BAGHDAD, June 25 (UPI) -- The bombing of a crowded market in the Shiite slums of south Baghdad Wednesday in which at least 69 people were killed only a week before U.S. troops are due to pull out of Iraq's cities and towns underlines how the American withdrawal will not be simple or straightforward, and possibly the trigger for more bloodshed.

BAGHDAD, May 29 (UPI) -- With oil exports from Kurdish fields set for June 1, the flood of contractors to northern Iraq may inflame political disputes over the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.

HALABJAH, Iraq, March 17 (UPI) -- The primary researcher into the chemical attack on the Iraqi town of Halabjah spoke of the importance to keep its memory alive on the event's 20th anniversary.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The strong political power Kurds enjoy in Iraq appears to be fomenting anger among Arab factions, a report said Friday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Iraq's crude capital, Basra, and perhaps its most controversial city, Kirkuk, also flush with oil, face a formidable 2008.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Iraq bloodshed's abated since the U.S. troop buildup but instead of rebuilding during the lull the nation's fragmented more into tribes, parties and militias.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The protest sign was plain enough, black ink on white poster board. But the message Jamel Numan was carrying amidst 200 of America’s Iraqi Kurds rallying outside the White House Monday was both simply blunt and highlighted the overlooked complexity of Turkey’s beef with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party guerillas: “Is this really about PKK? Or is this about Kirkuk?”

BAGHDAD, April 15 (UPI) --  Iraq now has dueling spy agencies, one Sunni led and the other Shiite led, it was reported Sunday.

AMMAN, Jordan, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The United Nations says escalating violence in Iraq has sent some 700,000 refugees into Jordan, creating a problem for a nation of only 5.5 million.