Iraqi policemen search a man and his car at checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. The U.S. military says it warned Iraqi officials about possible attacks in Baghdad the same day that bombers struck government sites in the country's capital last week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)Iraq says 13 to be executed over Baghdad blasts
Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said on Sunday that 13 people arrested for deadly bombings in Baghdad last August are to be executed, as Iraq's security chiefs were grilled by MPs.
Policeman killed, 9 injured in separate bomb attacks in Iraq
An Iraq policeman was killed and nine people were injured in separate bomb attacks in Iraq's Diyala province and Baghdad on Monday, police said. A policeman was killed and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol near an intersection in the town of Mandeli in Diyala near the Iranian border, a provincial police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Iraq 'still facing huge challenges'
A LEADING US military official yesterday hailed the social, political, economic and security steps made by Iraq over the last year, but warned there is still much to be done. Speaking on the final day of a major security conference in Bahrain, US Army Central Command commander General David Petraeus highlighted the "undeniable" progress made by Iraq and its people over the last 12 months.
Iraqis oppose censorship laws
Afghan promises to insurgents often empty
His path marked by moonlight, with a Kalashnikov strapped to his back, Feda Mohammed hiked the well-worn trail through the mountains of Pakistan and into Afghanistan. He had traveled the route dozens of times before to attack U.S. soldiers. But this time, Mohammed was on a secret mission to surrender.
Why Georgia sends troops to Afghanistan
We have a shared interest in preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for extremists and terrorists who might target any of our states, writes Mikheil Saakashvili.
War on Al-Qaeda inflames Afghanistan, Pakistan
After a year of soaring violence and weakening government control in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a flagship US strategy aimed at ending the war against Al-Qaeda ushers in a 2010 fraught with peril.
Pakistan Bars Deportation of Detained Americans
A Taliban recruiter first made contact with five young American Muslims from Virginia arrested in Pakistan last week after one of the men, Ahmed Abdullah Minni, repeatedly posted comments on YouTube praising videos showing attacks on American troops, according to a Pakistani police report.
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