Iraq Security

Latest Wave Of Bomb Attacks Hits Iraq

AP | MAZIN YAHYA | Posted 03.11.2012

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BAGHDAD — Three schoolboys were among at least 10 people killed in Iraq on Tuesday, extending a wave of bloody attacks that have rocked the coun...

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U.S. Commander Ray Odierno: Iraqis 'Ready To Assume Full Operations,' Handle Own Security

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Iraq's military is ready and able to take over security operations as the United States ends it combat role and prepares for a majo...

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The Iraqi Mafia

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the less-reported consequences of the invasion was that Iraq became a transit point in the flow of hashish and heroin from Iran and Afghanistan to Gulf countries and Europe.

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Iraq Detains 109 In Jail Break Investigation

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — More than 100 prison officials and guards have been detained after 16 prisoners, including five al-Qaida-linked inmates awaiting execu...

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Iraq Officials Attack Each Other For Security Lapses

nytimes.com | MARC SANTORA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD Iraq's top lawmakers bitterly accused each other of failing to meet the security challenges posed by a still potent insurgency during a privat...

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Northern Iraq Needs Troops, Says US General Ray Odierno

The New York Times | ROD NORDLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD -- The commanding general of American forces in Iraq said Monday that he had proposed putting United States troops in disputed parts of northe...

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Iraq Security Depends On Strengthening Private Sector: Analysis

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now that we've withdrawn U.S. troops from Iraqi cities, American strategy must shift its emphasis from combat to post-conflict operations. As in post ...

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Odierno: Iraq Military Ready To Stand On Its Own

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gen. Ray Odierno, the American commander in Iraq, said Sunday that Iraq's military and police units were ready to operate on their own, ahead of Tuesd...

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Falluja Violence Tests Iraq Leading Up To US Withdrawal

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Falluja was supposed to be a success story, not a cautionary tale. After all, by last year the city, a former insurgent stronghold, was considered on...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs:New Israeli Leadership Sounds the Drumbeat to War Facts: Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the Li...

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Commanders In Iraq Challenge Petraeus On Pullout Risk

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (IPS) - CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitte...

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The "Silent Emergency" in Iraq: The Suffering of Thousands of Women

Louis Belanger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Louis Belanger

In Iraq, countless women have been driven deep into poverty and many continue to face threats to their personal safety. Their stories have largely gone unheard and they are being left on the sidelines.

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Three U.S. Soldiers Wounded By Iraqi Policemen

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least three US soldiers were wounded and a local interpreter killed in a shooting at an Iraqi police station in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesd...

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Iraq Reporter Reflects: Are We Winning? Do They Want Us There?

McClatchy | Corinne Reilly | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was hard to see exactly what was happening from the back seat of the beat-up armored Mercedes that was taking me to Baghdad International Airport. ...

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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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US Ambassador: Americans Need To Have "A Sense Of Strategic Patience" About Iraq

AP | JOHN DANISZEWSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Sunday accused Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the United States...

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Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr To Disarm If U.S. Withdraws On Timetable

Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States starts withdrawing troops according to a s...

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Security Agreement WIth Iraq Said To Be Near

New York Times | ALISSA J. RUBIN and STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iraq and the United States are close to a deal on a sensitive security agreement that Iraqi officials said on Wednesday satisfies the nation's desire ...

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Rival Iraqi Shiite Camps Both Blast U.S. Security Agreement

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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You can add two more Iraqi voices to those speaking out on the need to regulate U.S. military action in the country, or remove it altogether. In an i...

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Shiites Protest US-Iraq Security Pact

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A sharp drop in attacks on pipelines has enabled Iraq to increase oil exports from northern oil fields and profit from the rise in wor...

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Iraqi lawmakers wary of US security agreement

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Iraqi lawmakers told Congress on Wednesday that they have serious misgivings about a long-term security agreement being negotiated ...

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Tens Of Thousands Of Iraqis Protest US-Iraq Security Deal

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Tens of thousands rallied in several cities Friday against a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, raising doubts that negotiators c...

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Fierce Iraq Fighting Forces War Back Onto Campaign Trail

The New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER and LARRY ROHTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The heavy fighting that broke out last week as Iraqi security forces tried to oust Shiite militias from Basra is reverberating on the presidential cam...

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Militiamen Holding Out in Basra Fighting

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister warned gunmen in the oil port of Basra to surrender their weapons by Friday or face harsher measures, as clashes...

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US, Iraqi Troops Battle Shiite Militia

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr batt...

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