Foreign Policy (blog) | Renewed Tensions in Iraq New York Times He fled Iraq after an arrest warrant was issued last December. Initially accused of running a death squad during the worst period of sectarian slaughter after Saddam Hussein was overthrown, he was convicted in absentia on Sunday of the murders of a ... Iraq's Sunni VP: Shi'ite PM is Behind My Death Sentence Wave of attacks kill at least 44 in Iraq Top Sunni leader refuses to return to Iraq for retrial; says Shiite PM ... |
FP Passport: Why Mitt Romney can't talk about Iraq Foreign Policy (blog) Sectarian tensions are once again rising perilously in Iraq after a court in Baghdad sentenced Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to death in absentia -- on the same day that insurgents launched a wave of attacks across the country that killed ... |
Boxscore | Iraq's Zico promises Japan a fight on return Chicago Tribune SAITAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Iraq coach Zico is bracing himself for an emotional return to Japan for his side's World Cup qualifier in Saitama on Tuesday but firmly believes the Asian champions can be beaten. The former Brazil great, who coached Japan ... Iraq football boss Zico aims for happy 'homecoming' in World Cup qualifying Zico insists Iraq can beat Japan Zico plots Blue Samurai upset homecoming: Coach confident of Iraq joy on ... |
BBC News | Turkish jets strike northern `Iraq, kill 25 Kurd rebels Pakistan Daily Times ANKARA: Turkish airstrikes killed 25 Kurdish rebels inside northern Iraq in the past few days as heavy army-rebel fighting inside Turkey killed at least 461 people this year, the army said Monday. “An air operation has been staged against 14 targets of ... Turkey warplanes 'kill 25 rebels' in northern Iraq Turkish warplanes kill 25 PKK fighters in Iraq Turkish military hits Kurdish rebel targets in Northern Iraq |
Petraeus offers insight into Iraq troop surge ArmyTimes.com “In Iraq, the surge of forces, as important as that was, was not as important as the surge of the big ideas that guided the changes we made in our strategy,” Petraeus told an audience that included U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who was ... Petraeus offers insight into troop surge in Iraq |
AFP | Obama Nominates Envoy to Iraq New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama announced Monday that he would nominate Robert Stephen Beecroft, a career diplomat, as the next ambassador to Iraq after his first choice was forced to withdraw after the disclosure of racy e-mail messages. White House nominates new ambassador to Iraq Obama nominates new US ambassador for Iraq |
Democracy Still Fragile in Iraq, Where Sectarian Tensions Reach Breaking Point PBS NewsHour Recent bombings and shootings have raised doubts over the effectiveness of Iraq's coalition government to bridge divides between Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Margaret Warner talks to the National Endowment for Democracy's Laith Kubba and Indiana ... |
Wall Street Journal | Iraq Court Sentences Sunni Leader to Death Wall Street Journal "These attacks come within the context of the strategy of the forces of terror to exploit the internal and regional political climate," said Iraq's Ministry of Interior in a statement about Sunday's attacks. The ministry said the attacks were "obvious ... |
NPR | Iraq's VP Declares Innocence After Death Sentence NPR Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi waves to cameras as he leaves a meeting with Turkey's foreign minister in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday, An Iraqi court found the nation's Sunni vice president guilty Sunday of running death squads against security ... |
Sectarian fury, Syrian turmoil pressure Iraq's Maliki Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A fugitive vice president condemned to death and rallying opposition to Iraq's "sectarian" prime minister, fresh bloodshed in the streets and the entire Middle East divided by religion over the war across the border in Syria - Nuri ... |