Diplomatic convoys curtailed in Iraq
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The United States on Tuesday suspended all land travel by U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials throughout Iraq, except in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. The move follows a weekend incident involving private security guards protecting a diplomatic convoy in which a number of Iraqi civilians were killed.
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U.S. contractor Contrack International  has pulled out of a $325 million Iraqi transportation project  due to violence, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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The United Nations no longer objects to American soldiers to guard its staff in Iraq after the search for separate contingents from around the world failed, diplomats and U.N. sources said on Wednesday.
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Missing nuclear-related equipment in Iraq was removed by specialists working systematically over an extended period, diplomats said yesterday, contradicting
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Intelligence officials confirm the US has stopped searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
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Oil exports from southern Iraq have come to a complete halt because of attacks on pipelines and are not likely to resume for at least a week, a senior Iraqi oil official said Monday.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq indefinitely halted all flights to and from Syria and closed a border crossing with Iran as the government prepares for a new security crackdown aimed at crushing violence in the capital and surrounding regions, a member of parliament and an airport official said yesterday.
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American convoys protected by Blackwater USA resumed, four days after the U.S. Embassy suspended land travel by its diplomats in response to its alleged killing of civilians
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The British Prime Minister announces the withdrawal of some British troops from Iraq; Denmark follows suit
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Iraq&#039;s government clamped a state of emergency on Baghdad and ordered everyone off the streets Friday after U.S. and Iraqi forces battled insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades and rifles near the heavily fortified Green Zone.
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Britain is to scale back its 8,000-strong military presence in southern Iraq in October, despite fears of worsening security in the run-up to elections, the Observer newspaper reports.
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30 August 2004 -- Oil exports from southern Iraq have completely ceased following a series of pipeline attacks by saboteurs. Two senior officials from the South Oil Company, speaking on condition of anonymity
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to Jordan for crisis talks with President Bush on Wednesday, prompting a radical Shi'ite faction to suspend participation in his government in anger.
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The United States has barred diplomats and civilians from leaving Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" after a shooting involving the Blackwater security firm that drew protests from Iraq and prompted investigations, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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BASRA, Iraq Aug. 30, 2004 - Senior Iraqi oil officials said Monday that crude exports from the southern port of Basra were halted and would be delayed for perhaps a week because of attacks on pipelines.
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In the year since President Bush announced he was changing course in Iraq with a troop "surge" and a new strategy, U.S. military and diplomatic officials have begun their own quiet policy shift. After countless unsuccessful efforts to push Iraqis toward various political, economic and security go...
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Iraqi borders and airport close and normal life grinds to a halt, but attacks continue ahead of Sunday's poll.