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The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq’s prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report is true.

Iraq’s envoy to Jordan says Baghdad will send planes and buses to bring home 520 Iraqis who fled to Jordan after the US-led invasion in 2003.

Saad al-Hayyani says the Iraqis asked for ‘help to return’ after security improvements in Iraq. He says no one is being ‘forced’ to return. Groups will start leaving in September.

An estimated 2.5 million Iraqis fled their homeland amid the turmoil that followed the 2003 U.S. invasion, around 700,000 of them settling in Jordan. Some 13,000 have returned to Iraq in recent months since the easing of violence, according to the International Organization of Migration.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Thursday, September 4, 2008 6:45 PM EDT WASHINGTON - President Bush’s top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year, …

The Department of Defense announced Thursday the death of a 22 year old Fort Drum soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The notorious Abu Ghraib prison is getting a facelift: work to reopen the facility and construct a museum documenting Saddam Hussein’s crimes — but not the abuses committed there by U.S. guards.

Since 1991, the Kurdish-dominated northern quarter of Iraq has been effectively independent, with its own legislature, laws, courts, police and oil-based economy.

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s cabinet has approved a $3bn oil service contract with China, the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said yesterday, in a move that could signal the shape of anticipated future oil …

U.S. and Iraqi official say they will transfer command of Sunni citizens’ patrols to the Iraqi government next month.

U.S. and Iraqi official say they will transfer command of Sunni citizens’ patrols to the Iraqi government next month.