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- US plays down talk of pact with Iraq
The Bush administration sought on Wednesday to tamp down enthusiasm over a draft agreement with Iraq to allow US troops to stay there and said the deal was not sealed until it was signed. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said a 'text' was being
- Britain Today, America Tomorrow?
Commenting on the security situation in the south of the country where the British forces have mostly been based, Prime Minister Maliki bluntly said that at their current strength of 4,100 they were "definitely ... no longer necessary" in Iraq.: As the
- US kills al-Qaida leader
The US military said the insurgent killed this month has been identified as Abu Qaswarah, al-Qaida's number two in Iraq. 'Abu Qaswarah, also known as Abu Sara, was al-Qaidas Iraq senior leader in northern Iraq,' it said. It said Abu Qaswarah, a native of
- Obama's Iraq plans vindicated as US agrees pull out
Iraq and the United States have finally agreed on a security pact which would mean that US forces would withdraw from Iraq by 2011, American and Iraqi officials said yesterday. The accord became a major test of strength between the Iraqi government and
- U.S. military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed
American soldiers killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, a Moroccan who trained in Afghanistan, recruited foreign fighters and ran operations in northern Iraq where Sunni insurgents remain a potent threat, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Abu
- U.S.: Al-Qaida in Iraq's No. 2 killed
 American soldiers killed the alleged No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, a Moroccan who trained in Afghanistan, recruited foreign fighters and ran operations in northern Iraq where Sunni insurgents remain a potent threat, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
- No. 2 Al Qaeda in Iraq commander is dead, U.S. reports
BAGHDAD A Moroccan fighter identified by the U.S. military as the No. 2 commander in Al Qaeda in Iraq detonated a suicide vest rather than surrender when American soldiers attacked his hide-out last week in the northern city of Mosul, a military
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Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq became an independent kingdom in 1932. A "republic" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of military strongmen have ruled the country since then, the latest being SADDAM Husayn. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-1988). In August 1990 Iraq seized Kuwait, but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during January-February 1991. The victors did not occupy Iraq, however, thus allowing the regime to stay in control. Following Kuwait's liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. UN trade sanctions remain in effect due to incomplete Iraqi compliance with relevant UNSC resolutions.
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AFP - Property mogul and diehard Republican Donald Trump told CNN on Wednesday that President George W. Bush misled the US into the Iraq War and should have been impeached when the Democrats took control of Congress in 2006.
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