Forget the Headlines: Iraqi Freedom Deferred

As US combat troops redeployed to the outskirts of Iraqi cities on June 30, well-staged celebrations commenced. The pro-US Iraqi government declared ‘independence day’ as police vehicles roamed the streets of war-weary Iraq in an unpersuasive show of

Iraq: the Dirty ‘Racket’ of Petro-Politics

A speech made 75 years ago by a US Marine Corps general, Smedley Butler, helps put today’s belated Iraq war inquiry, promised by the British government, into proper context. ‘There are only two things we should fight for,’ said Butler. ‘One is the

Baghdad nightclubs thrive as violence eases (Reuters)

6:32 pm July equals deadliest month of Afghan war July 15, 2009, 11:41 pm BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Dally, a 19-year-old Iraqi, braves unruly customers and social condemnation when she takes to the stage in revealing belly-dancing garb at a Baghdad nightclub

Six killed in Iraq suicide car bombing

Two traffic policemen and four others have been killed in a suicide car bombing near a mosque in the west Iraq city of Ramadi, police and medical officials said. The attack targeted a police checkpoint in the centre of the city and women, children and

Baghdad nightclubs thrive as violence eases

By Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD, July 15 (Reuters) - Dally, a 19-year-old Iraqi, braves unruly customers and social condemnation when she takes to the stage in revealing belly-dancing garb at a Baghdad nightclub each night. But the hassle she faces — in a

Curfew in Mosul localities

BAGHDAD ? The ethnically mixed Iraqi city of Mosul imposed a curfew on vehicles in Christian neighbourhoods yesterday, responding to a spate of bomb attacks targeting churches in Baghdad, police said. The curfew, mostly affecting suburbs on the

Suicide bombing in western Iraq

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Suicide bomber kills 7 in Iraq’’s Anbar province

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber has killed seven people in an attack on security forces in Iraq’s Anbar province. Two police officials in Baghdad say the suicide bomber, who was driving a minibus, attacked a checkpoint of Iraqi soldiers and police officers at

TV Journalist Wounded in Iraq Returns to the War

For the first time since he was seriously injured in Iraq in 2006, the ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff returned to the war zone on Monday. Mr. Woodruff, 47, who is perhaps the highest-profile member of the news media to be wounded in the

Next Iraq, Afghanistan rotations announced

The Defense Department announced Tuesday the next major units tapped to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq beginning this fall. The announcements affect 37,500 soldiers ? 30,000 to Iraq and 7,500 to Afghanistan. However, these upcoming rotations are part

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