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Iraq says U.S. raid violated security pact

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq considers a U.S. military raid that killed two people a crime and wants U.S. forces to hand over those responsible to the courts, an Iraqi official said on Sunday. Hundreds of Iraqis protested in the southern city of Kut ...

From AREF MOHAMMED, Boston Globe,  27 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki

Iraq and Iran resume swaps of 1980s war dead

SHALAMCHA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iran and Iraq on Sunday exchanged the remains of a total of 241 soldiers killed in their 1980-88 war, resuming a swap that had been suspended since shortly after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The bodies of 41 Iranians ...

From AREF MOHAMMED, Boston Globe,  30 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Saddam Hussein

Heavy fighting as Iraqi forces advance in Basra

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government troops said they captured a stronghold of fighters loyal to anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Basra on Saturday after a massive show of force by U.S. warplanes and British artillery. Thundering ...

From AREF MOHAMMED, Boston Globe,  19 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki

Iraq removes commanders after Basra crackdown

BASRA, Iraq: Iraq's government removed the top military and police commanders in Basra on Wednesday, weeks after a botched crackdown on militia fighters there triggered the country's worst fighting in months. Iraqi army Lieutenant-General Mohan ...

From AREF MOHAMMED, International Herald Tribune,  16 Apr 2008
Related Topics: David Petraeus,  U.S. Congress,  Nouri al-Maliki

Basra returning to normal after al-Sadr truce

BASRA, IRAQ Life appeared to be returning to normal in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday after Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers off the streets, but clashes continued in Baghdad. Mr. al-Sadr called the halt on Sunday, nearly ...

From AREF MOHAMMED, Globe and Mail,  31 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki

Iraq forces, militants clash in oil city

Militants loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr clashed with Iraqi security forces throughout Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra for a second day on Wednesday. A health official said 40 people had been killed and 200 wounded in the first day of the ...

From AREF MOHAMMED, Mail & Guardian Online,  26 Mar 2008

Heavy fighting in southern Iraqi oil hub of Basra

BASRA, IRAQ Heavy fighting erupted on Tuesday in the southern oil city of Basra where Iraqi security forces launched a major operation against powerful militias, military officials and witnesses said. A Reuters witness in the city reported seeing ...

From AREF MOHAMMED, Globe and Mail,  25 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki

U.K. hands control of Basra to Iraqi forces

Britain handed over Sunday to Iraqi forces the responsibility for security in the last of four provinces it once patrolled, effectively ending five years of British control of southern Iraq. Thousands of Iraqi police and troops marked the handover ...

From AREF MOHAMMED AND MUSSAB AL-KHAIRALLA, Globe and Mail,  16 Dec 2007
Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Tony Blair,  Gordon Brown

UK hands control of last province to Iraq forces

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Britain handed responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq. "Today we stand before a historic juncture ...

From AREF MOHAMMED AND MUSSAB AL-KHAIRALLA, Boston Globe,  16 Dec 2007
Related Topics: Tony Blair,  Saddam Hussein,  Gordon Brown

UK to hand control of last province to Iraq forces

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Britain will transfer responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq. The handover of Iraq's main oil ...

From AREF MOHAMMED, Boston Globe,  16 Dec 2007
Related Topics: Tony Blair,  Saddam Hussein,  Gordon Brown

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