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AP - Burned bodies hanging from a bridge. A boy buried under rubble from a bombing. A father gunned down in front of his 7-year-old daughter. These were some of the harrowing images captured by three Iraqi photographers of The Associated Press who have covered the Iraq war since the U.S.-led...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday his government would buy 36 F-16 fighters from the United States, doubling the number it had initially planned to purchase to strengthen its weak air defenses. The announcement of the deal came as Iraq and the U.S...

Baghdad (CNN) -- At least 25 people, including five U.S. soldiers, have died in a series of explosions across Iraq on Monday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. The deadliest attack Monday was in Tikrit, where a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into a security checkpoint...

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A roadside bomb explosion ripped through a car in eastern Mosul Sunday, wounding an Iraqi defense minister candidate and his driver, police said. Khalid al-Obaidi was heading home when the blast struck. He was transferred immediately to an area hospital and is in stable...

(CNN) -- Britain was withdrawing its troops Sunday from Iraq, ending a role that began with the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, British defense officials said. The announcement that Britain was withdrawing its 170 troops came days earlier by Liam Fox, the defense secretary, who...

Britain was withdrawing its troops Sunday from Iraq, ending a role that began with the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, British defense officials said. The announcement that Britain was withdrawing its 170 troops came days earlier by Liam Fox, the defense secretary, who said the...

BAGHDAD – Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces in cities across Iraq on Friday, in the largest and most violent anti-government protests here since political unrest began spreading in the Arab world several weeks ago. In two northern Iraqi cities, security...

28 mins ago BAGHDAD – A government official in western Iraq says a suicide bomber trying to assassinate the deputy head of the provincial council in Anbar province has killed eight people. The Chairman of the Anbar Provincial Council, Jasim al-Halbusi, said a man wearing an explosives vest...

Christians pray at the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral in central Baghdad on November 7, a week after 46 fellow worshippers taken hostage in the church by al Qaeda gunmen were massacred. Religiously rooted violence is causing increasing concern. Iraqiya TV has run these photos of these men...

Baghdad, Iraq -- Gunmen stormed two adjacent homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul late Monday and shot dead two men, the latest in a series of attacks targeting Christians, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. Around the country Monday, at least seven Iraqis were killed and dozens...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani attends a parliament voting session in Baghdad on Thursday. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/11/ctw.damon.iraqi.deal.cnn Baghdad, Iraq -- After eight months of bickering and political paralysis, Iraqi leaders were thought to have finally reached a...

Baghdad, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces stormed a Catholic church Sunday where gunmen suspected of having ties to al Qaeda were holding worshippers hostage, ending an hours-long standoff, police officials said Sunday. Thirty-seven people were killed in the operation, including hostages...

A picture taken July 1, 2004, shows Tariq Aziz speaking in front of an Iraqi judge during his initial interview in Baghdad Tariq Aziz, one of the best-known faces of the Iraqi government from 1981 to 2003, was sentenced to death Tuesday by the Iraqi High Tribunal court for his role in...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/10/23/sot.wiki.presser.assange.cnn London, England -- Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged the Iraqi and U.S. governments to launch investigations into reports of torture and detainee abuse after the WikiLeaks website published thousands of classified...

Baghdad, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces said Saturday that the arrest of at least 15 suspected terrorists have added to a string of successes against such operations that lead attacks in the country. Forces arrested members of terrorist cells in Ahdamiya and Mosul, said Mohammed al-Askari, a...

Iraqi forces officially take over from U.S. BAGHDAD, Iraqi security forces officially took over control of combat operations from U.S. military forces Saturday, with the top U.S. commander promising ongoing help. U.S. Gen. Raymond Odierno and Iraq's defense minister watched as the 4th Brigade...

Anti-U.S. cleric pressures Iraqi P.M. BAGHDAD, An anti-U.S. cleric whose followers hold 10 percent of the Iraqi Parliament's seats is poised to influence formation of a government, political observers say. Moqtada al-Sadr, who is living in Iran, met Monday in Syria with Maliki's main...

Kuwait, Iraq in war of words over border KUWAIT CITY, The border between Iraq and Kuwait was determined by a United Nations resolution, making it a settled question, the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry says. The ministry protested a statement Tuesday by an Iraqi diplomat, Gulf News reported. Qais...

Biden counsels Iraqi leaders on democracy BAGHDAD, (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Iraqi officials Sunday night in Baghdad the United States won't abandon them as Iraq builds its democracy. Speaking at a Fourth of July reception at the Embassy compound, Biden encouraged the Iraqis...

BAGHDAD, (UPI) -- Two leading Shiite political parties announced Thursday they had narrowed down their choices for the next Iraqi prime minister. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition is negotiating a political alliance with the Iraqi National Alliance that would be...