Iraq: US raid 'crime' that breaks security pact (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:30 PM PDT AP - Iraq's prime minister denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday as a "crime" that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible to face possible trial in Iraqi courts. |
Biden worries about son in Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden said he worries about his son who is serving in Iraq, but tries to not look at the ongoing war solely as a father. |
Iraq says U.S. raid "a crime," violated security pact (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - Iraq considers a U.S. military raid that killed two people a crime and wants U.S. forces to hand over those responsible to the courts, an Iraqi official said on Sunday. |
Iraq PM: Deadly US raid 'breach' of security pact (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 01:00 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said a US raid on Sunday in which a policeman and a woman were shot dead was a "breach" of a landmark security pact with Washington. |
Stakes high as Obama shifts from Iraq to Afghan war (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 12:05 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama has moved quickly to shift the US military's focus to the Afghan war instead of Iraq, but the success of his new strategy could hinge on events beyond his control in volatile Pakistan. |
Iraqi commanders detained after US raid kills two (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 08:54 AM PDT AFP - Two Iraqi military commanders were detained on Sunday on charges of allowing an unauthorised US raid during which a woman and policeman were shot dead. |
US-Iraqi force raids alleged Qaeda hideout (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 07:55 AM PDT AFP - US and Iraqi forces swept into a suspected Al-Qaeda hideout north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven fighters in a gunbattle, Iraqi officials said. |
Iraq detains its own commanders after US raid (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:53 AM PDT AFP - Iraq detained two of its own army commanders on Sunday after the US military carried out a deadly house raid without the knowledge of the Iraqi government, the defence ministry said. |
Security problems uncovered at US bases in Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 05:24 AM PDT AP - A commission investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending has found serious deficiencies in training and equipment for hundreds of Ugandan guards hired to protect U.S. military bases in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. |
Clinton tries to reassure Iraqis during visit (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 06:26 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to reassure nervous Iraqis that the U.S. won't abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule despite a recent surge in violence. |