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Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:20:11 -0400

BAGHDAD - A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country.

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.

Turkey: oil search deal reached in northern Iraq

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:06:08 -0400

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey says its state-run petroleum company has reached a deal with U.S. company Exxon Mobil to explore for oil in northern Iraq.

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.

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.

Trial begins for U.S. soldier charged in Iraq rampage

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:22:00 -0400

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - By HAL BERNTON

Crisp: Many still suffer from Iraq War, but not Bush

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:17:02 -0400

By JOHN M. CRISP - Is it a good idea for us to be quite so forgiving of former president George W. Bush?

Israeli raids in Syria highlight Arab conundrum

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:54:00 -0400

CAIRO - Five weeks ago, the head of the Arab League capped a summit in Qatar with an impassioned appeal to strengthen the rebel fighters trying to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad. On Sunday, he denounced Israeli's airstrike into Assad's territory as a dangerous threat to regional stability.

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.

Wife: American in Iraqi prison is on hunger strike

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:29:45 -0400

BAGHDAD - In Baghdad's maximum-security Karkh prison, Shawki Omar is triply damned, his supporters say.