http://www.mail.com/organizations/1508112-iraqi-armed-forces.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/1508112-iraqi-armed-forces.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/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/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/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/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/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/us/1972256-hunger-strike-hinders-dc-murder-trial-plans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The already-bizarre criminal case of a slain German socialite and journalist has been brought to a virtual standstill by her husband's refusal to eat, which has left the defendant unable to sit or stand on his own and at risk of death. It's the latest twist in the case against Albrecht Muth, a fellow German expatriate whose behavior has ... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:12:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1972256-hunger-strike-hinders-dc-murder-trial-plans.html 2013-03-22T20:12:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1965134-obama-salutes-soldiers-who-served-iraq-war.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is saluting U.S. troops for their conduct during the war in Iraq, declaring on the 10th anniversary of the start of the war that the sacrifice of Americans gave the Iraqi people "an opportunity to forge their own future after many years of hardship." Obama opposed the war and ran for president on a pledge to end it... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1965134-obama-salutes-soldiers-who-served-iraq-war.html 2013-03-19T16:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945492-al-qaida-killed-51-syrian-soldiers-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida's Iraq branch claimed responsibility Monday for the deaths of 51 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqis killed in a well-planned assault in western Iraq last week, intensifying concerns that the terror group is coordinating with Islamist rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. Iraqi authorities say fighters and weapons ar... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:12:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945492-al-qaida-killed-51-syrian-soldiers-iraq.html 2013-03-11T19:12:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1932054-syrian-jets-bomb-northern-city-overrun-rebels.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian jets bombed opposition-held buildings Tuesday in the strategic northern city of Raqqa, a day after rebels overran the onetime regime stronghold and captured its provincial governor. A toppled statue of President Bashar Assad's father was defaced with graffiti reading, "Tomorrow will be better." The rebels continued to battle pockets o... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:15:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1932054-syrian-jets-bomb-northern-city-overrun-rebels.html 2013-03-05T21:15:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1929648-48-syrian-soldiers-killed-iraq-ambush.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of Syrian soldiers who had crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed Monday with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that killed 48 of them and heightened concerns that the country could be drawn into Syria's civil war. The fact that the soldiers were on Iraqi soil at all raises questions about Baghdad's appare... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:07:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1929648-48-syrian-soldiers-killed-iraq-ambush.html 2013-03-04T20:07:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1930002-officials-42-syrian-troops-killed-iraq-ambush.html BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 42 Syrian soldiers were killed in a well-coordinated ambush Monday after seeking refuge across the border in Iraq following clashes with rebels in their home country, officials said. The attack in Iraq's restive western province of Anbar is likely to significantly raise concerns that Iraq could be drawn into the Syrian civil war. I... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:30:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1930002-officials-42-syrian-troops-killed-iraq-ambush.html 2013-03-04T16:30:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901344-sunni-protesters-dig-tensions-flare-iraq.html RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — Sunni protesters are camped out in dozens of tents festooned with tribal banners on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold. They are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their demonstrations against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind. The protesters will seek to bring down the gover... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:05:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901344-sunni-protesters-dig-tensions-flare-iraq.html 2013-02-19T20:05:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847664-iraq-2-soldiers-killed-rally-shooting-site.html FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) — Gunmen killed two Iraqi soldiers and abducted three others in Fallujah on Saturday as hundreds of mourners gathered in the restive western city for the funeral of protesters killed during a shooting by army troops a day earlier, according to officials. The attacks and kidnappings appeared to be in retaliation for the deaths of protes... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847664-iraq-2-soldiers-killed-rally-shooting-site.html 2013-01-26T11:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845356-violence-erupts-iraq-rally-5-protesters-killed.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops opened fire on stone-throwing Sunni demonstrators in the country's restive west on Friday, leading to the deaths of at least five protesters — the first fatalities in more than a month of anti-government rallies. Two soldiers were also killed, apparently in retaliation. The violence is likely to exacerbate tensions between the ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845356-violence-erupts-iraq-rally-5-protesters-killed.html 2013-01-25T20:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1790954-generals-battle-with-ptsd-leads-to-brink.html SYDNEY (AP) — In the exploding hell of battle, a single hand poked through the earth. John Cantwell could see the ridges and calluses of the skin, and the pile of desert sand that had swallowed the rest of the Iraqi soldier. The troops Cantwell was fighting alongside in the Gulf War had used bulldozing tanks to bury the man alive. This... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1790954-generals-battle-with-ptsd-leads-to-brink.html 2012-12-29T12:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1772066-us-iraq-ties-evolving-year-wars.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A year after the last American troops rumbled out of Iraq, the two countries are still trying to get comfortable with a looser, more nuanced relationship as the young democracy struggles to cope with political upheaval and the legacy of war. The military pullout a year ago Tuesday did not end Washington's engagement. The U.S. Embassy in Bag... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1772066-us-iraq-ties-evolving-year-wars.html 2012-12-17T17:17:00Z