ABC News | Attacks on Sunni Mosques Fuel Fears in Iraq ABC News A sharp rise in attacks on Sunni holy sites in Iraq is feeding fears that the country could spiral into a new round of sectarian violence similar to the bloodletting that brought Iraq to its knees in 2006 and 2007. Majority Shiites control the levers ... Elections and Iraq's Never Ending Crisis String of attacks kill 5 in Iraq Sword of division is poised over Iraq |
The Guardian | Judge: Soldier Premeditated Iraq Killings ABC News A military judge found Army Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder Monday in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. Russell now faces a sentencing phase of his court martial to determine whether he ... US Iraq veteran found guilty of 2009 murders of fellow service members Army sergeant found guilty of killing 5 servicemen at Iraq clinic Judge rules US soldier's killing of five was premeditated |
Iraq Officials: 2 Attacks Kill 4 People ABC News Earlier Monday, drive-by shooters killed Abdul-Elah Hadi, a local council member in the town of Riyadh, said Kirkuk provincial police. Kirkuk is in Iraq's north, part of a disputed area claimed by the Baghdad central government and the Kurdish self ... |
WNYC | Photojournalists on Covering the War in Iraq WNYC Michael Kamber interviewed photojournalists from many leading news organizations to create a comprehensive collection of eyewitness accounts of the Iraq War— Photojournalists on War. He's joined by photographers Alan Chin and Ashley Gilbertson, who ... |
Turkey agrees energy deal with Kurdish north Iraq Financial Times Several Turkish officials confirm Ankara struck a secretive framework agreement earlier this year with the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government of Northern Iraq for Turkish state energy companies to take stakes in the region's oil and gasfields. They ... |
The Independent | Voices in Danger: In Iraq, intimidation threatens the media's ability to report The Independent From 2003 to 2009, the Committee to Protect Journalists recorded 140 journalists killed in Iraq, 117 of which were Iraqi. And being caught in crossfire was not the greatest risk – CPJ research shows that more journalists were murdered in targeted ... |
KOMO News | Soldier found guilty of premeditated murder in Iraq deaths KOMO News (AP) - A military judge found Army Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder Monday in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. Russell now faces a sentencing phase of his court martial to determine ... |
Ayad Allawi: Demonstrations in Iraq Won't Stop Unless Maliki Resigns Al-Monitor Iraqiya List leader and former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said that the protests in the Iraq provinces that are home to a Sunni majority won't stop unless Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government resigns, thus paving a way for a reduced government ... |
Press TV | Attack on Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline halts flow Press TV Ties have soured between the Iraqi government and the Turkish government over the energy relations between Ankara and the Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). In November, Baghdad prevented Turkish national energy firm ... Attack on Iraq's Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline halts flow - sources Bombs Halt Iraq Oil Exports to Turkey Iraq raises June shipments price of crude oil |
Haaretz | Another Iraq in the making Arab News Iran would like to see a similar international conference like the one held on Iraq and attended by the Iraqi opposition. Iran, supported by Russia, may secretly come to an agreement to impose a new political setup as it did with the United States with ... Guardian: Peak oil, climate change and pipeline geopolitics driving Syria conflict |