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2008-11-16 19:42

Thousands of Iraqi Arabs attend anti-Kurdish protests (AFP)

Kurdish regional president Massud Barzani, seen here on November 12, 2008, has questioned new alliances that have emerged between the clans and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Iraqi tribes are holding demonstrations across the country to protest Barzani's criticism of new alliances emerging between the clans and Maliki.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - Thousands of Sunni and Shiite Arabs took to the streets across Iraq Saturday to defend Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against criticism from leaders of the country's Kurdish minority.


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2008-11-16 19:42

EU wants to work with Obama on Iraq, other key issues: report (AFP)

A US military policeman stands guard after a US armoured personnel carrier was hit by a roadside bomb in the Iraqi city of Mosul, some 370 kms north of Baghdad. The European Union plans to propose working with US president-elect Barack Obama on key issues including Iraq and to pledge participation in foreign military operations, German media reported.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The European Union plans to propose working with US president-elect Barack Obama on key issues including Iraq and to pledge participation in foreign military operations, German media reported.


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2008-11-16 19:42

U.S. helicopter down in Mosul, two dead (Reuters)

Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter accident in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday, a military spokeswoman said.

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2008-11-16 13:42

Iraq asks Philippines to lift ban on sending workers (AFP)

Children at a squatter camp in Baghdad. Iraq is asking the Philippines to lift a ban on the deployment of Filipino workers there because it needs as many as 10 million foreign workers for infrastructure projects, a diplomat said(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq is asking the Philippines to lift a ban on the deployment of Filipino workers there because it needs as many as 10 million foreign workers for infrastructure projects, a diplomat said Saturday.


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2008-11-16 13:42

Car bomb in northern Iraq kills at least seven (AFP)

A police man stands with Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in central Baghdad. At least seven people have been killed and more than two dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded near an auto dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police have said.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - At least seven people were killed and more than two dozen wounded Saturday when a car bomb exploded near an auto dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police said.


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2008-11-16 13:42

Car bomb kills 10 in northern Iraq (Reuters)

Reuters - A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded around 30 others when it exploded outside a car dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police said Saturday.

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2008-11-16 07:28

Iraqi envoy sees US remaining ally under Obama (AP)

A policeman and residents look at the wreckage of a vehicle used in a car bomb attack in Baghdad November 16, 2008. The attack killed three people and wounded 23 others, police said. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ)AP - Iraqi leaders are certain their country will retain its alliance with the United States when Barack Obama becomes president, Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Friday.


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2008-11-16 07:28

Iraq stabilizing, but vigilance urged before 2009 elections: UN (AFP)

Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Iraq, Staffan de Mistura, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad in March 2008. Mistura said Friday the situation in the embattled country is improving, but warned against overconfidence ahead of a series of elections in 2009.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - The UN special representative in Iraq said Friday the situation in the embattled country is improving, but warned against overconfidence ahead of a series of elections in 2009.


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2008-11-16 07:28

Philippines will not lift ban on workers in Iraq (AP)

AP - The Philippines has no immediate plan to lift a ban on its citizens working in Iraq, the labor secretary said Saturday after a plea from an Iraqi diplomat for more foreign laborers to help with the war-torn country's reconstruction.

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2008-11-16 01:14

Top Iraq official upbeat over US, British pull-out pacts (AFP)

British soldiers secure the road around Basra airport in 2007. Iraq is likely to approve a military pact with a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011 and British troops will leave by the end of next year, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq is likely to approve a military pact with a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011 and British troops will leave by the end of next year, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday.


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2008-11-16 01:14

Feds draft indictment against Blackwater guards (AP)

In this July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Federal prosecutors have drafted an indictment against six Blackwater Worldwide security guards in last year's deadly Baghdad shootings of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - More than a year after Blackwater Worldwide security guards opened fire in a crowded Baghdad square, top Justice Department prosecutors are reviewing a draft indictment against six of the contractors, people close to the investigation said.


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2008-11-16 01:14

Syria heartened by Obama's plan for Iraq: envoy (Reuters)

Reuters - Syria said on Friday it was heartened by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's plan to pull U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office since it reflects the desire of Iraq and its neighbors.

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