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Thursday, February 09, 2012

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Iraqi player Jasim Faisal (right) fights for the ball with Dimitrios Petratos of Australia during their qualifying match in Doha in November.

Iraqi Football Win Voided

The world football federation FIFA has ruled that Iraq fielded a banned player in an Olympic football qualifying win and has awarded a 3-0 victory to United Arab Emirates in the match. More

Iraq Executes Al-Qaeda Members

Iraq's Justice Ministry says 14 Iraqis -- most of them members of Al-Qaeda -- have been executed for terrorism and criminal offenses. More

Debris litters the street outside the Syrian Catholic Church the morning after the deadly October 2010 attack.

Iraq Church Attackers Face Execution

An Iraqi appeals court has confirmed death sentences for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic church in Baghdad that left more than 50 people dead and scores injured. More

Iraq Executes 17 In One Day, 51 This Year

Iraq executed 17 convicted criminals in one day this week, the Justice Ministry said, bringing to at least 51 the number of executions so far this year. More

Iraq Graft 'As Risky As Terrorism'

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is quoted as saying corruption is "as dangerous a threat" to his country's national stability as terrorism. More

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A victim of the January 27 bombing in Baghdad lies on a stretcher after treatment. It was the latest in a wave of attacks that have killed more than 340 people over the past 30 days.

Violence Soars As Political Crisis Paralyzes Iraq

Violence is increasing as Iraq goes through its worst crisis since U.S. troops left in mid-December. Many see the escalating violence as part and parcel of political feuding in Baghdad.

Iraqi women activists and legislators gather for a conference on women

Iraq Sets New Quotas For Female Civil Servants

The Iraqi government has set up a quota system to encourage government ministries to hire more women. But could increasingly conservative attitudes toward women make the system merely symbolic?

An Iraqi man and his daughter walk past the site of a bomb attack in northern Baghdad on December 23.

Worries Grow Over Iraq's Future

The violence in Baghdad has come at a pivotal moment for the country's government, which is in the midst of a sectarian political battle that is testing the country's fragile peace.

Top Ranking U.S. Military Officer Warns Of 'Nefarious' Iranian Influence In Iraq

In a wide ranging interview, The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, shares his thoughts on the future of Iraq and on the chances of stability in the Middle Eastern region following the Arab Spring.

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