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NEWS ABOUT: Iraq Army

Iraq Army stories: 27 news summaries

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Iraqi Forces Rescue 40 Kidnapped Students

Bus was grabbed at fake Mosul checkpoint

Apr 6, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi police and soldiers have freed at least 40 students kidnapped by suspected members of Sunni Islamist al-Qaeda, Reuters reports. The young men had been seized by gunmen near Mosul in northern Iraq who set up a fake checkpoint and stopped two busloads of students returning to classes from a... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • Mosul • Iraq Army • Iraq police • al-Qaeda

 1,000 Iraqis 
 Deserted Basra Battle

Officers and men fled or balked as government battled militias

Apr 4, 08 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Desertions from Iraqi forces during last week's Basra battles have raised fresh doubts about the effectiveness of the country's US-trained security forces, the New York Times reports. Over 1,000 soldiers and policemen—including dozens of officers—either deserted or refused to fight. The US has linked American troop withdrawals... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Basra • troop withdrawal • Shiite militia • Iraqi security forces • Iraq Army • Iraq police • Sadrists • desertion

Iraqi Soldier
Kills Two
US Troops

He turned on them during joint patrol;
3 others wounded

Jan 5, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - An Iraqi insurgent who joined the country’s military force shot and killed two American troops, the BBC reports. Three other US soldiers were injured in the Dec. 26 shooting, which happened during a joint patrol in northern Iraq. After the patrol was besieged by gunmen, the Iraqi soldier “... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • London • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • Baquba • roadside bomb • US troops • Iraq Army • al-Qaeda

Iraqi Officers
Going AWOL
in America

About a dozen have skipped out while here for military training

Dec 6, 07 8:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly a dozen Iraqi military and law-enforcement officials have fled specialized training programs in the US, the Washington Times reports. The men are either seeking asylum in this country or are still missing—leading a high-ranking congressman to warn of the national-security implications. An Army spokesman says none of the... More »

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Iraq • military • Department of Homeland Security • asylum • Iraq Army • AWOL

Bremer: Bush OK'd Disbanding of Iraqi Army

Peeved ex-envoy says
prez isn’t truthful about what he knew

Sep 4, 07 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Bremer has sent the New York Times letters demonstrating President Bush’s knowledge of the plan to disband the Iraqi Army—a rebuff to Bush's recent comments that he was surprised by the now-unpopular decision. As head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Bremer wrote to Bush of the plan... More »

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Saddam Hussein • Joint Chiefs of Staff • Paul Bremer • Colin Powell • Iraq Army • George W. Bush

Iraqi Police Force Should Be 'Scrapped'

Infighting, corruption force recommendation that US 'start over'

Aug 31, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Corruption and sectarian biases are so deeply entrenched in the Iraqi police ranks that the force's structure must be “scrapped,” an independent panel will report to Congress next week. The recommendation stems from an examination of the 26,000-member police force that concludes “we should start over,... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • Pentagon • sectarian violence • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • corruption • Government Accountability Office • Iraqi security forces • Iraq Army

No Chemical Ali, But Saddam's Soldiers Wanted in Army Again

Iraqi forces desperate for skilled officers

Aug 29, 07 7:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi Army and police need a few good men, and they’re more and more willing to look in Saddam’s old ledger. Many of the new forces’ problems are said to stem from the 2003 decision by the US to disband the standing army; now recruiters are trying... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Baath Party • Iraq Army • Iraq police

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