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Iraqi Olympians aim for medals, unity
They may specialise in different disciplines but all of Iraq’s representatives to the 2012 London Olympics know all too well the struggle of training in a country which is dangerous and still rebuilding. Iraq’s Olympic team heads to Britain hoping to secure medals, an achievement which could help solidify what…
Obama’s pick for Iraq ambassador withdraws after racy emails uncovered
LOS CABOS, Mexico — President Barack Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Iraq has withdrawn from the running, a US official said Monday, following claims of impropriety and opposition from Republicans. National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said the White House regretted seeing Brett McGurk “withdraw his candidacy” but praised him…
Anti-Shiite suicide bombing kills 22 in Iraq
BAQUBA, Iraq — A suicide bomber killed 22 people at a Shiite gathering in central Iraq on Monday, officials said, in the latest in a string of attacks against the Shiite majority that has left dozens dead. The bomber targeted mourners in central Baquba, north of Baghdad, a police colonel…
5 facts about the fallen to remember on Memorial Day
Memorial Day — first called Decoration Day — got its start as holiday commemorating fallen soldiers at the end of the Civil War, according to Yale historian David Blight. In 1865, former slaves exhumed Union soldiers from a mass grave in Charleston, South Carolina on the site of that city’s…
Record 45% of Iraq and Afghanistan vets have filed for disability
According to a new report from the Associated Press, a record 45% of the 1.6 million veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are seeking compensation for service-related injuries. This is more than double the rate for Gulf War veterans. For all the publicity given to “Gulf War syndrome,”…
19 Pakistani pilgrims wounded in Iraq bombing
A roadside bomb in Iraq’s Anbar province wounded 19 Pakistani Shiite pilgrims on Sunday, police and a doctor said, in the second attack against pilgrims in the Sunni province in days. “A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims was targeted by a roadside bomb at around 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) on the highway to Baghdad” fromFallujah, Anbar police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel…
Iraq buying U.S. drones to guard Persian Gulf oil platforms
The Iraqi military will use U.S.-manufactured drone aircraft to protect its oil platforms in the Persian Gulf, officials told reporter Jim Michaels with USA Today on Monday. The drones are just part of more than $15 billion of U.S.-made military hardware, including fighter jets, tanks and other vehicles, authorized for sale…
Iraq bomb attacks against security kill five
BAGHDAD — A series of bomb attacks mostly targeting security forces, including a suicide car bombing, killed five people across Iraq and wounded several more on Sunday, security and medical officials said. Two people, including an Iraqi army first lieutenant, were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi…
Baghdad hit by attacks as VP death squad trial opens
Gun and bomb attacks struck the Baghdad area where Iraq’s fugitiveVice President Tareq al-Hashemi was to go on trial in absentia Thursday on charges he says are politically motivated. Hashemi, the country’s top Sunni official, stands accused along with several of his bodyguards of running a death squad but the vice president…
Blasts temporarily shut down Iraq-Turkey pipeline
Overnight blasts in southeastern Turkey on Thursday temporarily shut down a pipeline pumping oil from Iraq, with Kurdish rebels suspected to be behind the explosions, authorities said. Three blasts hit the section of the pipeline running near the border city of Idil in the Sirnak province, sparking a fire, said a statement by the Sirnak regional…
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