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

Dozens die in Iraq mosque attack

Friday, April 7th 2006, 17:55

An apparent triple suicide bombing at a key Shia mosque in Baghdad kills at least 79 people, Iraqi police say.
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Germany to probe 'Iraq spy role'

Friday, April 7th 2006, 15:46
related countries: Germany, United States

The German parliament is to investigate claims that German agents helped the US in the 2003 Iraq war.
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US 'in talks with Iraq militants'

Friday, April 7th 2006, 10:33
related countries: United States

The US ambassador to Iraq tells the BBC that US officials have held talks with insurgency-linked groups.
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Bush 'approved intelligence leak'

Friday, April 7th 2006, 10:25

A former top White House aide claims George Bush approved the leak of classified information on the Iraq war.
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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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Saddam co-accused defends acts

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 14:52

A judge on trial with the former Iraqi leader denies sentencing minors to death in 1982..
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Najaf car bomb kills at least 10

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 14:40

A car bomb explodes in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, killing at least 10 people, security officials say.
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Top insurgent 'caught in Baghdad'

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 9:41
related countries: United States

The US says it has caught a leading figure in the Iraqi insurgency and an associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Saddam Hussein dismisses evidence

Wednesday, April 5th 2006, 14:16
related places: Baghdad

Saddam Hussein tells his trial documents suggesting he approved the execution of minors is are fake.
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Iraqi PM rejects calls to resign

Wednesday, April 5th 2006, 4:13

Iraqi PM Ibrahim Jaafari insists he will not give up his claim to head the next government, despite calls to resign.
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Shias step up calls for PM to go

Tuesday, April 4th 2006, 20:30
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's vice-president joins calls for PM Ibrahim al-Jaafari to stand down, amid further violence in Baghdad.
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Saddam to face genocide charges

Tuesday, April 4th 2006, 16:06

Former President Saddam Hussein is to be charged with genocide over a 1980s campaign against Iraqi Kurds.
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Ten die in Baghdad car blast

Monday, April 3rd 2006, 17:50
related places: Baghdad

At least 10 people die in a suspected suicide car bomb attack near a Shia mosque in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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Zarqawi 'not leading Iraq unrest'

Monday, April 3rd 2006, 13:05

Al-Qaeda's Zarqawi steps down as the head of a coalition of Iraqi militants, a leading Islamist claims.
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Gunmen kill four in Baghdad home

Monday, April 3rd 2006, 12:47
related places: Baghdad

Gunmen burst into a Shia family home in south Baghdad and kill four people in an apparent sectarian attack.
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US and UK try to break Iraq delay

Monday, April 3rd 2006, 7:43
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Condoleezza Rice and Jack Straw urge Iraqi leaders to end the delays and form a government.
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US and UK urge Iraq talks speed

Monday, April 3rd 2006, 4:14
related countries: United Kingdom, United States
related places: Baghdad, Straw

Condoleezza Rice and Jack Straw call on Iraqi leaders to press ahead with negotiations on a new government.
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Freed US journalist arrives home

Sunday, April 2nd 2006, 21:58
related countries: United States
related places: Boston

A US journalist freed after being held in Iraq for nearly three months flies into Boston airport.
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Freed Iraq hostage arrives in US

Sunday, April 2nd 2006, 16:40
related countries: United States
related places: Boston

A US journalist freed after being held in Iraq for nearly three months flies into Boston airport.
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US helicopter 'shot down' in Iraq

Sunday, April 2nd 2006, 16:10
related countries: United States

A helicopter lost in Iraq is believed shot down and the two pilots are feared dead, the US military says.
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Freed US journalist 'manipulated'

Sunday, April 2nd 2006, 1:11
related countries: United States

Jill Carroll, the US reporter held hostage in Iraq, says her captors forced her to make a propaganda film.
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Pressure mounts on Iraqi PM

Saturday, April 1st 2006, 14:40

Figures within Iraq's Shia alliance say for the first time that Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari should stand down.
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Iraq hostage thinks ransom paid

Friday, March 31st 2006, 12:11
related countries: Canada

A Canadian peace activist held for nearly four months in Iraq says "instinct" tells him a ransom was paid.
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US journalist is set free in Iraq

Thursday, March 30th 2006, 15:24
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

A US reporter held hostage in Iraq is freed more than two months after being seized in Baghdad.
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Eight oil workers killed in Iraq

Thursday, March 30th 2006, 14:41

Gunmen ambush and kill eight workers at Iraq's largest oil refinery in the northern town of Baiji, police say.
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Canada to decide on US deserter

Thursday, March 30th 2006, 10:56
related countries: Canada, United States

Canada's refugee board will hear the asylum appeal of a US soldier who fled there to avoid serving in Iraq.
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Gunmen kill eight Iraqis in raid

Wednesday, March 29th 2006, 8:59
related places: Baghdad

Gunmen dressed in police uniforms attack a trading company in Baghdad, killing eight Iraqi employees.
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US envoy 'calls for new Iraqi PM'

Tuesday, March 28th 2006, 21:29
related countries: United States

The US has told Iraq's Shia leaders that it does not want Ibrahim Jaafari to remain prime minister, Iraqi politicians say.
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Baghdad police discover 14 bodies

Tuesday, March 28th 2006, 14:18
related places: Baghdad

The bodies of 14 men, blindfolded and shot in the head, are found in western Baghdad, police say.
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Arab League summit opens in Sudan

Tuesday, March 28th 2006, 12:42
related countries: Sudan, Syria

Arab leaders begin their annual summit with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Middle East conflict on the agenda.
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Political storm over Iraq deaths

Monday, March 27th 2006, 15:51
related countries: United States

The US military faces growing political pressure in Iraq over a raid on a mosque complex that left 20 people dead.
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Ex-Saddam aide 'issues Iraq tape'

Monday, March 27th 2006, 15:16

Arabic television channel al-Jazeera broadcasts an audiotape purportedly from Saddam Hussein's deputy.
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Many dead in US-Iraq base blast

Monday, March 27th 2006, 14:23
related countries: United States
related places: Mosul

A bomb explodes at a military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killing at least 40 people, officials say.
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Iraqi PM concerned over killings

Monday, March 27th 2006, 9:52
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's prime minister expresses concern about a deadly clash near a Shia mosque in Baghdad on Sunday.
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Blair addresses Aus parliament

Monday, March 27th 2006, 2:40
related countries: Aruba, Australia, United Kingdom
related places: Canberra

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair defends his Iraq policy in a speech to the Australian Parliament in Canberra.
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Blogger up for non-fiction award

Monday, March 27th 2006, 0:12

An anonymous blog by a woman in Iraq is nominated for a non-fiction prize worth £30,000.
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Many dead in Iraq mosque raid

Monday, March 27th 2006, 0:03

At least 16 people are killed in one Baghdad raid, while a possible secret prison is uncovered in another.
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Freed hostage arrives in Canada

Sunday, March 26th 2006, 21:27
related countries: Canada

Peace activist James Loney arrives back in Canada after being held hostage in Iraq for almost four months.
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Freed hostage thanks troops

Saturday, March 25th 2006, 17:36
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Baghdad

Ex-hostage Norman Kember thanks soldiers who rescued him from kidnappers in Iraq as he arrives home.
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Canadian hostages heading home

Saturday, March 25th 2006, 12:28
related countries: Canada
related places: Baghdad

Two Canadian peace activists held hostage in Iraq for almost four months begin their journey home.
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Former hostage returns home

Saturday, March 25th 2006, 12:21
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Baghdad

British former hostage Norman Kember is due back in the UK after 117 days spent captive in Baghdad.
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Russia denies Iraq secrets claim

Saturday, March 25th 2006, 10:25
related countries: Russia, United States

Russia rejects US claims it gave Saddam Hussein intelligence on US military moves during the Iraq war.
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Mosque targeted in Iraq bombing

Friday, March 24th 2006, 12:10
related places: Baghdad

Five Iraqis are killed by a bomb attack outside a Sunni mosque in Khalis, while 14 others are killed in Baghdad.
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Joy at hostages' release

Friday, March 24th 2006, 11:07
related countries: Canada, United Kingdom

Friends and family speak of their relief as a Briton and two Canadian hostages are freed in Iraq.
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Iraq peace hostages freed

Thursday, March 23rd 2006, 17:09

A Briton and two Canadians are released in Iraq after being held hostage for almost four months.
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Blast hits Iraq anti-terror unit

Thursday, March 23rd 2006, 13:58
related places: Baghdad

At least 30 Iraqis, including many policemen, die as bombs hit an anti-terror unit and other Baghdad sites.
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Dog handler jailed for Iraq abuse

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 21:36
related countries: United States

A US army dog handler is jailed for six months for using his dog to mistreat detainees in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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Iraq war veteran wins US primary

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 19:54
related countries: United States

An Iraq war veteran who lost her legs when her helicopter was shot down is to run for the US Congress.
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Bush calls for Iraqi government

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 19:51
related countries: United States

US President Bush urges Iraqi leaders to form a government of national unity, to end months of uncertainty.
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Mortar attack kills Iraqi police

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 11:17
related places: Baghdad

Four Iraqi policemen are killed in a mortar attack on a council building in Madain, south of Baghdad, police say.
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US soldier abused Iraq prisoners

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 22:17
related countries: United States

A US army dog handler is found guilty of using his dog to mistreat detainees in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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Bush denies Iraq is in civil war

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 18:53

President Bush says Iraq is not in a state of civil war but urges its leaders to confront sectarian violence.
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US military probes Iraq killings

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 16:35
related countries: United States

The US military is investigating allegations that its marines killed 15 Iraqi civilians last November.
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