Washington Post | Iraq to Get Apache Attack Helicopters, Missiles From US Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—An important congressional hurdle was removed that will allow the U.S. to transfer attack helicopters to Iraq to help the government fight Islamic extremists in the western part of the country, U.S. officials said Monday. Sen. Robert ... US moves forward with attack helicopter sale to Iraq Congress Clears Apache Sale to Iraq Pentagon plan to sell, lease attack helicopters to Iraq advances |
Marine Corps to Retry Sergeant in Iraq War Case ABC News Associated Press. The Marine Corps will retry a sergeant whose murder conviction in a major Iraq war crime case has been overturned twice by military courts in recent years, a spokesman said Monday. The military branch determined that the seriousness ... Marine to be retried for Iraq murder Marine Corps sergeant to be tried for third time in Iraq slaying case Marine Corps To Retry Lawrence Hutchins In Iraq War Case |
Iraq War dog living comfortably in Chicago suburbs Chicago Tribune It has been almost 10 years since Bashur the dog left a war zone in Iraq for a quiet home in the Chicago suburbs, and in that time, a lot has changed. Once small enough to fit in the palm of the Army officer who rescued her from a life in the wild, she ... |
The Independent | Iraq: Return of the Prodigal Conqueror? Huffington Post Iraq is creeping back into the news. Slowly. Americans are not welcoming its return. One might think that a place that cost more than a trillion dollars, tens of thousands of casualties, killed more than 100,000 Iraqis, and sullied the good name of the ... Iraq today: confessions beaten out of 'suspects', executions by the hundreds |
IMF warns Iraq budget increasingly vulnerable to oil price Reuters Iraq, which depends on crude oil exports for some 93 percent of government revenues, needed an average oil price of $106.1 per barrel in 2013 to balance its budget, up from $95 in 2011 because of rising expenditure, the IMF estimated last October. |
Mediaite | Joe Scarborough: Monica Lewinsky Scandal 'Just Like the Iraq War' Mediaite Along the way, though, they missed Scarborough's declaration that the reason he'd “never bring it up in a gazillion years” is that “it's just like the Iraq War in 2003.” Co-host Mika Brzezinski expressed lingering doubts about how former President ... |
Deseret News | Car bombs, shooting kill 9 in Iraq as militants seize soldiers Fox News BAGHDAD – Car bombings and shootings killed nine people across Iraq on Sunday, authorities said, as militants kidnapped soldiers in an embattled province where Al Qaeda-linked fighters hold portions of two major cities. Kirkuk deputy police chief Maj. Bombings kill 15 people across Iraq Nine more people die in Iraq violence Nine killed in latest Iraq bloodshed |
Rudaw | Kurdish Independence from Iraq in Five Years, KRG Advisor Says Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Within five years the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq will have declared independence, according to a senior energy advisor at the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). "Kurdistan is going to be rid of its status ... Iraqi Kurdistan: Risks In Russia's Diversified Cooperation With Iraq |
Environment News Service | UN to Help Iraq With Environmental Restoration Environment News Service BAGHDAD, Iraq, January 26, 2014 (ENS) – To restore Iraq's deteriorating environment, the Government of Iraq has signed a landmark cooperation agreement with the UN Environment Programme to speed environmental recovery and support peace-building. Iraq's environment, water supply in severe decline - report |
Hurriyet Daily News | Money transfer issue with Iraq settled: Turkish minister Hurriyet Daily News Money transfer problems between northern Iraq and Turkey that were caused by changes in customs regulation amendments in Iraq have been resolved, the Turkish economy minister has announced. The Turkish exporters have been saying they face ... |