BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Three sahwa (awakening) tribal fighters were arrested on Thursday for planting an improvised explosive device near a checkpoint in northern Babel, police said. “An informer notified
BABEL / IraqiNews.com: A fighter from the tribal sahwa (awakening) forces was killed by unidentified gunmen’s fire north of the city of al-Hilla on Thursday, a security source
BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi security forces arrested two special groups’ commanders in Hilla, said a security source from Babel province. “The arrests took place during a raid operation that
BABEL / IraqiNews.com: The senior adviser of the U.S. reconstruction team on Wednesday said that Babel province is ready to receive foreign investments, after the rehabilitation of the
Iraq-Decree BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Presidential Board issues two decrees on Wednesday to appoint the governors of Thi-Qar and Babel provinces. The Council appointed Taleb Kazem Abdulkarim al-Hassan as
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Security forces arrested 39 wanted men and seized a roadside bombs cache in operations that took place throughout Iraq, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. “The
BABEL / IraqiNews.com: A Sahwa council fighter on Sunday was gunned down by unknown men to the north of Babel province, according to a local security source. “Unidentified gunmen
BABEL / IraqiNews.com: The new Babel provincial council on Saturday elected independent engineer Salman Hassan al-Zarkani as governor and Iskandar Wattout of the Independent Commission for Civil Society as
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Security responsibility for the mid-Euphrates will be wholly assumed by the Iraqis after the Multi-National Forces (MNF) Forces withdrawal from this area’s provinces on June 30, 2009,
BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi army troops were obliged to replace Sahwa forces in 10 checkpoints in Babel, as the Sahwa fighters abandoned their points after not receiving their salaries, a
