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Iraq will not disband Shiite police force

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Iraqi officials rejected calls from an independent U.S. commission to disband a national police force infiltrated by Shiite militias, saying it had been purged.

Iraq minister lobbies D.C. to keep troops

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie is lobbying U.S. politicians in Washington to keep U.S. troops in Iraq to avoid anarchy.

Al-Qaida in Iraq leader injured, aide dead

BAGHDAD, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- An Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was wounded in a battle with police and his top aide was killed in the clash.

Iraq probes Saddam execution taunting

BAGHDAD, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government is investigating who taunted deposed leader Saddam Hussein on the gallows and circulated covert video footage of his death.

Saddam 'just gave up' at the end

BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- In the end, death came quickly for Saddam Hussein on a gallows somewhere in Baghdad, the capital from which he had ruled Iraq for decades.

Saddam hanged before dawn

BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed in Baghdad before sunrise Saturday morning, the Iraqi government announced.

Iraq army to replace U.S. in Baghdad

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government wants to replace U.S. troops in Baghdad with its own army to put down the sectarian violence killing scores of people every day.

Iraqi prisoner IDs al-Qaida shrine bomber

BAGHDAD, June 29 (UPI) -- A recently arrested insurgent in Iraq has identified the man who masterminded the bombing of a Shiite mosque that threw the country into sectarian chaos.

Iraq considering amnesty for insurgents

BAGHDAD, June 14 (UPI) -- An offer of amnesty to insurgents in exchange for stopping violence is being considered by the Iraqi government, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

Iraq foresees U.S. troop reductions

BAGHDAD, June 12 (UPI) -- A senior Iraqi security official has predicted the majority of U.S. troops will be out of the country by the middle of 2008, with reductions starting this year.

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