Iraq

    Iraq alone

    Iraq alone

    New Zealand contributed a small contingent of army engineers for reconstruction and humanitarian work in Iraq, and there have been unconfirmed reports that Special Air Service troop deployments occurred in non-combat roles.

    Iraq car bomb kills 23

    Iraq car bomb kills 23

    A car bomb has exploded at an open-air market crowded with shoppers in a Shiite town northeast of Baghdad, killing 23 people and wounding more than 50, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.

    Attacks kills 36 at Iraqi polls

    An Iraqi man casts his vote for the parliamentary election, at a polling center in Ramadi, Iraq. ...

    Attacks kills 36 at Iraqi polls

    Insurgents bombed a polling station and lobbed grenades at voters in Iraq on Sunday (local time), killing 36 people in attacks aimed at intimidating those taking part in an election that will determine whether the country can overcome the sectarian divisions that have plagued it since the 2003 US-led invasion.