AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday urged Tehran to help defuse the crisis with Turkey over Kurdish rebels and called for Iran’s support at a conference on Iraq this week.
AP - Mary Gallagher did not get a knock at the door from a military chaplain with news of her Marine husband’s death in a faraway place. Instead, the Iraq war veteran committed suicide eight months after returning home.
AP - The British defense secretary confirmed Wednesday that Britain plans to turn over security to Iraqis in the oil-rich southeastern province of Basra in mid-December.
AFP - The Turkish army Wednesday said it killed 15 Kurdish separatists near the Iraqi border, as ministers discussed possible economic sanctions against Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish government.
AFP - Democratic White House hopefuls fired a fusillade of attacks at front-runner Hillary Clinton late Tuesday, charging her of aiding in a rush to war with Iran and blundering on Iraq.
AFP - The Turkish army Wednesday said it had killed 15 Kurdish rebels in clashes near the Iraqi border.
AFP - Iraq is ready to take over security in the entire southern province of Basra from the British military, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told visiting Defence Secretary Des Browne on Wednesday.
Reuters - Iraqi
soldiers aboard the patrol boat scan the waters around them
before they give permission to U.S. sailors to approach the
Gulf oil terminal.
AP - The Iraqi foreign minister said Wednesday that this weekend’s regional conference in Istanbul must focus only on Iraq’s security and stability, not the border crisis over Turkey’s threatened incursion against Kurdish rebels.
Bloomberg - Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — Senator Hillary Clinton was attacked
by her Democratic rivals last night on issues from Iran and Iraq
to Social Security and whether illegal immigrants should get
driver’s licenses.