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The robbers seized about $US4 million in a raid on a bank branch in Baghdad in late July. The cash was later recovered and police arrested four men, including two former bodyguards of Iraq's Vice-President. The judge found one of them had killed six of...
Tags: Iraqia, Baghdad, bank heist, security force, president adel, al-Rafidain Bank, bank robbery, dawn raid, baghdad bank, later recovered
Most of the money was later recovered in the office of a newspaper owned by Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a senior member of Iraq's largest Shiite party, investigators said. Abdul-Mahdi has denied any involvement but said one of those charged...
Tags: Baghdad, Iraqi, Shiite, bank robbery, U.S, robbery trial, baghdad bank, shiite groups
An Iraqi court has fined a television channel $87,000 after ruling that it slandered a military official by misquoting him, a spokesman said Wednesday. The Iraqi military filed a lawsuit in April seeking to shut down the Iraq operations of Al-Hayat, a...
Tags: Iraqi, baghdad bank, bank robbery, Baghdad
Defense chief Robert Gates was in Iraq Tuesday, meeting with leaders of the U.S. military and Iraqi government to discuss next year's U.S. troop pullout. Gates's primary reason for the visit was to begin preparations with Iraqi officials for the drawdown...
Tags: Iraqi, Baghdad, Robert Gates, Latin American, gunmen kill, baghdad bank, U.S, bank robberies, White House, defence secretary
Gunmen killed eight people during a bank robbery in central Baghdad's Karrada district early on Tuesday, police said. The dead were all security personnel at a branch of the state Rafidain bank. The attack came two days after gunmen opened fire on a money...
Tags: Baghdad Bank, Iraqi, central baghdad, Rafidain Bank, bank robbery, Karrada district, Karradah, targeting police, security guards, gunmen killing