Iraqi committee to investigate prison abuse (AP via Yahoo! News)
A special committee set up by Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday began an investigation into allegations of widespread abuse and torture in Iraq’s prisons, which is threatening to become a major issue ahead of Jan. 30 national elections.
Lukoil chief meets Iraqi PM ahead of oil announcement (Zawya)
BAGHDAD, Jun 17, 2009 (AFP) – The head of Russian energy giant Lukoil, which is bidding for contracts to develop Iraqi oil and gas fields, met Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday.
Al Qaeda leader held for Iraq MP s killing (Gulf Times)
Iraqi police arrested a top Al Qaeda operative yesterday over the killing of a senior Sunni Muslim MP and human rights advocate who was shot dead in a Baghdad mosque last week.
Iraq hands oil fields to foreign companies (Belfast Telegraph)
Furious protests threaten to undermine the Iraqi government’s controversial plan to give international oil companies a stake in its giant oilfields in a desperate effort to raise declining oil production and revenues.
Iraqi Oil Minister accused of mother of all sell-outs (The Malaysian Insider)
BAGHDAD, June 18 In less than two weeks, on June 29 and 30, the Iraqi Oil Minister, Hussain Shahristani, will award service contracts to the world s largest oil companies to develop six of Iraq s largest oil-producing fields over 20 to 25 years. Senior figures within the Iraqi oil industry have denounced the deal. Fayad al-Nema, the director of the South Oil Company, which comes under the Oil …
296th Transport Co. ready for second Iraq War tour (The Daily Leader)
Brookhaven is about to make its second contribution this year to the ongoing war in Iraq by sending a second military unit to the desert 7,000 miles away.
Iraq: Joint forces arrest 10 people in Kirkuk (Adnkronos)
Iraq: Joint forces arrest 10 people in Kirkuk (AKI) – A joint Iraqi-United States forces raid arrested ten people on Thursday in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, according to police. The arrests followed a search in al-Huwaiyja district’s Tabah village. Most of the suspects are wanted men and during the operation the joint security forces seized three unlicensed vehicles and six guns, the …
Iraqi security forces kill two suicide bombers west of Baghdad (People’s Daily)
Iraqi security forces shot dead two suicide bombers during a raid on insurgents’ hideouts in west of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said on Wednesday. Early in the morning, Iraqi security forces surrounded the Uwaisat district in Abu Ghraib area, some 20 km west of the city, Baghdad operations command said in a statement. During the operation, the troops were attacked by a suicide bomber who tried …
Iraqi police arrest al-Qaeda leader (AAP) (Yahoo!7 World News)
Iraqi police have arrested a top al-Qaeda operative over the killing of a senior Sunni Muslim MP and human rights advocate.
Iraq makes arrests after Sunni leader’s murder (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi authorities have arrested several people who may be connected to the murder of a Sunni Muslim politician, officials said on Wednesday, a killing that rattled efforts to keep the peace between Sunnis and Shi’ites.
