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Iraqi former official arrested on way out of country

Iraq's former trade minister, who resigned this month amid accusations of corruption, was arrested by security forces as he was trying to leave the country, officials confirmed to CNN.

U.S. soldier kills 5 comrades in Iraq, officials say

A U.S. soldier fired on his fellow troops at a counseling center at a base outside Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, U.S. officials said, killing five people in the worst such attack of the six-year-old Iraq war.

The world's worst airports

Identifying the world's finest airports is easy. Hong Kong International Airport, Singapore's Changi and Seoul's Incheon have topped the ranks of airport awards for the last decade.

Troop reductions coming in Iraq, military officials say

The U.S. military will reduce the number of troops in Iraq this month as violence has dropped and Iraqi security forces have shown vast improvements, senior military officials said Wednesday.

Iraqi panel condemns member's arrest by U.S.

An Iraqi panel that oversees the activities of former Baathists is denouncing the arrest of one of its senior members by the U.S. military, which says the man is an Iranian-backed Shiite militant involved in a bombing that killed four Americans.

Lebanon prime minister visits Iraq

Lebanon's prime minister paid a visit to Iraq on Wednesday -- the first such visit by a Lebanese leader in the post-Saddam Hussein era -- and he and his Iraqi counterpart discussed issues including oil exports and investment.

U.S.: Iraqi civilians killed by soldiers were unarmed

Investigators have determined three Iraqi civilians were unarmed and attacking no one when U.S. soldiers fatally shot them in western Baghdad last month, the U.S. military said Sunday.

Time.com: Incident on Baghdad's Airport Road

The deaths of a bank employee and two women, apparently shot by American soldiers, has incited a wave of Iraqi anger

Time.com: Obama's Trip: Substance or Drive-By?

The Democrat's visit is generating little attention in the Iraqi media -- and little expectation of policy change

Time.com: Fighting for the Right to Detain Iraqis

As negotiations proceed to permit U.S. troops to remain in Iraq, no issue is more contentious than America's insistence on arresting and incarcerating Iraqis at will

Iraqi former official arrested on way out of country

Iraq's former trade minister, who resigned this month amid accusations of corruption, was arrested by security forces as he was trying to leave the country, officials confirmed to CNN.

U.S. soldier kills 5 comrades in Iraq, officials say

The world's worst airports

Identifying the world's finest airports is easy. Hong Kong International Airport, Singapore's Changi and Seoul's Incheon have topped the ranks of airport awards for the last decade.

Troop reductions coming in Iraq, military officials say

The U.S. military will reduce the number of troops in Iraq this month as violence has dropped and Iraqi security forces have shown vast improvements, senior military officials said Wednesday.

Iraqi panel condemns member's arrest by U.S.

Lebanon prime minister visits Iraq

U.S.: Iraqi civilians killed by soldiers were unarmed

Investigators have determined three Iraqi civilians were unarmed and attacking no one when U.S. soldiers fatally shot them in western Baghdad last month, the U.S. military said Sunday.

Time.com: Incident on Baghdad's Airport Road

The deaths of a bank employee and two women, apparently shot by American soldiers, has incited a wave of Iraqi anger

Time.com: Obama's Trip: Substance or Drive-By?

The Democrat's visit is generating little attention in the Iraqi media -- and little expectation of policy change

Time.com: Fighting for the Right to Detain Iraqis

As negotiations proceed to permit U.S. troops to remain in Iraq, no issue is more contentious than America's insistence on arresting and incarcerating Iraqis at will

Time.com: Trying to Hold Together Iraq's Army

Shi'ite militia continue to put pressure on Iraqi forces and seek to expand desertions by government troops

Time.com: US Frees Photographer After 2 Years

Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein was reunited with family and colleagues Wednesday, ending more than two years in U.S. military custody after Iraqi judges dropped all legal proceedings against him

Time.com: Baghdad's Green Zone Attacked

Extremists fired an explosive barrage Saturday into the capital's heavily protected Green Zone, targeting the heart of America's diplomatic and military mission in Iraq

Italian agent's death: U.S. soldier acquitted

An Italian judge Thursday acquitted a U.S. soldier accused of killing an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, saying Italy has no jurisdiction in the case.

Report: U.S. investment in Iraqi reconstruction at risk

Poor construction, improper design, substandard materials and lack of maintenance have brought into question the usefulness of seven of eight U.S.-funded Iraq reconstruction projects.

U.S. prison chief in Iraq charged with 'aiding enemy'

A U.S. Army officer who was commander of a military prison in Iraq has been charged with giving a cell phone to suspected insurgents who were detained there, a charge described as "aiding the enemy," according to the U.S. military.

Italy homicide charge for U.S. soldier

An Italian judge Wednesday indicted a U.S. soldier on homicide charges for the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent participating in a hostage rescue operation in Iraq nearly two years ago.

Baghdad ambushes kill 10; 'iron fist' security demanded

Ambushes killed 10 people in the Iraqi capital Monday, including a family, as a powerful Shiite leader called for "iron fist" security to protect Shiites from "Saddamist Baathists."

New Iraq battle scars amid familiar scenes

As the Royal Jordanian Airlines passenger jet began its spiral approach into Baghdad International Airport, the empty feeling in the pit of my stomach reminded me of other times I had embarked on this same trip.

Report: Insurgents captured soldiers

Iraqi witnesses say they saw two U.S. soldiers who survived an attack at a checkpoint near Baghdad being led away by masked insurgents to a pair of cars, The New York Times is reporting in its Sunday edition.

Pentagon: Russians fed Hussein intelligence

As American troops moved toward Iraq, Saddam Hussein was receiving information about U.S. battle strategy and troop movements from a Russian ambassador, according to a Pentagon report released Friday.

U.S. shoots at Canadian envoy car

U.S. forces in Baghdad accidentally shot at the car of the Canadian ambassador to Iraq, John Holmes, but no one was injured, a State Department official said.

Official kidnapped, 11 killed in Iraq attacks

Insurgents in Iraq struck again on Saturday, whisking away an Iraqi government official at gunpoint and killing at least 11 people in various bombings and ambushes, including one that again targeted foreign diplomats.

7 U.S. security contractors killed in Iraq

Seven Blackwater USA employees, all Americans, died Thursday in Iraq, the company said.

Missing U.S. soldier promoted to sergeant

Spc. Keith Maupin, one of two Americans missing since their convoy came under attack near Baghdad International Airport in 2004, has been promoted to sergeant, the Army said Saturday.

Visibility raised in Italian death

The car carrying a freed hostage and three Italian security agents was rounding the bend of an entrance ramp to the road to Baghdad International Airport when U.S. soldiers opened fire, a senior U.S. military official has said.

Video 'shows UK plane crash'

U.S. and British investigators were seeking the cause of a deadly crash of a Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane as two separate claims of responsibility surfaced -- one including video of what appeared to be the aircraft's wreckage.

Bomb spurs Australian embassy move

Australia has relocated its diplomatic staff in Iraq to inside a U.S. military base in Baghdad after the embassy was attacked by a suicide bomber earlier this month.

Study: Airline defense too costly

It would cost $11 billion to install anti-missile systems on America's 6,800 commercial airliners, and billions more to maintain the unproven systems, a study said Tuesday.

CNNMoney: Study: Plane anti-missile cost steep

It would cost $11 billion to install anti-missile systems on the nation's 6,800 commercial airliners, and billions more to maintain the unproven systems, according to a RAND study, which says the government should postpone a decision on installing the devices until they are more economical and reliable.

U.S. security official killed in Iraq attack

A U.S. security official, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, was killed on Sunday by a mortar attack on a U.S. Army base near Baghdad International Airport, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said.

An insider's guide to Iraq

In Baghdad today, as an American, the list of what you can't do is a lot longer than the list of what you can.

'Great pride' as troops leave Iraq

The largest and longest-serving unit of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is heading home after a 15-month deployment.

Saddam's hearing on grounds of former palace

Saddam Hussein faced an Iraqi judge Thursday on the grounds of one of the sprawling presidential palaces he built in Baghdad.

Hearing begins for another soldier in Abu Ghraib case

The U.S. military began a hearing Thursday for one of seven U.S. soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners as guards at the Abu Ghraib facility near Baghdad.

Motion denied for new hearing in Abu Ghraib case

A military judge Tuesday denied a motion that sought a new Article 32 hearing into allegations that Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick abused prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

U.S. admits to secret interrogation site in Baghdad

As hundreds of detainees were released from Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, a senior U.S. official Friday confirmed that a previously undisclosed U.S. military interrogation facility at or near Baghdad International Airport does indeed exist.

Hamill's family cheering in Mississippi

The wife of American contractor Thomas Hamill told reporters Sunday that her husband was "fine" and looking forward to seeing his family after escaping captivity in Iraq.

Militants holding apparent U.S. hostage set deadline

The armed militants who appear to have taken an American civilian hostage in Iraq said Saturday that their captive may face harsh treatment if U.S. forces don't leave Fallujah within 12 hours.

Deadline set for U.S. hostage passes

A 10 p.m. ET deadline set by the armed militants in Iraq, who have taken hostage a man who appears to be American, has passed with no word on whether he has been released.

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