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A police investigation of two of their own in the killing of an American soldier and his interpreter is seen as a test of Mosul's police force — the weakest link among Iraqi security forces about to take the lead in protecting the country's most violent city. Complete Story...
Deadliest bombings in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:
As of Friday, June 19, 2009, at least 4,316 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Iraqi forces are successfully filling the security vacuum as U.S. combat troops withdraw from Iraqi cities ahead of a June 30 deadline, Iraq's U.N. envoy said Thursday.
A U.S. soldier charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a comrade in Iraq has entered plea negotiations instead of facing a hearing, the military said Thursday.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker says he's enjoying a much quieter life in the Spokane Valley.
They still feel like newlyweds, five years into their marriage. A lucky couple?
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown backed down Thursday on a decision that an inquiry into the Iraq war be held in private, inviting the panel's chairman to indicate whether some sessions could be held in public.
A truck bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq following prayers, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens, police said.
Iraq tied South Africa 0-0 in the Confederations Cup opener Sunday, dealing a blow to a host nation hoping to establish itself as a challenger in the tournament.
The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed by a roadside bomb southeast of Baghdad.
As of Thursday, June 18, 2009, at least 4,315 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
U.S. officials say two more Guantanamo Bay detainees have been released, sent to their home countries of Iraq and Chad.
- The Army said Thursday that were 17 reported suicides among active and reserve soldiers in May, more than twice as many as in the previous month.
The American captain was visibly irritated as local officials pressed him to move his vehicles away from the meeting place to allow traffic to pass. Finally, he walked out of the meeting — and none of the Iraqis asked why.
The Iraqi government has pledged $2.5 million to expand the opportunities for Iraqi students to participate in the Fulbright program.
Five U.S. contractors detained during an investigation into the slaying of another American will be freed after a week in Iraqi custody due to insufficient evidence against them, the Iraqi government said Wednesday.
A man described by the Saddam Hussein regime as "our good cooperating source" was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison for supplying information to Iraq before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday there were encouraging signs of progress in Iraq, but urged the Iraqi people to avoid seeking revenge and warned that the process of national reconciliation "remains delicate."
Steps are under way to rebuild a coalition of Shiite political parties, a move that would solidify the majority sect's grip on power but embitter disaffected Sunnis and stoke fears of Iranian influence as the U.S. role here fades.
Iraq's current government cannot be sued for the actions of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Supreme Court said Monday as it threw out lawsuits filed by Americans who were held by the government of the now-deceased dictator.
Wearing a camouflage suit and tie, Stephen Colbert took his show to Baghdad to entertain U.S. soldiers in Iraq. For openers, President Barack Obama appeared by video to thank the troops.
Two more U.S. contractors have been released on bond but face an ongoing investigation, the embassy said Saturday, the latest development in the first case of Americans facing Iraqi justice under a new security pact.
The government Saturday blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for killing a prominent Sunni lawmaker as leaders across the sectarian divide rallied together, deploring the murder and pledging to prevent a new wave of religious violence that once plunged the country to the brink of civil war.
Teenagers armed with grenades and suicide vests are the latest recruits for Sunni insurgents trying to find new ways to outwit heightened security measures and attack American and Iraqi forces, the U.S. military said Saturday.
We all get riled up by behaviour which we regard as unacceptable, but what is really driving you nuts just now? What makes you want to rush for a baseball bat to wield it madly?
The first swine flu-related death in Australia has been that of a 26 year old Indigenous (Aboriginal) Australian man with medical conditions, this highlighting the horrendous circumstance of Indigenous people in Australia.
What Loyal Opposition?Conservative and right-wing politicians should exercise some restraint, and Democrats need to stop apologizing for taking more contentious advocates to task for politicizing every situation.
The recent election in Iran has raised eyebrows within both the Democratic and Republican parties.
Rogue entities still pose risks to U.S. There is a popular notion that the world has changed dramatically with the election of a new American President and that the United States will not be challenged by ambitious peer competitors and rogue states in the coming decades.
Oh, I know this column is going to be a firestorm today!!! One of the major arguments to support President Bush's decision to go into Iraq was to stop a dictator from not only oppressing his people, but to keep that dictator from oppressing others.
Written by Dr. Muqtedar Khan Pakistan has perhaps taken more risks than any other nation in America's war on terror. Yet it remains most insecure about its relations with Washington.
Written by Brian Bogart "...1979, the year that international terrorism found a new incarnation through consolidation of converging interests and the "war on terror" was conceived.
House Republicans in the House voted against the $106 billion war spending bill in a political fight with president Barack Obama.
House Approves $106 Billion for Warhe House of Representatives passed a bill today that will fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through September to the tune of $106 billion, The Washington Post reports.
Lessons Learned From the BattlefieldI continue to receive a large number of emails questioning what would be the best instrument for communication in the event of a national emergency, economic chaos or civil unrest on a massive scale.
Iraqi Oil Minister accused of mother of all sell-outsFurious protests threaten to undermine the Iraqi government's controversial plan to give international oil companies a stake in its giant oilfields in a desperate effort to raise declining oil production and revenues.
Iran's Presidential Election is over except for protest., Tehran the capitol has had the largest street protests since the 1979 Revolution. Supporters of challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi are still upset at the loss and claim voter fraud and they are still protesting.
President George W. Bush was fond of saying that all people want democracy, and in a very general sense he was probably right. But his misadventures prove that wanting democracy isn't enough. People have to be willing to fight for it.
British fury over UK Government "secret" Inquiry into UK War in Iraq policiesBritish Conservative Party leader David Cameron slammed the secrecy of the Iraq War Inquiry: "The inquiry needs to be — and needs to be seen to be — truly independent and not an establishment stitch-up."
Kucinich: 'Another $106 billion and all we get is a lousy war'One week after declaring that the United States "cannot afford" the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq "financially or spiritually," Ohio's Democratic Rep.
The world is moving beyond the Al-Qaeda momentThe world has probably begun to move beyond the "Al-Qaeda wave" that led all terrorist acts over the past decade. But that does not mean the risks have disappeared.
Protesters decry Iraq war inquiry 'whitewash'The mother of a soldier killed in Iraq reacted angrily to the revelation that the inquiry into the war will take place behind closed doors, warning "all this agony could be for nothing".
Britain authorizes third inquiry into Iraq warBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown said a panel of appointed experts - not lawmakers - will conduct the inquiry into Britain's six-year involvement in the Iraq war.
Brown favors secrecy for Iraq war inquiryBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday his country's Iraq war inquiry would be conducted in secret to allow for a full investigation.
Britain to Examine Iraq War ErrorsLONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown authorized a long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war on Monday that aimed to examine mistakes made during and after the 2003 U.S-led invasion.
The World Turned Upside Down :: Victor Davis HansonThey're rioting in Iran over a probably fraudulent election and the use of violence to suppress dissent — part of the "robust" debate that President Obama just welcomed.
Gay Debate: Obama needs just a bit of Truman's courage But this issue is far more benign than gay marriage; this issue no longer triggers a culture war.
Kurds lay claim to oil riches in Iraq as old hatreds flareOver the past six years of violence in Iraq, oil has been the flashpoint in Kirkuk, a city forever home to a combustible mixture of races. Kurds have always claimed Kirkuk as a homeland; Turkomans, Assyrians and Arabs have at various times based empires here.
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