Iraq News

A local builders' group pitches in to help winterize the house of an Iraq War veteran.

The Czech Republic is prepared to send election observers to Iraq, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout, who has been on a two-day visit to Baghdad since Tuesday, said during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki yesterday.

The U.S. military says an American soldiers has died of noncombat-related injuries in Iraq.

Britain's top diplomat at the United Nations in the buildup to the 2003 Iraq war is giving evidence to the country's inquiry into the invasion.

A spate of attacks in Iraq killed five people and struck a church and a convent on Thursday, with one bomb at a busy market claiming two lives as shoppers stocked up for a Muslim feast and holiday.

Tony Blair deliberately combined the threats from Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida following the 9/11 attacks, the official inquiry into the Iraq War was told today.

American forces stationed in Baghdad were able to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.

Defense lawyers are alleging misconduct by Justice Department prosecutors in the case against one of five Blackwater security guards accused in the killings of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad.

The Iraqi government has launched an official channel on YouTube, the video sharing site, in an effort to better "share its message" with people in Iraq and beyond.

As the clock strikes 8 p.m. Baghdad time, the curtains sweep apart at the Iraqi National Theatre in what actors hope is a return to regular night-time performances 6-1/2 years after the U.S. invasion.

American Forces Press Service Nov. 20, 2009 - Iraqi security forces arrested five suspected members of the al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq terrorist groups today during three combined security operations conducted with U.S. advisors in the Iraqi cities of Ramadi, Tikrit and Kirkuk, military officials reported.

What remains in Iraq is rule-set rationalization: The chief problems in Iraq's commercial code are its incredible complexity, long delays in processing requests for licenses and high cost.

A British inquiry into the Iraq war has revealed there was evidence of links between al-Qaeda and Baghdad, but that these contacts were scaled back in the years before the 2003 invasion.

Two bombs have ripped into Iraq after suicide bombers entered the central part of the city of Karbala.

An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war began yesterday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for Saddam Hussein's ouster as early as 2001 -- long before sanctions were exhausted and two years before the U.S.-led invasion.

The Iraqi parliament today failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year.

Via Michael Goldfarb , you would think the US is monitoring a kindergarten playground instead of fighting a war: Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq - the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards ...

The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that it is now offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency.

A man detonated explosives packed into his car as he approached a police checkpoint north of the western Iraqi city of Falluja on Sunday, killing a policeman, police and medics said.

MANKATO - For a combat medic to perform effectively, maintaining emotional distance is vital when trauma and death visit comrades.