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Iraq says needs U.S. help despite big oil earnings

Reuters - 22 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even though Iraq is attracting more foreign investment and will earn billions of dollars this year from oil exports, the country will still have to rely on the United States to help pay for its reconstruction costs, a top Iraqi government official said on Friday. More »

  • Iraqis remove fallen masonry from their living room in the restive Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad. Battles between Shiite fighters and US forces in Baghdad's militia stronghold of Sadr City killed 15 people and wounded dozens more overnight, US and Iraqi officials said on Friday.

    15 killed in Baghdad battles

    AFP - 2 hours 54 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - Battles between Shiite fighters and US forces in Baghdad's militia stronghold of Sadr City killed 15 people and wounded dozens more overnight, US and Iraqi officials said on Friday. More »

  • U.S. forces say kill 25 militants in Baghdad

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 07:05 pm

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have killed 25 militants in the past two days in the Baghdad slum Sadr City, a stronghold of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the military said on Friday. More »

  • An undated file photo released by the U.S. military of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, alias Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, in Baghdad June 15, 2006. REUTERS/U.S. Army/Handout

    U.S. says man held in Iraq is not al Qaeda leader

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 04:13 pm

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi officials wrongly declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught. More »

  • A Shiite Muslim boy holds a poster of anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as he listens to the Friday noon prayers in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. An aide to Sadr has lashed out at Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, for keeping silent over clashes that have killed hundreds in Baghdad.

    Sadr aide lashes out at Iraq's senior Shiite cleric

    AFP - Friday, May 9 03:48 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - An aide to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr lashed out on Friday at Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, for keeping silent over clashes that have killed hundreds in Baghdad. More »

  • A BBC correspondent transfers bags to another room after a rocket landed on the roof of the BBC office in central Baghdad. The rocket caused no casualties, security officials and the British broadcaster's bureau chief told AFP.

    Rocket slams into BBC office in Baghdad

    AFP - Friday, May 9 03:22 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - A rocket hit the BBC office in central Baghdad on Friday without causing casualties, security officials and the British broadcaster's bureau chief told AFP. More »

  • FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 03:13 pm

    BAIJI - Gunmen shot dead three U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol members near their checkpoints in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) - (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2:15 p.m. on Friday. More »

  • U.S. forces say kill 14 militants in Baghdad

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 03:13 pm

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have killed 14 militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a stronghold of gunmen loyal to anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the military said on Friday. More »

  • An Shiite fighter prepares to launch a mortar during clashes with Iraqi government troops in Basra, March 2008. A mortar bomb has hit the roof of the BBC office in central Baghdad without causing casualties, security officials and witnesses told AFP.

    Mortar bomb slams into BBC office in Baghdad

    AFP - Friday, May 9 02:20 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - A mortar bomb hit the roof of the BBC office in central Baghdad on Friday without causing casualties, security officials and witnesses told AFP. More »

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