.
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US plans Iraq-Iran border base

Monday, September 10th 2007, 12:48
related countries: United States

The US military says it plans to build a base near the Iraq-Iran border to curb the arms flow to militants.
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US surge has failed - Iraqi poll

Monday, September 10th 2007, 11:00
related countries: United States

Most Iraqis think the recent US troop surge has failed, a new BBC/ABC opinion poll across Iraq suggests.
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Iraq chides 'meddling' neighbours

Sunday, September 9th 2007, 17:47

Iraqi leaders criticise neighbouring countries for interfering into the country's internal affairs.
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Iraq carnage 'mastermind' killed

Sunday, September 9th 2007, 15:15
related countries: United States

An Iraqi militant who planned blasts that killed more than 400 Yazidi minority members is killed, the US says.
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Sunni bloc ends boycott in Iraq

Saturday, September 8th 2007, 16:38

A Sunni Arab-led bloc ends its three-month boycott of Iraq's parliament - the last of several groups to return.
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Petraeus says Iraq gains 'uneven'

Saturday, September 8th 2007, 0:02
related countries: United States

The top US commander in Iraq says progress in bringing security has been "uneven" and disappointing.
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Seven US soldiers killed in Iraq

Friday, September 7th 2007, 9:17
related countries: United States
related places: Nineveh

The US military says four troops were killed in Anbar province and three in Nineveh province on Thursday.
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Most people 'want Iraq pull-out'

Friday, September 7th 2007, 9:09
related countries: United States

Two-thirds of people across the world want US-led troops out of Iraq within a year, a BBC poll suggests.
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US 'must reduce presence in Iraq'

Thursday, September 6th 2007, 22:00
related countries: United States

The US should reduce troop presence in Iraq so as not to appear an "occupying force", a key report says.
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Iraqi forces 'cannot stand alone'

Thursday, September 6th 2007, 15:36
related countries: United States

Iraq's security forces will not be able to take over from US troops within the next 18 months, a new report finds.
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US air strike in Baghdad kills 14

Thursday, September 6th 2007, 12:22
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

At least 14 people are killed in a US air attack which took place in western Baghdad overnight, police say.
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US officers 'lax' on Iraqi deaths

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 21:01
related countries: United States

Three US marine officers are disciplined for a "lack of due diligence" in investigating Iraqi civilian deaths.
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