Rifai Meets Iraqi Parliament Speaker Petra

31(Petra) -- Prime Minister Samir Rifai on Wednesday discussed with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Iyad Samarrai bilateral relations and means of enhancing them, particularly in economic and trade fields. Rifai stressed, during the meeting which was attended

Iraq suicide bombing kills 25: The governor of Anbar province is among 100 injured in the bombing in Ramadi. The attack brings back memories of violence from 2004 to ‘06, when the provincial capital w…

Dec. 31--Reporting from Baghdad and Ramadi, Iraq -- A suicide bomb attack Wednesday in Anbar province's capital killed 25 people and wounded 100, including the governor. The attack raised fears that the devastating bloodletting that swept western Iraq

Peter Moore release shows why we must not give up on Iraq

The release of Peter Moore almost three years after being taken hostage in Iraq is a remarkable reminder never to give up hope. Mr Moore must have been stricken with unimaginable fear on learning that his fellow captives had been killed. And in his

Iraq bomb plotters recruited in US-run prison: police

Iraqis gather around a crater caused by a truck bomb in Taza, some 30 kms south of in the northern city of Kirkuk, on June 20, 2009. Two men on death row for masterminding an Al-Qaeda truck bombing that killed 88 people on June 20 were recruited in a

Questions Emerge on Kidnapping of Briton in Iraq

BAGHDAD — A British man captured along with four others in Iraq was preparing Thursday to return to Britain, as new questions emerged about where he had been held and how he had managed to survive. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office released

Iraqi Awarded $85,000 for Car Bomb Tip-off

An Iraqi man was awarded 85,000 dollars for informing security forces of a car bomb in Baghdad, the first such reward after funds were dramatically upped for tip-offs, a military spokesman said Tuesday. 'The prime minister decided to reward a citizen

Iraq Army Says Nine Bombs Defused as Ashoura Rituals Climax

Iraqi security forces said Sunday they defused nine bombs as millions completed the annual Ashoura rituals in Shiite shrine cities, free of the massive attacks that have marred recent years.

Iraqi vice president calls for stronger security measures

Military and Security 12/31/2009 11:58:00 AM BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi Vice President, Adil Abdulmahdi, called here on Thursday for innovating new integrated military and security plans to face the deteriorating security situation across the

35,000 observers to monitor parliamentary elections in Iraq’’s Kurdistan

IRBIL, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- The high commission for the Iraqi elections said Thursday that around 35,000 observers would be deployed in the northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan to monitor the next parliamentary elections, due on March 7. Head of the

Qaeda used former prison detainees to launch attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- Former detainees of the Boca prison in Basra were lured by the Qaeda network in Iraq to launch attacks north of the country, said an Interior Ministry source on Thursday. Interior Ministry official Major-General Ahmad Abu-Ragif

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