Oct 08 Watch 5:32 Protesters' rage over 'income and bread' challenges Iraqi government By Amna Nawaz, Layla Quran The streets of Baghdad were silent Tuesday after a week of peaceful protests -- against corruption, unemployment and lack of basic services -- turned deadly. More than 100 people were killed as Iraqi security forces and armed groups clashed with… Continue watching
Oct 07 Death toll in Iraq anti-government protests top 100 By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press The unrest is the most serious challenge facing Iraq two years after the victory against Islamic State militants. Continue reading
Oct 04 Death toll in Iraq anti-government protests rises to 42 By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Iraq’s top Shiite cleric on Friday urged political leaders and the protesters to pull back “before it is too late.”… Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Iraqi security forces kill at least 12 more protesters In our news wrap Thursday, Iraqi security forces shot and killed at least 12 more protesters, raising the death toll to 33. The government cut off internet access in a bid to quell the unrest, but crowds defied a curfew. Continue watching
Oct 03 Iraqi protesters defy curfew as violence leaves 33 dead By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Authorities cut internet access in much of Iraq since late Wednesday in a desperate move to curb the rallies. By Thursday afternoon, the curfew was extended to three other southern provinces. Continue reading
Oct 01 Anti-government protests in Iraq lead to clashes, killing 2 By Hadi Mizban, Khalid Mohammed, Associated Press The confrontations were some of the worst in more than a year, and signaled that the war-weary country could be facing a new round of political instability. Continue reading
Sep 27 Joe Wilson, skeptic on Iraq War intelligence, dies at age 69 By Morgan Lee, Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Wilson died of organ failure in Santa Fe, said his former wife, Valerie Plame, whose identity as a CIA operative was exposed days after Wilson's criticism of U.S. intelligence that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was attempting to purchase uranium. Continue reading
Sep 26 Jacques Chirac, former France president who opposed Iraq invasion, dies at 86 By Elaine Ganley, Associated Press Chirac's outspoken opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 rocked relations with France's top ally. Continue reading
Sep 18 Saudi officials say oil attack could not have come from Yemen By Jon Gambrell, Aya Batrawy, Fay Abuelgasim, Associated Press Saudi military spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki said the attack "came from the north," without saying specifically where it originated. Iraq and Iran are to the north of Saudi Arabia across the Persian Gulf. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: Pompeo denies reports of U.S. informant rescued from Russia In our Tuesday news wrap, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called news accounts that a CIA informant was rescued from Russia in 2017 “factually wrong.” Sources had reported the Kremlin mole had been in danger after exposure of Russian interference… Continue watching