Topic: Ryan Crocker

BAGHDAD, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. official is accusing Iran of trying to interfere with security pact negotiations under way between the United States and Iraq.

ERBIL, Iraq, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. ambassador to Iraq and the president of Iraqi Kurdistan addressed tensions between the Kurds and Baghdad as well as constitutional and security issues.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Iraqi political leaders were expected to resume negotiations to seek a compromise that would allow provincial elections to proceed this year.

WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. officials have denied claims that U.S. Special Forces are already operating across the Iraqi border in Iran, but Seymour Hersh's claim that senior U.S. generals are opposing American airstrikes against Iran reflects very real divisions in the Pentagon and the Bush administration.

WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- The suppression of violence and the reduction in U.S. casualties in Iraq over the past year and a half was not U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker's or U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus' accomplishment. It was achieved by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, June 23 (UPI) -- The United Arab Emirates and its Gulf neighbors hold the keys to bringing Iraq back into the regional community, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said.

MOSCOW, June 16 (UPI) -- Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said the future Status of Forces Agreement would not encroach on Iraq's sovereignty. Considering the document will be subject to the Iraqi Parliament and public debate, it would be absolutely unrealistic to think its terms could be accepted without a murmur.

WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Thursday denied published reports about secret plans involving permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

BAGHDAD, May 28 (UPI) -- Fighting between U.S. troops and militant forces in Baghdad's Sadr City killed five people and wounded eight, Iraq's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.