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 tribes 'taking on al-Qaeda'
• Iraq troops 'buried family alive' – Iraqi 'bomber confession' aired
• Iraqi 'plot' officials released – Iraqi jailed over aid worker death
• Iraqi journalist's family 'safe' – Iraqi PM hails vote as 'victory'
• Iraqi PM home after health tests – Iraqi students seized near Baquba
• Iraqi Sunni leader meets Sistani – Italian troops' bodies flown home
• Italians 'cannot try US soldier' – Killing of Iraq Kurds 'genocide'
• Killing sparks Iraq-Australia row – Many killed in Iraq suicide bomb
• Many killed in Iraqi bomb attacks – Most people 'want Iraq pull-out'
• Mother recalls Iraqi gas attack – No new charges on UK Iraq death
• No public probe into Iraq 'abuse' – Petraeus says Iraq gains 'uneven'
• Pinter blasts Iraq war 'lies' – Reid urges Iraqi leaders to unite
• Relocation plan for Kirkuk Arabs – Russian hostages 'killed in Iraq'
• S Asian pilgrims shot in Iraq – Saddam trial defence continues
• Saddam trial faces fresh delays – Seven dead in Baghdad bank blast
• Seven dead in Baghdad blasts – Stress 'no excuse in Iraq case'
• Study reveals veterans' trauma – Tehran rejects US weapons claims
• Ten die in Baghdad car blast – Troops cleared over Iraq deaths
• Troops feared dead in Basra crash – Turkish soldiers cross into Iraq
• Turkish soldiers killed by rebels – UK may transfer Basra 'in spring'
• UK minister accused over Iraq attacks – UN warns of Iraq refugee crisis
• UN's concern over Iraqi killings – US air strike kills Iraqi troops
• US air strike kills nine in Iraq – US denies Saddam handed to Iraq
• US detains 'Iran-linked militant' – US hostage in Iraq confirmed dead
• US hostage makes new video appeal – US marines face Iraq murder trial
• US marines offer Babylon apology – US rejects Iran captives exchange
• US rejects Iraq hostage ransoms – US soldier jailed for Iraq murder
• US soldier jailed on Iraq murders – US troops killed in northern Iraq
• US troops launch Iraq toxins case – Warning over Pentagon funding
• Warnings of Iraq refugee crisis – Zawahiri tape praises insurgency

Iraq: news

US soldier jailed on Iraq murders

Monday, March 30th 2009, 15:47
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

A court martial sentences a sergeant to 35 years in prison for the murder of four Iraqi detainees in Baghdad in 2007.
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US soldier jailed over Iraq death

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 14:44
related countries: United States

An US military court finds a soldier guilty of conspiracy to murder over the 2007 killing of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis.
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US soldier kills comrades in Iraq

Monday, May 11th 2009, 19:38
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

A US soldier is under arrest after shooting dead five of his compatriots at a military base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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US soldier on Italy murder charge

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 15:09
related countries: Italy, United States
related places: Baghdad

An Italian judge orders a US soldier to face trial over the death of an Italian agent at a checkpoint in Baghdad.
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US soldier spared death penalty

Thursday, May 21st 2009, 22:20
related countries: United States
related places: Kentucky

A former US soldier convicted of rape and murder in Iraq is spared the death penalty by a jury in the state of Kentucky.
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US soldier's murder trial begins

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 16:37
related countries: Italy, United States
related places: Baghdad, Rome

A US soldier is tried in a Rome court over the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad in 2005.
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US soldiers 'killed in Iraq base'

Monday, May 11th 2009, 13:47
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Five US soldiers have been shot dead at a military base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the US military says.
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US soldiers charged in rape case

Sunday, July 9th 2006, 14:21
related countries: United States

Four US soldiers are charged with rape and murder over an attack on an Iraqi woman who was killed with her family.
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US soldiers hurt in Iraq attack

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 16:31
related countries: United States

At least three US soldiers are hurt and an Iraqi interpreter is killed after being shot by Iraqi policemen in the city of Mosul.
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US soldiers in Baghdad fighting

Monday, April 17th 2006, 22:53
related places: Baghdad

US troops and insurgents clash in the Iraqi capital and the city of Ramadi in another day of heavy violence.
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US soldiers kill two Iraqi women

Thursday, June 1st 2006, 14:08
related countries: United States

A pregnant Iraqi woman in labour and her cousin are mistakenly shot dead by US troops, officials say.
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US soldiers killed in Green Zone

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 21:39
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Three US troops are killed by rocket attacks on the Green Zone and a base in Baghdad, the US military says.
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US soldiers leave Iraq's cities

Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 9:51
related countries: United States

Iraq formally assumes control of security across the country, as US troops withdraw from towns and cities.
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US soldiers' bodies found in Iraq

Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 21:51
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad, Friday

Two US soldiers missing in Iraq since Friday are found dead south of Baghdad, the US military says.
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US sowing Iraq strife, says Iran

Friday, October 13th 2006, 15:19
related countries: Iran, United States

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accuses the US of promoting sectarian strife in Iraq.
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US spending in Iraq ignored rules

Friday, May 23rd 2008, 10:15
related countries: United States

An audit of $8bn paid to contractors in Iraq finds that almost none of the payments complied with US federal laws.
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US stalls on Iraq amnesty order

Friday, April 11th 2008, 10:26
related countries: United States

The US military says it will continue to hold an Iraqi photographer while it reviews a government amnesty order.
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US stops audit of Iraq rebuilding

Friday, November 3rd 2006, 16:15
related countries: United States

The US official audit agency that has investigated corruption in the efforts to rebuild Iraq is to be closed down.
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US strike 'kills 15 Iraqis'

Friday, October 12th 2007, 7:41
related countries: United States

The US military says 15 civilians, including nine children, are among those killed in an operation in Iraq.
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US strike 'kills Iraqi civilians'

Thursday, May 22nd 2008, 8:53
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Eight civilians die in an air strike by US military helicopters north of Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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US suffers heavy losses in Iraq

Saturday, January 20th 2007, 23:37
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US forces in Iraq suffer some of their heaviest casualties in recent months, with 18 personnel killed.
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US surge has failed - Iraqi poll

Monday, September 10th 2007, 11:00
related countries: United States

Most Iraqis think the recent US troop surge has failed, a new BBC/ABC opinion poll across Iraq suggests.
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US surge plan in Iraq 'working'

Monday, September 10th 2007, 22:41
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

The military aims of the US surge in Iraq "are largely being met", the top US commander there tells Congress.
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US threat over Iraq embassy staff

Saturday, October 27th 2007, 4:21
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

The US may order diplomats to work in Iraq to fill nearly 50 vacancies at the Baghdad embassy, officials say.
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US tightens law on security firms

Thursday, October 4th 2007, 21:41
related countries: United States

Private security contractors in Iraq accused of wrongdoing could face prosecution in the US, under a new law.
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US to attend key Iraq conference

Wednesday, February 28th 2007, 5:05
related places: Baghdad

The US says it will attend a meeting on Iraq in Baghdad which will include delegates from Syria and Iran.
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US to free Iraqi AP photographer

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 7:02
related countries: United States

Two years after he was detained, the US military says it will release an Iraqi AP photographer on Wednesday.
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US to investigate death of Iraqis

Friday, October 12th 2007, 14:16
related countries: United States

US officials in Iraq say they will investigate an operation in which 15 civilians were killed alongside alleged militants.
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US to issue 'prison abuse' photos

Friday, April 24th 2009, 19:33
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The US is about to release hundreds of photographs showing alleged prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials say.
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US to make Iraq troop level cuts

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 10:41
related countries: United States

The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, says that US combat troop levels in Iraq will fall next year.
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US to review Iraq private security

Wednesday, September 26th 2007, 23:11
related countries: United States

The US defence secretary orders a review of private security firms in Iraq following a shoot-out in which 11 died.
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US to seek end to Turkey assault

Wednesday, February 27th 2008, 12:33
related countries: Turkey, United States

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says he will tell Turkey to end its military operations in northern Iraq quickly.
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US to send more troops to Gulf

Wednesday, December 27th 2006, 8:01
related countries: Kuwait, United States
related places: Washington, Gulf

The US is to send up to 3,300 more troops to Kuwait, officials say, as Washington review Iraq policy.
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US to target anti-Iraq activity

Thursday, January 11th 2007, 16:05
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state says the US will take action against any country seeking to destabilise Iraq.
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US troops 'might stay in N Iraq'

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 16:21
related countries: United States
related places: June

US combat troops may stay in northern Iraq after a June deadline expires, a top US commander says.
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US troops 'seized by insurgents'

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 16:28
related countries: United States

Two US soldiers seized at a checkpoint in Iraq were taken by masked insurgents, witnesses say.
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US troops 'tighten' Baquba grip

Sunday, June 24th 2007, 14:35
related countries: United States

US troops fighting al-Qaeda militants in Baquba say they now control a large section of the Iraqi insurgent stronghold.
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US troops 'to quit Iraq by 2011'

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 17:37
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US combat troops could leave Iraq by 2011 under a deal awaiting approval by Baghdad, a top Iraqi official says.
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US troops 'to quit Iraq by 2011'

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 14:02
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

US combat troops could leave Iraq by 2011 under a deal awaiting approval by Baghdad, a top Iraqi official says.
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US troops battle Kerbala militia

Friday, July 27th 2007, 12:54
related countries: United States

Nine people are killed in fighting between a joint force of US and Iraqi troops and Shia militias in Kerbala.
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US troops charged with murder

Saturday, June 30th 2007, 8:51
related countries: United States

The US military charges two of its soldiers with the murder of three Iraqis earlier this year in the Iskandariya area.
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US troops clash with Iraq militia

Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 10:50
related countries: United States

The US says it has killed a number of militants in clashes in the mainly-Shia Muslim city of Kut in southern Iraq.
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US troops could face execution

Sunday, September 3rd 2006, 21:41
related countries: United States

A US army investigator recommends that four soldiers accused of murder in an Iraqi raid face the death penalty.
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US troops die in Iraq air crash

Monday, January 26th 2009, 10:44
related countries: United States

Two US military aircraft have crashed in northern Iraq, killing four soldiers, the US army says.
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US troops die in new Iraq attack

Tuesday, April 24th 2007, 15:50
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

A suicide bomber kills nine US soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks on US forces since late 2005.
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US troops diverted to Afghanistan

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 12:38
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The US says that 3,200 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade will be deployed to Afghanistan in the spring, instead of Iraq.
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US troops face 'war crimes' claim

Friday, August 4th 2006, 17:30
related countries: United States

Prosecutors urging a court martial for four US soldiers accused of murder in Iraq say they are "war criminals".
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US troops face Iraq murder charge

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 19:03
related countries: United States

Three US soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder over the deaths of four Iraqis, American army prosecutors say.
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US troops kill Iraq raid 'leader'

Monday, May 21st 2007, 9:25
related countries: United States

US forces kill the alleged mastermind of an attack in which five US troops died in Iraq, military officials say.
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US troops killed in Iraq bombing

Tuesday, March 11th 2008, 6:30
related countries: United States

A bombing in the Iraqi province of Diyala kills three US soldiers and their interpreter, the US military says.
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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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US troops killed in Iraq clashes

Monday, April 28th 2008, 21:09
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

Four US soldiers are killed in Baghdad, the latest casualties of fierce clashes with Shia militia.
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US troops killed in northern Iraq

Monday, January 28th 2008, 17:12
related countries: United States
related places: Mosul

Five US soldiers are killed when their patrol is hit by a roadside bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
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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 tribes 'taking on al-Qaeda'Iraq troops 'buried family alive' – Iraqi 'bomber confession' airedIraqi 'plot' officials released – Iraqi jailed over aid worker deathIraqi journalist's family 'safe' – Iraqi PM hails vote as 'victory'Iraqi PM home after health tests – Iraqi students seized near BaqubaIraqi Sunni leader meets Sistani – Italian troops' bodies flown homeItalians 'cannot try US soldier' – Killing of Iraq Kurds 'genocide'Killing sparks Iraq-Australia row – Many killed in Iraq suicide bombMany killed in Iraqi bomb attacks – Most people 'want Iraq pull-out'Mother recalls Iraqi gas attack – No new charges on UK Iraq deathNo public probe into Iraq 'abuse' – Petraeus says Iraq gains 'uneven'Pinter blasts Iraq war 'lies' – Reid urges Iraqi leaders to uniteRelocation plan for Kirkuk Arabs – Russian hostages 'killed in Iraq'S Asian pilgrims shot in Iraq – Saddam trial defence continuesSaddam trial faces fresh delays – Seven dead in Baghdad bank blastSeven dead in Baghdad blasts – Stress 'no excuse in Iraq case'Study reveals veterans' trauma – Tehran rejects US weapons claimsTen die in Baghdad car blast – Troops cleared over Iraq deathsTroops feared dead in Basra crash – Turkish soldiers cross into IraqTurkish soldiers killed by rebels – UK may transfer Basra 'in spring'UK minister accused over Iraq attacks – UN warns of Iraq refugee crisisUN's concern over Iraqi killings – US air strike kills Iraqi troopsUS air strike kills nine in Iraq – US denies Saddam handed to IraqUS detains 'Iran-linked militant' – US hostage in Iraq confirmed deadUS hostage makes new video appeal – US marines face Iraq murder trialUS marines offer Babylon apology – US rejects Iran captives exchangeUS rejects Iraq hostage ransoms – US soldier jailed for Iraq murderUS soldier jailed on Iraq murders – US troops killed in northern IraqUS troops launch Iraq toxins case – Warning over Pentagon fundingWarnings of Iraq refugee crisis – Zawahiri tape praises insurgency