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 'fails to meet key targets'
• Iraq 'finalises unity government' – Iraq bomb attacks leave 16 dead
• Iraq bomb death toll reaches 250 – Iraq court names new Saddam judge
• Iraq crackdown 'doomed to fail' – Iraq hangs 13 for insurgency role
• Iraq head urges end to bloodshed – Iraq MPs condemn parliament blast
• Iraq MPs rage over shoe thrower – Iraq power system 'near collapse'
• Iraq powers plan Egypt talks – Iraq shoe thrower faces shoe-ing
• Iraq shoe thrower freed from jail – Iraq troops 'seize Shia militant'
• Iraq troops take control in Amara – Iraqi al-Qaeda militant to hang
• Iraqi archbishop death condemned – Iraqi Kurdish party office bombed
• Iraqi Kurds 'tortured prisoners' – Iraqi PM hopes Sunnis will vote
• Iraqi PM lifts Sadr City cordon – Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killed
• Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killed – Italy foils 'arms for Iraq plot'
• Italy mulls 2006 Iraq withdrawal – Kurd oil deal alarms Iraqi Sunnis
• Kurds 'will fight Turkish raids' – Many still missing in Iraq kidnap
• Marine 'justifies' Iraq deaths – Move to evict Baghdad squatters
• Mubarak warns on Saddam execution – No Saddam plea at genocide trial
• No victory in Iraq, says Petraeus – PKK 'surrender' tests Turkey plan
• Plane arrest for ex-Iraq minister – Report 'urges Iraq policy shift'
• Report probes US custody deaths – S Korea extends Iraq deployment
• S Korea to pull troops from Iraq – Saddam trial hears defence case
• Saddam trial hears Kurd witness – Seven die in Iraq suicide blast
• Seven killed in bombings in Iraq – Success in Iraq vital, says Bush
• Sudan to abandon Iraq embassy – Ten die in Iraq roadside bombings
• Ten killed in Baghdad car blast – Troops in Kirkuk crackdown
• Troops out – Turkish talks on Iraqi violence
• Turkish troops 'kill PKK rebels' – UK minister enters interpreters row
• UK officer 'abused Iraqi prisoners' – Unicef appeal for Iraqi children
• Unicef warns of Iraqis 'at risk' – US and Iran to hold talks on Iraq
• US and Iran to hold talks on Iraq – US doctors begin Zarqawi autopsy
• US drops marine's Haditha charges – US House backs Bush on Iraq war
• US House clashes on Iraq policy – US medic jailed over Iraq murder
• US memo raises Iraq PM doubts – US releases anti-insurgency guide
• US releases five Iranians in Iraq – US soldier on Italy murder charge
• US soldier spared death penalty – US troops on Iraqi murder charge
• US troops to hand over Karbala – Was the UK mission in Iraq a success?
• Welcome awaits Iraq shoe thrower – Zawahiri tape praises insurgency

Iraq: news

No victory in Iraq, says Petraeus

Thursday, September 11th 2008, 13:11
related countries: United States

The outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq says he will never declare victory there, adding the US faces "a long struggle".
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No-one else to blame, says Saddam

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 16:21
related places: Saddam

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein tells the court he alone is responsible for the actions of his regime.
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None immune from Baghdad strife

Saturday, May 20th 2006, 11:44
related places: Baghdad

Sectarian violence and criminality are dividing society in Iraq, writes the BBC's Jim Muir.
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North Iraq blast kills 17 people

Tuesday, May 9th 2006, 19:08

A suicide car bomber kills 17 people and injures 35 in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, according to police.
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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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Norway rated most peaceful nation

Wednesday, May 30th 2007, 15:01
related countries: Norway
related places: A

A study ranks Norway as the most peaceful country and Iraq as the least in a survey of 121 countries.
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NY Times reporter killed in Iraq

Friday, July 13th 2007, 16:24
related places: Baghdad

A New York Times reporter is shot dead in Baghdad, the day after two Reuters employees were killed.
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Obama and Bush to meet next week

Friday, November 7th 2008, 3:14
related countries: United States

US President-elect Barack Obama and incumbent George W Bush are to discuss key issues early next week, as the transition process gets under way.
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Obama hints at talks with Taleban

Sunday, March 8th 2009, 12:13
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

President Obama suggests there could be talks with moderate elements of the Taleban in Afghanistan.
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Obama meets Bush at White House

Tuesday, November 11th 2008, 9:05

US President-elect Barack Obama holds his first meeting with President George W Bush since his election victory last week.
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Obama meets Iraqi PM in Baghdad

Monday, July 21st 2008, 17:32
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama meets the Iraqi prime minister on his first visit to Baghdad.
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Obama outlines Iraq pullout plan

Friday, February 27th 2009, 22:33
related countries: United States

President Barack Obama announces details of his plan to withdraw most US troops from Iraq by August 2010.
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Obama praises peaceful Iraq polls

Sunday, February 1st 2009, 0:29
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama says a largely peaceful Iraq vote for new provincial councils is "an important step forward".
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Obama seeks extra funds for wars

Friday, April 10th 2009, 4:48
related countries: Afghanistan, United States
related places: Congress

US President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4bn to fund operations in Afghanistan and Iraq this year, sources reveal.
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Obama to reveal Iraq pullout plan

Friday, February 27th 2009, 9:27
related countries: United States

President Barack Obama is expected to announce his plan to withdraw most of the US troops from Iraq by 2010.
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Obama urges Iraqis to take charge

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 19:10
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama says it is time for Iraqis to take responsibility for their country, while on a visit to Baghdad.
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Obama urges political fix in Iraq

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008, 20:54
related countries: United States

US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says security in Iraq is better but political solutions are needed.
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Obama vows to end US role in Iraq

Tuesday, July 15th 2008, 17:51

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says he will end the Iraq war, saying it distracts the US from other threats.
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Obama's fury at Baghdad bloodbath

Monday, October 26th 2009, 2:23
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US President Barack Obama condemns the "outrageous attacks" that left more than 130 people dead in Iraq's capital.
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Odierno warning on Iraq security

Tuesday, September 16th 2008, 11:09
related countries: United States

The new US military commander in Iraq, Lt Gen Ray Odierno, says recent security gains there are "fragile and reversible".
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Official quits over Iraq security

Wednesday, October 24th 2007, 22:38
related countries: United States

A senior US state department official resigns after criticism of how private security firms in Iraq are supervised.
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Oil attacks costing Iraq $6.25bn

Sunday, February 19th 2006, 11:19

Attacks by insurgents on Iraq's oil industry cost the country $6.25bn in lost revenue during 2005, the Iraqi oil ministry says.
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Oil companies reject Iraq's terms

Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 14:34

Several of the companies bidding for contracts to operate Iraq's oil and gas fields reject the oil ministry's terms.
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Oil hits $108 on pipeline blast

Thursday, March 27th 2008, 21:46

Oil prices rise above $108 after one of Iraq's main export pipelines is blown up, sparking supply fears.
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Oil hits $120 a barrel milestone

Monday, May 5th 2008, 20:03
related countries: Nigeria

The price of oil rises above $120 for the first time, driven by concerns about supply threats in Nigeria and Iraq.
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Oil price down as Iraq fear eases

Friday, March 28th 2008, 22:11

Oil prices fall after it emerges that an attack on an Iraqi export pipeline was not as serious as earlier thought.
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Oil prices break $93 mark

Monday, October 29th 2007, 13:17
related countries: Turkey

Oil rises to fresh highs due to a mix of the weak dollar, supply fears in Mexico and tensions in northern Iraq.
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Oil prices fall on Zarqawi death

Thursday, June 8th 2006, 10:24

The death of Iraqi militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi drives world oil prices below $70 a barrel.
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Oil reaches records above $87

Tuesday, October 16th 2007, 19:40

Oil prices hit record levels above $87 a barrel amid tensions in northern Iraq and concerns over output levels.
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Olympic woes

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 12:14
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Iraq faces Beijing ban over Olympic committee wrangle
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On the hunt

Monday, October 26th 2009, 20:25
related places: Baghdad

Beginning the search for the Baghdad bombers
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Operation targets Basra militants

Saturday, April 19th 2008, 9:00

Iraqi forces in the southern city of Basra launch a fresh operation against militants and illegally held weapons.
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Oud awakening

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 6:50
related countries: United States

Iraqi musician and new US citizen gets ready to vote
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Oud awakening

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 4:43
related countries: United States

Iraqi musician and new US citizen gets ready to vote
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Painfully slow progress in Iraq

Saturday, October 11th 2008, 10:24

Violence continues to cast a shadow over everyday life in Iraq, as Hugh Sykes reports from Baghdad.
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Palestinians flee Iraq for Syria

Tuesday, May 9th 2006, 16:50
related countries: Syria

More than 200 Palestinians fleeing Iraq are allowed to cross into Syria, after weeks of being stranded at the border.
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Paper admits libel of Annan's son

Friday, November 11th 2005, 14:29
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Annan

Kojo Annan, son of the UN head, accepts damages from a UK newspaper over a claim he tried to sell Iraqi oil.
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Partial recovery for Iraq marshes

Thursday, December 7th 2006, 12:30

Iraq's marshlands are about halfway restored to their 1970s condition, according to the United Nations.
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Party abandons Iraq talks

Friday, May 12th 2006, 14:06

One of the smaller parties in the main Shia alliance in Iraq says it is withdrawing from talks on a new cabinet.
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Pasqua probed in Iraq oil scandal

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 17:00
related countries: France

Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua is put under investigation over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
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Payouts reveal Iraq civilian toll

Friday, April 13th 2007, 0:25
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

US military files detail compensation paid to Iraqi and Afghan civilians after killings by coalition forces.
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Peace and quiet

Sunday, February 1st 2009, 8:25

Iraq's big election day feels strangely tranquil
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Peace move

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 22:52

Iraqi Shia cleric wants his fighters to drop their guns
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Pentagon 'twisted Iraq findings'

Friday, February 9th 2007, 20:28
related countries: United States

A Pentagon watchdog's report criticises a former key official's intelligence work in the run-up to the Iraq war.
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Pentagon chief lands in Baghdad

Monday, September 15th 2008, 10:02
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US defence secretary Robert Gates is in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on a previously unannounced visit.
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Pentagon claims progress in Iraq

Wednesday, December 19th 2007, 2:09

The latest Pentagon report on Iraq says the situation is continuing to improve but the handover is lagging.
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Pentagon insider attacks war plan

Sunday, March 9th 2008, 20:38
related countries: United States

A book by an ex-Pentagon official attacks Colin Powell, the CIA and other US officials over the US-led Iraq war.
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Pentagon seeks $190bn war funds

Wednesday, September 26th 2007, 20:04
related countries: Afghanistan, United States
related places: Congress

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates asks Congress for $190bn to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Petraeus hands over Iraq command

Tuesday, September 16th 2008, 9:57
related countries: United States

General David Petraeus, the outgoing US military commander in Iraq, hands over control to Lt Gen Raymond Odierno.
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Petraeus lauds Iraq violence fall

Friday, December 21st 2007, 12:15
related countries: United States

The commander of US forces in Iraq says violence has decreased, but the country still faces many problems.
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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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Pinter blasts Iraq war 'lies'

Wednesday, December 7th 2005, 17:54

Harold Pinter brands President Bush and Tony Blair "war criminals" over the Iraq war, in his Nobel Prize speech.
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PKK 'surrender' tests Turkey plan

Monday, October 19th 2009, 16:15
related countries: Turkey
related places: Ankara

Eight Kurdish rebels cross into Turkey from Iraq to surrender in a sign of support for Ankara's peace efforts.
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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 'fails to meet key targets'Iraq 'finalises unity government' – Iraq bomb attacks leave 16 deadIraq bomb death toll reaches 250 – Iraq court names new Saddam judgeIraq crackdown 'doomed to fail' – Iraq hangs 13 for insurgency roleIraq head urges end to bloodshed – Iraq MPs condemn parliament blastIraq MPs rage over shoe thrower – Iraq power system 'near collapse'Iraq powers plan Egypt talks – Iraq shoe thrower faces shoe-ingIraq shoe thrower freed from jail – Iraq troops 'seize Shia militant'Iraq troops take control in Amara – Iraqi al-Qaeda militant to hangIraqi archbishop death condemned – Iraqi Kurdish party office bombedIraqi Kurds 'tortured prisoners' – Iraqi PM hopes Sunnis will voteIraqi PM lifts Sadr City cordon – Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killedIraqi Sunni tribal leader killed – Italy foils 'arms for Iraq plot'Italy mulls 2006 Iraq withdrawal – Kurd oil deal alarms Iraqi SunnisKurds 'will fight Turkish raids' – Many still missing in Iraq kidnapMarine 'justifies' Iraq deaths – Move to evict Baghdad squattersMubarak warns on Saddam execution – No Saddam plea at genocide trialNo victory in Iraq, says Petraeus – PKK 'surrender' tests Turkey planPlane arrest for ex-Iraq minister – Report 'urges Iraq policy shift'Report probes US custody deaths – S Korea extends Iraq deploymentS Korea to pull troops from Iraq – Saddam trial hears defence caseSaddam trial hears Kurd witness – Seven die in Iraq suicide blastSeven killed in bombings in Iraq – Success in Iraq vital, says BushSudan to abandon Iraq embassy – Ten die in Iraq roadside bombingsTen killed in Baghdad car blast – Troops in Kirkuk crackdownTroops out – Turkish talks on Iraqi violenceTurkish troops 'kill PKK rebels' – UK minister enters interpreters rowUK officer 'abused Iraqi prisoners' – Unicef appeal for Iraqi childrenUnicef warns of Iraqis 'at risk' – US and Iran to hold talks on IraqUS and Iran to hold talks on Iraq – US doctors begin Zarqawi autopsyUS drops marine's Haditha charges – US House backs Bush on Iraq warUS House clashes on Iraq policy – US medic jailed over Iraq murderUS memo raises Iraq PM doubts – US releases anti-insurgency guideUS releases five Iranians in Iraq – US soldier on Italy murder chargeUS soldier spared death penalty – US troops on Iraqi murder chargeUS troops to hand over Karbala – Was the UK mission in Iraq a success?Welcome awaits Iraq shoe thrower – Zawahiri tape praises insurgency