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

US detains 'Iran-linked militant'

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 9:40
related places: Baghdad

US forces in Karbala detain an Iraqi man they allege has links with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
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Bush and Howard in Sydney talks

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 5:13
related countries: Aruba, Australia, United States
related places: Canberra

Iraq and climate change dominate talks between US and Australian leaders ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit.
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Iraqis fail US Congress targets

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 3:24
related countries: United States

A US watchdog criticises the Baghdad government, while the top American general in Iraq hints at troop cuts.
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'Chemical Ali' sentence confirmed

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 13:17
related places: `Ali, Saddam

A court upholds the death sentence against Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali".
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US row over Iraq army break-up

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 12:06
related countries: United States

Ex-US Iraq envoy Paul Bremer insists President Bush backed his plan to dissolve Iraq's army in 2003.
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Bush holds 'war council' in Iraq

Monday, September 3rd 2007, 20:43
related countries: United States
related places: White House

US President George W Bush makes a surprise visit to Iraq for talks with senior officials on the impact of the surge.
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UK Basra base exit 'not a defeat'

Monday, September 3rd 2007, 13:03
related countries: United Kingdom

The prime minister insists the withdrawal of troops from their last remaining base in Basra city is not a defeat.
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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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US welcomes Iraq militia 'freeze'

Saturday, September 1st 2007, 12:00
related countries: United States

A radical cleric's order to freeze his militia's operations may let US forces tackle al-Qaeda in Iraq, the US says.
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Life in claustrophobic Baghdad 'jail'

Saturday, September 1st 2007, 11:02
related places: Baghdad

Richard Galpin returns to Baghdad and finds that the fear of violence and added security have made life there feel almost like being in prison.
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UK general attacks US Iraq policy

Saturday, September 1st 2007, 9:04
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

The head of the British army during the Iraq invasion says US post-war policy was "intellectually bankrupt".
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UK general criticises US policy

Saturday, September 1st 2007, 4:30
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

The head of the British army during the Iraq invasion says US post-war policy was "intellectually bankrupt".
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Iraq government appeals for calm

Friday, August 31st 2007, 11:31

Iraq's government urges all militant groups to follow the example of the Shia Mehdi army and freeze activities.
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White House cool on Iraq report

Friday, August 31st 2007, 11:05

The White House challenges a report for Congress saying Iraq has met few targets used to measure progress.
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US marine in Iraq deaths hearing

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 21:07
related countries: United States

A hearing begins to decide if a US marine accused of killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha should be tried for murder.
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Dangerous chemicals found at UN

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 18:02

Vials of potentially dangerous chemicals removed from Iraq have been found in a UN building in New York, the UN says.
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Iraq 'fails to meet key targets'

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 11:30
related countries: United States

Iraq has met only three of 18 targets being used to measure its progress, a US watchdog is said to have concluded.
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Sudan to help Iraq's Palestinians

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 11:06
related countries: Jordan, Syria

Sudan is willing to take in Palestinian refugees stranded on Iraq's borders with Syria and Jordan, diplomats say.
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Deadly cholera outbreak in Iraq

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 10:46

An outbreak of cholera in northern Iraq kills eight people and infects 80 others, the Kurdish authorities say.
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Iraq welcomes Mehdi Army 'freeze'

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 4:06

Iraq welcomes Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr's freeze on the activities of his Mehdi Army militia for six months.
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Sadr 'freezes' militia activities

Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 15:57

The Iraqi Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, says he is freezing the activities of his Mehdi Army militia for six months.
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Abu Ghraib officer spared prison

Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 15:17
related countries: United States

A US army officer who ran the interrogation unit of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail avoids being imprisoned.
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Iraqi PM orders curfew in Karbala

Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 12:44
related places: Karbala'

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki imposes a curfew in Karbala after fierce fighting that killed more than 50 people.
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US admits Iranian arrests mistake

Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 11:04
related countries: Iran, United States
related places: Baghdad

The US military admits that arresting eight Iranians in Baghdad was a "regrettable incident".
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US officer cleared of Iraq abuse

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 22:54
related countries: United States

A US Army officer is cleared of abuse charges at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison but found guilty of disobeying an order.
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Bush warns Iran over insurgents

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 22:05
related countries: Iran, United States

The US president warns Iran to stop supporting attacks against US forces in Iraq, in a speech to war veterans.
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US 'seizes Iranian group in Iraq'

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 21:34
related countries: Iran, United States
related places: Baghdad

Seven Iranians working for the Iranian Electricity Ministry are arrested by US forces in Baghdad.
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Iraqi city cleared after clashes

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 17:09
related places: Karbala'

Iraqi police order hundreds of thousands of Shia pilgrims to leave Karbala after heavy gunfire breaks out.
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Raid 'kills 33 Iraq insurgents'

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 10:29
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

The US military says 33 insurgents have been killed in a joint attack with Iraqi forces north of Baghdad.
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Iraqi mosque bombing kills nine

Monday, August 27th 2007, 20:46

At least nine people are killed in a suicide attack at a mosque in the Iraqi city of Falluja, officials say.
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Bush hails Iraq's political deal

Monday, August 27th 2007, 19:07
related countries: United States

The US president welcomes a deal between Iraq's Shia, Sunni and Kurdish leaders aimed at forging unity.
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France ready to apologise to Iraq

Monday, August 27th 2007, 11:10

France's foreign minister offers to apologise to Iraq for seeming to meddle in its internal affairs.
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Iraqi leaders sign unity accord

Sunday, August 26th 2007, 23:13

Shia, Sunni and Kurdish leaders sign a deal aimed at curbing sectarian violence, Iraq's prime minister says.
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Maliki returns fire at US critics

Sunday, August 26th 2007, 14:27
related countries: United States

Iraq's PM hits back at US senators Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin, who have called for him to be removed.
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Curfew imposed in Iraqi capital

Saturday, August 25th 2007, 16:27
related places: Baghdad

A ban on two-wheelers and hand carts is imposed in Baghdad ahead of an important Shia pilgrimage.
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US 'sole survivor' to leave Iraq

Saturday, August 25th 2007, 6:16
related countries: United States

A US soldier will leave Iraq under special dispensation after losing both of his brothers in fighting there.
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US Iraq withdrawal 'a step back'

Friday, August 24th 2007, 20:55
related countries: United States

A US commander in Iraq warns against early troop withdrawals, despite growing calls for a pullout.
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US forces battle Baghdad militia

Friday, August 24th 2007, 10:49
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

At least 10 people are killed in fighting in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, between US forces and suspected Shia militants.
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Top Republican urges Iraq pullout

Friday, August 24th 2007, 1:09
related countries: United States
related places: Republican

An influential Republican senator calls for some 5,000 US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the year's end.
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New US doubts on Iraq government

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 20:10
related countries: United States

A US intelligence study expresses serious doubts about Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki's ability to unite Iraq.
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Iraqi sheikh 'killed by al-Qaeda'

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 13:03
related places: Baghdad

A local Sunni leader in the Iraqi province of Diyala, who opposed al-Qaeda in Iraq, is killed by the group, police say.
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Democrats' anger at Bush Iraq speech

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 4:44
related countries: United States, Vietnam
related places: Bush

Leading Democrats criticise the US president's speech in which he compared the Iraq war to Vietnam.
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Bush in Vietnam warning over Iraq

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 19:34
related countries: United States, Vietnam

President Bush says a US pullout from Iraq could spark the kind of upheaval that followed the Vietnam War.
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Iraq PM hits back at US criticism

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 12:26
related countries: United States

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki rejects mounting US criticism of his government, as 14 US troops die in a helicopter crash.
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Iraq crash kills 14 US soldiers

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 9:53
related countries: United States

A US helicopter crashes in northern Iraq in an apparent accident, killing 14 US troops on board, the US army says.
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Saddam aides go on trial in Iraq

Tuesday, August 21st 2007, 16:42

The trial of 15 aides of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for allegedly suppressing a 1991 Shia uprising opens.
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US officer tried over Abu Ghraib

Monday, August 20th 2007, 21:39
related countries: United States

The court martial starts of the only US Army officer charged over the abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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Roadside bomb kills Iraq governor

Monday, August 20th 2007, 19:37

The governor of Iraq's southern Muthana province is killed by a roadside bomb in the capital, Samawa.
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Iraqi PM makes first Syria visit

Monday, August 20th 2007, 9:30
related countries: Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is in Damascus for his first visit to Syria since taking office last year.
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French foreign minister in Iraq

Sunday, August 19th 2007, 23:55
related countries: France, United States

French FM Bernard Kouchner is in Iraq, the first ministerial visit since France opposed the 2003 US-led invasion.
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Baghdad mortar attack kills seven

Sunday, August 19th 2007, 18:31
related places: Baghdad

At least seven people are killed in a mortar attack on a mainly Shia eastern suburb of Baghdad, officials say.
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Iraqis enrol in Jordan's schools

Sunday, August 19th 2007, 13:53
related countries: Jordan

Jordan opens its schools for the first time to tens of thousands of Iraqi refugee children.
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Warrant out for Saddam daughter

Friday, August 17th 2007, 17:41
related places: Saddam

Interpol circulates an arrest warrant for Raghad Saddam Hussein, the eldest daughter of the former Iraqi leader.
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