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Four die in new attacks on Iraqi Christians

10.11.10
Bombings targeting Christians in Baghdad kill at least four people ... more

Hillary Clinton pins hopes on meeting of Iraq factions

08.11.10
Rare meeting of Iraq’s main political parties could signal a breakthrough in a deadlock that has lasted since the election in March... more

Saddam’s deputy Tariq Aziz sentenced to death for executing rivals

26.10.10
Saddam Hussein’s foreign minister Tariq Aziz sentenced to death by hanging for executing religious rivals... more

My husband is being tortured in Baghdad jail, says London Iraqi

13.09.10
Woman from north-west London asks David Cameron to help her husband who she claims has suffered months of torture in an Iraqi prison... more

US is leaving unstable Iraq to the wolves, says Tariq Aziz

06.08.10
Former deputy prime minister of Iraq, Tariq Aziz, compares Saddam Hussein to Winston Churchill and says his country was better off under the late dictator... more

Baghdad gun battle kills 26 as militants storm central bank

14.06.10
An attack on Iraq’s central bank by militants leaves 26 dead after a three-hour gun battle with police... more

Recount of Iraq election after complaints

19.04.10
Iraqi authorities order a recount of millions of votes cast during the election on March 7... more

US and Iraqi forces kill country's al Qaeda leaders

19.04.10
The US confirms that the two leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq have been killed... more

Iraq to execute 11 bombers for attack that killed 95

14.01.10
Eleven Iraqis are sentenced to death for the Baghdad truck bombings in August that killed 95 people and wounded more than 1,000... more

Al Qaeda is blamed as five car bombers kill 127 in Baghdad

08.12.09
Video: At least 127 people died and hundreds more were injured as a wave of co-ordinated car bombings hit central Baghdad... more

Bush shoe protester is freed and says: I was beaten and whipped

15.09.09
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush claims he was tortured by security forces... more

11 'negligent' Baghdad security officials held after blast carnage

21.08.09
Eleven Iraqi officers responsible for security have been arrested on suspicion of negligence after bomb attacks in Baghdad killed at least 95 people... more

WORLD: 86 killed by Baghdad bombs in deadliest day for months

19.08.09
At least 86 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in a series of explosions across central Baghdad... more

WORLD: Soldiers’ deaths mar US pullout of Iraq

30.06.09
The deaths of four American soldiers overshadowed the US army’s withdrawal from towns and cities in Iraq... more

Obama in surprise visit to Iraq

07.04.09
Barack Obama landed in Iraq for his first visit as US President only hours after a car bomb ripped through Baghdad... more

Saddam's top men face new Iraqi charges

29.12.08
Two members of Saddam Hussein's regime have gone on trial in Baghdad on charges of persecuting political opponents while in power... more

Britain prepares for pull-out from Iraq by 1 January

23.12.08
Britain's military commanders have been forced to prepare for a withdrawal from Iraq in eight days after the country's parliament put off a vote that would allow UK troops to stay beyond the end of the year... more

Let’s face it: Iraq has been nothing short of a British military humiliation

18.12.08
Suicidally ill-equipped and hopelessly outnumbered, our forces have faced an impossible task in Basra and Baghdad. We must make sure Afghanistan is not the same fiasco... more

Brown: Troops have completed the task and leave a better place

17.12.08
A withdrawal of troops from Iraq is confirmed, fuelling speculation that more will be sent to Afghanistan... more


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