http://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:27:22 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL All Iraqis in U.S. custody are slated for release or transfer to Iraqi custody before American forces withdraws from that country by the end of 2011. This year's target was originally 1,500 releases a month, but it's not being met. http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Troops_Empty_Detention_Centers_In_Iraq/1776533.html http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Troops_Empty_Detention_Centers_In_Iraq/1776533.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:52:09 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Troops_Empty_Detention_Centers_In_Iraq/1776533.html#relatedInfoContainer Iraq police are on the streets in greater numbers and Iraqi soldiers are at the ready to deal with insurgent violence as the government in Baghdad prepares to assume full responsibility for security in population centers starting July 1. Nearly all U.S. troops -- currently numbering about 133,000 -- have now withdrawn from Iraqi cities, towns, and villages as stipulated in a U.S.-Iraqi security pact that took effect this year. http://www.rferl.org/content/Despite_Uptick_In_Iraqi_Violence_Stage_Set_For_Pullback_Of_US_Troops/1765083.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Despite_Uptick_In_Iraqi_Violence_Stage_Set_For_Pullback_Of_US_Troops/1765083.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:10:07 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Despite_Uptick_In_Iraqi_Violence_Stage_Set_For_Pullback_Of_US_Troops/1765083.html#relatedInfoContainer Under the Strategic Framework Agreement signed between Iraq and the United States, all U.S. combat forces must withdraw by midnight of June 30 from bases and outposts in Iraq's cities, towns, and villages to peripheral areas. In effect, they will abandon many of the facilities used to maintain presence in communities and deny terrorists and insurgents access to the areas. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Apprehension_As_US_Pullback_Looms/1751126.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Apprehension_As_US_Pullback_Looms/1751126.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:52:46 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Apprehension_As_US_Pullback_Looms/1751126.html#relatedInfoContainer The reshaping of local governance is just one side of the political equation that will be decided as Iraqis go to the polls. The other is related to Iraq's newfound stability. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Prepares_For_High_Stakes_Election/1376876.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Prepares_For_High_Stakes_Election/1376876.html Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:48:38 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Prepares_For_High_Stakes_Election/1376876.html#relatedInfoContainer U.S. troops implementing a key provision of the new Status-of-Forces Agreement between the United States and Iraq are maneuvering through a maze of ambiguity in an effort to properly detain terrorism suspects. It’s not a case of the devil being in the details. It’s a lack of details, period. http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Troops_Maneuver_Through_Legal_Maze_As_They_Detain_Terror_Suspects/1362058.html http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Troops_Maneuver_Through_Legal_Maze_As_They_Detain_Terror_Suspects/1362058.html Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:59:25 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Troops_Maneuver_Through_Legal_Maze_As_They_Detain_Terror_Suspects/1362058.html#relatedInfoContainer Come the New Year, the Shi'ite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki faces an ongoing challenge that will either help bridge the country's sectarian divide or widen it, contribute to security efforts or undermine them. http://www.rferl.org/content/Incorporating_The_Sons_Of_Iraq/1359808.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Incorporating_The_Sons_Of_Iraq/1359808.html Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:34:44 +0000 Features The Status of Forces Agreement represents an internationally recognized legal framework that would allow the U.S. military to remain in Iraq for another three years. For his part, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has billboarded the measure as a symbol and vehicle of Iraq regaining national sovereignty after five years of U.S. occupation. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Political_Showdown_Looms_Over_Status_Of_Forces_Agreement/1352300.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Political_Showdown_Looms_Over_Status_Of_Forces_Agreement/1352300.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:56:54 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Political_Showdown_Looms_Over_Status_Of_Forces_Agreement/1352300.html#relatedInfoContainer SAMARRA, Iraq -- In this ancient city along the Tigris River, a new Al-Askari Mosque -- a revered Shi'ite shrine and ground zero in the sectarian battles that roiled Iraq -- is slowly rising from the rubble of war. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Shrine_City_Rises_From_The_Rubble_Slowly/1348501.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Shrine_City_Rises_From_The_Rubble_Slowly/1348501.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:19:14 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Shrine_City_Rises_From_The_Rubble_Slowly/1348501.html#relatedInfoContainer Today the former Al-Qaeda emir, who is in his early 30s, is pressing participation in provincial elections slated to take place no later than the end of January and then in later national elections. http://www.rferl.org/content/Former_Qaeda_Leader_Now_Enemy/1332617.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Former_Qaeda_Leader_Now_Enemy/1332617.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:06:47 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Former_Qaeda_Leader_Now_Enemy/1332617.html#relatedInfoContainer Female volunteers with U.S.-funded program can search women for suicide vests http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Women_Fight_Suicide_Bombers/1256365.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Women_Fight_Suicide_Bombers/1256365.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:15:29 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Women_Fight_Suicide_Bombers/1256365.html#relatedInfoContainer