SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maleki stressed he does not support para-military groups whilst he accused some authorities of defeating government plans to serve people. According to Emirati Al-Khaleej newspaper, Nouri Maleki talking in a television interview with political and economic experts announced ...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for audacious raids on two high-security prisons on the outskirts of Baghdad this week that killed dozens and set free hundreds of inmates, including some of its followers. The statement issued in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida affiliate in ...