Iraq

In Iraq, a clash of treasures past, present and future

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BABYLON, Iraq - In the ancient city of Babylon, once home to the fabled Hanging Gardens, an extended oil pipeline has churned through the dirt and dug up a conundrum: which takes precedence, preserving Iraq's heritage or developing its oil wealth?

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Iraq turns to U.S. drones to protect oil platforms

BAGHDAD - Iraq is buying unmanned drones from the United States to help protect its southern oil platforms as the OPEC nation ramps up production after the withdrawal of the last American troops, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Monday.

World, 21 May 2012

Turkish civilian killed in attack by Kurdish rebels

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - A construction worker was killed and three people were wounded when Kurdish militants attacked a military outpost in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, security sources said on Saturday.

World, 19 May 2012

Fugitive Iraqi VP Hashemi's trial postponed again

BAGHDAD - The trial of Iraq's fugitive vice president Tareq al-Hashemi, accused of running death squads, was postponed for a second time on Thursday with the politician still in Turkey after his case sparked a crisis in Iraq's cross-sectarian government.

World, 10 May 2012

Interpol calls for Iraq vice-president Hashemi's arrest

BAGHDAD/PARIS - Interpol called for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi at the request of Iraqi authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of planning attacks, a move likely to complicate attempts to defuse Iraq's political crisis.

World, 08 May 2012

Interpol calls for Iraq vice-president Hashemi's arrest

BAGHDAD/PARIS - Interpol called for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi at the request of Iraqi authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of planning attacks, a move likely to complicate attempts to defuse Iraq's simmering political crisis.

World, 08 May 2012

Iraq court to free U.S. killings suspect - lawyer

BAGHDAD - A suspected Hezbollah militant accused of masterminding the killing of Americans in Iraq has been cleared of all charges and will be freed, his lawyer said on Monday, in an announcement that is likely to anger Washington.

World, 07 May 2012

Iraq fugitive VP charged with murdering six judges

BAGHDAD - Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and some of his bodyguards have been charged with murdering six judges and a series of other killings, a judiciary spokesman said on Monday.

World, 30 Apr 2012

Iraq's Shahristani: dispute with Kurds an internal affair

WASHINGTON - A simmering dispute between Iraq's central government and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan is an internal affair, a top Baghdad official said on Thursday, in an implicit rebuff of U.S. efforts to broker a compromise between the two sides.

World, 27 Apr 2012

Bombs kill 10, wound 18 in Iraq's Diyala - sources

BAGHDAD - Ten people were killed and 18 others wounded when two explosions struck a popular coffee shop in the restive Iraqi province of Diyala, security sources said on Thursday.

World, 26 Apr 2012

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