-
India sets up team to probe Jaipur blasts
Published: May 16, 2008 at 11:01 AM
NEW DELHI, May 16 (UPI) -- India has set up a special investigative team to probe Tuesday's bomb explosions in the city of Jaipur in which 64 people were killed. -
Sadr fighters lay down their weapons
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:44 PM
BAGHDAD, May 15 (UPI) -- Forces loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr laid down their weapons Thursday as reports emerged from Iraq of relative calm in the Baghdad district of Sadr City. -
U.S. claims Iranian weapons are in Iraq
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:42 PM
BAGHDAD, May 15 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad said emerging evidence suggests Iran is backing the so-called special groups targeting coalition and Iraqi forces.
-
Feature: U.S. cites attacks despite truce
Published: May 16, 2008 at 2:34 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A new cease-fire has been declared between the Iraqi government and Shiite gunmen of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, but U.S. and Iraqi forces say their troops are still coming under attack in Sadr City. -
Dogs of War: Blackwater, Najaf -- Take Two
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:28 AM
By DAVID ISENBERG
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- One aspect of private military and security contractors that is relatively ignored is their relationship with regular military forces. Such discussion, as there is, is generally limited to sound bites about the reported envy that soldiers have for allegedly better paid security contractors. -
Analysis: Indian agencies start blame game
Published: May 15, 2008 at 8:36 PM
By KUSHAL JEENA
UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 15 (UPI) -- India's intelligence and security agencies are indulging in a blame game over a recent foiled infiltration bid by militants on the Pakistani border, with one agency accusing the paramilitary forces guarding the border of lacking alertness. -
Iraq press roundup
Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:20 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The daily Al Mashriq newspaper had an editorial Thursday titled "Last lines for the chaotic months" that said although Iraq has been in a war for five years, the government in the last few weeks has been chaotically carrying out quick military operations and offensives in many cities and areas around the country. -
Features: More graves found
Published: May 15, 2008 at 2:31 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
ZAHAMM, Iraq, May 13 (UPI) -- The number of human remains unearthed in an al-Qaida killing field northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province is nearing 70 with the discovery of more graves by villagers who had volunteered to search an abandoned pomegranate orchard. -
Analysis: USAF's cyber offense capability
Published: May 15, 2008 at 2:23 PM
By SHAUN WATERMAN
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Procurement documents from the U.S. Air Force give a rare glimpse into the Pentagon's plans for developing an offensive cyberwar capacity that can infiltrate, steal data from and if necessary take down enemy information technology networks.
Latest Headlines
Most Popular
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The Baghdad-based Al Mada newspaper reported Monday on a Defense Ministry statement announcing that 15 suspected terrorists were killed and 20 suspects arrested in different parts of Iraq.
The report also said that in northwest Baghdad and other areas, 10 bombs were controlled. Separately, two improvised explosive devices were controlled south of Baghdad.
Also, police said armed men assassinated an Iraqi journalist who worked for a local TV channel.
In Babil province, police said two civilians were killed and many houses damaged when mortar shells fell on a residential area in Hila city, south of Baghdad. And in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, a police source said that five people, including three Iraqi soldiers, were wounded in a car-bomb attack on a checkpoint in north of Baqouba.
In Kirkuk province, north of Baghdad, a police source said a policeman was wounded in clashes between insurgents and police. Police arrested 28 suspects and found fliers "promoting violence and calling for attacks" against security forces.
In Ramadi city, northwest of Baghdad, the bodies of two kidnapped people were recovered. Also in Ramadi, insurgents assassinated a police commander's brother.
The Kurdish Al Itihad newspaper reported Monday the High Judicial Council announced verdicts against 50 convicted of "committing various crimes of killing, kidnapping and owning illegal weapons."
The statement said the convicts were all from Baghdad. The report said the judicial council gave 10 life in prison for owning weapons and 30 years in prison against 32 people for killing and kidnapping civilians.
In another report, the newspaper said the U.S. Army in cooperation with Iraqi forces arrested in the south of Iraq a police commander accused of involvement in smuggling weapons from Iran and supporting militias.
"He was also responsible for the missile attacks on many Iraqi and U.S. bases in Kut city, south of Iraq" the paper said.
In another report, the newspaper quoted a medical source as saying 35 bodies were buried in Diyala city.
"We have had these dead bodies in the morgue for three months but no one could identify them,” the source said.
The report said the bodies were of Kurds and Shiites ages 20 to 40 who were kidnapped and then killed.
Separately, a security source said 11 bodies -- including women and children -- were found in two mass graves in Baqouba city, Diyala province.
In Diyala, a suspected terrorist was killed and another wounded during a security operation in the north of the city.
The Interior Ministry announced nine bodies were found in Baghdad, the paper said. It also said the Iraqi Islamic State announced the execution of five Iraqi officers who were kidnapped.
"The group published a tape of the execution on the Internet," the paper reported.
UPI Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The Baghdad-based Al Mada newspaper reported Monday on a Defense Ministry statement announcing that 15 suspected terrorists were killed and 20 suspects arrested in different parts of Iraq.
The report also said that in northwest Baghdad and other areas, 10 bombs were controlled. Separately, two improvised explosive devices were controlled south of Baghdad.
Also, police said armed men assassinated an Iraqi journalist who worked for a local TV channel.
In Babil province, police said two civilians were killed and many houses damaged when mortar shells fell on a residential area in Hila city, south of Baghdad. And in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, a police source said that five people, including three Iraqi soldiers, were wounded in a car-bomb attack on a checkpoint in north of Baqouba.
In Kirkuk province, north of Baghdad, a police source said a policeman was wounded in clashes between insurgents and police. Police arrested 28 suspects and found fliers "promoting violence and calling for attacks" against security forces.
In Ramadi city, northwest of Baghdad, the bodies of two kidnapped people were recovered. Also in Ramadi, insurgents assassinated a police commander's brother.
The Kurdish Al Itihad newspaper reported Monday the High Judicial Council announced verdicts against 50 convicted of "committing various crimes of killing, kidnapping and owning illegal weapons."
The statement said the convicts were all from Baghdad. The report said the judicial council gave 10 life in prison for owning weapons and 30 years in prison against 32 people for killing and kidnapping civilians.
In another report, the newspaper said the U.S. Army in cooperation with Iraqi forces arrested in the south of Iraq a police commander accused of involvement in smuggling weapons from Iran and supporting militias.
"He was also responsible for the missile attacks on many Iraqi and U.S. bases in Kut city, south of Iraq" the paper said.
In another report, the newspaper quoted a medical source as saying 35 bodies were buried in Diyala city.
"We have had these dead bodies in the morgue for three months but no one could identify them,” the source said.
The report said the bodies were of Kurds and Shiites ages 20 to 40 who were kidnapped and then killed.
Separately, a security source said 11 bodies -- including women and children -- were found in two mass graves in Baqouba city, Diyala province.
In Diyala, a suspected terrorist was killed and another wounded during a security operation in the north of the city.
The Interior Ministry announced nine bodies were found in Baghdad, the paper said. It also said the Iraqi Islamic State announced the execution of five Iraqi officers who were kidnapped.
"The group published a tape of the execution on the Internet," the paper reported.
© 2007 United Press International. All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be reproduced, redistributed, or manipulated in any form.
This material may not be reproduced, redistributed, or manipulated in any form.
» Next in Emerging Threats - Analysis:
Analysis: Israel plans Gaza crackdown