ISTANBUL — Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq have killed more than 150 rebels and hit more than 200 targets in recent days, the Turkish military said Tuesday, countering Kurdish claims that only a handful of people were killed in the attacks.
The air raids, on Dec. 16 and 22, were the first large-scale […]
ISTANBUL — Turkish warplanes attacked Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the Turkish military said, acknowledging its second cross-border airstrike this week and its third in recent days.
The warplanes shelled eight locations in the Zap region of northern Iraq, across Turkey’s southeastern border, the army said in a statement. It gave no information […]
Schoolgirls Told to Wear Scarves, Under Threat of Death
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, December 13, 2007; Page A01
BAGHDAD — On the first day of class, two male teenagers entered a girls’ high school in the Tobji neighborhood, clutching AK-47 assault rifles. The young Shiite fighters handed the principal a handwritten note and ordered […]
Schoolgirls Told to Wear Scarves, Under Threat of Death
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, December 13, 2007; Page A01
BAGHDAD — On the first day of class, two male teenagers entered a girls’ high school in the Tobji neighborhood, clutching AK-47 assault rifles. The young Shiite fighters handed the principal a handwritten note and ordered […]
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Published: December 13, 2007
JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Wednesday held their first meeting in what was supposed to begin a final peace process as envisioned by the American-sponsored conference in Annapolis, Md., last month, but the talks were marred by conflicting agendas and overshadowed by a sharp […]
By DAMIEN CAVE and KHALID AL-ANSARY
Published: December 13, 2007
BAGHDAD — At least 27 people died and 150 were wounded Wednesday when three car bombs ripped through a southern Iraqi city where the local authorities had recently taken over security responsibility from the British military and […]
FBI, Congress Among Those Probing Allegations of Overspending, Mismanagement
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 14, 2007; Page A01
Over the past four years, Inspector General Stuart W. Bowen Jr. and his staff have probed allegations of waste and fraud in the $22 billion U.S. effort to rebuild Iraq. Their work has led to arrests, […]
By MICHAEL R. GORDON and STEPHEN FARRELL
Published: November 30, 2007
BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 — As Iraqi refugees begin to stream back to Baghdad, American military officials say the Iraqi government has yet to develop a plan to absorb the influx and prevent it from setting off a […]
