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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• August 4th 2009 – June 30th 2009
• June 30th 2009 – May 11th 2009
• May 10th 2009 – April 7th 2009
• April 7th 2009 – February 23rd 2009
• February 23rd 2009 – December 31st 2008
• December 30th 2008 – December 2nd 2008
• December 1st 2008 – October 23rd 2008
• October 23rd 2008 – September 19th 2008
• September 19th 2008 – August 14th 2008
• August 13th 2008 – July 11th 2008
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• June 4th 2008 – April 28th 2008
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• March 6th 2008 – February 11th 2008
• February 11th 2008 – December 28th 2007
• December 28th 2007 – December 4th 2007
• December 3rd 2007 – October 29th 2007
• October 28th 2007 – October 6th 2007
• October 5th 2007 – September 15th 2007
• September 14th 2007 – August 29th 2007
• August 29th 2007 – August 7th 2007
• August 6th 2007 – July 11th 2007
• July 11th 2007 – June 10th 2007
• June 9th 2007 – May 16th 2007
• May 16th 2007 – April 25th 2007
• April 24th 2007 – April 4th 2007
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• February 22nd 2007 – February 6th 2007
• February 6th 2007 – January 18th 2007
• January 18th 2007 – January 4th 2007
• January 4th 2007 – December 17th 2006
• December 16th 2006 – November 28th 2006
• November 28th 2006 – November 13th 2006
• November 13th 2006 – October 22nd 2006
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• June 28th 2006 – June 13th 2006
• June 13th 2006 – May 26th 2006
• May 26th 2006 – April 27th 2006
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• April 3rd 2006 – March 9th 2006
• March 9th 2006 – February 16th 2006
• February 16th 2006 – January 20th 2006
• January 20th 2006 – December 25th 2005
• December 25th 2005 – December 6th 2005
• December 6th 2005 – November 20th 2005
• November 20th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Iraq: news

UK soldier killed by Iraq blast

Sunday, November 20th 2005, 13:45
related countries: United Kingdom

One soldier dies and four are injured in a roadside bomb attack on a British patrol in Basra, southern Iraq.
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Fresh wave of bombs strikes Iraq

Saturday, November 19th 2005, 22:28

Renewed bomb attacks across Iraq kill more than 50 people - including five US soldiers - and injure dozens more.
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Zarqawi 'defends Jordan attacks'

Friday, November 18th 2005, 21:31
related countries: Jordan

An audiotape purportedly from the al-Qaeda in Iraq head says the Jordan blasts were not meant to hit Muslims.
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Iraq suicide attacks kill dozens

Friday, November 18th 2005, 17:22

A series of suicide bombings kills at least 80 at two mosques in eastern Iraq and in the capital, Baghdad.
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S Korea to table Iraq troops cut

Friday, November 18th 2005, 10:15
related countries: South Korea, United States

South Korea's government is to propose withdrawing a third of its troops in Iraq, reports say, surprising the US.
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Two huge blasts hit Baghdad

Friday, November 18th 2005, 9:57

Twin car bombs kill at least six people outside an Iraqi interior ministry building at the centre of an abuse scandal.
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New study details Iraq insurgency

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 23:12

Some 3,000 foreigners may be fighting in Iraq, a new report says, three times more than previous Pentagon estimates.
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Top Democrat urges Iraq pullout

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 17:23
related countries: United States
related places: Democrat

A senior Democrat who backed the Iraq war calls for the immediate pullout of US forces.
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Iraq plays down claims of abuse

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 16:35

Iraq's interior minister says claims of prisoner abuse are exaggerated, and the problem is not widespread.
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Fraud charge for Iraqi contractor

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 11:27
related countries: United States

A US businessman is charged with fraud relating to contracts for reconstruction in Iraq, the New York Times reports.
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Dick Cheney lambasts Iraq critics

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 8:31
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The US vice-president slams claims the White House misled on Iraq as Democrats question his credibility.
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Saddam 'punched by court clerks'

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 0:15

Saddam Hussein was attacked by two court clerks while undergoing questioning for his trial, Iraqi television reports.
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Five US troops die in Iraq battle

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 19:22
related countries: United States

Five US marines die in a firefight close to the Iraq-Syria border, as an offensive against insurgents continues.
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Iraq Sunnis demand abuse probe

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 16:04
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's main Sunni party calls for an international inquiry into the alleged abuse of 173 prisoners in Baghdad.
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Iraq probes US phosphorus weapons

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 15:02
related countries: United States

Iraq investigates the US use of white phosphorus as a weapon in Falluja, a minister tells the BBC.
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US used white phosphorus in Iraq

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 11:25
related countries: United States

The Pentagon confirms US troops used white phosphorus bombs against enemy fighters in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
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US 'troubled' by Iraq abuse claim

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 8:54
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

The US condemns the alleged abuse of 173 prisoners held by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.
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Iraq detainees 'found starving'

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 2:51

Iraq's government begins an inquiry into the alleged abuse of 170 detainees found in an interior ministry building.
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UN reverses oil-for-food sacking

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 22:33

The only UN official sacked over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal is reinstated after an internal appeal in his favour.
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UN concern at Iraq mass arrests

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 13:58
related countries: United States

The UN expresses concern over mass arrests by the US-led troops in Iraq "without adequate judicial oversight".
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Iraq attacks kill nine policemen

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 10:51
related places: Baghdad, Kirkuk

At least nine Iraqi policemen have been killed in three separate attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk on Tuesday.
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Gandhi vows to punish oil guilty

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 8:14
related countries: India

India's ruling Congress party head says anyone who profited from Iraq's oil-for-food deal will be punished.
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Ten die in Iraq roadside bombings

Monday, November 14th 2005, 16:35
related places: Baghdad

At least 10 people are killed in a series of roadside bombings in Iraq, including two South African security guards.
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Jordan shows 'would-be bomber'

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 17:23
related countries: Jordan
related places: Amman

An Iraqi woman suspected of being a failed suicide bomber from the Amman hotel attacks appears on Jordanian TV.
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UK troops out of Iraq 'next year'

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 16:56
related countries: United Kingdom

Local forces could replace British troops in Iraq by the end of 2006, the country's president predicts.
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Key Saddam aide 'died of cancer'

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 13:44
related places: Saddam

One of Saddam Hussein's most trusted aides, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, died of cancer, Iraq's ex-ruling party says.
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Bomber's wife arrested in Jordan

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 13:18
related countries: Jordan
related places: Amman

Police in Jordan arrest the Iraqi wife of one of the Amman bombers, suspected of wanting to blow herself up.
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Annan urges Iraq reconciliation

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 16:11
related places: Baghdad

UN head Kofi Annan says Iraqi reconciliation is "absolutely essential" as he pays a surprise visit to Baghdad.
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Jordan links al-Qaeda to attacks

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 14:28
related countries: Jordan
related places: Amman

Jordan says an investigation into the triple bombings in Amman concludes that al-Qaeda in Iraq was responsible.
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Bush slams Iraq war 'revisionism'

Friday, November 11th 2005, 18:51
related countries: United States

President Bush says too much is at stake in Iraq for rivals to make "false charges" about the reasons for the war.
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Iraq gunmen target Oman embassy

Friday, November 11th 2005, 18:31
related countries: Oman

Four people are wounded in a drive-by shooting outside Oman's embassy in Iraq, police say.
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Rice makes surprise trip to Iraq

Friday, November 11th 2005, 16:30
related countries: United States

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urges Iraqis to see differences as a strength, on a surprise stop in Iraq.
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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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Jordan mourns victims of bombing

Friday, November 11th 2005, 10:58
related places: `Amman

Jordanians say prayers for the victims of the bombings in Amman, as al-Qaeda in Iraq issues a rare explanation.
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