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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• December 30th 2009 – November 16th 2009
• November 16th 2009 – September 20th 2009
• September 20th 2009 – August 7th 2009
• August 5th 2009 – June 30th 2009
• June 30th 2009 – May 11th 2009
• May 11th 2009 – April 9th 2009
• April 8th 2009 – February 24th 2009
• February 23rd 2009 – January 1st 2009
• December 31st 2008 – December 3rd 2008
• December 2nd 2008 – October 25th 2008
• October 24th 2008 – September 20th 2008
• September 20th 2008 – August 14th 2008
• August 14th 2008 – July 14th 2008
• July 13th 2008 – June 5th 2008
• June 5th 2008 – April 29th 2008
• April 28th 2008 – March 29th 2008
• March 29th 2008 – March 7th 2008
• March 7th 2008 – February 12th 2008
• February 12th 2008 – December 29th 2007
• December 29th 2007 – December 4th 2007
• December 4th 2007 – October 29th 2007
• October 29th 2007 – October 7th 2007
• October 6th 2007 – September 15th 2007
• September 15th 2007 – August 29th 2007
• August 29th 2007 – August 7th 2007
• August 7th 2007 – July 11th 2007
• July 11th 2007 – June 11th 2007
• June 11th 2007 – May 17th 2007
• May 16th 2007 – April 26th 2007
• April 26th 2007 – April 6th 2007
• April 5th 2007 – March 16th 2007
• March 16th 2007 – February 22nd 2007
• February 22nd 2007 – February 6th 2007
• February 6th 2007 – January 18th 2007
• January 18th 2007 – January 4th 2007
• January 4th 2007 – December 18th 2006
• December 17th 2006 – November 29th 2006
• November 28th 2006 – November 14th 2006
• November 14th 2006 – October 23rd 2006
• October 23rd 2006 – October 4th 2006
• October 3rd 2006 – September 3rd 2006
• September 3rd 2006 – August 3rd 2006
• August 2nd 2006 – June 30th 2006
• June 30th 2006 – June 13th 2006
• June 13th 2006 – May 27th 2006
• May 27th 2006 – April 27th 2006
• April 27th 2006 – April 4th 2006
• April 4th 2006 – March 11th 2006
• March 9th 2006 – February 18th 2006
• February 17th 2006 – January 21st 2006
• January 20th 2006 – December 27th 2005
• December 27th 2005 – December 6th 2005
• December 6th 2005 – November 20th 2005
• November 20th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Iraq: news

Three held in Iraqi art 'sting'

Sunday, September 20th 2009, 10:31

The bust of a Sumerian king is among stolen antiques recovered in an undercover sting operation by Iraq police.
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Deadly bomb hits Iraqi shoppers

Friday, September 18th 2009, 17:12

At least seven people are killed and several wounded in an explosion in the Iraqi town of Mahmudiya, say reports.
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Iraq and Syria at talks in Turkey

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 16:59
related countries: Syria, Turkey

The foreign ministers of Iraq and Syria meet for talks in Turkey to defuse tensions following a diplomatic row.
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Attack on Baghdad as Biden visits

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 19:01
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Several mortars or rockets are fired into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as US Vice-President was visiting, police say.
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Attack on Baghdad as Biden visits

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 17:07
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Several mortars or rockets are fired into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as US Vice-President was visiting, police say.
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Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured'

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 13:57

The Iraqi man who was jailed after throwing shoes at George W Bush says he was tortured by senior government officials.
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Iraq shoe thrower freed from jail

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 9:59
related places: Baghdad

The Iraqi man feted in the Arab world after throwing shoes at George W Bush is released from jail in Baghdad, his brother says.
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US warns against forgetting Iraq

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 7:10
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The US commander in Iraq tells the BBC that he is concerned that it will be forgotten, amid the current focus on Afghanistan.
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Iraq shoe thrower release delayed

Monday, September 14th 2009, 10:58
related countries: United States

An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush is to be released a day later than expected.
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Riot at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison

Friday, September 11th 2009, 15:18

Inmates start a fire and clash with guards during two days of unrest at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison.
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Welcome awaits Iraq shoe thrower

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 19:04

Job offers and money await the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at George W Bush when he is freed on Monday, his family says.
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Lorry bombers target Iraqi Kurds

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 9:22
related places: Mosul

A lorry bomber attacks a Kurdish village in northern Iraq, killing at least 19 people, but a second raid is foiled.
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'Most against' UK troops in Iraq

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 6:52
related countries: United Kingdom

Six out of 10 people think British troops should not have gone to Iraq, a National Army Museum poll suggests.
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Deadly Kirkuk blast 'a mistake'

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 17:16
related places: Kirkuk

At least eight people die in Kirkuk after a car bomb being prepared for use in an attack goes off prematurely, police say.
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Deadly day for US troops overseas

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 16:31
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Four US soldiers die in roadside bombings in Iraq while four more are killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan.
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US troops killed in Iraq bombings

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 13:35
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Four US soldiers have died in bombings in Iraq, three in northern Iraq and another in the capital Baghdad, officials say.
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North Iraq bomb kills policemen

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 10:51

A roadside bomb kills a police chief and at least four of his colleagues in the northern Iraqi town of Amirli.
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Deadly bomb blast in Iraqi city

Monday, September 7th 2009, 8:03

At least seven people are killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the city of Ramadi in western Iraq, police say.
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Iraq bolsters Syria border force

Friday, September 4th 2009, 21:48
related countries: Syria
related places: Damascus

Iraq sends thousands of reinforcements to its border with Syria, amid claims Damascus harbours militants.
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Life for US soldier's Iraq crimes

Friday, September 4th 2009, 21:28
related countries: United States

A US judge confirms an American soldier convicted of rape and murder in Iraq will serve five consecutive life sentences.
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Iraq body confirmed as UK hostage

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 17:50
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Baghdad

A body handed to UK authorities in Iraq has been identified as that of Alec MacLachlan - one of five Britons seized in Baghdad in 2007.
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Bid to identify Iraq hostage body

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 12:42
related places: Baghdad

Forensic experts in Iraq are working to identify a body thought to belong to one of five Britons seized in Baghdad in 2007.
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Denmark deports group of Iraqis

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 14:32

Denmark deports 22 Iraqi asylum seekers, saying they do not face persecution - but a support group is outraged.
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Iraq bank raiders to be hanged

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 8:54
related places: Baghdad

Four security force members are given death sentences for a bank robbery in Baghdad in which eight guards were killed.
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Iraq-Syria war of words escalates

Monday, August 31st 2009, 15:43
related countries: Syria, Turkey

Syria and Iraq trade accusations as Turkey leads diplomatic efforts to cool a row over responsibility for deadly attacks in Iraq.
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Iraq seeks Serbian return of MiGs

Monday, August 31st 2009, 13:18

The Iraqi authorities say they are negotiating the return of 19 MiG fighters sent to Yugoslavia in the 1980s for repairs.
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Turks begin Iraq-Syria mediation

Monday, August 31st 2009, 9:43
related countries: Syria, Turkey
related places: Baghdad

Turkey's foreign minister arrives in Baghdad in a bid to resolve a row between Iraq and Syria over a recent spate of bombings in Iraq.
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Thousands mourn Iraqi Shia leader

Saturday, August 29th 2009, 20:41

Thousands of Iraqi Shias turn out to mourn the influential leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim at his funeral procession in Baghdad.
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Corruption danger

Friday, August 28th 2009, 11:01

Growing signs in Iraq that corruption hits security
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Doubts cast on Iraq Picasso find

Friday, August 28th 2009, 8:59
related places: Baghdad

The authenticity of a painting found near Baghdad, which Iraqi police claim is by Picasso, is questioned.
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Shia leader's body flown to Iraq

Friday, August 28th 2009, 8:20
related countries: Iran
related places: Hakim

The body of the powerful Shia political leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who died in Iran, arrives in Iraq for burial.
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Britons accused over Saddam oil

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 12:18
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Saddam

Two British oil traders have been charged with breaching United Nations sanctions on Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
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Iraq Shia leader mourned in Iran

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 9:16
related countries: Iran
related places: Hakim, Najaf, Tehran

The body of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a powerful Iraqi Shia Muslim leader, begins its journey from Tehran to Najaf in Iraq for burial.
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Iraq Shia leader dies of cancer

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 13:23

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of one of the most powerful Shia Muslim parties in Iraq, has died of cancer, his aides say.
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Iraq and Syria recall ambassadors

Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 17:18
related countries: Syria
related places: Baghdad, Damascus

Iraq and Syria recall their envoys in a deepening rift over charges of responsibility for a string of deadly bomb attacks in Baghdad.
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Deadly bus bombs hit Iraqi town

Monday, August 24th 2009, 20:57

At least 11 people have been killed in bomb attacks on two buses near the southern Iraqi town of Kut, police say.
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Iraqi 'bomber confession' aired

Monday, August 24th 2009, 10:31
related places: Baghdad

Iraq TV broadcasts what it says is the confession by a former policeman to recent devastating bombings in Baghdad.
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US names secret terror suspects

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 15:35
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The US military starts notifying the Red Cross of terror suspects at secret detention camps in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Baghdad blasts 'were inside job'

Saturday, August 22nd 2009, 15:35
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's foreign minister says the security forces may have colluded in this week's huge truck bombings in central Baghdad.
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Baghdad market struck by bombing

Friday, August 21st 2009, 10:56
related places: Baghdad

A lorry bomb explodes at the entrance to a market in Baghdad as officials meet to discuss the spike in violent attacks.
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Iraqi officials held over blasts

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 19:37
related places: Baghdad

Authorities in Baghdad detain 11 security officers on suspicion of negligence following attacks that killed at least 95 people.
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Iraqi PM orders security review

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 21:50
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's prime minister orders a security review after a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad leave at least 95 people dead.
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Blasts bring carnage to Baghdad

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 18:01
related places: Baghdad

At least 95 people are killed and more than 500 injured in a series of blasts in Baghdad, the deadliest attacks in months.
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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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