Blasts claim three lives, injure scores in Iraq

Tony Blair will face Iraq war grilling in the run-up to election (...

By: TauseefAhmed

Tony Blair is to be hauled before the Iraq War inquiry in the run-up to next year's General Election. The former prime minister will be among a series of senior Labour figures to be publicly grilled early next year in what could be a PR disaster for the party which has tried to draw a line under the war. It is also a further blow to Mr ...

14 days ago

Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote

By: BiodunIginla

Sunday, November 8, 2009 by Sunita Kureishi and Biodun Iginla, BBC News BAGHDAD – Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have dela

18 days ago

UN chief hopes approval of Iraq's electoral law soon

By: arslannomercy

Updated at: 0055 PST, Thursday, November 19, 2009 UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday acknowledged that Iraq's electoral law was vetoed but voiced hope that it soon would be adopted. Iraq's general election was thrown into doubt earlier as the law governing the planned January vote was vetoed, creating what the prime ...

8 days ago

Al Qaeda in Iraq gaining strength

By: northsunm32

   The Awakening movement helped control and even defeat Al Qaeda in Iraq but since US funding for the movement is ceased and they are supposed to be integrating into the Iraqi armed forces things have gone awry. Al Qaeda in Iraq has managed to regroup and is now mainly Iraqi rather than foreign fighters although it is claimed that Syria ...

4 days ago