Iraq state TV anchor killed
(AFP)
 AFP - A prominent Iraqi state television anchorman was shot dead on Tuesday as he was driving in the capital, a colleague told AFP, as a media watchdog reported the conflict has been the most deadly for the media since World War II.
Iraqi Al Qaeda group says it behind army base raid
(Reuters)
Reuters - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a daylight raid by suicide bombers on an army base in central Baghdad in which 12 people died.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq turns to extortion
(AFP)
 AFP - Al-Qaeda has increasingly turned to extortion and organised crime to fund its activities, with businesses bearing the brunt of intimidation, US and Iraqi commanders in northern Iraq told AFP.
Iraq govt wants Aziz to die in prison: son
(AFP)
 AFP - The Iraqi government wants jailed former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz to die in prison and has shown no compassion for his declining health, his Amman-based son said on Monday.
Five killed in attack north of Baghdad: police
(AFP)
 AFP - Five Iraqi businessmen who were involved in building a police station and a youth centre north of Baghdad were killed in a gun and knife attack overnight, police and medical officials said on Monday.
Female, single, over 30: Iraqis count cost of war
(AP)
 AP - Only one of Nidal Haidar's six sisters is married. She has given up on ever getting hitched.
Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle
(AP)
 AP - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.
Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.
US troops fire back as suicide bombers kill 12 in Baghdad
(AFP)
 AFP - American troops were among those who fired back to repel a coordinated suicide attack on an Iraqi army complex that killed 12 people on Sunday, days after US forces officially ended combat operations in the country.
Former Saddam confidant says he'll die in prison
(AP)
 AP - The man who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime predicted Sunday that he will die in an Iraqi jail, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence.
Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war
(AP)
AP - As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited.
US 'likely' to keep troops in Iraq after 2011
(AFP)
 AFP - The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad's fledgling military, experts and former officers say.
US military chief seeks Turkish support over Iran
(AP)
 AP - The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
Families calling for justice for soldiers, Marines
(AP)
 AP - As major U.S. combat operations in Iraq end, some families of soldiers and Marines convicted of crimes during battle hope the nation doesn't forget their sons.
UNHCR urges halt to unsafe Iraqi refugee returns
(AFP)
 AFP - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops.
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