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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 1:07 pm ET
Iraq's prime minister on Thursday vowed there will be no delay in the withdrawal of U.S. troops despite an Iraqi political dispute that is expected to force a January vote to be postponed.
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New York Times - 2 hours 44 minutes ago
Iraq’s political leaders sought a compromise that would avoid further delay in the country’s national election, warning that fierce disagreements could still unravel any deal.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 4:14 am ET
Lawsuits, rules that allow the government to shut TV stations that promote violence and other signs of creeping censorship are raising fears of a crackdown on Iraq's often partisan media ahead of an election next year.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 4:11 am ET
Baghdad - An Iraqi lawmaker, in remarks published Monday, threatened to cut economic ties with Syria if Damascus does not extradite men Iraq accuses of involvement in attacks in Baghdad. Baghdad may have to reconsider its economic relations with Syr...
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UPI - Wed Nov 25, 7:06 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence officials worry the Syrian border with Iraq will become a terrorist safe haven like the Pakistani tribal areas, an intelligence review stated.
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The Belvoir Eagle - Thu Nov 26, 12:22 pm ET
As U.S. troops in western Iraq help to prepare for national elections in January, an American commander in the former insurgent hotbed of Anbar Province said any potential uptick in violence is unlikely to derail the balloting.
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Austin American-Statesman - Thu Nov 26, 8:24 am ET
They met in Iraq in March 2008. Mike Yonan, born to a Catholic family in Iraq , was an interpreter for the U.S. Army . Maj. George Davis was on his third tour of duty, assigned to a U.S. Army military transition team. Almost immediately, they said, they knew they could trust each other.
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CNN - Wed Nov 25, 4:05 pm ET
Gunmen clad in Iraqi army uniforms stormed a house Wednesday north of Baghdad and killed six members of a family, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 12:07 pm ET
The Iraqi government launched an official YouTube channel on Wednesday, joining the White House, Britain's Royal Family, the Pope and others on the Google-owned video-sharing site.
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USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 11:33 pm ET
Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year.
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Fox News - Wed Nov 25, 10:25 am ET
Assailants broke into a house and killed six family members before dawn Wednesday in an area north of Baghdad that was once a stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Iraqi officials said.
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CNN - Tue Nov 24, 5:29 pm ET
Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president said Tuesday he will again veto legislation that sets the framework for the country's upcoming elections, saying revisions passed after his first veto made the bill worse.
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Detroit News - Thu Nov 26, 1:13 am ET
A Michigan National Guardsman frees a child from wounds of his youth during his first Thanksgiving in America.
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USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 4:29 pm ET
Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 6:56 am ET
Baghdad - The crude oil pipeline linking the Turkish port of Ceyhan with oil fields near the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk will remain offline for at least another week, an oil company worker said Thursday. (We) continue to repair the damag...