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 'failing half US benchmarks'
• Iraq 'fails to meet key targets' – Iraq bomb attack toll rises to 52
• Iraq bomb attacks leave 16 dead – Iraq court drops Saddam's charges
• Iraq court names new Saddam judge – Iraq gunmen target Oman embassy
• Iraq hangs 13 for insurgency role – Iraq MPs block non-US troop bill
• Iraq MPs condemn parliament blast – Iraq postpones key elections vote
• Iraq power system 'near collapse' – Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured'
• Iraq shoe thrower faces shoe-ing – Iraq troops 'buried family alive'
• Iraq troops 'seize Shia militant' – Iraqi 'plot' officials released
• Iraqi al-Qaeda militant to hang – Iraqi journalist's family 'safe'
• Iraqi Kurdish party office bombed – Iraqi PM home after health tests
• Iraqi PM hopes Sunnis will vote – Iraqi Sunni leader meets Sistani
• Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killed – Italians 'cannot try US soldier'
• Italy foils 'arms for Iraq plot' – Killing sparks Iraq-Australia row
• Kurd oil deal alarms Iraqi Sunnis – Many killed in Iraqi bomb attacks
• Many still missing in Iraq kidnap – Mother recalls Iraqi gas attack
• Move to evict Baghdad squatters – No public probe into Iraq 'abuse'
• No Saddam plea at genocide trial – Pinter blasts Iraq war 'lies'
• PKK 'surrender' tests Turkey plan – Relocation plan for Kirkuk Arabs
• Report 'urges Iraq policy shift' – S Asian pilgrims shot in Iraq
• S Korea extends Iraq deployment – Saddam trial faces fresh delays
• Saddam trial hears defence case – Seven dead in Baghdad blasts
• Seven die in Iraq suicide blast – Study reveals veterans' trauma
• Success in Iraq vital, says Bush – Ten die in Baghdad car blast
• Ten die in Iraq roadside bombings – Troops feared dead in Basra crash
• Troops in Kirkuk crackdown – Turkish soldiers killed by rebels
• Turkish talks on Iraqi violence – UK minister accused over Iraq attacks
• UK minister enters interpreters row – UN's concern over Iraqi killings
• Unicef appeal for Iraqi children – US air strike kills nine in Iraq
• US and Iran to hold talks on Iraq – US diplomats refuse Iraq jobs
• US doctors begin Zarqawi autopsy – US House approves war funds bill
• US House backs Bush on Iraq war – US media talk of Iraq civil war
• US medic jailed over Iraq murder – US rejects ruling on UK soldier
• US releases anti-insurgency guide – US soldier kills comrades in Iraq
• US soldier on Italy murder charge – US troops on Iraq death charges
• US troops on Iraqi murder charge – Warrant out for Saddam daughter
• Was the UK mission in Iraq a success? – Zawahiri tape praises insurgency

Iraq: news

Saddam trial hears defence case

Wednesday, May 17th 2006, 12:36

More defence witnesses testify at the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants.
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Saddam trial hears Kurd witness

Monday, November 27th 2006, 15:20
related places: Baghdad

A Kurd tells how he survived a firing squad by Iraqi forces as the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein resumes.
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Saddam trial hears of gas attacks

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 17:55

Witnesses at the genocide trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein describe chemical weapons attacks.
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Saddam trial resumes after break

Monday, September 11th 2006, 16:40

The genocide trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and six others resumes after a three-week break.
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Saddam trial to resume in Baghdad

Thursday, February 2nd 2006, 4:30
related places: Baghdad

Saddam Hussein's trial is set to resume, but it is not known whether he will repeat Wednesday's boycott.
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Saddam trial told of 'massacre'

Monday, December 5th 2005, 16:27

The first witness in the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gives harrowing evidence to the court.
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Saddam trial told of Iraq torture

Tuesday, December 6th 2005, 18:27
related places: Baghdad, Saddam

A woman testifying behind a screen at the trial of Saddam Hussein tells of torture by Iraqi security forces.
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Saddam urges united Iraqi fight

Monday, October 16th 2006, 17:21

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein calls on insurgents to set aside differences and fight for a united Iraq.
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Saddam walks out in trial uproar

Sunday, January 29th 2006, 12:57
related places: Baghdad

Saddam Hussein walks out of court as the new chief judge takes a hard line at the resumption of his trial.
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Saddam witnesses say Dujail fair

Monday, May 29th 2006, 21:01

Defence witnesses at the trial of Saddam Hussein say death sentences given to 148 Dujail men were fair.
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Saddam's genocide trial resumes

Monday, December 18th 2006, 11:30

Ex-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein appears in court as his genocide trial over the killing of Kurds resumes.
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Saddam's US jailer goes on trial

Monday, October 15th 2007, 20:00
related countries: United States

A former chief of Saddam Hussein's prison in Iraq stands trial on charges of aiding the enemy.
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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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Sadr aide denies Britons kidnap

Wednesday, May 30th 2007, 17:08
related places: Baghdad

A top aide of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr says the Mehdi Army did not abduct five Britons in Baghdad.
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Sadr anger over Iraq law setback

Thursday, February 28th 2008, 15:06

The faction loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr reacts angrily to the rejection of a law on regional powers.
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Sadr attacks Iraq PM in Shia rift

Sunday, July 8th 2007, 19:57

Iraqi Shia leaders linked to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr attack their former ally, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.
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Sadr calls for Sunni co-operation

Friday, May 25th 2007, 22:47
related countries: United States

Radical Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr backs a peace plan with Sunnis aimed at ending sectarian violence.
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Sadr declares new Iraq ceasefire

Friday, February 22nd 2008, 11:46

Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr orders the renewal of the ceasefire his militia has been observing.
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Sadr group ends political boycott

Sunday, January 21st 2007, 9:51

Politicians loyal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr end a boycott of Iraq's parliament and government.
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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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Sadr ministers quit Iraqi cabinet

Monday, April 16th 2007, 16:18

Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr pulls his ministers out of Iraq's cabinet to press for a timetable for US withdrawal.
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Sadr says US will always be enemy

Saturday, April 12th 2008, 17:42
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US and Iraqi forces kill 13 militants in Baghdad's Sadr City, as a two-week blockade is lifted.
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Sarkozy pays first visit to Iraq

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 12:53
related countries: France

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Iraq - the first visit by a French leader since Saddam Hussein's overthrow in 2003.
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Satellite channel celebrating the life of Saddam Hussein is launched

Monday, November 30th 2009, 12:42

A satellite television channel celebrating the life of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein launches, three years after his execution.
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Saudi support for US Iraq plans

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 9:50
related countries: Saudi Arabia, United States

Saudi Arabia says it will back the US ' Iraq plans as Condoleezza Rice holds talks with top officials.
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Saudi: US Iraq presence illegal

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 9:26
related countries: Saudi Arabia, United States
related places: `Arab

The Saudi monarch criticises the US presence in Iraq as an "illegal foreign occupation" and appeals for Arab unity.
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Saudis back US Middle East plans

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 13:22
related countries: Israel, Saudi Arabia, United States

Saudi Arabia says it would be keen to attend an Arab-Israeli peace conference proposed by the United States.
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Saudis plan Iraq security fence

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 22:48
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Saudi authorities say they are pressing on with building a hi-tech security fence to seal their border with Iraq.
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Scores die amid Iraqi shrine fury

Thursday, February 23rd 2006, 20:58
related places: Baghdad, Samarra'

More than 100 people are killed in the aftermath of a bomb attack on a key Shia Muslim shrine in Iraq.
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Scores killed in Baghdad bombings

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 20:11
related places: Baghdad

A series of car bombings kills at least 127 people in Baghdad in what officials say is a bid to destabilise Iraq.
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Scores killed in Iraq bloodshed

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 22:23

More than 130 people die on Iraq's bloodiest day this year, with bomb attacks in Baghdad and Baquba.
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Scores more bodies found in Iraq

Thursday, November 30th 2006, 15:27

Dozens of people, many bearing gunshots or signs of torture, are found dead in Iraq, officials say.
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Scores of bodies found in Baghdad

Friday, November 3rd 2006, 19:28
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Police find 83 bodies around Baghdad, as security is tightened ahead of a verdict in Saddam Hussein's trial.
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Scores of Iraqi pilgrims killed

Tuesday, March 6th 2007, 20:37

At least 90 Shia pilgrims are killed and dozens wounded in a double suicide bombing in central Iraq, police say.
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Scores seized from Baghdad office

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 17:47

Five Iraqi police officers are arrested after gunmen storm a government office in Baghdad, abducting dozens of people.
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Search continues for Iraq Britons

Thursday, May 31st 2007, 2:15
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Baghdad

Everything possible is being done to find five Britons snatched in Baghdad on Tuesday, the UK FM says.
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Search for missing US Iraq troops

Sunday, May 13th 2007, 13:19
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US and Iraqi forces search for three soldiers missing after an insurgent attack south of Baghdad.
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Security boost for Saddam verdict

Saturday, November 4th 2006, 13:39
related places: Saddam

Military leave is cancelled in Iraq amid tight security ahead of Sunday's expected verdict against Saddam Hussein.
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Security draws Iraqi doctors home

Thursday, November 20th 2008, 16:14

Improved security in Iraq has led to 800 doctors returning so far this year, a senior health ministry official says.
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Security firms 'abusing Iraqis'

Monday, October 30th 2006, 8:09

Private security firms operating in Iraq are committing human rights abuses, a charity claims.
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Security guards fire on Iraqi car

Tuesday, October 9th 2007, 20:23
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

A foreign security firm confirms one if its teams fired on a car in Baghdad in which two Iraqi women were killed.
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Security tight for Iraq pilgrims

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 14:46
related places: Baghdad

Thousands of pilgrims converge in Baghdad on one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines, amid a big security operation.
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Seized Iran diplomat free in Iraq

Tuesday, April 3rd 2007, 13:28
related countries: Iran

Jalal Sharafi, an Iranian diplomat kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Iraq in February, is released.
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Seized Iraq tribal chiefs rescued

Monday, October 29th 2007, 18:25
related places: Baghdad

Members of a group of tribal Iraqi leaders kidnapped in Baghdad have been rescued, a spokesman says.
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Senate backs Iraq pullout date

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 16:26
related countries: United States

The US Senate backs a March 2008 date to withdraw troops from Iraq, defying a presidential veto threat.
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Senate grills US Iraq commander

Thursday, February 1st 2007, 20:07
related countries: United States

President Bush's choice for the new army chief of staff denies that current US policy on Iraq has failed.
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Senate panel rejects Iraq plan

Wednesday, January 24th 2007, 23:56
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

A US Senate panel rejects President Bush's Iraq plan, a day after he asks Congress to give it "a chance".
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Senators oppose Iraq troop boost

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 4:54
related countries: United States

Three top US senators agree on a resolution to oppose President Bush's plan to increase Iraq troop numbers.
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Senior Iraqi judge shot dead

Monday, January 14th 2008, 14:02
related places: Baghdad

A high-ranking judge is killed along with his driver by gunmen in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say.
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Senior militant 'killed in Iraq'

Monday, September 25th 2006, 15:16
related countries: United Kingdom

British forces kill a senior al-Qaeda fugitive in a raid in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, security sources say.
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Service honours UK Iraq personnel

Friday, October 9th 2009, 16:20
related countries: United Kingdom

Relatives of some of the 179 UK personnel killed in Iraq join senior royals at a service honouring those who served in the conflict.
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Seven dead in Baghdad bank blast

Monday, February 13th 2006, 11:12
related places: Baghdad

At least seven people are killed and more than 30 injured by a suicide bomber outside a Baghdad bank.
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Seven dead in Baghdad blasts

Monday, November 3rd 2008, 13:10
related places: Baghdad

Four bombs explode in Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding at least 20 others, including a deputy minister, police say.
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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 'failing half US benchmarks'Iraq 'fails to meet key targets' – Iraq bomb attack toll rises to 52Iraq bomb attacks leave 16 dead – Iraq court drops Saddam's chargesIraq court names new Saddam judge – Iraq gunmen target Oman embassyIraq hangs 13 for insurgency role – Iraq MPs block non-US troop billIraq MPs condemn parliament blast – Iraq postpones key elections voteIraq power system 'near collapse' – Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured'Iraq shoe thrower faces shoe-ing – Iraq troops 'buried family alive'Iraq troops 'seize Shia militant' – Iraqi 'plot' officials releasedIraqi al-Qaeda militant to hang – Iraqi journalist's family 'safe'Iraqi Kurdish party office bombed – Iraqi PM home after health testsIraqi PM hopes Sunnis will vote – Iraqi Sunni leader meets SistaniIraqi Sunni tribal leader killed – Italians 'cannot try US soldier'Italy foils 'arms for Iraq plot' – Killing sparks Iraq-Australia rowKurd oil deal alarms Iraqi Sunnis – Many killed in Iraqi bomb attacksMany still missing in Iraq kidnap – Mother recalls Iraqi gas attackMove to evict Baghdad squatters – No public probe into Iraq 'abuse'No Saddam plea at genocide trial – Pinter blasts Iraq war 'lies'PKK 'surrender' tests Turkey plan – Relocation plan for Kirkuk ArabsReport 'urges Iraq policy shift' – S Asian pilgrims shot in IraqS Korea extends Iraq deployment – Saddam trial faces fresh delaysSaddam trial hears defence case – Seven dead in Baghdad blastsSeven die in Iraq suicide blast – Study reveals veterans' traumaSuccess in Iraq vital, says Bush – Ten die in Baghdad car blastTen die in Iraq roadside bombings – Troops feared dead in Basra crashTroops in Kirkuk crackdown – Turkish soldiers killed by rebelsTurkish talks on Iraqi violence – UK minister accused over Iraq attacksUK minister enters interpreters row – UN's concern over Iraqi killingsUnicef appeal for Iraqi children – US air strike kills nine in IraqUS and Iran to hold talks on Iraq – US diplomats refuse Iraq jobsUS doctors begin Zarqawi autopsy – US House approves war funds billUS House backs Bush on Iraq war – US media talk of Iraq civil warUS medic jailed over Iraq murder – US rejects ruling on UK soldierUS releases anti-insurgency guide – US soldier kills comrades in IraqUS soldier on Italy murder charge – US troops on Iraq death chargesUS troops on Iraqi murder charge – Warrant out for Saddam daughterWas the UK mission in Iraq a success? – Zawahiri tape praises insurgency