Posts Tagged ‘Baghdad’
Iraqi Forces: Rebuilt and Stronger, but Still Stumbling
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| Twelve members of the 1st Brigade died in April when a female suicide bomber attacked officers distributing food packages to the poor in Karada. At the brigade’s headquarters, a memorial was hung with portraits of seven of those killed, including the commander of the headquarters battalion and a medic who was revered by his colleagues.
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| Iraqi Forces: Rebuilt and Stronger, but Still Stumbling |
| New York Times | May 07, 2009 | By STEVEN LEE MYERS |
| BAGHDAD — Iraq’s security forces, despite significant improvements, remain hobbled by shortages of men and equipment, by bureaucracy, corruption, political interference and security breaches that have resulted in the deaths of dozens of Iraqi and American troops already this year, according to officials from both countries. read more |
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| Maj. Brian K. Wortinger, left, and Colonel Ayad Hamid Bahar Al-Utaibi, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Iraqi National Police, on the roof of the battalion’s new headquarters in a former embassy building in Baghdad’s central Karada district. |
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Two American soldiers shot dead by uniformed Iraqi: US
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| Grim: The body of a U.S. soldier lies on the ground in Baghlan October 27, 2008. A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform blew himself up in a police station in Pul-i-Khumri |
| Two American soldiers shot dead by uniformed Iraqi: US |
| AFP | May 02, 2009 | |
| Two American soldiers were shot dead and three more were wounded on Saturday when an Iraqi wearing army uniform opened fire on them south of the northern town of Mosul, the US military said.
“According to initial reports, an individual dressed in an Iraqi army uniform fired on the Coalition forces and was killed in the incident” around 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Mosul, the statement said. |
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Iraq Resists Pleas by U.S. to Placate Baath Party
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Mohammed Salman al-Saady, the Iraqi prime minister’s adviser for reconciliation, acknowledged “fundamental differences” with the United States over policy toward the Baathists. |
| Iraq Resists Pleas by U.S. to Placate Baath Party |
| NY Times | Apr 25, 2009 | By SAM DAGHER |
| BAGHDAD — On April 18, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of Saddam Hussein’s top generals — the commander of the final defense of Baghdad in 2003 — to return home to resume efforts to make peace with the new Iraq. read more |
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Storm of Violence in Iraq Strains Its Security Forces
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A relative of a victim of a suicide bombing outside the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad on Friday. |
| Storm of Violence in Iraq Strains Its Security Forces |
| New York Times | Apr 25, 2009 | By STEVEN LEE MYERS and SAM DAGHER |
| BAGHDAD — A deadly outburst of violence appears to be overwhelming Iraq’s police and military forces as American troops hand over greater control of cities across the country to them. On Friday, twin suicide bombings killed at least 60 people outside Baghdad’s most revered Shiite shrine, pushing the death toll in one 24-hour period to nearly 150. read more |
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Iraq takes control of Green Zone
US Col. Steven Ferrari, a commander of the Joint Area Support Group Baghdad shakes hands with Brigadier Emad Yaseen, commander of the Iraqi Army’s Baghdad Brigade, during a hand-over ceremony at the ‘Green Zone’ in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Iraqis took control over the ‘Green Zone’ Thursday. Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the handover of the heavily fortified Green Zone and the presidential palace is the most visible sign his country has regained its sovereignty. (AP Ph
Iraq takes control of Green Zone
BBC, 1 January 2009, Iraq has taken control of security in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone after a UN mandate for troops expired. The end of the UN mandate – put into place soon after the invasion in March 2003 – means Iraq will now take greater control of its own security.
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Christmas returns to Baghdad
Some Christian leaders estimate that only 100,000 Christians still live in Iraq – a huge decline from the pre-invasion level of 800,000 Photo: AFP
Christmas returns to Baghdad
Times UK, By Tim Albone in Baghdad Last Updated: 3:40PM GMT 22 Dec 2008 — The security success of the ’surge’ in troops in Baghdad is allowing the city’s Christians to celebrate their holy season with the open joy of times past.
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Thousands protest US pact in Baghdad
Thousands protest the US security pact in Baghdad, Nov 21
Thousands protest US pact in Baghdad
Press TV, Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:18:24 GMT
Thousands of Iraqis have gathered on a central square in Baghdad to protest a US-proposed security pact that is yet to be finalized.
‘No, no to the American agreement… No, no to the agreement of humiliation,’ chanted the protesters as they waved Iraqi flags and green banners.
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Operation enduring disaster
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Operation enduring disaster
19/11/2008 04:19:00 PM GMT, Aljazerra — Obama would be foolish to imagine that Petraeus can work a miracle cure in Afghanistan. The cancer has spread too far and is affecting US troops as well. If the American media chose to interview active-duty soldiers in Afghanistan (on promise of anonymity), they might get a more accurate picture of what is happening inside the U.S. Army there.
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U.S. lists services it’ll cut off if Iraq rejects pact on troops
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U.S. lists services it\’ll cut off if Iraq rejects pact on troops
By Leila Fadel | McClatchy Newspapers
BAGHDAD — Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, informed Iraqi officials last week that if their country doesn\’t agree to a new agreement governing American forces in Iraq, it would lose $6.3 billion in aid for construction, security forces and economic activity and another $10 billion a year in foreign military sales.
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Thousands rally in Iraq against proposed U.S troop deal
Tens of thousands of Iraqi followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, wearing national flag outfits, march on October 18, 2008 through the streets of Baghdad to demonstrate against the US occupation of Iraq. Followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched through the Iraqi capital shouting anti-US slogans to protest the American occupation and the planned security deal between the two countries. The protest, which was to be organised on April 9 — the anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime — was being held Saturday and came at a time when Washington and Baghdad are negotiating a crucial security deal. Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images
Thousands rally in Iraq against proposed U.S troop deal
By Hussein Kadhim and Corinne Reilly | McClatchy Newspapers BAGHDAD — Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in the streets of Baghdad Saturday against a proposed American-Iraqi deal that would allow U.S. troops to stay in the country for three more years.
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