Britain honors its 179 soldiers killed in Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani joined families on Friday for a service of remembrance to honor the 179 British service personnel killed and those who fought in the war in Iraq.
Anti-insurgent cleric targeted, killed by bomb in Iraq (USA Today)
A Sunni cleric known for denouncing insurgents in Iraq was killed Friday by a bomb that ripped apart his car, a police official said, in the second targeted attack on a religious figure in as many weeks.
Violence flares in Baghdad’s Sadr City despite truce (Tiscali)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Gunmen launched numerous attacks on U.S. troops in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr overnight, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, in a sign that many militia are ignoring a pact to halt fighting.
Bomb kills anti-insurgent cleric in Iraq (Boston Globe)
A Sunni cleric who denounced insurgents in Iraq was killed Friday north of Baghdad when a bomb tore through his car, an Iraqi police official said, the second such attack against religious officials in as many weeks.
Building tolerance in Iraq s divided North (Stars and Stripes)
COMBAT OUTPOST COBRA, Iraq Capt. Michael Schmidt stepped on a cultural land mine during a recent meeting with Iraqi military commanders aimed at easing ethnic tensions in Iraq s disputed north.
Archbishop Questions Morality Of Iraq War (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The Archbishop of Canterbury has questioned the morality of the war in Iraq during a service to honour British troops who served in the six-year conflict.
Archbishop Questions Morality Of War In Iraq (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The Archbishop of Canterbury has questioned the morality of the war in Iraq, at a service attended by the Queen in honour of the British troops who served in the six-year conflict.
Iraq: Bomb in Car Kills Sunni Cleric Who Spoke Out Against Insurgents (New York Times)
A Sunni cleric who had denounced insurgents was killed when a bomb tore through his car on Friday, a police official said.
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 10 (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters Oct 10 (Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 0630 GMT on Saturday. DAQUQ – U.S. and Iraqi forces captured a suspected member of al Qaeda in Iraq in a raid earlier this week near …
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-10-09 23:19 Iraq Kurdistan denies wrongdoing in DNO affair (Interactive Investor)
BAGHDAD, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil minister has denied wrongdoing in a murky stock deal that has left some outsiders raising questions about doing business in a relatively stable corner of Iraq. Ashti Hawrami, natural resources minister of the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, defended financial assistance made privately over the past year to two foreign companies …
Three killed in explosion in western Iraq (EARTHtimes.org)
Baghdad – Three Iraqis, including an imam, were killed when a sticky bomb went off after the Friday prayers in the western city of Fallujah, police sources said. The bomb was placed in the car of Sheikh Jamal Hammad, who is the imam of Abdel-Qader al…
