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3 Iraqi soldiers die in car bomb attack Three Iraqi soldiers have been killed in a bomb blast north of Baghdad. A police spokesman said a...	Iraq bombing kills 24 people At least 24 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq. The attack happened during a...
Mother of dead policeman forces action The mother of a British military policeman killed by a mob in Iraq is planning legal action to...	US Marine guilty of dereliction of duty An American Marine in charge of a unit that killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005...
Arrest over theft of 'Saddam's buttock' The director of a war relic art firm is being questioned by police after he tried to sell a piece...	Fight for private security recognition The parents of a former soldier are calling for more recognition for private security contractors,...
Iraq bomb blasts death toll rises to 72 A series of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq have left 72 people dead today as sectarian tensions...	Private security booms in light of cuts Many UK businesses are struggling with recession, but Private Security is one area that’s booming....
Dozens die as Baghdad shaken by blasts Up to 57 people are feared dead after a series of explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad....	Last US troops pull out of Iraq The last American troops have left Iraq as the nearly nine-year war ends. The final convoy rolled...
Sun finally sets on US mission in Iraq US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Baghdad this morning to formally end the nearly nine-...	Obama thanks US troops for Iraq mission Barack Obama has announced that America’s military involvement in Iraq is over. The President was...
NATO ending training mission in Iraq NATO has announced it is to end its training mission in Iraq and withdraw all of its troops from...	US hands over 'Camp Victory' to Iraq The US military has handed over Camp Victory, a sprawling base at the edge of Baghdad that used to...
17 die in Iraq attacks as US exit nears Seventeen people have been killed in two separate attacks in a province of north-eastern Iraq which...	MOD challenges Iraqi abuse court ruling The Ministry of Defence is seeking permission to go to the Supreme Court over a case brought by...
Judges allow fresh Iraqi abuse inquiry More than 100 Iraqi civilians have won a landmark Court of Appeal battle in their bid for a fresh...	Secrecy issues delay Iraq inquiry report The Iraq Inquiry report will be delayed by at least six months over the release of secret documents...
Saddam's buttock fails to raise thousands for injured service-personnel A former SAS hero has failed to sell his unique souvenir from his time in Iraq; Saddam Hussein's...	US troops to leave Iraq by end of year President Obama has announced that the last American troops will leave Iraq by the end of December...
All US troops out of Iraq by January The US is abandoning plans to keep troops in Iraq past an end-of-year withdrawal deadline, it...	Iraq colonel wants police role Iraq War veteran Colonel Tim Collins has revealed he plans to stand as one of Britain's new elected...
Baha Mousa's father demands soldiers prosecution British soldiers responsible for the death of an Iraqi father-of-two should face charges ranging...	Baha Mousa: a 'grave and shameful' verdict on the British Army An innocent Iraqi civilian died in British Army custody after suffering "an appalling episode of...
Chief of the General Staff apologises for Baha Mousa scandal Following the highly critical inquiry report into the death of Baha Mousa, the Chief of the General...	Key Baha Mousa inquiry recommendations The Baha Mousa inquiry has made 73 recommendations including asking detainees if they have any...
Iraqi abuse report to blame 'failings in Army chain of command' A landmark report into abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers is expected to condemn failings...	Former MI5 boss: "Iraq posed no threat" when Blair took Britain to war Iraq posed no threat to the UK when then prime minister Tony Blair took Britain to war there,...
Baha Mousa inquiry to 'clear Army of wholesale abuse' An independent report into how a hotel worker died, while being held in British custody in Iraq,...	Para becomes pastor after near-death experience A former paratrooper had a near-death experience after his parachute malfunctioned. Lance Corporal...
Campaign launched over MOD next of kin procedures A young mother has launched a campaign group to make sure service personnel understand the...	Rumsfeld case can progress A lawsuit's been allowed to progress that accuses former U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of...
Blair's spokesman plays down Iraq Inquiry claims Tony Blair's spokesman has played down claims that the former Prime Minister will be highly...	Honorary degree for soldier awarded Victoria Cross Victoria Cross winner Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry is to receive an honorary degree from the...
MOD's £100,000 pay out to Iraqi family over son's drowning The family of a teenager who drowned in Iraq after allegedly being forced into a river by British...	British troops accused of the unlawful killing of civilians were governed by Europe's human rights convention British troops accused of the unlawful killing of civilians in Iraq were governed by Europe's human...
High Court blocks Snatch Land Rover compensation bid A High Court judge has blocked attempts by families of three soldiers killed in Iraq to seek...	Inquest into deaths of three British bodyguards abducted in Iraq An inquest into the deaths of three bodyguards who were taken hostage in Iraq in 2007 has gone...
Iraqi abuse investigation halted More than 100 Iraqis who say they were abused by British troops are refusing to co-operate with an...	Former head of armed forces honoured A former head of the armed forces, Admiral Lord Boyce, will be invested as a Garter Knight at...

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Top Stories - Iraq

3 Iraqi soldiers die in car bomb attack

Iraq bombing kills 24 people

Mother of dead policeman forces action

US Marine guilty of dereliction of duty

Arrest over theft of 'Saddam's buttock'

Fight for private security recognition

Iraq bomb blasts death toll rises to 72

Private security booms in light of cuts

Dozens die as Baghdad shaken by blasts

Last US troops pull out of Iraq

Sun finally sets on US mission in Iraq

Obama thanks US troops for Iraq mission

NATO ending training mission in Iraq

US hands over 'Camp Victory' to Iraq

17 die in Iraq attacks as US exit nears

MOD challenges Iraqi abuse court ruling

Judges allow fresh Iraqi abuse inquiry

Secrecy issues delay Iraq inquiry report

Saddam's buttock fails to raise thousands for injured service-personnel

US troops to leave Iraq by end of year

All US troops out of Iraq by January

Iraq colonel wants police role

Baha Mousa's father demands soldiers prosecution

Baha Mousa: a 'grave and shameful' verdict on the British Army

Chief of the General Staff apologises for Baha Mousa scandal

Key Baha Mousa inquiry recommendations

Iraqi abuse report to blame 'failings in Army chain of command'

Former MI5 boss: "Iraq posed no threat" when Blair took Britain to war

Baha Mousa inquiry to 'clear Army of wholesale abuse'

Para becomes pastor after near-death experience

Campaign launched over MOD next of kin procedures

Rumsfeld case can progress

Blair's spokesman plays down Iraq Inquiry claims

Honorary degree for soldier awarded Victoria Cross

MOD's £100,000 pay out to Iraqi family over son's drowning

British troops accused of the unlawful killing of civilians were governed by Europe's human rights convention

High Court blocks Snatch Land Rover compensation bid

Inquest into deaths of three British bodyguards abducted in Iraq

Iraqi abuse investigation halted

Former head of armed forces honoured