Pakistan police raid US-contracted security firm (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistani police raided a local security firm that helps protect the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, seizing dozens of allegedly unlicensed weapons at a time when unusually intense media scrutiny of America’s use of private contractors has deepened anti-U.S. sentiment.
Iraq market explosion kills 7 near Baghdad (Press TV)
A car bomb attack has hit the town of Mahmudiyah just outside the Iraqi capital, killing seven people and leaving another 21 wounded.
Pakistan: Bomb kills 2 (MyMotherLode.com)
A Pakistani official says a bomb blast has killed two people at a security checkpoint in the country’s northwest. Local government official Aslam Khan says the explosion occurred in Dara Adam Khel. The area is near the tribal regions and is famous for its illegal arms bazaar.
Iraq says no progress with Syria over insurgents (The Star)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A meeting of Iraqi and Syrian officials over accusations Damascus shelters Iraqi insurgents yielded nothing and further talks were unlikely to do much better, Iraq’s government said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Bomb kills 2 at checkpoint in northwest (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Pakistani official says a bomb blast has killed two people at a security checkpoint in the country’s northwest.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-09-19 16:09 UPDATE 1-Turkey may sign pact with Iraq on Nabuccco gas (Interactive Investor)
ANKARA, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Turkey and Iraq have discussed signing a memorandum of understanding to ship Iraqi gas to Europe via Turkey through the planned Nabucco pipeline, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Saturday. Turkey and four European Union countries signed a transit deal in July for the $7.9 billion euro EU-backed pipeline to carry Caspian and Middle Eastern gas to central …
Iraq says no progress with Syria over insurgents (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Sept 19 (Reuters) – A meeting of Iraqi and Syrian officials over accusations Damascus shelters Iraqi insurgents yielded nothing and further talks were unlikely to do much better, Iraq’s …
Turkey allows more water to drought-ravaged Iraq (The Star)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Turkey has agreed to release more water from the Euphrates river to drought-ravaged Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Saturday, after the heaviest rains in Turkey for 80 years caused deadly floods in Istanbul.
Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets (CommonDreams.org)
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica and Aram Roston, Special to ProPublica Last spring, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Iraq got a makeover,replacing the scandal-plagued Blackwater private security company with a firm named Triple Canopy. The new $1 billion contract cemented Triple Canopy’s status as the pre-eminent provider of private security services in Iraq, with its heavily armed employees …
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 19 (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters Sept 19 (Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 1415 GMT on Saturday. MOSUL – A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol killed a 5-year-old girl and wounded two her …
Iraq car bomb kills seven (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Seven people were killed and 21 others wounded by a car bomb just outside Baghdad on Friday evening, a security official said.
Turkey, Iraq To Sign 40 Agreements For Strategic Cooperation (INO News)
(RTTNews) – The first ministerial meeting of Turkey and Iraq in Istanbul agreed for a strategic cooperation and to sign 40 memorandum of understanding and protocols. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari presided over the ministerial meeting.
Turkey says might sign MOU with Iraq on Nabuccco gas (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
ANKARA, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Turkey and Iraq have discussed the possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding to ship Iraqi gas to Europe via Turkey through the planned Nabucco pipeline, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildizsaid on Saturday.
Iraq call halt to security talks with Syria: ‘This is the final meeting’ (World Tribune)
Officials said Syria has refused to cooperate to halt the flow of Al Qaida and other Sunni insurgents to Iraq. They said the regime of President Bashar Assad has failed to provide information on fugitives from the former Saddam Hussein regime believed harbored by Damascus.
