Iraqi Army

U.S. Advisor's Memo On Iraq: Time To "Go Home"

The New York Times | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


A senior American military adviser in Baghdad has concluded in an unusually blunt memo that the Iraqi forces suffer from deeply entrenched deficiencie...

Iraqi Military Faces New Threat: Lower Oil Prices

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 06.13.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Lower oil prices are threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the...

Gunman In Iraqi Army Uniform Kills 2 US Soldiers

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 06.02.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — An Iraqi soldier opened fire on a U.S. military team Saturday, killing two American soldiers and wounding three, the U.S. military sai...

Iraq: Is the SOFA viable?

John Bruhns | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics


John Bruhns

The Status of Forces Agreement comes with outrageous stipulations that render our troops helpless, subject them to the Iraqi military tribunals, halt U.S. military operations, and turn vengeful detainees over to the Iraqis.

Iraqi Army Headcount Still Unclear Despite Millions Paid to Private Contractor

Pro Publica | T. Christian Miller | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


On any given day in Iraq, about 140,000 Iraqi soldiers are on duty. But some 1,000 are in jail, 2,000 are in the hospital or recuperating from injurie...

Prosecuting U.S. Troops Under Iraqi Law .. ?

John Bruhns | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


John Bruhns

For all those who will accept nothing short of "victory" in Iraq, please get on the same page as the rest of us: sending others into an immoral situation and expecting them to behave morally is absurd.

Iraqi Al-Qaida Stronghold Is The Target Of New American-Iraqi Military Operation

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — U.S.-backed Iraqi troops sealed off Baqouba and staged house-to-house searches Tuesday as they began a new offensive in Diyala provinc...

Reading The Pictures: The Case Of The Invisible American War Machine

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-07-09-shaw_time_censorship.jpgLast week, I thought there was something fishy about the photos from Amara, and now a new Time article bears it out.

Al Qaida In Iraq Leader Arrested By Iraqi Army: Report

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman s...

US Seeks Private Security Contractors To Train Iraqi Military

Washington Post | Walter Pincus | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics


U.S. commanders in Iraq are for the first time seeking private contractors to form part of the small military teams that train and live with Iraqi mil...

Iraq Army Unit Flees Post Despite US Soldiers' Pleas

New York Times | MICHAEL R. GORDON | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics


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...

1,300 Iraqi Troops, Police Dismissed

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Iraq's government moved Sunday to restore discipline within the ranks of the security forces, sacking more than 1,300 soldiers and pol...

'Standing Up' Iraq Army Looks Open-Ended

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics


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...

US Sees Slow, Steady Iraq Troop Decline

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — As security conditions improve in Iraq, the U.S. should be able to reduce forces at a slow but consistent pace beyond this summer, ...

Bremer Hits Back At Criticism For Disbanding Iraq's Army: Bush Said I Had His "Full Support"

NY Times | L. PAUL BREMER III | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


It has become conventional wisdom that the decision to disband Saddam Hussein's army was a mistake, was contrary to American prewar planning and was a...