After coordinated attacks in Iraq killed at least 97 Iraqis and wounded another 348, authorities imposed a curfew in the northern-central Iraqi province of Salah al-Din. That province saw three car bombs, killing four and wounding at least 21 people. The apparently...
US Rice Farmers Livid as Iraqis Not Forced to Buy From Them
US Rice Farmers Livid as Iraqis Not Forced to Buy From Them | Iraqis developing a taste for Basmati rice
Iraq Violence Drops as al-Qaeda Heads to Syria
Iraq Violence Drops as al-Qaeda Heads to Syria | Nineveh Province attacks dropping significantly
Iraqi Govt Panel: VP Ran ‘Death Squads’ for Years
Iraqi Govt Panel: VP Ran ‘Death Squads’ for Years | ‘At least 150’ cases of attacks by VP or employees
Cuts to US Baghdad Embassy Amount to ‘Fine Tuning’
Funding for the massive U.S. Embassy in Baghdad may be cut by 10 percent next year, although top officials explain it will still be one of America's largest imperial outposts in the world. Spending on contracting costs will be trimmed and the immense size of the...
Al-Qaeda Chief Urges World to Back Syria Rebels
Al-Qaeda Chief Urges World to Back Syria Rebels | Fighters from Iraq pour into Syria for new civil war
Secular Iraqi Dissidents Form New Opposition Party
A coalition of political dissidents in Iraq created a new opposition party Saturday, in an attempt to check the power of the central government as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki consolidates dictatorial rule. The Union of Patriotic Figures, as it will be called,...
In Iraq, 65 Executions in First 40 Days of 2012
Less than two months into 2012, the Iraqi government has executed at least 65 prisoners, as the country continues to slip into dictatorship with continued support from the U.S. Many aspects of the government in Baghdad have spiraled out of control since the end of the...
Officials: CIA to Stay in Iraq, Afghanistan for Years After Wars
Officials: CIA to Stay in Iraq, Afghanistan for Years After Wars | Baghdad-based CIA spying on Maliki government
Former US Base Opened to Iranian Terrorist Group
Members of the State Department-designated terrorist group known as the Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK) have been welcomed into a former U.S. military base in Iraq thanks to an agreement Washington pushed through with Baghdad. An agreement pushed by the U.S. with the Iraqi...