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At Least 41 Dead In Clashes In Iraq

AP | ADAM SCHRECK and SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 04.26.2013 | World

BAGHDAD — Clashes spread to a key northern city and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in Iraq on Thursday, raising the death toll from three day...

Fighting Between Iraqi Army, Tribesmen Leaves 38 Dead

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 04.25.2013 | World

BAGHDAD — With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government's security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are gr...

Bombs Kill 4 And Judge Shot In Iraqi Violence

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 08.31.2012 | World

BAGHDAD — Bombers killed four people in two Iraqi cities and gunmen assassinated a judge, officials said Sunday, as al-Qaida's affiliate ramped ...

Operation Thriller USO Tour, Day No. 4

Douglas Preston | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Douglas Preston

The day started with another ride on a C-130 transport plane, which included a rapid descent (3,200 feet per minute) that brought our stomachs into our throats.

Neftaly Platero, U.S. Soldier, Charged With Killing Fellow Troops In Iraq

AP | MAZIN YAHYA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — An American soldier was charged Wednesday with killing two fellow U.S. troops and wounding a third after an argument last month in a f...

Roadside Bomb Kills 9 Iraqi Soldiers Near Mosul

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — For the second time in less than a week, U.S. forces were drawn into deadly fighting against insurgents – a reminder of the ongo...

Iraq's Political Turmoil Could Lead to Civil War

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Firas Al-Atraqchi

This is a crisis that cannot be understated. The post-election period reveals that no election result is safe from court intervention and constitutional brigandry in the new Iraq.

Mission Accomplished, All Over Again ...

Josh Rushing | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Josh Rushing

I just returned from my sixth trip to Iraq where I expected to film a preview of Sunday's elections for an episode of my show Fault Lines on Al Jazeera English, but instead I found a civil war in the making.

Mosul: Bomber Dressed As Iraqi Policeman Hits Police Post

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGDHAD — An al-Qaida front group in Iraq claimed Wednesday it carried out the deadly bombings against Baghdad hotels earlier this week, boastin...

Car bomb attack targets Iraqi army

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Police and soldiers among the 30 people injured after a blast in the city of Mosul....

General Petraeus Joins Troops Diagnosed With Cancer

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
R. B. Stuart

In 2003 General Petraeus led the troops into the massive battle of "shock and awe" in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 101st Airborne was the first to pav...

15 Iraqi Soldiers 'Killed In Accidental Blasts'

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) ļæ½" Fifteen Iraqi soldiers were killed accidentally during what were meant to be controlled explosions in a town outside the northe...

Iraq: Talk Is Cheap, Blood Is Cheaper

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jamal Dajani

It is now apparent that the Iraqi insurgency has adapted and moved right back in. What's interesting in the new round of attacks is that no one has been claiming responsibility for them.

Bombs Target Shiites In Iraq, Killing 27

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — A suicide truck bomber flattened a Shiite mosque Friday in northern Iraq, and roadside bombs struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, as at ...

Iraq: Attacks On Christians Spurs Iraq To Beef Up Security

AP | QASSIM ADBUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials tightened security around churches in Baghdad and in two mostly Christian towns on Monday and braced for possible viol...

Mosul, Baghdad: Bombs Kill More Than 40

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, ...

Izzat Abdullah: Iraq's National Karate Coach Gunned Down In Mosul

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — Gunmen killed the coach of Iraq's national karate team Friday in Mosul, underscoring the dangers still facing this northern city less ...

US Soldier Killed In Northern Iraq, Bringing May Toll To 25

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in a grenade attack in northern Iraq. That raises the number of American t...

First Milestone Approaches In Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Chris Weigant

America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.

US Troops Could Stay In Mosul Past June 30 Deadline

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

WASHINGTON — U.S. troops may remain in an Iraqi city threatened daily by al-Qaida past a June 30 withdrawal deadline, the top American commander...

5 US Soldiers Killed In Mosul, Iraq Truck Bombing

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — A suicide truck driver detonated a ton of explosives near a police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, killing five ...

Ann Coulter Needs to Shut the F**K Up (...and Other Random Thoughts)

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Andy Ostroy

It's time. Once and for all, Ann Coulter needs to shut her trap and simply disappear. For when she opens her mouth, nothing but outlandish, irresponsible, incendiary projectile vomit spews forth.

US Troops May Stay Longer In Mosul Due To Fighting: Odierno

abcnews.go.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said that continuing the fight against insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul might...

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: American Economic Leadership Recognized Facts: US President Barack Obama made his first address to Americ...

Three U.S. Soldiers Wounded By Iraqi Policemen

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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...