Iraq marshes' recovery 'in doubt'
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The long-term recovery of the Iraq marshlands is threatened by limited water supplies, research shows.
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BAGHDAD - A senior Iraqi official cautioned yesterday against expecting "magical solutions" from the upcoming reports to Congress on military and political progress in Iraq and acknowledged the Iraqis are still not ready to defend the country on their own.
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WASHINGTON - The top US military commander in Iraq warned Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in May that the country's biggest dam, just up the Tigris River from the northern city of Mosul, is at risk of collapse, putting the city's 1.7 million people in danger of being inundated by a 65-foot flood wave.
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Iraq's main political parties are deadlocked over a key oil law and the legislation has been sent back to party leaders to see if they can salvage it, an official involved in the talks said Thursday.
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Concerns arise that the massive bomb-resistant vehicles may not be practical outside Iraq.
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'Stark inconsistencies' emerged in evidence about the death of an Iraqi detainee. Now the MoD is being pressed for answers.
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Britain questioned on Friday an estimate by American researchers that 100,000 Iraqi civilians may have died as a result of the US-led invasion.
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"The fact that the government appears not to have been able to achieve its main objectives at the U.N. brings into question the wisdom of its tactical approach"  British diplomats were too slow to contact a key official who helped broker the eventual release of 15 sailors and marines held hostage in March by Iran, a report by lawmakers said Sunday.Officials also bungled a decision that allowed some of the personnel to sell their stories to media organizations after their release, despite strong reservations from some sectors of government, Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee concluded.The British sailors and marines were searching a merchant ship in the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Iraq, when they and their two inflatable boats were intercepted by Iranian vessels near the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway. Read more
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Japan should withdraw its troops from Samawa in southern Iraq. Newspaper polls have shown that more than. &quot;Reconstruction is still under way, so we must continue the support,&quot; NHK quoted Ohno as saying.
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The president is facing intense pressure to adjust an Iraq strategy that most experts conclude is failing.
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By AMY WOLD  NEW ORLEANS - The federal system for large water-related projects - including portions of Louisiana coastal restoration - is broken, speakers at the 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration said Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Helen Clark believes the legality of the US-led invasion of Iraq is unclear, a spokesman for her office said on Friday.
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AD-DAWR, Iraq - Confusion reigned yesterday over whether Iraqi forces had captured Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam Hussein&#39;s loyal henchman, after an Iraqi general and the US military raised doubt over reports of his arrest.
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Britain says it disagrees with the assessment of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the invasion of Iraq was illegal. Fresh controversy has erupted over the legality of the US-led invasion of Iraq last year
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Military statistics show that U.S. forces have made some headway at protecting the Iraqi population, but there are questions over whether the gains can be sustained.
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BAGHDAD - Senior Iraqi officials expressed concern yesterday that the escalating crisis in northern Iraq between Turkey and Kurdish guerrillas could undermine an important regional conference this week on the future of Iraq.
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Hurricane Katrina's damage was so vast that it's hard to estimate when the recovery will be completed, the federal official overseeing the effort said Thursday.