http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/21 The latest news about Defence & Security in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator You don’t have to go back 40 years to the Vietnam War to feel the sting of déjà vu. Returning to the Iraq War just three years ago will suffice. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62572/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:56:00 +0000 A U.S.-backed Sunni militia leader whose arrest provoked violence between Sunni fighters and forces of Iraq's Shi'ite-led government has been sentenced to death for murder and kidnapping, a court spokesman said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62567/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:28:00 +0000 A nearly $3 million arbitration award won by a former KBR employee who said she was raped in Iraq was applauded by Houston attorneys who represented her and a Humble woman suing the military contractor for negligence. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62565/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:26:00 +0000 An Al-Qaeda chief who switched sides and joined US forces to fight his former compatriots has been sentenced to death for killing a young girl in a revenge attack, court officials said Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62557/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:58:00 +0000 A civilian man was shot down by unidentified gunmen fire while another carrying an Egyptian passport was stabbed to death in two separate incidents in the city of Mosul on Thursday, a security source in Ninewa said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62543/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 Seventeen out of a total 19 detainees from Kirkuk residents have been released from U.S.-run prisons, a member of Kirkuk’s provincial council said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62542/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 A local police director on Thursday said that a joint force had arrested three wanted persons in villages near Kirkuk. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62541/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 Police forces arrested in Basra on Thursday 17 men wanted for different cases. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62540/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:00 +0000 An improvised explosive device (IED) on Thursday targeted a U.S. patrol vehicle in downtown Basra, according to a security source. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62539/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:00 +0000 A number of mortar shells have fallen on a U.S. base in Salah al –Din, but no casualties have been reported, a local police source said on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62538/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:25:00 +0000 A source from Nineveh police said that explosives ordnance disposal group EODG was able to defuse a suicidal bombed car in Hamam al- Aleel, south Mosul. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62527/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:13:00 +0000 Unidentified insurgents attacked on Wednesday one of the check-points belonged to the Iraqi army in north Mosul, it resulted in injuring two persons. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62525/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:09:00 +0000 Iraqi security forces arrested number of civilians through raids and search implemented in Falluja County. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62523/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:08:00 +0000 Al Qaeda in Iraq is becoming more Iraqi and less dominated by foreigners as the insurgent group increasingly joins forces with Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party, the commander of U.S. forces said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62519/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:35:00 +0000 The U.S. military does not have to decide until April or May whether to push back the end of its combat operations in Iraq due to a possible delay in the country's next election, the U.S. commander said Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62518/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:34:00 +0000 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ruled that Iraqis can once more keep a gun in their home and scrapped an order for the confiscation of all firearms, his office said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62498/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:33:00 +0000 Diala’s Sahwa council leader on Wednesday escaped an attempt on his life, the second in less than a month, according to a local security official. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62481/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:35:00 +0000 Seven persons believed to have been involved in acts of violence that hit Falluja City were arrested on Wednesday, according to a security source. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62480/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:35:00 +0000 Iraqi police forces in Diala on Wednesday arrested province two Iranians who entered Iraq illegally. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62479/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:34:00 +0000 Police forces on Wednesday found the body of a girl who committed suicide in the Tigris River, according to a security source. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62478/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:34:00 +0000 Two wanted persons and eight suspects on Wednesday were arrested during raids in Basra, according to a local security source. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62477/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:33:00 +0000 Police forces on Wednesday defused a roadside bomb south of Amara city, Missan province. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62476/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:32:00 +0000 Police forces on Wednesday arrested three drug dealers in Missan, according to a local official. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62475/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:31:00 +0000 One civilian was killed and another one was injured Wednesday by a roadside bomb blast in Jalawlaa, according to a security source. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62474/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:31:00 +0000 Nine people were arrested in Najaf, Diala and Baghdad, while two bombs were defused in Missan, the Baghdad Operations Command said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/62473/refid/RSS-security-20-11-2009 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:30:00 +0000