Full Coverage: Iraq

26.05.2006 BAGHDAD, May 26 (IPS) - Basra in the south of Iraq is beginning to splinter under increasing violence and sectarian divisions.

26.05.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 (OneWorld) - Many secular Iraqis have been expressing their displeasure with the new Iraqi government that was sworn-in Saturday and introduced with much fanfare by politicians in Washington, Baghdad, and London this week.

19.05.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (OneWorld) - The U.S. government has lost track of over 200,000 machine guns that were supposed to be used by the Iraqi police, according to a prominent human rights watchdog calling for tougher international regulations on arms dealings.

16.05.2006 NEW YORK, May 16 (OneWorld) - Peace groups in the United States are testing new ways to stop the U.S. war machinery in Iraq, Afghanistan, and places that might become new targets in the new future.

16.05.2006 I agree with the reasons that we have gone to Iraq. I may not agree with some actions that people choose while they are supposed to be over there protecting and serving our people and now the civilian Iraqis, but I am behind helping them and protecting us from terrorists...

16.05.2006 A new memorial exhibition will commemorate the daily effects of violent conflict on the men, women, and children of Iraq, where it is estimated that more than 100,000 civilians have died in the U.S.-led war.

15.05.2006 Many famous and not-so-famous mothers spent the weekend at the White House calling for an end to war and the return of their sons and daughters from Iraq.

15.05.2006 The building of a massive new United States embassy and military bases in and around Baghdad signals the US determination to remain in Iraq for the long term, says Paul Rogers.

12.05.2006 Shopkeepers in the town of Hawije, in Central Iraq, have pulled Iranian imports from their shelves after a militant group threatened to kill traders and burn down stores shops that failed to comply with a boycott.

12.05.2006 For the United States, the cost of the Iraq war will soon exceed the anticipated cost of the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement designed to control greenhouse gases. For both, the cost is somewhere in excess of $300 billion.

05.05.2006 Iraq and Afghanistan rank among the world's weakest states, according to an annual index based on a dozen social, economic, and political indicators. Venezuela made the greatest progress towards stability in the past year.

04.05.2006 A new report charges the U.S. with creating a climate in which torture and ill-treatment can flourish. The UN is set to review U.S. compliance with global torture prohibitions over the next few days.

03.05.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3 (OneWorld) - Though it faces daily intimidation and what some are calling 'confusion' over professional standards, Iraq's burgeoning media has already begun to shape opinions on the street, said a group of senior Iraqi journalists on tour in the United States.

03.05.2006 A "worst case scenario" has not yet been reached in Iraq but many of the conditions for such an escalation of violence are already present, a new report by the NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq warns.

02.05.2006 The 4th25, or the last quarter, is the collective name of a group of American combat troops whose stories are collected on the rap album Live From Iraq. The album is a confused, angry affair. This is a diary from the battlefield by the men not only dying, but also doing the killing. The group is led by Sergeant Neal Saunders (Big Neal) who talks here bluntly and honestly about the reality of the frontline soldier. Big Neal is a soldier doing what American soldiers do best, protecting America’s interests. For him it is not about Iraq, it is about America serving itself.

01.05.2006 More than 34,000 Iraqis have been jailed, but officials often do not know where.