Nov
16

Iraq – Iraq official: 13 dead in village west of Baghdad (AP via Yahoo! News)

Iraq official: 13 dead in village west of Baghdad (AP via Yahoo! News)
An Iraqi security official says 13 people were killed overnight in a village west of Baghdad.

Iraq public sector needs fundamental reform: PM (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi leaders called on Monday for fundamental changes to be made to a huge public administration riddled with corruption, and for this to be accompanied by broader economic reforms.

At least 13 killed in Iraq village (MalaysiaNews.net)
Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed at least 13 people in a village west of Baghdad, in what some described as revenge against Sunnis who helped fight al-Qaida, Iraqi officials have…

Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms abduct and kill 13 people in village west of Baghdad (New York Daily News)
Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed at least 13 people in a village west of Baghdad , in what some described as revenge against Sunnis who helped fight al-Qaida .

13 Bullet-Riddled Bodies Found in Iraq (CBS News)
Atrocity by Gunmen Wearing Iraqi Army Uniforms Described as Revenge Against Sunnis Who Helped Fight al Qaeda

13 dead in village west of Baghdad (MalaysiaNews.net)
Two weeks into the newest Baghdad security plan, the daily count of murder victims dumped on the city’s streets has declined significantly, a likely sign that Shiite Muslim militia groups aligned with…

Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kill 13 men execution style in Sunni village west of Baghdad (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD – Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including a local leader of Iraq’s largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaida.

Violence lull spurs timid revival in Iraqi art (The Malaysian Insider)
BAGHDAD, Nov 16 – A lull in violence has sparked a timid renaissance in Iraqi art after years of dictatorship and bloodshed restricted artistic freedoms. In a park by the Tigris, a dozen sculptors chip away at marble to carve their vision of Iraqi resilience one shows a pregnant woman balancing a water bucket on her head, another features a female bird protecting eggs under her wings. None of …

Uniformed assassins kidnap, kill 13 Iraqi men (USA Today)
Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including a local leader of Iraq’s largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaeda.

Thirteen anti-Qaeda tribe members killed in Iraq (Khaleej Times)
BAGHDAD – Insurgents dressed in Iraqi army uniforms gunned down thirteen members of an anti-Qaeda tribal Shaikh s family, including three of his sons, early Monday, a villager and security officials told .

Iraqi Airline Company gets approval to operate direct flights between Kuwait and Baghdad (MENAFN)
Iraqi Airline Company gets approval to operate direct flights between Kuwait and Baghdad

Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Iraq – and aims to transfer military tactics to California (Times Online)
The governor of California trots out his most famous one-liner wherever he goes but, at the Victory military base in Baghdad today, he apparently meant it.

Iraqi Airline Company gets approval to operate direct flights between Kuwait and Baghdad (Zawya)
The Iraqi company requested to operate two flights a week from Baghdad and two others from Najaf to Kuwait, Farah said in statements to Kuwait News Agency “KUNA”.