Baghdad :: Iraq
| about 9 hours ago
An Iraqi court has opened a new trial against 16 top former Saddam Hussein-era officials...They're accused in the brutal repression of Shiite riots after the 1999 assassination of the father of anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Prosecutors said Sunday that...
Tags: iraq, cabinet, parliament, Iraqi Cabinet, Iraqis, troops, Iraq Neighbors, government, war, security pact
Damascus :: Syria
| about 9 hours ago
A Syrian official says Iraq's neighbors should officially oppose its use as a launching pad for acts of aggression against other nations. Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdulmajid, at a meeting of the Security Cooperation and Coordination Committee for...
Tags: iraq, Syria Hosts Iraq, neighboring countries, Iraqi, conference, Syrian, security cooperation, Maura Connelly, discuss security, Damascus
Baghdad :: Iraq
| about 16 hours ago
The weapons arrived in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah in September on three C-130 cargo planes, according to the three officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information. Kurdish officials declined to answer...
Tags: kurdistan, Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq
| about 22 hours ago
The leader of executed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 's Sunni Arab tribe says he expects to be killed by al-Qaida. Sheik Hassan al-Nassiri, head of the Nassiri tribe of Owja, Iraq, tends a mausoleum on his estate that contains Saddam's remains.
Tags: iraq, government, saddam, sunni, security pact, al-qaida, shiite, Iraqi, Saddam Hussein
Baghdad :: Iraq
| about 24 hours ago
At least 12 Iraqi deaths were reported today, none in Baghdad or Mosul where bombings occur on a daily basis. Ten of the dead were found in a mass grave south of the capital. Meanwhile, a parliamentary vote on a U.S.-Iraqi security pact is now set for...
Tags: iraqi, iraq, wound, parliament, official, kurdish, attack, mass grave
Baghdad :: Iraq
| 1 day ago
The security agreement between U.S. and Iraq provides both the time and authority needed for American troops to train Iraqi forces and pursue terrorists, senior Bush administration officials said Wednesday. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary...
Tags: iraq, agreement, security, security agreement, obama, troop withdraw, president, military, troops, secretary of state
Cairo :: Egypt
| 1 day ago
The Pharaohs were drawn with world champions Italy, Copa America winners Brazil and the United States in Group B of the tournament. "An Italy test is easier than Spain's," Shehata told Arab Radio and Television (ART) after the draw. "Although Italy are...
Tags: Egypt, Spain, confederations cups, Italy, world cups, South Africa, Iraq, New Zealand
Qom :: Iran
| 1 day ago
U.S.-Iraq Pact Getting Mixed Reviews in Iran Many Iranian politicians and newspapers have expressed opposition to the new Iraqi-American security agreement and urged Iraq's Parliament to reject it...At least one prominent figure, a senior judicial official,...
Tags: iraq, security, security pact, security agreement, security deal, agreement, deal, america, troops, u.s
Baghdad :: Iraq
| 1 day ago
The debate has finished and the vote will take place on Wednesday," Mahmud Mashhadani said after a seven-hour session of parliament during which about 40 MPs expressed their views. Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most...
Tags: iraq, parliament, military, Iraqi, Iraq Parliament, Amman Saad Hayyani
Amman :: Jordan
| 1 day ago
Experts from Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt will convene in the capital today to discuss the situation of millions of Iraqis residing in host countries and urge further international support, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday.
Tags: iraq, jordan, Bashir Urges International Community, Jordan Times, Salah Bashir, host iraqis, Jordan News Agency, Iraqi
