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Articles of the author Hamza Hendawi Lara Jakes Associated Press
Fewer than half Arab leaders attend Iraq summit
BAGHDAD: Fewer than half the leaders of the Arab world showed up at an Arab summit in Baghdad on Thursday, a snub to the Iraqi government that reflects how trenchantly the sectarian division between Sunnis and Shia and the rivalry with neighboring (...)

29 - 03 - 2012
US man captured by militia in Iraq released to UN
BAGHDAD: Wearing a US Army uniform and flanked by Iraqi lawmakers, an American citizen announced Saturday that he was being released from more than nine months of imprisonment by a Shiite militia that for years targeted US troops. The man did not (...)

18 - 03 - 2012
'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of victims and security forces say they are unable to stop crimes against the subculture (...)

11 - 03 - 2012
US abandons plans to keep troops in Iraq next year
BAGHDAD - The Associated Press has learned that the Obama administration is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline. A senior administration official in Washington confirmed Saturday that all American (...)

15 - 10 - 2011
Road out of Iraq brings speed bumps for US
CAMP SPEICHER, Iraq — For U.S. Army Pfc. Walter Stiles, the road out of Iraq begins by kicking tires on a dusty military base near the village where Saddam Hussein was born and buried. The drive ahead is long and dangerous — down Iraq's main (...)

23 - 09 - 2011
29 killed and 38 injured in suicide attack inside Baghdad mosque
BAGHDAD (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing 29 and injuring 38 people during prayers, officials said. They said parliament lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi was among the dead in the 9:40 (...)

28 - 08 - 2011
Suicide bombing kills 12 outside bank in Iraq
BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber on Thursday struck an Iraqi bank in Saddam Hussein's hometown where policemen were picking up their paychecks, killing 12 and wounding 30 people, officials said. The midmorning blast was the fourth major attack this year (...)

28 - 07 - 2011
Iraqi officials say 17 killed in suicide bombing
BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber blew up his car Sunday outside government offices in a province west of the Iraqi capital, killing 17 people, including women and elderly people waiting to collect welfare checks, officials said. Six police officers were (...)

12 - 12 - 2010
US influence dwindling in Iraqi government
BAGHDAD: American influence has so dwindled in Iraq over the last several months that Iraqi lawmakers and political leaders say they no longer follow Washington's advice for forming a government. Instead, Iraqis are turning to neighboring (...)

22 - 10 - 2010
Iraq election rivals meet in political ice breaker
BAGHDAD: The leaders of two rival political alliances battling to run Iraq's new government took a step toward ending their power dispute Saturday, as the Sunni-backed coalition that won March elections now faces being sidelined in (...)

13 - 06 - 2010
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