War in Iraq News Articles
Iraqi army patrols Sadr City
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi troops are deployed in large numbers in the Baghdad district of Sadr City, where Shiite militiamen used to control the streets. Iraqi soldiers are on top of buildings around the office of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose followers hold Friday prayers there and use the occasion to criticize the American-backed government.
Iraq's al-Qaida fighters now `furtive terrorists'
By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer COMBAT OUTPOST COPPER, Iraq (AP) - It's quiet around here in farm country, south of Baghdad where al-Qaida once held sway. Just months ago U.S. foot patrols through the wheat fields nearby would regularly draw fire - if the soldiers managed first to elude al-Qaida-planted roadside bombs.
Report: Kuwait names ambassador to Iraq
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Kuwait's official news agency says the tiny Gulf country has named an ambassador to Iraq for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War. Thursday's report quotes the Kuwaiti foreign minister as saying Ali al-Momen, a former military chief of staff, will take the post.
US may cut troop levels in Iraq this fall
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Writer
Dems call for State to investigate Iraq oil deals
By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Four Democratic senators, including Sen. Carl Levin, on Wednesday called on the State Department's inspector general to investigate whether agency employees encouraged lucrative oil deals between Iraq and several Western companies.
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