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Forces Capture 20 Terrorism Suspects in Baghdad, Mosul
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 05.11.2008 Courtesy Story Coalition and Iraqi forces nabbed 20 terrorism suspects in operations yesterday in Baghdad and Mosul. Forces caught 19 suspects in the West Rashid and Kadhamiyah districts of Baghdad. Seven were...
Elections stir ghosts of Iraq’s sectarian past
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Sectarian rhetoric is re-emerging in Iraq’s political discourse ahead of the legislative elections scheduled for November 11, 2025. Once synonymous with civil strife and foreign interference, its renewed intensity has alarmed...
Iraq seizes 40 kg of narcotics in raid on international trafficker
Shafaq News
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2025-07-04T13:03:23+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Friday, Iraqi security forces captured a major international drug trafficker in a high-level raid in southern Iraq, seizing nearly 40 kilograms of illicit...
Iraq to select global operator for Faw Port’s superstructure phase
Zawya
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The General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) is preparing to select an international operator for the Al Faw Grand Port's superstructure phase, the state-owned company’s director general told Iraqi News Agency (INA) on Thursday. The mega port...
Iraqi cleric al-Sadr calls for dissolving militias, reaffirms election boycott
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Friday the country to have full control over weapons, and reaffirmed his earlier decision to boycott Iraq's upcoming parliamentary elections. In a statement,...
Czechia praises Iraq's al-Hol repatriation
Shafaq News
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2025-07-05T12:17:30+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad/Prague Iraq has made significant efforts to repatriate its citizens from Syria’s al-Hol camp, Czech Ambassador Jan Vyčítal stated on Saturday. According to a...
Syria pledges fair Euphrates water allocation to Iraq
Shafaq News
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2025-07-05T10:18:55+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad/Damascus Syria will continue delivering Iraq’s agreed share of the Euphrates River under existing treaties, a top Syrian water official said on Saturday, as both...
Iraqi Army Takes Over Responsibility for Abu Ghraib Prison
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
DALLAS, UNITED STATES 09.02.2006 Courtesy Story Soldiers from 1st Iraqi Army Division assumed control of the Abu Ghraib prison here from U.S. Army Task Force 134 in a ceremony here Sept. 1. Iraqi soldiers will provide security for the facility –...
Iraq’s Al-Sadr doubles down on election boycott
Shafaq News
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2025-07-04T09:30:01+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Friday, Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Iraqi Patriotic Shiite Movement (Sadrist), firmly ruled out participating in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections...
Iraq Making Progress Despite Violence, U.S. General Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story Iraq continues to make meaningful progress despite a recent spike of violence in Baghdad and some other parts of the country, the senior U.S. troop commander in Iraq said today. “The Baghdad...
Iraq Situation ‘Difficult, Complex,’ Casey Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The senior U.S. troop commander in Iraq today expressed his belief that the country can be stabilized, while acknowledging the “difficult and complex” situation there. “Several factors add to the...
Iraqi Government Plans to Demobilize Illegal Militias
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The Iraqi government has plans to demobilize all illegal militias, including radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s so-called “Mahdi Army,” the senior U.S. diplomat in Iraq said today. Iraqi Prime...
Iraqi Army Unit Assumes Command of Forward Base
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 02.01.2006 Courtesy Story The Iraqi army's 5th Brigade, 6th Division, assumed control of a base in central Baghdad from the U.S. 4th Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team during a transfer-of-authority ceremony...
Iraqi, U.S. Troops Disarm IED, Find Weapons Cache in Desert
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 02.01.2006 Courtesy Story U.S. soldiers destroyed an improvised explosive device attached to railroad tracks about 20 miles south of Baghdad Jan. 30. Elsewhere, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers yesterday discovered a large weapons...
Iraqi, Multinational Forces Hunt Insurgents, Weapons
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 01.04.2005 Courtesy Story Iraqi and multinational forces have increased the hunt for insurgents and the explosive weapons used in their attacks. Multinational Force Iraq forces continue to discover and clear improvised...
Iraqi, U.S. Soldiers Capture Insurgents; Find Weapons Caches
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 07.27.2005 Courtesy Story Iraqi army and coalition soldiers failed to find a known terrorist responsible for mortar attacks against Iraqi police stations during a July 26 combined cordon-and-search mission, Multinational...
I'm a female solo traveller who's been to more than 60 countries - here's how I stayed safe in Iraq
Daily Mail
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July 5, 2025
An American woman who grew up next to the Twin Towers in New York, and was just five when 9/11 happened, says she was forced to 'face her own biases' head on during an unexpected trip to Iraq – and details the extraordinary measures she took to...
Iraqi Counterinsurgency Troops to Target Urban Terrorists
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 06.18.2004 Courtesy Story Specially trained Iraqi troops will soon deploy into Baghdad to go after city-dwelling terrorists, a senior U.S. military officer told a House panel June 17. An element of the Iraqi Army, the...
Iraqi Official to American Press: Report More Good
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 06.19.2004 Courtesy Story Iraq's deputy prime minister implored the American press to provide more balanced coverage of operations in Iraq. Barham Salih, a prominent leader from Kurdish northern Iraq, made his plea June...
Iraqi People Must Take Responsibility, Kurdish Leader Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 06.17.2004 Courtesy Story The Iraqi people must be responsible for their own security and not depend on American troops to defeat terrorism in Iraq, the leader of the People's Union of Kurdistan said today. Following...