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William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t Op-Ed Ever since President Obama's speech last Tuesday, all media, political and public attention has been focused exclusively on the war in Afghanistan. The president mentioned Iraq a few...

S electoral commission yesterday recommended a 45-day delay in parliamentary elections until 27 February. The delay from the original 16 January date is needed to give authorities time to prepare after months of political stalemate that was finally broken with...

An Iraqi election official says discussions are under way to set a new date for the country's parliamentary elections. The elections had been scheduled for Jan. 16, but officials are now studying at least a six-week delay until late February...

The distribution of seats across the country's provinces and representation of Iraq's religious and ethnic groups have created tensions between the various parties and endangered attempts to forge a consensus. Tariq al-Hashemi, a vice president of Iraq, vetoed one law...

The election, the second national vote since the American-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, is considered a crucial step toward consolidating Iraq's stability and security and securing a complete U.S. military exit by the end of 2011. 

A bomb exploded at a school in eastern Baghdad on Monday, killing four students and wounding 18 others, an Interior Ministry source said.     The blast occurred before midday when a bomb hidden inside Ali Yasir intermediate school for boys in...

A senior British army officer cleared of negligence over the death of Baha Mousa had raised fears soldiers were going "over the top" in their treatment of detainees before the 26-year-old Iraqi hotel worker died in custody in Basra, an...

The UK's top universities are to offer new scholarships to students taking science and maths-based degrees, thanks to a £3 million donation from an Iraqi exile. Up to 4,000 students, many from poorer backgrounds, are set to benefit, each receiving...

Yana Kunichoff, t r u t h o u t Report The head of Blackwater revealed the details of his collaboration with the CIA to locate and assassinate top al Qaeda operatives as part of a covert antiterror operation Tuesday,...