Iraq Army

Baghdad Suicide Bomb Targets Army Recruits, Kills 60

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 ...

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Baghdad Takes Aim at Stray Dogs

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Gunmen Storm Iraq Central Bank

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Iraqis in military uniforms kill 24 in Sunni area

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Iran Inside Out Shocks and Provokes at the Chelsea Art Museum

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Iraq Security Forces Still Heavily Dependent On US Military

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

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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...

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Number of Iraqi forces trained is uncertain

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Iraq Removes Top Military, Police Commanders After Botched Basra Crackdown

Reuters Via Washington Post | Aref Mohammed | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Iraq Army Unit Flees Post Despite US Soldiers' Pleas

New York Times | MICHAEL R. GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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More Than 1,000 Iraqi Soldiers Quit During Basra Fight

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

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

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'Standing Up' Iraq Army Looks Open-Ended

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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