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Baghdad Tests Threat Sirens
2011-05-21 Read More...
Iraqi authorities tested a Baghdad-wide siren system yesterday designed to alert residents to foreign attacks, natural disasters and fires, the first such system since Saddam Hussain’s 2003

Russia Eyes Stronger Military Ties with Iraq
2011-05-12 Read More...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pushed for stronger military ties with Baghdad during talks with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on a visit to Baghdad on

Iraq Chief-of-Staff Calls For a “Regional Security Organization”
2011-05-07 Read More...
The Chief-of-Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces proposed a “Regional Security Organization” to maintain stability in talks with the Iranian Ambassador, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said in a

GCC Rejects Iran's Claims Over Gulf
2011-05-04 Read More...
The Gulf Cooperation Council Chief slammed as “aggressive” a statement by a top Iranian Military Official who has said the “Gulf belonged to

Iran Detects 2nd Cyber Worm
2011-04-26 Read More...
Iran has been targeted by a second computer virus in a “cyber war” waged by its enemies, its Commander of Civil Defense said on

Iraq Won’t Ask for US Troops Extension
2011-04-26 Read More...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged that Baghdad would not ask US troops to stay in the country beyond a year-end pullout, his office

Divani: Iran to Build 4 to 5 Research Reactors
2011-04-14 Read More...
Iran will continue enriching uranium to 20% level to fuel "4 to 5" nuclear research reactors it intends to build in the "next few years”, a top official told the ISNA news agency earlier this

Gates: US “Open” to Extending its Stay in Iraq
2011-04-09 Read More...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, visiting Iraq on the eve of the 8th anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, said Friday the United States would entertain a wide range of requests from Iraq to extend the US troop

The Iraqi Homeland & Border Control Conference
2011-04-04 Read More...
The organizers of the Iraqi Homeland & Border Control Conference (IHBCC) confirmed that General Babakir Al Zibari, Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Joint Forces to deliver a keynote address during the April 7-8, 2011 event in Washington,

AN/TPQ-36 FIREFINDER Radars to Iraq
2011-04-01 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on 31 March 2011 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Iraq of six AN/TPQ-36(V)10 FIREFINDER Radar Systems, 18

Iraq Delays $900m F-16 Purchase
2011-02-17 Read More...
Iraq has postponed the planned purchase of 18 F-16 fighter planes from the United States this year and diverted the funds to feeding the poor, an official said earlier this

Iraqi Homeland & Border Control Conference
2011-02-09 Read More...
New-Fields announced the first Iraqi Homeland & Border Control Conference scheduled for April 7-8, 2011 in the Washington

US Trains Iraqi Soldiers on M1A1 Tank
2011-02-08 Read More...
The "Desert Lions" of Iraq's 34th Mechanized Brigade are now training with U.S. Soldiers to learn M1A1 Abrams tank skills at Camp Taji,

US Navy Delivered 2 Patrol Boats to Iraq
2011-02-07 Read More...
The U.S. Navy recently delivered two 35-meter patrol boats to the Iraqi Navy's Umm Qasr naval facility.

Swift Patrol Boat Training for Iraqi Navy
2011-01-24 Read More...
British-trained members of the Iraqi Navy have conducted their first patrol of Iraqi territorial waters surrounding the Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) in their new Swift patrol

Iraq’s Army Celebrates 90th Anniversary
2011-01-07 Read More...
Iraq’s army marked the 90th anniversary of its 1921 founding on Thursday, with a huge military parade that included tanks and artillery

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