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Security developments in Iraq, Nov 23

Reuters - 19 mins ago

MOSUL - Iraqi police and U.S. advisors arrested five men and shot and killed another suspected of involvement in facilitating vehicle-borne bombs in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) - (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2045 GMT on Monday. More »

  • Baha al-Araji, head of the Parliamentary legal Committee, speaks to the media after law makers approved an amendment to election law at the Iraqi parliament building in Baghdad November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

    Iraq parliament passes new vote law, veto unresolved 

    Reuters - 3 hours 36 mins ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's fractious parliament on Monday approved an amended version of a law needed to hold a general election next year, but sidestepped a veto by Sunni Arab Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, lawmakers said. More »

  • Security developments in Iraq

    Reuters - 2 hours 34 mins ago

    MOSUL - Iraqi police and U.S. advisors arrested five men and shot and killed another suspected of involvement in facilitating vehicle-borne bombs in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) - (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 6:30 p.m. More »

  • Iraq vote in fresh doubt as new bill faces veto

    Iraq vote in fresh doubt as new bill faces veto

    AFP - 4 hours 58 mins ago

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's upcoming election was thrown into fresh doubt when a top MP warned that an amended electoral law agreed on Monday would be vetoed for a second time by the country's Sunni vice president. More »

  • Iraq passes key investment law, focus on housing

    Reuters - 6 hours 38 mins ago

    BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament passed an investment law on Monday that would allow foreigners to own land for housing projects, and is designed to streamline regulations and applications for foreign investment, lawmakers said. More »

  • Tensions between British, US military over Iraq

    Tensions between British, US military over Iraq

    AFP - Today, 04:21 am

    LONDON (AFP) - Hostility between US and British military leaders in Iraq ran deep, with one describing his US counterparts as "group of Martians," a newspaper reported Monday, citing leaked government documents. More »

  • Iraq says October 25 bombers came from Syria: spokesman

    Iraq says October 25 bombers came from Syria: spokesman

    AFP - Yesterday, 08:08 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of collusion. More »

  • Iraq airs confessions of suspects in huge bombings

    Iraq airs confessions of suspects in huge bombings

    AFP - Yesterday, 04:00 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi state television on Sunday broadcast the confessions of three men said to have plotted two massive bombings in Baghdad on October 25 that left more than 150 people dead and hundreds wounded. More »

  • US army prisons chief defends Iraq techniques

    US army prisons chief defends Iraq techniques

    AFP - Yesterday, 09:48 am

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US army says its prison techniques in Iraq have cut the number of insurgents returning to the armed struggle, despite claims to the contrary from Baghdad, and plans to copy the methods in Afghanistan. More »

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