AFP | Turkey: 115 Kurdish rebels killed in offensive Fox News The rebels fired on military posts in Hakkari province that borders Iraq, including the paramilitary station near the village of Gecimli, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the frontier, according to a statement from the Hakkari governor's office. Gov. Turkish troops kill 115 Kurdish rebels as offensive blocks escape routes to Iraq |
Business Recorder | Officials: 2 attacks kill 4 policemen in latest violence in Iraq Washington Post BAGHDAD — Four policemen were killed in two separate attacks in Iraq on Sunday in the latest strikes by insurgents against security forces, officials said. A police officer in Ninevah province said gunmen opened fire on a security checkpoint in the ... Officials : Attacks kill 4 policemen in Iraq |
Boston.com | Iraq won't hand over suspect Pittsburgh Tribune-Review BAGHDAD — An Iraqi court has rejected a request to send a Hezbollah commander to the United States for trial, a decision that likely ends the Obama administration's push to prosecute the Lebanese militant held in Iraq for the 2007 killings of five ... Iraq court rejects transfer of Hezbollah commander |
Newsday | Iraq vet writes vivid war memoir Corning Leader Brian Castner calls it “the Crazy,” and he introduces readers of his debut book to this uninvited guest in the opening sentence of his Iraq war memoir. “The first thing you should know about me is that I'm Crazy,” writes Castner, employing the capital ... Iraq vet from western NY writes vivid war memoir Iraq War veteran writes vivid war memoir |
Al Qaeda prisoners try to tunnel out of Iraqi jail Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A group of al Qaeda prisoners was caught trying to tunnel out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, an official said on Sunday, after the militants said they would step up their fight against the government. Iraq's Shi'ite-led government is ... |
As Iraq's modern Christians struggle, newfound ancient ruins remind them of a ... Minneapolis Star Tribune + add a comment add a comment. NAJAF, Iraq - A hundred meters (yards) or so from taxiing airliners, Iraqi archaeologist Ali al-Fatli is showing a visitor around the delicately carved remains of a church that may date back some 1700 years to early ... |
Haaretz | Oil in Iraq and the Political Crisis [Dar Al Hayat (Lebanon)] Equities.com Indeed, this is the result of the dispute between the federal government, which insists on the centrality of oil policies but lacks the necessary flexibility to accommodate the new federal nature of Iraq after 2003, and the Kurdistan Regional ... Iraq's Kurdish Region Pulling Away From Baghdad Control Insight: Oil's big players raise the stakes in Iraqi Kurdistan Iraq summons Turkey envoy to protest over visit |
Daily Mail | Release the Cabinet Iraq War minutes says Short, to show 'there was no ... Daily Mail One of the sternest critics of the Iraq War has backed demands for the release of Cabinet minutes from the run-up to the conflict. Former International Development Secretary Clare Short said releasing the secret papers would show 'there was no ... Iraq: Britain's War Against Truth |
In Iraq, scenes of hope and fear seven months after US troops' departure Washington Post BAGHDAD — Past the Army checkpoints, the razor wire, sandbags, blast walls, machine-gun towers, camouflage netting and war-smashed buildings, the sleek white Hummer 2 stretch limo rolled through Baghdad like a little slice of Vegas. On the crumbling ... |
al.com (blog) | Gen. Dunwoody: Army Materiel Command made history in massive withdrawal ... al.com (blog) Dunwoody in Iraq AMC Commander Gen. Ann Dunwoody greets Col. Frank Muth, commander of the Enhanced Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, during a 2010 visit to Camp Taji, Iraq, for a briefing on the brigade'€™s mission and progress. |