Iraq News

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has conceded at the High Court that there is a need for fresh investigations into the deaths of Iraqis in Basra in 2004 following allegations they were tortured and killed by British troops.

It was just another day for the U.S. Army in war-weary northern Iraq: insurgents in Mosul, political turf battles in Kirkuk, an attack on the Bayji oil refinery in Salah ad Din.All needed to be dealt with immediately.

An Iraqi policeman and a motorist wearing masks are seen at a checkpoint in sandstorm-hit Baghdad yesterday Hundreds of Iraqis are seeking medical help after one of the worst sandstorms in living memory stretched beyond a week yesterday, choking throats, clogging eyes and afflicting asthma sufferers in particular.

Colin Powell says the U.S. took too long to strengthen its forces in Iraq after Baghdad fell early in the war.

Attackers targeted police patrols in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, killing a police officer with a grenade and injuring 14 people in a car bomb blast, authorities said.

Iraqis are skeptical that much will change after last week's pullback of U.S. combat troops from Baghdad and other cities, a sentiment not shared by their government.

Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration "misread how bad the economy was" but stands by its stimulus package and believes the plan will create more jobs as the pace of its spending picks up.Biden, in an interview airing Sunday on ABC's "This Week," said the nation's 9.5 percent unemployment rate is "much too high.""The figures we ...

Family and friends are still mourning the loss of four soldiers from eastern North Carolina who died in Iraq earlier this week.

Obama, speaking to military families invited to the White House for Independence Day festivities, praised Iraq's independence and thanked troops for their service.

Iraqi Army forces have arrested a man suspected of being behind two vehicle bombs in the northern city of Kirkuk that killed more than 100 people, an Iraqi Army official said.

Is Iraq stable enough to cope without U.S. troops? 03 July, 2009 11:26:00 tim cocks Font size: For the U.S. military, it's the million dollar question - or rather the $687 billion question, according to a recent estimate of the Iraq war's total cost.

WASHINGTON - Two men died nearly simultaneously last week, and their deaths remind us of the differences between heroes and stars.

A Long Island native was killed in Iraq just days before he was scheduled to return home.

US Marines have established bridgeheads in Taliban strongholds after suffering the first fatality of their massive offensive against Afghanistan's hardline Islamist militia.

Patrick Best, after serving with the Army for two tours in Iraq, brought home an American flag that once flew over his base near Mosul, but he wasn't sure what to do with it - until he heard about Ed Jordan.

Forty men and women from the 101st Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineering Squadron said goodbye to family and friends at Bangor International Airport.

There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf, where the silence during Iran's post-election crisis says much about the deep complexities of their cross-border bonds.

IT may seem strange to Americans, so close to our independence celebration, that Iraqis should break out the fireworks when our troops withdraw.

France's prime minister on Thursday agreed to boost business ties with Iraq, and his country signed a number of agreements to promote investments.

According to a statement released by the North Carolina National Guard Thursday, four soldiers from NC have been killed in Iraq.