Northern Iraq

Northern Iraq Needs Troops, Says US General Ray Odierno

The New York Times | ROD NORDLAND | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


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

Iraq Faces A New War That Threatens To Complicate Obama's Withdrawal Plans

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn in Mosul | Posted 03.26.2009 | World


A new war is threatening Iraq just as the world believes the country is returning to peace. While violence is dropping in Baghdad and in the south of ...

Turkey says warplanes hit Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

AP | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics


ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish warplanes hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate Turkey, the military ...

Mass Graves Discovered Near 'Torture Center' In Northern Iraq

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


...Meanwhile, U.S. soldiers carrying out operations in volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad found mass graves next to what they called a torture ...

50 Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurdish Rebel Targets In Northern Iraq

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq early Sunday, Turkey's military said, the first such attack since the U.S.-led invasion ...