AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called Thursday on the United States to open up “instead of covering up” after the website’s release of secret US documents detailing abuses committed during the Iraq war. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US officials defended the US military’s record probing civilian deaths and abuse in Iraq after graphic revelations in leaked secret documents triggered worldwide concern and condemnation. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US officials defended the US military’s record probing civilian deaths and abuse in Iraq after graphic revelations in leaked secret documents triggered worldwide concern and condemnation. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Inside a US military base in Baghdad, soldiers wash their Subway sandwiches down with root beer and can watch television talk shows from home. Outside is the real Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – There can be “no place” for the mistreatment of detainees, David Cameron’s spokesman said Monday, following a massive leak of Iraq war documents to the WikiLeaks website. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Iraq should investigate reports that its forces systematically tortured and abused detainees, Human Rights Watch has said after documents released by Wikileaks detailed abuse by Iraqi captors. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Secret US files released on Friday show Iran waging a shadow war with US troops in Iraq, with a firefight erupting on the border and Tehran allegedly using militias to kill and kidnap American soldiers. Read the rest of this entry »