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 […]
Worries Abound That Government Isn’t Up to Task of Providing Services
By Amit R. Paley and Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, November 30, 2007; Page A01
BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 — This war-battered city, according to U.S. statistics, now receives an average of 11.9 hours of electricity a day, far more than earlier this year. But […]
Worries Abound That Government Isn’t Up to Task of Providing Services
By Amit R. Paley and Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, November 30, 2007; Page A01
BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 — This war-battered city, according to U.S. statistics, now receives an average of 11.9 hours of electricity a day, far more than earlier this year. But […]
BAGHDAD, (AP) - Iraq’s most influential Shiite politician said Sunday that the U.S had not backed up claims that Iran is fueling violence here, underscoring a wide gap on the issue between Washington and the Shiite-led Baghdad government.
A draft bill to ease curbs on ex-Saddam Hussein loyalists in government services also drew sharp criticism from […]
