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Sunni-backed bloc bending on Iraqi premiership (AP)

October 10th, 2010

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. A Kurdish political negotiator says his bloc is close to a deal that would give Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki enough parliament seats to keep power and form a new government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - The Sunni-backed political coalition that narrowly won the most votes in Iraq’s parliamentary election appeared Sunday to be giving up its demand for the premiership, boosting the Shiite…

Iraqi court drops case in British soldier slayings (AP)

October 10th, 2010

AP - A Baghdad court says there is not enough evidence to prosecute two Iraqi men accused of taking part in the 2003 mob slaying of six British soldiers.

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Iraqi Shiite cleric backs al-Maliki in key boost (AP)

October 1st, 2010

FILE - In this Monday, July 19, 2010 file photo, Muqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political clerics, speaks to reporters following a meeting with former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi in Damascus, Syria. Aides to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr say his powerful political bloc has agreed to support the Iraqi prime minister's bid to stay in power and end a nearly seven-month political impasse. The backing of al-Sadr would push the Shiite-led coalition of Nouri al-Maliki close to the needed parliamentary majority to form a new government. Iraq has been in political limbo since March elections, won by a Sunni-backed bloc but without enough seats to oust al-Maliki.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)AP - Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr backed Iraq’s prime minister to retain power Friday in a move that could speed an end to the country’s seven-month political impasse but…

Aides: Iraqi Shiite cleric backs al-Maliki (AP)

October 1st, 2010

PKK fighters stand near the Qandil mountains near the Iraq-Turkish border in Sulaimaniya, 330 km (205 miles) northeast of Baghdad, September 30, 2010. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebel group extended a ceasefire with Turkey by one month on Thursday, a move it said is meant to foster efforts to end a war that has killed 40,000 people.  REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS)AP - Aides to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr say his powerful political bloc has agreed to support the Iraqi prime minister’s bid to stay in power and end a nearly…

Blast near Fallujah kills 4 Iraqi police (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Newly graduated Iraqi navy officers adjust each other's epaulettes during a eremony at Umm Qasr's port near Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, September 26, 2010. About 170 navy officers graduated on Sunday. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY)AP - A car packed with explosives blew up Sunday near the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, killing four policemen in the latest sign that insurgents could be trying to…

Roadside bomb kills 9 Iraqi soldiers near Mosul (AP)

September 15th, 2010

U.S. Army soldiers secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has struck a bus carrying Iraqi soldiers, killing nine and injuring five more near the northern city of Mosul.


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Gunmen kill Iraqi TV journalist in Mosul (AP)

September 8th, 2010

Iraqi security forces patrol the streets of Baghdad. A car bomb and several roadside blasts killed three people and wounded dozens in Baghdad on Wednesday morning, health and security officials said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Gunmen on Wednesday killed an Iraqi TV journalist, the second to be slain in Iraq in as many days, highlighting the dangers media workers continue to face in…

Iraqi soldier fires on US troops, kills 2 (AP)

September 7th, 2010

US soldiers secure an area after dark in Baghdad, in January 2008. Two American soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when an Iraqi soldier opened fire after an argument over a sports match they had been playing, US and Iraqi military officials said.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - An Iraqi soldier sprayed gunfire at American troops guarding one of their commanders as he visited an Iraqi military base on Tuesday and killed two of them, the…

US Navy says 4 ships robbed off Iraqi coast (AP)

August 15th, 2010

Iraqi army soldiers secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Series of rush hour bombings across Baghdad have killed and injured scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Gunmen robbed four commercial ships anchored near the southern oil hub of Basra in a rare attack off the Iraqi coast, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.


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Blasts in Iraqi city of Basra kill 10, wound 35 (AP)

August 7th, 2010

Iraqi men evacuate a victim from the scene of an explosion in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 7, 2010. Health officials say evening market blasts in Iraq's second-largest city have killed several people and wounded dozens.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - An evening explosion killed at least 10 people on Saturday and wounded 35 in a downtown market in Iraq’s second-largest city, officials said.


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