Iraqi Soldiers

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  Islamic State Jihadists Attack Iraq Base Housing US Forces

  Iraqi soldiers backed by US-led coalition aircraft repelled an attack today by the Islamic State group on a base where hundreds of US troops are training local security forces, officials said.

• Saudi Arabia Deploys 30,000 Soldiers to Border With Iraq

  Saudi Arabia has deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers withdrew from the area, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said on Thursday.

• Eight Iraq Soldiers Killed in Gun Attack: Official

  Militants killed eight Iraqi soldiers travelling on a bus in a restive area of north Iraq on Tuesday, a town official said a day after officials announced parliamentary election results.

• Gunmen kill 8 Iraqi soldiers, burn bodies: Police

  Gunmen killed eight soldiers at a checkpoint in western Iraq before burning their corpses today, a police officer said.

• Iraqi militants stealing blood for the injured

  Members of Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia have been holding up blood banks and hospitals at gunpoint, stealing blood for their wounded fighters rather than risk having them arrested at medical facilities, according to Iraqi doctors, employees at health centers and the Sunni insurgents themselves. Iraqi health officials say the raids have been occurring fo...

• Rare surgery for Iraqi soldier in India

  Twenty eight-year-old Falah Mehmood from Iraq is finally able to walk upright and without pain. A soldier in the Iraqi Army, Falah was living with a piece of missile in his spine which got lodged there during a battle in 2003. It was seven long years of acute pain and suffering for him.Falah has been in and out of hospitals in Baghdad, but neither ...