Armed members of Christian militias stand guard in front of churches in the restless Mosul district as attacks have driven thousands of Christians from their homes in recent days. The governor of Nineveh Province has blamed "al-Qaeda elements" for the campaign, and...
Though Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said last night that the United States had made 'good concessions' on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that there are still some points of contention yet to be worked out. Primary among...
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told Iraq's state-run television station al-Iraqia today that the United States has made 'good concessions' regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). He also said that he was confident the agreement would be reached, as it is...
Though Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte claimed that the Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqi government is "close," the question of troop immunity remains a point of serious contention between the two sides. Serious enough that until the issue is...
After months of declaring the decreased violence in Iraq "fragile and reversible," incoming CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus strayed somewhat off-script in a speech today to the Association of the U.S. Army. He once against reiterated the "fragile and reversible"...
In the wake of Saturday's bloody clash between the Turkish army and Kurdish rebels, Iraq's central government has promised to cooperate with Turkey against the rebels and the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan issued a condemnation of the rebel ambush. Turkish...
US forces conducted a dawn raid on a house in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in which they believed a "suspected insurgent" was hiding. When the clash was over, 11 members of a single Iraqi family were dead. The US wasn't specific about the nature of the deaths,...
An unverified report quotes Iraqi President Jalal Talibani as claiming that the United States has "threatened to use any means to seize Iraqi assets if we do not support the security pact." The quote reportedly comes from the Arabic language Marsadiraq, by way of...
With the United States admitting an increasing number of Iraqi refugees it is only natural that Michigan, with its large Arab-American population (and particularly Iraqi-American Chaldeans), would be a prime destination for those fleeing their war-torn nation. Indeed,...
Iraq's Awakening Council, a Sunni fighting force whose control the US military has just transferred to the Iraqi government, has warned the Shi'ite dominated government against any attempt to abandon the force's membership. The group wants its members to secure...
