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A senior Iraqi priest in his Christmas sermon on Friday urged Christians not to be intimidated by a string of deadly attacks against the minority community but warned they should not linger near churches.
Iraqi police conduct security operations in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. Police official says 14,000 Iraqi security personnel are being deployed in and around the southern holy city of Karbala during Shiite's most scared religious observance.
Iraq deployed security forces Saturday near a remote oil well seized by Iran, officials said, and its government pressed Tehran to withdraw its forces from the area along their disputed southern border.
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian troops withdrew from a disputed Iraqi oil well in East Maysan after an armed confrontation at the deposit, Iraqi government officials said.
Sunni Arab political action ahead of the coming national elections is far from a concession on their part.
Iraq's government has ordered Iranian troops to withdraw from the oilfield which they have taken control of in southern Iraq, Reuters reported.
Iraq will sign preliminary contracts, from Sunday, with oil companies that bid successfully last week for seven fields, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad told AFP.
What it is: "The Iraqi Cookbook" by Lamees Ibrahim (Interlink Books, $35). An expatriate Iraqi living in London, Ibrahim takes us on an appetizer-to-beverage tour of Iraq's cuisine. She learned to cook as a teen in Baghdad, and assembled these 200-plus recipes to pass traditional flavors and recipes on to her children.
Baghdad/Tehran - Iranian troops pulled back at least partially Sunday from an oil well along the border with Iraq which Baghdad claims as its own. Iraqi officials said an Iranian flag, which had reportedly been planted at the Fakkah oil field, some 4...
Both Iraq And Iran Stood Their Ground Saturday Over The Reported Seizure Of A Southern Iraqi Oil Well By Iranian Forces.
The top US military officer toured a bustling market on the outskirts of Baghdad on Saturday that is returning to normal as violence ebbs in Iraq.
Iraqi troops massed Saturday near an oil well on the border in a standoff with Iranian forces that seized control of the site in a sudden flare up of tension between the two uneasy neighbors.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi troops escorted workers back to a remote oil well Sunday after Iranian forces withdrew as a standoff on the two countries' disputed border appeared to wane.
Iraq The Iraqi government on Friday condemned a reported cross-border raid by Iranian soldiers who allegedly raised their flag at the Fakka oil field in Iraq's Maysan province.
Associated PressIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq last month.BAGHDAD -- Iranian troops have crossed into Iraqi territory and seized an oil...
NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP)--Iranian forces took control of a southern Iraqi oil well in a disputed section of the border Friday, U.S. and Iraqi officials told AFP.
