Violence kills eight in northern Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Eight people were killed and more than 50 wounded on Wednesday in violence in northern Iraq, where US and Iraqi forces have been struggling to root out insurgents, police said.
Bombs kills six in northern Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Six people were killed and more than 50 wounded Wednesday in bombings in northern Iraq, where US and Iraqi forces have been struggling to root out insurgents, police said.
Police arrest Shiite cult leader in Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News)
Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a leading figure in a messianic Shiite cult that has battled with Iraqi and U.S. forces, possibly thwarting plans by the group to carry out attacks against hundreds of thousands of pilgrims that will gather next week at one of Iraq’s holiest shrines.
British, Australian troops to stay in Iraq until July (CNN)
Iraq has signed troop withdrawal agreements that will have British and Australian troops out of the country by the end of July, Iraqi Defense Ministry said.
Double bombing kills two in northern Iraq (Middle East Times)
Iraqi soldiers stand guard at the site of of a road side bomb that punctured the tyres of their armoured vehicle in the northern city of Mosul, November 2008. Two civilians have been killed and nine wounded in a double roadside bombing in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul where US and Iraqi forces have been struggling to root out insurgents, police said.
Pentagon puts another slice of Iraqi airspace under Baghdad’s control (The Daily Star Lebannon)
The US military prepared to turn over a swathe of Iraqi airspace on Wednesday ahead of the expiry of a United Nations mandate in another step that edges Baghdad closer to full sovereignty. The transfer of airspace was formally to occur at midnight Wednesday at Baghdad international airport, about 12 kilometers from the Iraqi capital.
Double bombing kills two in northern Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two civilians were killed and nine wounded Wednesday in a double roadside bombing in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul where US and Iraqi forces have been struggling to root out insurgents, police said.
UK turns Iraqi suspects over to Baghdad (The State)
Two men accused of killing British soldiers have been turned over to Iraqi authorities in defiance of Europe’s top human rights court, Britain’s defense secretary said Wednesday. Faisal al-Saadoon and Khalaf Mufdhi are now in Iraqi custody and face trial for war crimes, British Defense Secretary John Hutton said in a statement. The pair, former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party, are …
Bombs kills six in northern Iraq (Middle East Times)
Iraqi soldiers stand guard at the site of of a road side bomb that punctured the tyres of their armoured vehicle in the northern city of Mosul, November 2008.S ix people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in bombings in northern Iraq, where US and Iraqi forces have been struggling to root out insurgents, police said.
UK turns Iraqi suspects over to Baghdad (Las Vegas Sun)
Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (1:09 p.m.) Two men accused of killing British soldiers have been turned over to Iraqi authorities in defiance of Europe’s top human rights court, Britain’s defense secretary said Wednesday.
Unexpected twists make 2008 an epochal year (Muzi)
Washington – Here’s the way the world looked last January: Hillary Rodham Clinton was a lock to win the Democratic nomination for president, and probably the election, too. The economy wasn’t great, but it wasn’t awful, either – many experts thought we’d avoid global recession.
US SOLDIERS TAKE LEAVE OF SADDAM PALACE (New York Post)
BAGHDAD – U.S. officials withdrew on Wednesday from the vast Saddam Hussein-era palace they have occupied in Baghdad since 2003, a sign of the historic change of power when their troops come under Iraqi authority at midnight. The U.S. force in…
