Panetta makes 9/11 gaffe in Iraq
US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta © AFP/POOL Paul J. Richards AFP BAGHDAD (AFP) – Newly appointed US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told American troops…
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US envoy says Iraq critical to global energy needs
US Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey © AFP/Getty Images/File Alex Wong AFP The US ambassador in Baghdad said on Saturday that the State Department has…
Hugely Successful Oil Auctions in Iraq Creating Windfall for US Oil Services Companies
Rumaylah Oil Fields, Iraq – Wiki Image The Mad Hedge Fund Trader Minyanville The success of the recent oil auctions in Iraq is creating a…
Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say
U.S. Defense officials still cannot say what happened to $6.6 billion, sent by the planeload in cash and intended for Iraq’s reconstruction after the start…
Top US senator urges Guantanamo for Iraqi suspects
Gautanamo Bay Camp VI © AFP/File Virginie Montet AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, called Tuesday for two Iraqi nationals…
Irked Iraqis Ridicule Notion of Paying US for Invading
Rep. Rohrabacher Has ‘No Regrets’ After His Delegation Is Asked to Leave Baghdad – Wiki Image Jason Ditz AntiWar.com A Congressional delegation led by Rep….
Peter Van Buren, How Not to Withdraw from Iraq
The Fall of Baghdad – Wiki Image Peter Van Buren TomDispatch Iraq? Where’s that? Most Americans no longer seem to know and evidently could care…
US congressman says Iraq should repay war costs
© AFP/IPMO AFP BAGHDAD (AFP) – A US congressman called on Friday for Iraq to repay a portion of the “mega-dollars” that Washington has spent…
US hopes Iraq will ask troops to stay: Gates
US troops stand at attention © AFP/File Ali al-Saadi AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he hopes Iraqi leaders will ask…
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April deadliest month for US in Iraq since 2009
11 US troops have died in Iraq in April © AFP Ahmad al-Rubaye AFP BAGHDAD (AFP) – The killing on Friday of an American soldier…
US mulls ‘keeping 10,000 troops in Iraq’
© AFP/US Army/File Special Joshua E. Powell AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US and Iraqi officials are looking into keeping 10,000 US troops in the country…
US Baghdad embassy will double in size: envoy
Editor’s Note: The U.S. embassy in Iraq is already the largest and most expensive in the world, reportedly costing over $1.5 billion — Now it…
Colin Powell demands answers over false Iraq intel: reports
© AFP/File Tim Clary AFP LONDON (AFP) – Ex-secretary of state Colin Powell called on the CIA and Pentagon to explain how he was given…