Shooting shines light on murky world of Iraq security
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Their helicopters buzz through the Baghdad sky, their patrols bristle with the latest weaponry and their armored vehicles carry the latest hi-tech gadgets.
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Iraqi security forces were on high alert Sunday around Baghdad and in the Sunni heartland north of the capital as the country marked the one-year anniversary of Saddam Hussein's execution.
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The U.S. wants to turn over security to the Iraqis. But that sometimes means ignoring their crimes
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Iraq wants to tighten control over security contractors after a deadly shooting incident involving the U.S. firm Blackwater, ending their long immunity from Iraqi prosecution, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
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Baghdad -- Saturday&#39;s bloody massacre of dozens of Iraqi army recruits heading home for leave after training at the Kirkush military base on the Iran-Iraq border has raised fears that Iraq&#39;s security forces have become deeply infiltrated by insurgents.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi authorities struggled on Monday to clear up confusion over whether the most wanted member of Saddam Hussein's ousted dictatorship had been nabbed in a shootout north of Baghdad.    Also Monday, a massive car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Fallujah killing and wounding several U.S...
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Though many Iraqis say they have seen positive steps, the security plan is being judged along sectarian lines.
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Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the security problems have become more complex than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, a Pentagon report said Friday.
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On Wednesday, gunmen fired at a convoy carrying Ahmad Chalabi, a former Iraq Governing Council member and one-time US ally, wounding two of his bodyguards.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Gunmen shot dead eight men when they ambushed their vehicle northwest of Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, and raked it with machinegun fire, police said on Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 25 -- A confrontation between the U.S. military and the State Department is unfolding over the involvement of Blackwater USA in the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad square Sept. 16, bringing to the surface long-simmering tensions between the military and private secu...
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To the myriad tales of the dangers that pervade Iraq, add the one about Sgt. Arthur Martinez and the mystery bullet.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rockets struck a Baghdad hotel housing foreign contractors and journalists late Thursday, drawing return fire and underscoring the precarious security in the heart of the Iraqi capital. Outside Baghdad, roadside bombings killed two more American soldiers...
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Iraqi officials struggled today to clear up confusion over whether the most wanted member of Saddam Husseinâs ousted dictatorship had been captured in a shoot-out north of Baghdad.
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The day of ceremony, remembrance was bracketed by fresh scenes of violence in Iraq and Afghanistan and renewed jitters at home.
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Dozens of people, many bearing gunshots or signs of torture, are found dead in Iraq, officials say.
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Iraq will review the status of all security companies working in the country after a shooting incident involving guards from the U.S. firm Blackwater, the government said on Tuesday.