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NEWS ABOUT: Iraqi soldiers

Iraqi soldiers stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - US troops in Mosul shot dead a 12-year-old boy who they said hurled a grenade at them, and American authorities complained that Iraqis are paying children to attack, Reuters reports. Iraqi police, however, denied the boy was involved. He was holding about $9 in his hand when he was killed.... More »

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Iraq • children • US troops • Iraqi soldiers • Mosul • grenade

Man in Iraqi Uniform
Kills 2 US
Soldiers

3 others wounded
in Mosul attack

May 2, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man in an Iraqi army uniform shot and killed two US soldiers and injured three others just outside Mosul today, Reuters reports. The attacker was killed in the firefight as well, initial reports say. An Iraqi police lieutenant-colonel said the man was an Iraqi soldier who also served as... More »

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Iraq • Iraqi soldiers • Mosul • Iraqi security forces • al-Qaeda in Iraq

16 Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Suicide Attack on Base

Bomber was dressed in Iraqi army uniform: colonel

Apr 16, 09 9:27 AM CDT
(AP) - A suicide bomber dressed in an Iraqi army uniform detonated an explosives belt today among Iraqi soldiers lined up for lunch at a base west of Baghdad, killing at least 16 and wounding 50, Iraqi officials said. Iraqi soldiers and US troops share the base, in the former Sunni insurgent... More »

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Iraq • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • US troops • Iraqi soldiers • military bases • Iraq Army • Habbaniyah

 In Iraq, US Allies 
 Fight Each Other for Control 

Arrest of Sunni leader fuels tension

Mar 30, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A showdown this weekend between Iraqi security forces and Sunni fighters known as the Awakening, both US allies, could signal challenges facing Iraq as the US prepares to leave, the Washington Post reports. After Iraqi and US forces arrested an Awakening leader Saturday, Sunni fighters swarmed a Baghdad neighborhood. "... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraqi soldiers • Iraq security • Awakening Councils • Iraq war • Sunni Awakening

 Iraqi Troops: 'We're
 Not Ready to Go It Alone'

Officers decry lack of equipment; US pushes independence

Aug 6, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s army has taken strides toward independence—but it still needs the help of American forces, say Iraqi troops and officers interviewed by the New York Times. “We are too many years behind other countries. We need the coalition forces until 2015,” said one officer. But American... More »

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Iraq • independence • US military • troop withdrawal • Iraqi soldiers • Iraq Army • Iraq war

 Fuhgeddaboutit!
 Soprano Garb
 Grabs $200K 

Auction raises money for wounded soldiers

Jun 26, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of fictional mob boss Tony Soprano shelled out nearly $200,000 for the outfits he wore on his hit TV series, including a set of "blood-spattered" threads, reports E! Online. Top grossing was the suit and undershirt Tony wore when Uncle Junior shot him in season 6, which... More »

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Christie's • Tony Soprano • auction • charity • Iraqi soldiers • James Gandolfini

Iraq Fires 1,300 Cops, Troops After Basra

Baghdad says they ducked fight with
Shiite militias

Apr 13, 08 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq sacked 1,300 troopers and policemen today for fighting poorly or not at all in last month’s Basra battles. “Some of them were sympathetic with these lawbreakers,” said one official. “Some refused to battle for political, national, sectarian or religious reasons.” The firings are... More »

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Sadr City • Mahdi Army • Nouri al-Maliki • Basra • Iraqi soldiers • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • Iraqi government • Muqtada al-Sadr • Shiite militants

US Pushes for Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation

New strategy aims to integrate 'concerned' locals into government

Jan 14, 08 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Convincing Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government to embrace the former Sunni insurgents known as “Concerned Local Citizens” is the key priority for US leaders in Iraq, the LA Times reports. The US-funded CLCs have been vital to Iraq’s improving security, patrolling areas without a regular police presence. But Iraqi... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Sunnis • Iraqi soldiers • Iraq government • Concerned Local Citizens • Iraq war

Iraq Booby-Trap Blast
Kills 6 US Troops

Nine dead in first two days of new offensive against al-Qaeda strongholds

Jan 10, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Six US soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed when a booby-trapped house in Diyala province exploded, the Washington Post reports. Four others were injured. Another three soldiers were killed Tuesday as tens of thousands of US and Iraqi troops, along with many local volunteers, began sweeping through northern Iraq... More »

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Iraq • US military • bomb • Iraqi soldiers • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Al-Qaeda In
Iraq Down 75%, Baghdad Says

But Petraeus calls
the group country's
'biggest threat'

Dec 29, 07 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda in Iraq is down 75%, one Baghdad official said today—but US Gen. David Petraeus maintained that al-Qaeda is still “the most significant challenge" facing the country. Maj. Gen. Abdul Kareem Khalaf attributed the alleged al-Qaeda cut to beefed Iraq security, armed Sunni fighters, and the recent US... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • David Petraeus • US troops • Sunnis • Iraqi soldiers • Iraq Civil War • al-Qaeda

G.I.'s Disillusioned About the War

Soldiers from 82nd Airborne say they favor withdrawal

May 28, 07 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than a dozen soldiers from the elite 82d Airborne division tell the New York Times that they now see the war in Iraq as futile. “In 2003, 2004, 100 percent of the soldiers wanted to be here, to fight this war,” says one platoon sergeant who advocates... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • war • US troops • Iraqi soldiers • soldier • Iraq war

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