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Iraq 'gang-rape victim' can seek US trial

Protection of workers abroad under scrutiny as victim who claims co-workers raped her told she can take case to trial

Overnight clashes shake frail Baghdad truce

Explosions continue despite deal to end seven weeks of fighting that would see al-Mahdi Army surrender heavy weapons

Tough love

The heart-rending story of a disfigured marine and his bride

Parading of bodies taunts Basra rebels

The Sunday Times has seen evidence suggesting the Iraqi army presented two dead Mahdi fighters at a victory celebration

MPs investigate alleged sex abuse at Embassy

Iraqi cleaner and two cooks have alleged that a culture of sexual harassment, abuse and bullying exists at Baghdad embassy

BBC Baghdad bureau is struck by rocket

Missile fired by Shia insurgents crashes through roof of office causing structural damage but no injuries

Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader taken prisoner

Abu Ayyub al-Masri, successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was detained in a joint Iraqi-US operation, in the city of Mosul

Guantanamo detainee 'became suicide bomber'

A Kuwaiti freed from Guantanamo Bay carried out a suicide car bombing in Iraq last month, the US military said

Iraqis allege sex abuse at the British Embassy

Iraqi cleaner and two cooks claim a culture of sexual harassment, abuse and bullying exists at the British Embassy in Baghdad

Legal loophole is leaving police powerless

Ever since the green zone was created in the aftermath of the US-led invasion five years ago the area has existed in a legal limbo

3,500 US soldiers head home from Iraq

Return in line with plan to cut number of 'surge' forces despite fragile al-Madhi army ceasefire and increase in attacks

The awfully nice guys allowing US torture

Philippe Sands, a British QC, has exposed the ‘decent’ lawyers who made the brutal interrogation of Guantanamo detainees possible

Shadowing the slaughter in Sadr City

As the first UK journalist to be embedded with the rebel Mahdi Army, Hala Jaber reports on its terrifying battle

A baby’s life ebbs away in Sadr City

Last week Hala Jaber became the first reporter from Britain to 'embed' with the Mahdi Army, studying its preparations for an escalation of the...

Iraq suicide blasts kill 30 in wedding attack

At least 65 were wounded when the two explosions were detonated in the town of Balad Ruz north-east of Baghdad