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Iraq: Hundreds of Inmates Freed - New York Times Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:21:54 GMT

ABC News

Iraq: Hundreds of Inmates Freed New York Times Iraq has begun releasing hundreds of inmates, officials said Monday, offering a concession to Sunni protesters demonstrating against the country's Shiite-led government. For more than three weeks, protesters from Iraq's Sunni minority have been ... Iraq Reels Under Intensifying Political DivideVoice of America Iraq Says It Freed Hundreds of InmatesABC News Iraq releases hundreds of prisonersAljazeera.com Yahoo! News (blog) -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty -Hurriyet Daily News all 1,337 news articles »

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An assembly by Assemblage? Iraq plans $1bn parliament building - The Guardian (blog) Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:07:17 GMT

The Guardian (blog)

An assembly by Assemblage? Iraq plans $1bn parliament building The Guardian (blog) It has been a bumpy start to 2013 for Iraq's fledgling government. Its parliament is on the brink of being dissolved, potentially plunging the country back into infighting and civil war, according to reports earlier this month; the president, Jalal ...

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Transitional Justice in Iraq Is Anything But - Al-Monitor Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:45:04 GMT

Transitional Justice in Iraq Is Anything But Al-Monitor Transitional Justice in Iraq Is Anything But Mushreq Abbas. Transitional justice in Iraq has been a front for political score-settling and vengeance and that must change, writes Mushreq Abbas. Iraqi Kurdistan Seeks Independence in Oil Exports Omar al ...

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Post-Iraq-War US Intel Chief Praised - Consortium News Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:49:42 GMT

Post-Iraq-War US Intel Chief Praised Consortium News After the U.S. intelligence community caved in to political pressure on Iraq's non-existent WMD, Thomas Fingar restored professionalism that poured cold water on the neocons' rush to war with Iran – and has now earned the former Director of the ...

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Hawks on Iraq Prepare for War Again, Against Hagel - Truth-Out Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:47:42 GMT

The Guardian

Hawks on Iraq Prepare for War Again, Against Hagel Truth-Out In the bitter debate that led up to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, Senator Chuck Hagelof Nebraska said that some of his fellow Republicans, in their zest for war, lacked the perspective of veterans like him, who have “sat in jungles or foxholes ... Obama's new team shows the Iraq lessons are forgottenThe Guardian Hagel, Obama Forged Bond Over IraqWall Street Journal Iraq war hawks in US wage campaign against Chuck HagelPress TV all 733 news articles »

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Iraq finance minister escapes bomb attack on his convoy - Yahoo! News (blog) Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:23:41 GMT

Iraq finance minister escapes bomb attack on his convoy Yahoo! News (blog) BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb hit Iraqi Finance Minister Rafaie al-Esawi's convoy west of Baghdad as he left a meeting on Sunday, wounding two of his guards, his office and security sources said. It was not clear whether Esawi was the target of ...

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Oil's Divisive Influence in Iraq - Energy Collective Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:33:51 GMT

Oil's Divisive Influence in Iraq Energy Collective In a devolving Iraq, Maliki's new pipeline effort could be viewed as an admission that relations with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on the one hand, and Turkey on the other, are so bad that the option to move crude oil produced in Southern ...

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Iraq's Sadr Demands 'Fair Implementation' of National Security Laws - Voice of America Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:30:57 GMT

Voice of America

Iraq's Sadr Demands 'Fair Implementation' of National Security Laws Voice of America Iraq's prominent radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has called for the fair implementation of national security laws that have drawn weeks of protests from minority Sunnis who see them as biased against their community. In an interview with VOA's ...

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Iraq trying to bring back its artefact stolen during the US invasion - Press TV Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:28:39 GMT

Press TV

Iraq trying to bring back its artefact stolen during the US invasion Press TV According to the Iraqi Tourism Ministry, Iraq has succeeded in bringing back more than 133,000 stolen antiquities from different countries. The Iraqi Tourism and Antiquities Minister says most of the shown artifacts were stolen and smuggled to ...

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Turkish jets strike multiple targets in northern Iraq - People's Daily Online Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:57:58 GMT

Turkish jets strike multiple targets in northern Iraq People's Daily Online ANKARA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish Armed Forces launched a cross-border air operation earlier Monday in northern Iraq after an infiltration attempt by a large group of outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) members from Zap camp across the Turkish ... and more »