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Iraq's political leadership on Saturday called on all parties to disband their militias before provincial elections this year, an apparent attempt to isolate the populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

A leading Democrat on Saturday declared last year's troop buildup in iraq a failure.

'... Americans want to show that iraq is under their control. It's a violation of the Iraqi judicial system.' This is the reaction to the news that the United States has renewed Blackwater's contract.

A parliamentary committee is working on a pair of oil-related draft bills, one to re-establish the state-run oil company and another to fight oil smuggling, a senior lawmaker said Saturday. Abdul-Hadi al-Hassani, deputy chairman of the committee on oil, gas...

When Army Gen. David Petraeus delivers his assessment of the iraq war next week, the next commander in chief will weigh in as well.

A Christian priest was killed in a drive-by shooting and a bomb exploded on a minibus, killing at least four passengers Saturday in separate attacks in Baghdad, police said.

TIME's former bureau chief finds iraq's capital has changed in many ways, mostly for the better. But the gains are fragile

An Iraqi priest is killed in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen near his home in Baghdad.

A civilian contractor working in iraq has been charged under U.S. military law, officials said on Saturday.

Imagine the world's reaction if Palestinians had killed 120 Israelis, or if the Iraqi 'insurgents' had killed 120 Americans.