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Gunmen kill 7 Iraqi soldiers in central Iraq

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:56:04 -0400

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a particularly bloody month.

Soldier gets life without parole in Iraq killings

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:10:04 -0400

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington - An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:29 -0400

BAGHDAD - The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Mich. soldier killed in Iraq in 2006 to be honored

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:19:08 -0400

IRON MOUNTAIN, Michigan - A National Guard soldier who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2006 will be honored this month at a Veterans Administration facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Attacks on Sunni mosques fuel fears in Iraq

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:20:40 -0400

BAGHDAD - A sharp rise in attacks on Sunni holy sites in Iraq is feeding fears that the country could spiral into a new round of sectarian violence similar to the bloodletting that brought Iraq to its knees in 2006 and 2007.

Judge: Soldier premeditated Iraq killings

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:21:46 -0400

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington - A military judge found Army Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder Monday in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

Iraq rejects refuge for Turkey's Kurdish fighters

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:28:26 -0400

BAGHDAD - Iraq on Thursday rejected a key element of an accord to bring an end to a long Kurdish uprising in Turkey - offering refuge to rebel fighters in country's north.

Rights group: Iraqi panel needs help probing raid

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:10:25 -0400

BAGHDAD - Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force.

Obama and Bush, partisans who share common ground

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:20:45 -0400

WASHINGTON - Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, President Barack Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the global fight against AIDS.