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Iraqi prime minister: No arms in hands of militias

AP — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:34:28 +0000

Iraq’s government is grateful to U.S.-allied Sunni fighters but won’t allow them to keep their weapons indefinitely, the prime minister said Saturday, hinting at a more intense crackdown on the Sunni...

Iraq's Sunni politicians angry over arrests

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:12:31 +0000

Top Sunni politicians on Wednesday accused Iraq’s Shiite-dominated security forces of carrying out political arrests, and warned that this could push Iraq into another round of sectarian...

Iraqi troops detain son of prominent Sunni leader

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:47:57 +0000

The U.S. military says Iraqi troops have detained the son of a prominent Sunni leader during a raid in Baghdad.

Iraqi Sunnis outraged over Diyala raids, arrests

AP — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:51:16 +0000

Iraq’s largest Sunni party accused government security forces of sectarian bias Tuesday after soldiers arrested a Sunni university president and a Sunni provincial council member northeast of...

Iraq moves against some US-backed Sunni fighters

AP — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:58:30 +0000

The Shiite-led government is cracking down on U.S.-backed Sunni Arab fighters in one of Iraq’s most turbulent regions, arresting some leaders, disarming dozens of men and banning them from manning checkpoints except alongside official...

Iraqi police: Bomber kills US-allied Sunni leader

AP — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:10:57 +0000

A suicide bomber dressed in a woman’s robe detonated explosives Sunday in a heavily guarded area of Baghdad, killing the deputy leader of a Sunni neighborhood’s security volunteers who had turned against al-Qaida, Iraqi officials...

Iraq: insurgents linked to US Marine deaths caught

AP — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:50:24 +0000

Iraqi troops captured two suspected insurgents linked to a suicide bombing that killed three U.S. Marines and several Sunni sheiks, the military said Friday.

Gunmen in Iraq kill 7 Shiites en route to shrine

AP — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:52:39 +0000

Gunmen hiding in reeds in a Sunni town south of Baghdad killed seven Shiite pilgrims Sunday as they were marching to a shrine in the capital for a major holiday, officials...

Car bomb wounds Sunni Iraqi politician

AP — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:00:46 +0000

A car bomb on Sunday wounded a Sunni political leader and his son and killed two of his bodyguards, police said.

In Iraq, car bomb wounds local Sunni politician

AP — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:17:44 +0000

Police say a car bomb attack wounded a member of a Sunni political party and his son and killed two of his bodyguards.