Read more Iraq Army stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17844/iraq-army.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:59:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65918/iraqi-officers-behind-48m-bank-heist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraqi robbers who killed eight security guards and stole $4.8 million from a Baghdad bank this week were army officers, not insurgents, the Los Angeles Times reports. Iraqi police revealed today the arrest of four elite officers assigned to guard Shiite Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi. "It was a...http://www.newser.com/story/65918/iraqi-officers-behind-48m-bank-heist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Aug 2009 18:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64696/us-commanders-chafe-at-iraqs-tight-new-restrictions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraq government has tightly restricted the movements and activities of American troops remaining in cities, and some commanders blame the restrictions for a rise in attacks, the Washington Post . The day after Iraqis celebrated the pullback of US troops to outside cities, Iraq ordered the US military to cease...http://www.newser.com/story/64696/us-commanders-chafe-at-iraqs-tight-new-restrictions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 6:00:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63140/iraqis-celebrate-sovereignty-day-as-us-pulls-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraqi forces have assumed formal control of security in Baghdad and other cities after US combat troops withdrew from urban areas. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight deadline passed for combat troops to pull back. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has declared a public...http://www.newser.com/story/63140/iraqis-celebrate-sovereignty-day-as-us-pulls-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 16:31:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56346/16-iraqi-soldiers-killed-in-suicide-attack-on-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA suicide bomber dressed in an Iraqi army uniform detonated an explosives belt today among Iraqi soldiers lined up for lunch at a base west of Baghdad, killing at least 16 and wounding 50, Iraqi officials said. Iraqi soldiers and US troops share the base, in the former Sunni insurgent...http://www.newser.com/story/56346/16-iraqi-soldiers-killed-in-suicide-attack-on-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 9:27:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53142/iraqi-deaths-continue-but-get-less-notice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbu Ghraib, once a symbol of Saddam Hussein’s tyranny and later of the darkest hour of the US occupation of Iraq, is the latest symbol of how the nation and media now treat death there, Anthony Shadid writes in the Washington Post . 33 people died there Tuesday in a suicide...http://www.newser.com/story/53142/iraqi-deaths-continue-but-get-less-notice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 10:53:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45636/iraq-officials-busted-in-coup-plot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq has arrested up to 35 Ministry of the Interior officials over the last three days for their part in a plot to revive Saddam Hussein's Baath party, the New York Times reports. Some being held were in the early stages of planning a coup, say officials. Four generals were...http://www.newser.com/story/45636/iraq-officials-busted-in-coup-plot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Dec 2008 3:25:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44080/bombings-kill-31-in-baghdad-mosul.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSuicide bombers struck today near a Baghdad police academy and in Mosul against a joint US-Iraqi patrol, together killing 31 people, Iraqi officials said. In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded outside the heavily fortified academy. Minutes later, a suicide attacker blew himself up as police rushed to respond to the...http://www.newser.com/story/44080/bombings-kill-31-in-baghdad-mosul.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Dec 2008 7:40:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38969/holiday-blasts-kill-19-iraqis-near-shia-sites.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSuicide bombers targeted Shia worshipers as they left morning prayers today at two Baghdad mosques, killing 19 people and injuring 50, police say. In a separate attack, gunmen fatally shot six people as they traveled in a minibus 60 miles north of Baghdad. Attacks on Shia civilians are widely associated...http://www.newser.com/story/38969/holiday-blasts-kill-19-iraqis-near-shia-sites.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Oct 2008 7:55:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35513/maturing-iraqi-army-enabled-us-troop-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US's preliminary agreement with Iraq to withdraw most combat troops by 2011 would have been unthinkable even a few months ago. Declining levels of violence, a ceasefire with the Mahdi Army, and the about-face of Sunni leaders have all helped, the Wall Street Journal reports, but for the administration,...http://www.newser.com/story/35513/maturing-iraqi-army-enabled-us-troop-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 Aug 2008 10:40:01 CDT