Iraqi Commission Bars Nearly 500 Candidates
Iraq’s independent electoral commission on Thursday barred about 500 candidates from running in parliamentary elections in March, among them an influential Sunni Muslim politician, in a decision that could stoke sectarian tensions here and deprive the vote of crucial legitimacy in the eyes of part of the electorate.
3 explosions rock holy Shiite city in Iraq
Three explosions ripped through the city of Najaf on Thursday, just hundreds of yards from one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam.
Iraq Buys Gasoline at $13 Premium for Delivery Through June
raq, holder of the world’s third- largest crude reserves, signed four contracts to buy a total of about 1 million barrels of gasoline a month until June, an oil ministry official said.
Ex-CIA official talks about US wars abroad
Q+A-Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan tops $1 trillion
The cost to U.S. taxpayers of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 has topped $1 trillion, and President Barack Obama is expected to request another $33 billion to fund more troops this year.
Pakistan Taliban says leader injured in attack
Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, has been injured in a suspected U.S. drone strike, intelligence and Taliban sources told CNN Friday.
Aafia Siddiqui demands no Jewish jurors at attempted murder trial
A Pakistani scientist who is the only woman accused of working with the al-Qaeda leadership has demanded that Jews should be excluded from the jury at her trial in New York.
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