Iraq Army

Baghdad Suicide Bomb Targets Army Recruits, Kills 60

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Young men from some of Iraq's poorest areas waited all night outside an army recruitment center, only to become easy prey Tuesday for ...

Baghdad Takes Aim at Stray Dogs

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Teams of veterinarians and police shooters have killed some 58,000 stray dogs in and around the Iraqi capital over the past three mont...

Gunmen Storm Iraq Central Bank

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Insurgents wearing military uniforms stormed Iraq's central bank Sunday during an apparent robbery attempt, battling security forces i...

Iraqis in military uniforms kill 24 in Sunni area

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Gunmen trying to pass themselves off as U.S. and Iraqi soldiers raided a Sunni village outside Baghdad and killed at least 24 people i...

Iran Inside Out Shocks and Provokes at the Chelsea Art Museum

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marissa Bronfman

Iran Inside Out offers a veritable platter of provocative work that begs for discussion, debate and perhaps most importantly, an open mind.

Iraq Security Forces Still Heavily Dependent On US Military

Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan and Ernesto Londoño | Posted 05.25.2011

Lt. Col. Kadhem Jabar Kadhem, a veteran of Saddam Hussein's army, has the swagger of the top cop in the sprawling Dora market, one of Baghdad's most d...

Number of Iraqi forces trained is uncertain

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Iraq's government has kept thousands of dead, injured or absent policemen and soldiers on the payroll as a way to compensate or car...

Al-Sadr's followers refuse to disband militia in Iraq

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Followers of hardline cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the stakes Sunday in the showdown with Iraq's government, refusing to disband thei...

Iraq Removes Top Military, Police Commanders After Botched Basra Crackdown

Reuters Via Washington Post | Aref Mohammed | Posted 05.25.2011

Iraq's government removed the top military and police commanders in Basra on Wednesday, weeks after a botched crackdown on militia fighters there trig...

Iraq Army Unit Flees Post Despite US Soldiers' Pleas

New York Times | MICHAEL R. GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

A company of Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions on Tuesday night in Sadr City, defying American soldiers who implored them to hold the line agai...

More Than 1,000 Iraqi Soldiers Quit During Basra Fight

New York Times | STEPHEN FARRELL and JAMES GLANZ | Posted 05.25.2011

More than 1,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen either refused to fight or simply abandoned their posts during the inconclusive assault against Shiite mi...

'Standing Up' Iraq Army Looks Open-Ended

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Iraq's new army is "developing steadily," with "strong Iraqi leaders out front," the chief U.S. trainer assured the American people. That was three-pl...