Iraq

U.N. recommends bringing Iraq closer to ending 1990s sanctions

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UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday recommended bringing Iraq one step closer to ending all U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad more than two decades ago after former leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait In 1990.

Three bombings kill at least 12 in Iraq: police

BAGHDAD - At least 12 people were killed in three bomb attacks in Iraq on Monday, police and medics said. | Video

World, United Nations, 17 Jun 2013

Car bombs, shootings kill 30 across Iraq

BASRA, Iraq - Attacks across Iraq targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslims killed at least 30 people on Sunday, police and medics said, intensifying fears of a descent into all-out sectarian war. | Video

World, United Nations, 16 Jun 2013

Mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills three

BAGHDAD - A mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp killed three people in Baghdad on Saturday, police sources said, and the Mujahidin-e-Khalq (MEK) group said Iran was probably to blame, with Iraqi complicity.

World, United Nations, 15 Jun 2013

Iraq Qaeda leader rebuffs move to end dispute with Syria group: SITE

RIYADH - An audio recording attributed to the head of al Qaeda in Iraq suggests he has rebuffed efforts by the group's global leader Ayman al-Zawahri to end a dispute with the movement's Syrian wing, the SITE Monitoring group reported on Saturday.

World, Syria, 15 Jun 2013

Mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills three

BAGHDAD - A mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp killed three people in Baghdad on Saturday, police sources said, and the Mujahidin-e-Khalq (MEK) group said Iran was probably to blame, with Iraqi complicity.

World, United Nations, 15 Jun 2013

Two killed in mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq

BAGHDAD - Two people were killed in a mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp in the Iraqi capital on Saturday, police sources said.

World, United Nations, 15 Jun 2013

Al Qaeda, Sunni insurgents exploit Iraq's sectarian woes

BAGHDAD - Masked gunmen stopped the bus full of Shi'ite Muslim police officers and families at what looked like an Iraqi army checkpoint on a western desert highway in the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar.

World, 11 Jun 2013

Guantanamo prosecutors charge Iraqi with unlawful war tactics

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - An Iraqi prisoner identified as a senior al Qaeda commander has been charged in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal with firing on a medical evacuation helicopter and using unlawful tactics to wage war on U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan.

World, United Nations, 10 Jun 2013

Bombs and battles hit northern Iraq, more than 70 dead

BAGHDAD - Insurgents attacked cities across Iraq on Monday with car bombs, suicide blasts and gun battles that killed more than 70 people in unrest that has deepened fears of a return to civil war.

World, 10 Jun 2013