Reuters - Iraqi security forces arrested dozens
of people, including the son of a leading Sunni Arab
politician, in a pre-dawn raid on Friday after a car rigged
with explosives was found near the lawmaker's office.
Reuters - The Iraqi government has asked U.S.
President George W. Bush to order the handover of Saddam
Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," and two other former
officials convicted of genocide, so they can be executed.
AP - The U.S. military has expressed concern that Iraq’s government is unprepared to deal with a mass return of refugees to Baghdad, a flow that could foster housing and employment tensions in a city that remains insecure despite declining violence.
AFP - Authorities arrested more people on Friday after car bombs were found near the offices of Iraqi politician Adnan al-Dulaimi but did not say whether they thought he was the target or intended to use them himself.
AFP - Iraqis whose lives are at risk for having worked with the US authorities in their wartorn homeland soon will be able to apply for asylum in the United States, a senior State Department official said Thursday.
The Christian Science Monitor - Abdul-Hassan Hussein has heard that security is improving in his Baghdad neighborhood of Ghazaliya, recently a hotbed of Sunni extremists who were targeting Shiites like himself.
AFP - Australian prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd said Friday he would pull the country's 550 combat troops out of Iraq by the middle of next year, marking a significant shift in Canberra's role in the conflict.
AP - Thousands of Iraqis whose support for the U.S. war effort in Iraq has put them and their families in grave danger at home are being excluded from a new fast-track system aimed at speeding up refugee resettlement in the United States for American allies, officials said Thursday.
Time.com - The Administration now sees Iraq's tribes as the key to ending the strife. We're fighting terrorism by turning the clock back - to 7th century Arabia
AP - Australia’s new leader said Friday that he would pull his country’s combat troops out of Iraq by mid-2008 — making good on an election promise that is likely to disappoint the U.S. government.