US eyes UN peacekeepers for Iraq after 2011
Jul 6, 2010 World
By LARA JAKES 2010-07-06T13:22:38Z BAGHDAD (AP) -- The top American military commander in Iraq said Tuesday that U.N. peacekeeping forces may need to protect disputed territories in the nation's north if tensions between Kurds and Arabs haven't eased by the time U.S. troops leave in...Tags: Arabs, Baghdad, Iraq, Kurds, Lara, Military Commander, Peacekeeping Forces, Tensions, Un Peacekeepers
Trouble for Iraqi elections brewing in oil hub
Oct 1, 2009 World
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi lawmakers appear to be snagged again at a familiar impasse: how to settle power-sharing disputes in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk before important national elections....Tags: Baghdad, Hub, Impasse, Iraqi Elections, Iraqi Lawmakers, Kirkuk, National Elections, Oil City, Rich City
Woman warrior struggles to ‘heal her demons’
Sep 25, 2009 North America, USA
Iraq war veteran Angela Peacock sometimes closes her eyes and can't help reliving the day in Baghdad in 2003 that pushed her closer to the edge. Now back home in Missouri, Peacock, 30, is unemployed -- squatting without a lease in a tiny house. Experts say that Peacock's challenges match those of...Tags: Baghdad, Closer To The Edge, Demons, Female Veterans, Homeless Vets, Iraq War, Peacock, War Veteran, Woman Warrior
After years of war, Iraqis hit by frenzy of crime
Sep 21, 2009 World
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The kidnappers holding an Iraqi auto mechanic's 11-year-old son gave him just two days to come up with $100,000 in ransom. When he could not, they were just as quick to deliver their punishment: They chopped off the boy's head and hands and dumped his body in the garbage....Tags: Auto Mechanic, Baghdad, Frenzy, Garbage, Head And Hands, Iraqis, Kidnappers, Ransom, War Crime
Fleeing heat, bombs, Iraqis go north for holiday
Sep 20, 2009 World
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqis celebrating the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan set off in droves Sunday on family trips to the country's northern Kurdish region, a prized escape from the sporadic violence that still batters the capital and other cities....Tags: Baghdad, Batters, Bombs, Droves, Family Trips, Fasting Month, Kurdish Region, Month Of Ramadan, Ramadan, Sporadic Violence
Iraq helicopter crash kills U.S. soldier
Sep 20, 2009 North America, USA
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was killed and twelve others wounded when their helicopter crashed in the U.S. military's main airbase in Iraq, the military said in a statement Sunday.Tags: Airbase, Baghdad, domesticNews, Iraq Helicopter Crash, Iraq Military, Reuters, Soldier
Biden: US will follow Iraq wishes on troop pullout
Sep 17, 2009 World
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to follow Iraq's wishes should Baghdad decide to speed up the timetable for the withdrawal of American troops from the country....Tags: American Troops, Baghdad, Iraq, Joe Biden, President Joe, Timetable, Troop Pullout, Vice President
Baghdad attack amid Biden visit
Sep 15, 2009 Middle East
Arrests made after deadly mortar attack as US vice-president visits Iraqi capital.Tags: Baghdad, Biden, Iraqi Capital, Mortar Attack, Vice President
Baghdad Green Zone attacked during Biden visit
Sep 15, 2009 World
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Insurgents fired four mortar shells at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, killing two civilians, on the same day Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Iraqi capital on an unannounced visit to help resolve political differences among Iraqis....Tags: Baghdad, Civilians, Green Zone, Insurgents, Iraqi Capital, Joe Biden, Mortar Shells, Political Differences, President Joe, Unannounced Visit, Vice President
Iraqi shoe thrower released; says he was tortured
Sep 15, 2009 World
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in protest was freed from prison on Tuesday and, unrepentant, he harshly condemned the U.S. presence in his country and accused authorities of torturing him....Tags: Authorities, Baghdad, Former President, George W Bush, Presence, President George W Bush, Protest, Shoes
