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Alcohol salesman in Najaf? All are dangerous, but increasingly it seems being a journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan tops the list.

Military Commanders Are Finding Ways Cooperate to Help Counter Threat of Violence, as They Rethink Roles as Soldiers By GINA CHON The Wall Street Journal KIRKUK, Iraq -- Arab and Kurdish military commanders here are making efforts at cooperation despite their bitter political differences -- a surprising development that offers some hope that one of ...

Under former president Jacques Chirac, France opposed the decision by the United States and Britain to invade Iraq to overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, and relations have at times been tense with the new Iraqi leadership.

The head of Iraq's electoral commission said the country could hold national elections on Jan.

President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.

NAJAF, Iraq - " Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the leader of Iraqi Shias, in Najaf on Saturday in which the two sides exchanged views about the most important regional issues.

Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maleki have called for the establishment of a joint committee to ensure that the agreements between Tehran and Baghdad are implemented.

Patrick Martin's first foray into the Middle East came as a 20-year-old, when he rode a motorcycle across much of North Africa.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meeting in Baghdad recently with Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations.

The country's political parties failed to agree on election laws on Tuesday, despite a proposed deal put together by the nation's top political figures the day before.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced he will dispatch an envoy to Iraq to consult with the Government on security and sovereignty issues in the country just days after a double bombing killed around 150 people in Baghdad.

Two suicide bombs tore through Baghdad yesterday, killing 132 people, wounding more than 500 and leaving mangled bodies and cars on the streets in one of Iraq's deadliest days this year.

There are some noteworthy developments this past week on the Iraq front that merit attention.

Reporting from Baghdad - The Iraqi government launched a massive security operation in Baghdad as Iraqis buried their dead Monday, a day after a pair of suicide attacks against government buildings killed dozens of people and exposed the fragility of Iraq's fledgling institutions.

Some blamed the bloody attacks on insurgents and remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime, while others saw unqualified security forces and political infighting behind the attacks.

At least 30 Iraqi children riding in a bus were among the 160 people killed in Sunday's twin car bombings in Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

Iraq in political chaos after bombings An Iraqi weeps as he walks away from the bomb site.

Family members and friends of a victim who was killed in a suicide bombing grieve at his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, 26 Oct 2009 Iraqi officials say the toll from Sunday's two powerful car bombs in central Baghdad has risen to 155 killed and more than 500 others wounded.

Twin suicide car bombs targeting government buildings in central Baghdad killed more than 150 people and wounded hundreds in one of the deadliest attacks in recent years, the state-run Iraqi news agency said.

Two powerful suicide car bombs blew up outside the Justice Ministry and city government offices in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 136 people in the worst attack in more than two years.