Wounded Marine faces scary next move
Wounded veteran Kyle meets ABC News reporter and war correspondent Bob Woodruff, who was also injured in Iraq, about if he should go to college.
Wounded ex-Marine faces scary next move
Wounded veteran Kyle meets ABC News reporter and war correspondent Bob Woodruff, who was also injured in Iraq, about if he should go to college.
Roadside bomb kills 2 policemen in Iraq
Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb targeting a security patrol has killed two policeman in the western province of Anbar.
Retired Marine plays prank on amputation doctors
Kyle planned on a full 20-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps until Oct. 16, 2006. On patrol in Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded under Kyle's humvee. He was pulled from the smoking wreck with a severe injury to his right hand.
Iraq: Video appears to show top Saddam deputy
A video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime still at large, lashing out against Iraq's Shiite-led government.
Kurdish minister received UK market abuse emails: sources
LONDON (Reuters) - Ashti Hawrami, oil minister of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq, was the recipient of emails from a senior JP Morgan banker that the UK financial regulator this week said constituted market abuse, people familiar with the matter said. Ian Hannam quit as JPMorgan's global chairman of equity capital markets after the FSA fined him 450,000 pounds ($712,400) for divulging privileged information in two emails in 2008. Hannam, a gruff former special forces soldier, is one of Britain's most successful investment bankers and is appealing against the fine. ...
Analysis: In Iraq, oil majors play north versus south
(Reuters) - In the weeks before Iraqi Kurdistan revealed that Exxon Mobil had signed up to explore for oil there, executives at rival Shell faced a dilemma over whether or not to join the U.S. oil major in its foray north and risk angering Baghdad. The fields in the autonomous region offered rich potential, an easier working environment, better security and attractive contracts. That seemed a winning combination for smaller oil companies already working there, such as Norway's DNO, even though they struggled to collect profits. ...
Iraq says Iran proposes Baghdad as nuclear talks venue
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran has proposed holding the next round of talks with six world powers over its disputed nuclear program next week in Iraq instead of Turkey, Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday the April 13-14 negotiations with Iran would be held in Istanbul, the first such meeting since January 2011 when the two sides failed even to agree on an agenda. ...
Iraqi Kurdistan halts oil exports over pay dispute
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region halted its oil exports on Sunday, accusing the central government in Baghdad of failing to make payments to companies working there in the latest clash in their long-running dispute over oil rights. The disagreement heightens tensions in a broader dispute between Iraqi Arabs and ethnic Kurds over contested land, political autonomy and oil that has become a potential flashpoint for Iraq since the last U.S. troops left in December. ...
Qatar: Iraq’s fugitive VP arrives for visit
Qatar's state news agency says Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has arrived in the Gulf nation on an "official visit."
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