US Marines’ Iraq command ends; Biden in Baghdad (Park Hills Daily Journal)
RAMADI, Iraq (AP) The U.S. Marines marked the end of nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday by handing the Army their command of Anbar province, once one of the war s fiercest battlefields but now a centerpiece of U.S.-Iraqi cooperation.
Iraq suicide attack kills at least 17, many police (The Malaysian Insider)
UPDATED BAGHDAD, Jan 26 A suicide blast killed at least 17 people at an Interior Ministry office in Baghdad on Tuesday, officials said, the latest attack to raise doubts about Iraq s ability to keep people safe weeks before a national election. The blast came a day after suicide bombers in vans and SUVs, helped in at least two cases by gunmen with silenced weapons, attacked three Baghdad …
Iraq- Meeting in Basra on development of al-Qarna oilfield (MENAFN)
Iraq- Meeting in Basra on development of al-Qarna oilfield
Medvedev sends Iraq condolences over Baghdad bombings (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent his Iraqi counterpart, Jalal Talabani, condolences on Monday over the deadly suicide bombings that killed more than 40 people, the Kremlin said.
Five killed, forensics building destroyed in Baghdad bomb (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A suicide car bomber exploded his vehicle in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least five people and destroying the government’s forensics headquarters, an interior ministry official said.
Baghdad car bomb kills 18 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A suicide attacker blew up his car on Tuesday while racing it at Iraq’s forensics headquarters in central Baghdad, killing 18 people, injuring 80 and destroying the building, officials said.
Baghdad blasts strike popular Iraqi hotels, killing 37 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Karim Kadim/The Associated Press Iraqi people stand near a crater caused by a car bomb attack Monday in front of the Sheraton Hotel, seen in the background, in central Baghdad, Iraq.
Analysis: Marines leave Iraq again for good? (Stars and Stripes)
WASHINGTON It is easily lost in the hopefulness of the Marines departure from Iraq hailed in ceremonies as the final chapter that this is not the first time they left in the expectation of never returning.
Vice President Joe Biden in Iraq to Meet with Iraqi Leaders and Visit U.S. Troops (The White House)
As part of his regular engagement with Iraq, Vice President Biden has arrived in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi leaders; receive updates from U.S. military and civilian leaders; and visit U.S. troops. During his trip, he will meet with Iraq s President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Speaker of the Council of Representatives Ayad al-Samarrai and other political leaders. He will also …
Iraq’s ‘Chemical Ali’ Executed; Blasts Rip Baghdad (CBS4 Miami)
Iraq’s government spokesman says Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin “Chemical Ali” was executed Monday about a week after being sentenced to death for the poison gas attacks that killed more than 5,000 Kurds in 1988.
Kurdish Doctor Leaves U.S. For Iraqi Politics (NPR)
Dr. Najmaldeen Karim is going back to Iraq to run in the 2010 elections. The Washington D.C.-area neurosurgeon fled his homeland in 1975. Now he’s leaving a comfortable life in the U.S. to try for a seat in the Iraqi parliament representing the Kurds of Kirkuk, one of Iraq’s ethnic flash points.
Iraq suicide attack kills at least 17, many police (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A suicide blast killed at least 17 people at an Interior Ministry office in Baghdad on Tuesday, officials said, the latest attack to raise doubts about Iraq’s ability to keep people safe weeks before a national election.
