Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida has expanded operations to Shi’ite-dominated southern Iraq. Officials said Al Qaida has launched attacks in southern Iraq in an effort to relieve pressure from the military campaign in the Anbar province. The officials said Al Qaida’s Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant was believed to have sent […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq is still seeking to retain a U.S. military presence in 2012. President Jalal Talabani said that the Iraqi military wanted U.S. aid after the American troop withdrawal at the end of 2011. Talabani, in a statement believed to have been cleared by the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al […]
