Roadside bomb in Baghdad kills 1 Iraqi soldier (AP via Yahoo! News)
A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol Thursday in Baghdad, the latest in a string of attacks that have raised questions about the ability of the country’s security forces to maintain hard-won stability.
Iraqi PM warns Turkey to stop cross-border raids against Kurdish militants hiding in Iraq (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi prime minister warned Turkey on Thursday to stop conducting military operations across Iraq’s northern border targeting Kurdish rebels and stressed that Iraq’s sovereignty can not be violated, according to a government spokesman.
Roadside bomb in Baghdad kills Iraqi soldier (The Champaign News-Gazette)
BAGHDAD (AP) A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol Thursday in Baghdad, the latest in a string of attacks that have raised questions about the ability of the country’s security forces to maintain hard-won stability. The bomb killed one Iraqi soldier when it hit a patrol passing through a busy square in central Baghdad, an Iraqi police official said.
Turkish PM in Baghdad talks amid mounting Israel spat (AFP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
The Turkish and Iraqi premiers held talks in Baghdad on Thursday on the thorniest disputes between their two countries as Ankara moved to boost its Arab ties amid a growing spat with Israel.
Iraqi police: Roadside bomb in Baghdad targets Iraqi security forces, kills 1 soldier (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
BAGHDAD – The police say a roadside bomb targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad has killed one Iraqi soldier.
Iraq’s neighbors reaffirm support for Iraqi stability (People’s Daily)
Interior ministers from countries surrounding Iraq reaffirmed on Wednesday their full support for security and stability of Iraq. In the sixth meeting of Iraq’s neighbors’ interior ministers, presided over by Egypt’s Interior Minister Habib Ibrahim el-Adli, interior ministers said they would continue working on more efforts to achieve security and stability in Iraq and unity of its territory. In …
The ‘other’ Kurdistan seethes with rage (Asia Times)
IRBIL – The Qandil Mountains in Iraqi Kurdistan have maintained a reputation for relative tranquility and stability in a diagonal belt across northern Iraq while much of the rest of the country has burned with sectarian nihilism and anti-occupation insurgency.
Roadside bomb in Baghdad kills 1 Iraqi soldier (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
BAGHDAD (AP) – The police say a roadside bomb targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad has killed one Iraqi soldier. A police official says the blast struck an Iraqi army patrol Thursday morning as it passed through central Baghdad. One civilian and two soldiers were wounded.
Roadside bomb in Baghdad targets Iraqi security forces, kills 1 soldier (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol Thursday in Baghdad, the latest in a string of attacks in Iraq that have raised questions about the ability of the country’s security forces to maintain hard-won stability.
Turkish premier Erdogan in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi leaders (EARTHtimes.org)
Baghdad – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Iraq Thursday for talks with Iraqi leaders to boost bilateral ties between the two countries, media reports said. Erdogan is scheduled to meet with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Prime…
Izzat Al-Douri Aide Nabbed In Diyala (OfficialWire)
Iraqi security forces captured a key associate of former Iraqi Vice President Izzat al-Douri, the most wanted man in Iraq. Iraqi security forces in a brazen helicopter raid in Diyala province captured Ayad Jalal Abdul-Wahab, reports McClatchy news services.
Iraqi-Syrian crisis deepens; Baghdad looks to UN for help (The Christian Science Monitor)
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Wednesday he’s optimistic that a UN investigator would examine claims that Syria, Iran, and others were interfering in Iraq’s affairs.
85,000 Iraqis killed in almost 5 years of war (Delaware County Times)
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq’s government said at least 85,000 Iraqis were killed from 2004 to 2008, officially answering one of the biggest questions of the conflict how many perished in the sectarian violence that nearly led to a civil war.
