Topic: Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Qaeda's top two leaders in Iraq have been killed in a joint US-Iraqi military raid north of Baghdad, dealing Osama bin Laden's global terror network a major blow, American forces said on Monday.Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayub al-Masri, who had direct ...
The top two Al-Qaeda figures in Iraq, who had direct links with Osama bin Laden, were killed north of Baghdad, dealing the organisation a "potentially devastating blow," the US army said on Monday.Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayub al-Masri were killed early ...
The two leading Al-Qaeda figures in Iraq were killed in a major operation involving US forces north of the capital Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on state television Monday.Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayub al-Masri were killed on Saturday in Salaheddin ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gave his backing Monday to calls for a Sunni Arab former rebel militia to be reactivated to help stop deadly bombings that have rocked the nation's security.The apparent willingness to make greater use of the US-backed Sahwa ...
Deadly bomb attacks in Baghdad are aimed at pressuring political blocs battling to form a government, a top politician said Wednesday, as Iraq declared "war" with Al-Qaeda over the surge in violence.Six bombs in the capital killed at least 35 people on ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed in Baghdad on Thursday, including seven soldiers and police blown up by suicide bombers, days before a poll that will test Iraq's prospects for stability as U.S. troops prepare to leave.In Washington, a senior U.S. ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew herself up on Monday among Shi'ite pilgrims on the outskirts of Iraq's capital, killing at least 41 people in the latest attack in a violent run-up to next month's election.Iraq is trying to leave behind ...
The Iraqi cabinet has approved a plan to offer rewards of up to 85,000 dollars for tip-offs about car bombs, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday, a day after a new wave of bombings. "The cabinet decided on Tuesday to offer ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - By staking its reputation on improving security, Iraq's Shi'ite-led government has made itself a target for insurgents determined to undermine the prime minister ahead of national polls next year.Local security forces helped tame much of the violence that has ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will submit to a grilling Thursday by furious MPs demanding to know how Al-Qaeda bombers slipped past security cordons to launch devastating attacks in Baghdad.Maliki, who sacked the capital's security chief on Wednesday, was called before parliament ...
