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Jill Carroll kidnapping suspect arrested

The alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping of the American journalist has been arrested along with a second al-Qaeda suspect

Rice says Iraq troop deal close

The US Secretary of State made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to try to help finalise a plan for American troops

Blackwater guards face Iraq killings prosecution

Six men notified they could face a US trial for shooting dead 17 civilians in an infamous incident that provoked fury in Iraq

British troops to leave Iraq 'within a year'

Military is close to completing its mission, says outgoing forces commander Major-General Barney White-Spunner

President of Iraq undergoes heart surgery

Iraqis doubt President's fitness for the job after his office confirms that he has received heart surgery in Minnesota

Iraq: US combat troops out 'within three years'

Foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari also told The Times the US military will be barred from unilaterally mounting attacks

King of Jordan pays secret visit to Iraq

King Abdullah II of Jordan is the first Arab head of state to travel to Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003

General Petraeus hails SAS after Iraq success

Departing head of multinational force in Iraq praises British special forces over al-Qaeda car bombers

Q and A: General Petraeus interview

Edited transcript of The Times interview with General David Petraeus, top commander of US forces in Iraq

Petraeus: US flying Georgians into battle zone

American commander in Iraq says that his troops are helping to redeploy Georgian soldiers to fight in South Ossetia

US donates Bengal tiger cubs to Baghdad zoo

Hope and Riley are part of a revamp of the Al Zawraa Zoo, where hundreds of animals perished after the 2003 invasion

Al-Sadr tells Mahdi Army to abandon violence

The leader of the main Shia militia in Iraq has ordered the majority of his followers to disarm and focus on social work

Bin Laden's driver may be in jail for life

Anger at Pentagon threat to ignore freedom ruling in war crimes trial and hold Salim Ahmed Hamdan indefinitely