10 February 2012, 5:40 am
* New Gulf outlet due to start on Sunday * South oilfield exports to rise to 1.9 bpd BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Iraq aims to boost oilexports by 200,000 barrels per day next month after it opens upa new ...... Read More »
9 February 2012, 11:23 am
BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Iraq's Shiite-dominated government has executed some 65 "terrorists and criminals" this year in what is seen as a crackdown by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.... Read More »
9 February 2012, 7:09 am
BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Iraq should halt all executions and get rid of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.... Read More »
8 February 2012, 3:06 pm
Baghdad - Iraq executed 14 convicted criminals on Tuesday, a Justice Ministry official said, bringing the number of executions this year to at least 65 despite objections from the United Nations' human rights chief.... Read More »
8 February 2012, 11:47 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq executed 14 convicted criminals on Tuesday, a Justice Ministry official said, bringing the number of executions this year to at least 65 despite objections from the United Nations' human rights chief. Those executed included an al Qaeda commander, the senior official sai... Read More »
8 February 2012, 11:40 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq executed 14 convicted criminals Tuesday, a Justice Ministry official said, bringing the number of executions this year to at least 65 despite objections from the United Nations' human rights chief. Those executed included an al Qaeda commander, the senior official said. ... Read More »
8 February 2012, 9:47 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government intends to impose tough restrictions on private security companies to rein in what amounts to a "giant army" threatening the country's stability, a senior security official said. U.S. troops left Iraq in mid-December, but tens of thousands of private sec... Read More »
8 February 2012, 2:01 am
BAGHDAD — Iraq executed 14 people on a single day this week, most of them Al Qaeda members, a senior justice ministry official said on Wednesday, bringing to at least 65 the number of executions so far this year.... Read More »
2 February 2012, 2:39 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians after the 2003 invasion. Gunmen linked to al Qaeda seized hostages during Sunday mass at the ... Read More »
27 January 2012, 6:15 am
A suicide car bombing at a Baghdad funeral procession comes amid growing questions about the ability of Iraq security forces to contain violence that has killed more than 200 since last month.... Read More »