Federal Government of Iraq

British Forces Chief: "Why Our Allies Messed It Up For Us in Iraq"

Every Christmas it is traditional for the Chief of Defence Staff to address the members of the Royal United Services Institute. Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup did so this evening, and since the media reports seem likely to...

Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 31

BAGHDAD, Dec. 1 -- Bombing attacks targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and a U.S. patrol the northern city of Mosul left at least 31 people dead and dozens more injured, Iraqi officials said, making Monday one of the...

South Korea ends Iraq deployment, troops head home

A South Korean general offered a wish for peace in Iraq on Monday as his troops ended a five-year reconstruction mission in the country — the latest departure from the dwindling U.S.-led coalition. The South Koreans are among...

Washington Post: Obama Is Lucky He Was Wrong About Iraq

When Obama takes office he won't have the “mess: to clean up in Iraq as he and so many of his fellow liberals said he would. By that time Iraq will be under the control of a sovereign government, and our troops will be...

How Has The Iraqi PM Managed To Serve This Long...

Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is the longest serving leader in Iraq since Saddam Hussein. Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle East history at the University of Michigan, discusses what al-Maliki's strong leadership...

Second Iraq Oil Licensing Round to Offer 14 Fields

Iraq will offer 14 oilfields in a second licensing round expected to be announced by the end of this year or in early 2009, a senior Iraqi official said Monday. Abdullah al-Amir, an oil advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri...

U.N. gears up for return of displaced Iraqis

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The U.N. refugee agency is expanding its presence in war-torn Iraq to help accommodate thousands of displaced people, many of whom believe it's getting safer and easier to return to their homes in once-perilous neighborhoods.

Shaikh Khalifa's full speech on National Day

The following is the full text of the Statement to the Nation made by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the 37th UAE National Day: My brothers and sisters, since the last many years, we are living a...

SOFA not sitting well in Iraq

Iraq's security pact with the United States may have been approved by the Iraqi parliament, but not without highlighting the major divisions in the country. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Shi'ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr...

US set to hand over Green Zone to Iraq

Baghdad: Many Iraqis cannot wait until the Green Zone in Baghdad is turned over to Iraqi forces, as a part of the implementation of the newly adopted security agreement between the US and Iraq. "My apartment is located in an...

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