It is a curious case in the annals of the FBI: The bureau considered a sting operation against then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich after sifting through allegations from a notorious arms dealer that a $10 million bribe might get Congress to lift the Iraqi arms embargo. The FBI ended up calling off the operation in June 1997. It decided there was no evidence that Gingrich knew anything about the conversations the arms dealer was secretly recording with a man who said he was acting on behalf of Gingrich’s then-wife, Marianne, according to people with knowledge of the investigation. Read full article > >

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FBI considered a sting aimed at Newt Gingrich in 1997

As Iraqi P.M. Meets Obama at White House.

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NATO Withdraws All Iraq Troops

The Obama administration is wrestling with a decision about whether to turn Ali Musa Daqduq over to the Iraqi government or to find a way to take him with the military as it withdraws.

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Military’s Last Detainee in Iraq Poses Dilemma for Obama

The last U.S. troops to occupy Camp Victory, once one of the largest and most high-profile American military bases in Iraq, left Friday afternoon as the Iraqi government assumed control of the sprawling complex near Baghdad's main airport.

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A car bomb hits a market in the Iraqi town of Khalis, north of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, security officials say.

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Iraqi market bomb attack kills 10

A series of explosions in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20, officials say.

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Baghdad explosions leave 15 dead

A series of explosion hits a busy market in the Shurja district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring several, say reports.

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Triple blast hits central Baghdad

The U.S. military has stopped announcing its plans for turning over facilities to the Iraqi government because of concerns that insurgents were using the information to stage attacks, a top American general said Thursday. “As bases close, some adversaries try to take advantage and attack us. . . . Some attacked on transition day,” Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Spoehr, deputy commanding general of U.S. Forces-Iraq, said during a telephone news conference from Iraq. Read full article > >

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U.S. puts Iraq withdrawal plans under wraps to discourage attacks

Insurgents mounted several attacks on Iraqi security forces in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 22.

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Insurgents Attack Security Forces Across Baghdad

Iran has made inroads in swaying the Iraqi government, but its reach has not extended to ordinary people.

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If U.S. Leaves Vacuum in Iraq, Disliked Iran May Not Fill It

A framed certificate hanging on the study wall in the Georgetown home of Albrecht Gero Muth, who is accused of killing his wife in August , announced Muth’s appointment as a brigadier general in the Iraqi army. But in that same home, a receipt from a Maryland print shop was found, and D.C. homicide detectives said Muth ordered the certificate and had it delivered in April. Read full article > >

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Albrecht Muth’s military background fictionalized, prosecutors say

At least 17 people die and many are wounded in a car-bomb attack at a funeral ceremony near the central Iraqi city of Hilla, officials say.

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Blast kills 17 at Iraqi funeral

BAGHDAD — Bomb blasts ripped through three Iraqi cities Monday morning, killing 38 people, including 34 who were gathered at a market in the southern city of Kut and shattering what had been a relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan. The violence struck from the northern city of Kirkuk to the southern cities of Najaf and Kut, and emphasized the persistent ability of insurgents to wreak havoc at a time when Iraqi officials are weighing whether they are able to protect the country without the assistance of American troops. Read full article > >

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38 killed as bombs explode in three Iraqi cities, dozens also wounded in the violence

Insurgents used suicide bombers, car bombs and gunmen to attack civilians and Iraqi security forces, killing at least 43 and wounding nearly 100.

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At least 34 people are killed in a double bombing in the south-eastern Iraqi city of Kut, Iraqi officials say.

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