Nearly a week after a border dispute flared over a seized oil well, Iraq and Iran continued to pick at each other, but both nations signaled their intentions to resolve the spat. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said late Tuesday that Iraqi lawmakers will attempt to review and analyze th... Read more...
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Both Iraq and Iran stood their ground Saturday over the reported seizure of a southern Iraqi oil well by Iranian forces. Two days after Iraq said an Iranian "armed group" crossed the border into Iraq and seized the well, Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abawi said the oc... Read more...
WASHINGTON -- Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations. Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgent... Read more...
Iraq's oil capacity could reach 12 million barrels per day (bpd) in six years, the country's oil minister says. Hussein al-Shahristani told reporters in Baghdad that oil producers would not necessarily operate at full capacity, but would take into account demand. Saudi Arabia, the world's largest ... Read more...
Tony Blair is facing strong criticism after he said he would have gone to war in Iraq even if he had known there were not any weapons of mass destruction. The former prime minister said it was the "notion" of Saddam as a threat to the region which tilted him in favour of the invasion of Iraq in 200... Read more...
Soooooo you're a tough guy now that Sadaam is 80 feet underground huh? You remind me of this dude I went to elementary school with. Since the teacher is there you wanna pick a fight with the other guy who you KNOW can beat you ...except in this case, he's dead.....smh Tony Blair....F*ck Outta Her... Read more...
The CIA has cancelled a contract with US private security firm Blackwater for its operatives to load bombs onto drone aircraft in Pakistan and Afghanistan. CIA Director Leon Panetta wanted such work to be done by the organisation's own employees only, officials said. The New York Times revealed th... Read more...
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's warning that further regulation would "impair" the economy is a "hoax," according to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). Responding to Bernanke's op-ed in The Washington Post this past weekend, in which the Federal Reserve chairman said that Paul's bill to audit the Fed would har... Read more...
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.4056461&w=425&h=350&fv=contentId%3Dworld%2F2009%2F11%2F27%2Fjamjoom.iraq.big.move.cnn%26context%3D640x384_start_art%26domId%3Dcvp_1%26w%3D640%26h%3D384] Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. drawdown currently happening in Iraq is not just about service members, it also ... Read more...