AFP | Bomb attacks kill at least 24 in Iraq capital Reuters No group immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but Shi'ites are often targeted by Sunni Islamist insurgents who have been regaining ground in Iraq over the past year and overran several towns in recent weeks. In Monday's deadliest ... Iraq's Nineveh Province Considers Autonomy Iraq violence kills at least 22 Baghdad, Iraq Bombings Kill at Least 23 |
Irish Independent | Iraq attacks kill 17, army fights to retake town from militants Reuters Militants raised the black flag of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) - a hardline Sunni group also fighting in neighboring Syria - over parts of Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, on Thursday. Sunni militancy has been on ... Nine killed in clashes, attacks in Iraq Iraq Militants Take Credit for Killing 15 Troops Security forces kill 15 militants, retake Iraq town |
International Business Times UK | Escaped Inmates From Iraq Fuel Syrian Insurgency New York Times BAGHDAD — A series of daring but little noticed breakouts from Iraqi prisons has freed hundreds of hardened militants who are now among the leaders and foot soldiers of the radical Sunni groups operating in neighboring Syria and, increasingly, in Iraq ... Exclusive: Top ISIS leaders revealed Where Did Syria Extremists Come From? Iraq's Prisons |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq's PM promises perks to Sunni allies Aljazeera.com Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has pledged to allocate money for construction in the mostly Sunni province of Anbar, in a rare overture to placate to a minority that accuses his Shia-led government of marginalising them. While his central ... Iraq strains under largest internal refugee crisis since height of war As violence grows, Iraq faces threat of disintegration 10 Killed in bombing in western Iraq |
Town Hall | A Rising Opportunity for Secular, Western Democracy in Iraq Town Hall In 2000, at the dawn of the 21st Century, under Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party, Iraq was suffering under the worst of the egregious misconceptions of the 20th Century. Saddam was basically a 1930s style Fascist dictator in the mold of Hitler and ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey assures Iraq over oil exports Hurriyet Daily News Iraq has threatened to boycott Turkish companies and cancel contracts after the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) last month announced its first shipment of crude sent directly to Turkey, without passing through pipelines controlled by Baghdad, had ... Turkey informs Iraq of oil imports from Kurdistan: Min. Iraq Considers More Actions Against Exxon for Kurd Oil Venture Refugees Ski Too, in Iraq |
Aljazeera.com | UN: Clashes in Iraq's Anbar displaced 300000 Aljazeera.com Violence in Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province, where armed groups fully control one city and parts of another, has displaced up to 300,000 people in six weeks, the United Nations has said. The province has been hit by a surge in fighting between ... Bombs kill at least 17 across Iraq: police and medics Iraq turns to Sunni tribes, but distrust remains |
18 Die in attacks in Iraq Fox News Latino At least 18 people, most of them members of the armed forces and security services, died and nine others were wounded Sunday in a number of attacks around Iraq, police spokesmen told Efe. Unknown gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Taza, a region ... |
Shiite militias in Iraq begin to remobilize Washington Post BAGHDAD — Scores of bodies have been dumped in Iraq's canals and palm groves in recent months, reminding terrified residents of the worst days of the country's sectarian conflict and fueling fears that the stage is being set for another civil war. In ... Iraq's Sectarian Slide |
Aljazeera.com | Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His Class New York Times BAGHDAD — If there were such a thing, it would probably be rule No. 1 in the teaching manual for instructors of aspiring suicide bombers: Don't give lessons with live explosives. In what represented a cautionary tale for terrorist teachers, and a ... Iraq speaker escapes assassination bid Iraq: Suicide bombing tutor kills himself and 20 pupils in training camp gaffe Iraq car bomb instructor blows up 21 of his students |