Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:39 GMT Iraq death toll in July highest in more than two years
(AFP)
AFP - July was the deadliest month in Iraq since May 2008 with a total of 535 people killed across the country as a result or violence, according to government figures released on Saturday.
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:05 GMT Roadside bomb kills 3 Iraqi soldiers, bystander
(AP)
AP - A roadside bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers responding to an earlier blast Saturday in an area south of Baghdad, officials said. One bystander was also killed.
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:19 GMT Iraq arrests two over deadly Baghdad attacks
(AFP)
AFP - Iraqi soldiers arrested two suspected insurgents behind a brazen series of attacks in Baghdad this week that killed 16 people and wounded 14 others, a security official said on Saturday.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:08 GMT US court allows suit against contractor in Abu Ghraib
(AFP)
AFP - A US court has given approval for a lawsuit to proceed from 72 Iraqi nationals against a private contractor accused of complicity in the alleged abuse of detainees at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:01 GMT With US drawdown in Iraq, shift from joint ops to training
(AFP)
AFP - US and Iraqi military police slowly comb a strip of dirt road west of Baghdad, looking for tell-tale signs of hidden improvised explosive devices.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19 GMT UK's Iraq inquiry may recall witnesses
(AP)
AP - Britain's Iraq inquiry says it may recall witnesses to offer new testimony — which could see ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair return to face the panel.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:49 GMT Iraqi minister hurt, two Britons killed in Jordan accident
(AFP)
AFP - Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two British women, police said.
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:46 GMT Gunmen and bombs kill at least 12 in Iraq
(Reuters)
Reuters - Attackers killed at least 12 people and wounded 31 in a series of shootings and explosions across Iraq on Thursday, security and hospital sources said.
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:38 GMT Lack of Iraq government 'embarrassing': FM
(AFP)
AFP - The lack of a government in Iraq nearly five months after general elections is "embarrassing" and is impeding any long-term decision-making, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told AFP on Thursday.
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