Topic: Baghdad

The families of two Reuters news agency employees killed in a 2007 US helicopter attack in Baghdad on Thursday demanded justice, telling AFP the Americans responsible should stand trial.Graphic video footage of the shooting, which left several other people dead and wounded ...

White House: Graphic Iraq shooting video 'tragic'

The White House on Tuesday described leaked and graphic video of a US helicopter strike in Baghdad three years ago which killed two Reuters employees and others as "tragic."But President Barack Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs stressed after the previously classified video was ...
The United States said Tuesday that an upsurge of deadly bomb attacks in Baghdad would not compromise its goal of withdrawing all combat troops from Iraq by the end of August.Six bombs earlier went off in Baghdad, killing at least 35 people, ...
US President Barack Obama on Friday named two senior officials to work closely with the Baghdad government on the plight of millions of refugees from war and violence in Iraq.Samantha Power, a senior National Security Council official, will coordinate the wider US ...

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The article reports on the U.S. Embassy building built on the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq that is the largest in the world. Why has the United States built this place-and what does it mean? There, on the river's westernside, ...

US speaker Pelosi in Baghdad: state TV

US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for talks with senior Iraqi officials, state television reported. "Nancy Pelosi is in Baghdad on a surprise visit," Al-Iraqiya said, without providing further details.Pelosi, a Democrat, previously visited Iraq in ...

US to reassure Arabs on diplomacy with Iran

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he will seek to reassure Saudi and Egyptian leaders this week that Washington's diplomatic approach to Iran will not jeopardize long-standing ties to Arab states in the region.Speaking to reporters aboard his plane ahead of a ...

US seeks to reassure Arabs on diplomacy with Iran

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he will seek to reassure Saudi and Egyptian leaders this week that Washington's diplomatic approach to Iran will not jeopardize long-standing ties to Arab states in the region.Speaking to reporters aboard his plane ahead of a ...

Clinton sees smaller role for security contractors

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged to reduce the government's use of private security contractors abroad, in comments Wednesday.Clinton said a review of the firms' role was being carried out following a series of scandals over the conduct of contractors like ...
Around 15 million Iraqis have the chance to vote on Saturday in a landmark provincial election that will test the nation's fragile stability and measure the popularity of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.Iraq's 800,000-strong police and military have been deployed in strength across ...
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