Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq, struck by the worst wave of suicide strikes in years, has been training civilians to detect car bombs and improvised explosive devices. Officials said the Interior Ministry has launched courses for civilians and particularly businessmen in detecting and foiling suicide bombers. The officials said Al Qaida focused on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — A British supplier of detectors of improvised explosive devices to Iraq has been sentenced to 10 years. A British court determined that the supplier, James McCormick sold more than $50 million worth of fake bomb detectors to the Iraq Interior Ministry amid an Al Qaida bombing campaign from 2007 through […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki is preparing for a reshuffle in Iraq’s military and security command. Iraqi sources said Al Maliki was consulting with advisers and political allies to decide on the replacement of scores of senior officials in the Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry. The sources said the prime […]