http://www.mail.com/organizations/1350658-iraq-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1350658-iraq-government.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104980-gunmen-kill-7-iraqi-soldiers-central-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a particularly bloody month. The first skirmish took place in the early hours of Thursday when militants attacked an army check point in the town of Taji, killing four soldiers and wounding four others, ... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:54:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104980-gunmen-kill-7-iraqi-soldiers-central-iraq.html 2013-05-23T15:54:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102612-iraqi-premier-orders-army-shake-up-attacks.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister has ordered a shake-up of his military command after a weeklong spike of militant attacks that has killed nearly 300 people, by far the highest toll since the U.S. withdrew its forces in late 2011, an official said Wednesday. The shake-up will include commanders of divisions and operations, said Iraqi government spokes... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:14:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102612-iraqi-premier-orders-army-shake-up-attacks.html 2013-05-22T14:14:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099538-car-bomb-attacks-kill-20-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide in a week of the most sustained sectarian violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew more than a year ago. Rising tensions between Sunnis and the Shii... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099538-car-bomb-attacks-kill-20-iraq.html 2013-05-21T20:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097312-attacks-kill-95-iraq-hint-syrian-spillover.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. The latest spiral of violence — which has claimed more than 240 lives in th... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:26:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097312-attacks-kill-95-iraq-hint-syrian-spillover.html 2013-05-20T21:26:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092384-soldier-life-without-parole-iraq-killings.html JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder on Monday and imposed the sentence Thursday morning. The only o... Fri, 17 May 2013 04:07:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092384-soldier-life-without-parole-iraq-killings.html 2013-05-17T04:07:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein. In a statement, the U.N. envoy... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:49:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html 2013-05-16T20:49:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089456-car-bombs-shooting-iraq-leave-21-dead.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Baghdad police said the first blast hit a bus and taxi stop during the morning rush hour in the city's eastern Sadr... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089456-car-bombs-shooting-iraq-leave-21-dead.html 2013-05-16T17:39:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082516-attacks-sunni-mosques-fuel-fears-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A sharp rise in attacks on Sunni holy sites in Iraq is feeding fears that the country could spiral into a new round of sectarian violence similar to the bloodletting that brought Iraq to its knees in 2006 and 2007. Majority Shiites control the levers of power in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Wishing to rebuild the nation rather than revert to o... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082516-attacks-sunni-mosques-fuel-fears-iraq.html 2013-05-13T20:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073684-iraq-rejects-refuge-turkeys-kurdish-fighters.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq on Thursday rejected a key element of an accord to bring an end to a long Kurdish uprising in Turkey — offering refuge to rebel fighters in country's north. In March, the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, announced a deal to end a nearly three-decade conflict in turkey that has killed tens of thousands of people. The deal was reached in... Thu, 09 May 2013 13:26:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073684-iraq-rejects-refuge-turkeys-kurdish-fighters.html 2013-05-09T13:26:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062914-iraq-pms-group-wins-largest-bloc-areas.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied in an eighth, although it failed to achieve a majority in any of the districts, electoral officials announced Saturday. Last month's vote was for seats on local-level governorate councils and ... Sat, 04 May 2013 19:19:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062914-iraq-pms-group-wins-largest-bloc-areas.html 2013-05-04T19:19:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force. The group said it received photos from a separate, parliamentar... Sat, 04 May 2013 11:09:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html 2013-05-04T11:09:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055416-ap-interview-sunni-iraq-official-criticizes-force.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The Sunni head of a committee established to investigate deadly clashes that erupted at a protest camp in Iraq last week said Wednesday that he believes excessive force was used by security forces as they tried to make arrests among anti-government demonstrators. The April 23 clashes in the town of Hawija, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) n... Wed, 01 May 2013 20:36:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055416-ap-interview-sunni-iraq-official-criticizes-force.html 2013-05-01T20:36:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050440-iraq-instability-tested-with-bombing-wave.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bomb blasts tore through Shiite areas south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 and deepening fears that Iraq is rapidly spiraling back out of control. The attacks capped a week of turmoil that is posing the greatest test of Iraq's stability since U.S. troops left the country in late 2011. At least 218 people have been k... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:29:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050440-iraq-instability-tested-with-bombing-wave.html 2013-04-29T17:29:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2049500-iraq-suspends-al-jazeera-9-iraqi-tv-channels.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities suspended the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine Iraqi TV channels on Sunday after accusing them of escalating sectarian tension. The move signaled the Shiite-led government's mounting worries over deteriorating security amid Sunni unrest and clashes that have left more than 180 people dead in less than a week. ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:26:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2049500-iraq-suspends-al-jazeera-9-iraqi-tv-channels.html 2013-04-28T19:26:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048414-gunmen-kill-10-iraqi-security-forces-2-attacks.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed 10 people in Iraq, including five soldiers near the main Sunni protest camp west of Baghdad, the latest in a wave of violence that has raised fears the country faces a new round of sectarian bloodshed. The attack on the army intelligence soldiers in the former insurgent stronghold of Ramadi drew a quick response from Iraqi Pri... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:19:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048414-gunmen-kill-10-iraqi-security-forces-2-attacks.html 2013-04-27T16:19:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046306-iraqi-soldiers-retake-control-sunni-town.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers backed by tanks retook control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad on Friday after gunmen withdrew without a fight, although violence erupted at three Sunni mosques and clerics called for the formation of a tribal army to protect Sunni cities. The Sunni gunmen had seized Suleiman Beg on Thursday after a firefight with security f... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:11:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046306-iraqi-soldiers-retake-control-sunni-town.html 2013-04-26T20:11:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043522-iraq-fears-rise-clashes-spread-to-northern-city.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes spread to a key northern city and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in Iraq on Thursday, raising the death toll from three days of violence to more than 150 people as a wave of Sunni unrest intensified. The turmoil is aggravating an already sour political situation between the Shiite-led government and Sunnis, who accuse Prime Minis... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043522-iraq-fears-rise-clashes-spread-to-northern-city.html 2013-04-25T19:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040976-obama-bush-partisans-who-share-common-ground.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, President Barack Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the global fight against AIDS. Even on tax policy, where Bush advocated lower tax rates for all and... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040976-obama-bush-partisans-who-share-common-ground.html 2013-04-24T21:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041222-clashes-sunni-anger-boiling-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government's security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of a return to full-scale sectarian fighting that could plunge the country into a broader battle merged with the Syrian civil war across the border. With more than 100 people killed over the past t... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:37:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041222-clashes-sunni-anger-boiling-iraq.html 2013-04-24T20:37:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041134-wife-american-iraqi-prison-hunger-strike.html BAGHDAD (AP) — In Baghdad's maximum-security Karkh prison, Shawki Omar is triply damned, his supporters say. He's a Sunni prisoner in a Shiite-dominated jail. A foreigner in a country where outsiders are blamed for fueling an insurgency. And to top it off, an American in a nation struggling with the bloody legacy of the U.S.-led invasion. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:26:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041134-wife-american-iraqi-prison-hunger-strike.html 2013-04-24T10:26:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038502-iraq-edge-deadly-raid-protest-camp.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at the Shiite-led government. The unrest and a spate of other attacks, mostly targeting Sunni mosques, killed at least 56 people. The violence could mark an ominous turning point in the four-month ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:58:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038502-iraq-edge-deadly-raid-protest-camp.html 2013-04-23T19:58:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037242-iraq-vet-pleads-guilty-to-killing-fellow-soldiers.html JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — As family members of his victims looked on, Army Sgt. John Russell described on Monday how in 2009 he rampaged at a mental health clinic in Baghdad during the Iraq War, killing four soldiers and a Navy officer. The testimony was proved too much for one relative, who cried out and left the military court at Joint Base... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:18:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037242-iraq-vet-pleads-guilty-to-killing-fellow-soldiers.html 2013-04-23T08:18:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032934-iraqis-to-polls-time-us-pullout.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security forces as they face a reviving al-Qaida insurgency. But delayed elections in two provinces wracked by anti-government protests and complaints about missing names on voter rolls overshadowed the vote. The... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:22:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032934-iraqis-to-polls-time-us-pullout.html 2013-04-20T20:22:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017702-iraqis-prepare-vote-us-withdrawal.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Even the dead are not spared the campaigning for Iraq's upcoming local elections. Brightly colored placards blanket major streets and hang around the vast cemetery in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, appealing to the hundreds of mourners who stream through each day. The April 20 vote for provincial governing councils will be the first electio... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:19:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017702-iraqis-prepare-vote-us-withdrawal.html 2013-04-13T16:19:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2008818-10-year-anniversary-baghdad-fall-to-us-forces.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Ten years ago, a statue fell in Baghdad's Firdous Square. Joyful Iraqis helped by an American tank retriever pulled down their longtime dictator, cast as 16 feet of bronze. The scene broadcast live worldwide became an icon of the war, a symbol of final victory over Saddam Hussein. But for the residents of the capital, it was only the beginn... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:58:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2008818-10-year-anniversary-baghdad-fall-to-us-forces.html 2013-04-09T18:58:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000082-attacks-iraq-kill-3-soldiers-5-civilians.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bombs exploded Friday in Iraq, killing eight people in attacks that targeted members of both Sunni and Shiite Muslim sects, police said. In the first incident, attackers detonated a bomb as an army vehicle was traveling through the western Baghdad neighborhood of Abu Ghraib, killing three soldiers. Later, a bomb exploded near a ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:15:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000082-attacks-iraq-kill-3-soldiers-5-civilians.html 2013-04-05T18:15:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1993800-syrian-iraqi-jihadi-groups-to-cooperating.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The wounded Syrian government troops were returning to their country in trucks escorted by Iraqi soldiers. They'd almost reached the border, near the frontier town of Akashat, when the attackers struck. Regional intelligence officials saw the March 4 ambush, which left 48 dead, as evidence of a growing, cross-border alliance between two pow... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:05:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1993800-syrian-iraqi-jihadi-groups-to-cooperating.html 2013-04-02T21:05:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984410-saddam-linked-legal-adviser-jailed-fraud.html LONDON (AP) — A flamboyant but unqualified lawyer whose clients included deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in jail for fraud. Giovanni Di Stefano was nicknamed "The Devil's Advocate" for speaking on behalf of figures including Saddam, former Iraqi Vice President Tariq Aziz and British train robber Ronnie Biggs. Prosecu... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:28:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984410-saddam-linked-legal-adviser-jailed-fraud.html 2013-03-28T14:28:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981810-kerry-heads-iraq-afghanistan-visits.html PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed for home Wednesday after making clandestine journeys to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he delivered a stern warning to Iraqi leaders about Syria and sought to patch up differences with Afghanistan's president. Kerry was flying back to Washington from Paris, having piggy-backed off President Barack Obama'... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:26:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981810-kerry-heads-iraq-afghanistan-visits.html 2013-03-27T11:26:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1976146-kerry-warns-iraq-iran-flights-to-syria.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Just days after the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry confronted Baghdad for continuing to grant Iran access to its airspace and said Iraq's behavior was raising questions about its reliability as a partner. Speaking to reporters during a previously unannounced trip to Baghdad, Kerry said that... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:09:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1976146-kerry-warns-iraq-iran-flights-to-syria.html 2013-03-25T01:09:06Z