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Blackwater Renames Itself -- Again -- And Wants to Go Back to Iraq

Iraqi VP predicts sectarian violence

Police issue arrest warrant against Iraqi vice president for An arrest warrant has been issued against the Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi late Saturday for being the mastermind behind the recent bombing targeting the parliament, spokesman of Baghdad police operations said.

Key Iraqi Bloc Plans to Bolt Parliament  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is asking lawmakers to withdraw confidence from his deputy after Saleh al-Mutlaq made controversial comments this week over American forces withdrawing from Iraq, state media reported late Saturday. In a recent interview with CNN, al-Mutlaq accused al-Maliki of amassing dictatorial power. "There will be a day whereby the Americans will realize that they were deceived by al-Maliki ... and they will regret that," said al-Mutlaq, a leader within Iraqiya movement.

Iraq's Maliki urges Kurds to hand over VP  Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has called on authorities in the autonomous Kurdish region to hand over Tariq al-Hashimi, the country's vice president who is wanted on allegations of running a death squad. "We call for the government of the Kurdistan region to take its responsibility and hand over Hashimi to the justice system," Maliki told a news conference in Baghdad on Wednesday. "We do not accept any interference in Iraqi justice."

Iraqi Sunnis Flee Mixed Neighborhoods Exact figures are impossible to come by but the reports suggest a growing number of Sunnis living in Shi’ite neighborhoods around metro Baghdad are putting their homes up for sale, and real estate agencies in Sunni neighborhoods are booming as the fleeing residents hope for safety in religiously segregated neighborhood

Bomb Kills At Least 53 Shiite Pilgrims In South Iraq

US marine spared jail over deaths of unarmed Iraqis

Human Rights Watch: Iraq Becoming 'Police State'

Iraq: Dozens killed by car bomb in Shia neighbourhood  The attack struck the funeral procession of Mohammed al-Maliki, a real estate agent killed along with his wife and son on Thursday in the west Baghdad, the AFP news agency reported.

U.S. Transfers Last Prisoner to Iraqi Government

Officials: Car Bombs Kill 14 Across Baghdad

Secret Haditha Massacre Docs Founds in Iraqi Junkyard In 2005, US Marines massacred dozens of Iraqis, including a large number of civilians, in what has since become known as the Haditha Massacre. Secret military documents related to the massacre, as well as hundreds of pages of other secret military files have turned up in, of all places, an Iraqi junkyard. The occupation forces were supposed to destroy the files when they left, but instead the attendant at the junkyard was using them as cooking fuel.

Bomb assaults throughout Baghdad kill at least 63

Christian Among 13 Killed in Iraq

7 Killed in Suicide Blast at Iraqi Interior Ministry

Iraqi Govt. Collapses as Iraqiya, Kurdish Blocs Withdraw Four car bombs, one of them a suicide car bomb, and 11 roadside bombs, shook Baghdad Thursday morning, killing at least 63 and wounding 185 people, adding new tension during a growing national political crisis.

Turkey Mistakenly Kills 35 Civilians in N. Iraq

Wave Of Bombings Kills 17

Kurds Won't Hand Over Iraqi VP to Baghdad

Sunni Cabinet Members Suspended; 14 Iraqis Killed

23 Killed in Attacks on Iraqi Police Forces

Iraq Attacks: 34 Killed, 109 Wounded

Iraq Says US Needs its Permission for Drones

US Military Drops 'Kill Team' Charges Against Soldier

Exxon still quiet on Kurdish deals

Iraq detains 16 vice presidential guards