Iraq on Sunday branded as illegal an influential committee's recommendation that hundreds of military officers said to be loyal to executed dictator Saddam Hussein be fired. "The serving officers and civilians were employed entirely legally, in respect of the law," said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, referring to the Justice and Accountability Committee's (JAC) declaration that 450 officers be ...

Evidence that led to candidates being barred from Iraq's March 7 election for suspected links to Saddam Hussein will be released in the coming days, the head of the committee that disqualified them told AFP on Saturday. Ali al-Lami said the evidence was being organised by the Justice and Accountability Committee (JAC) so that it could be presented to ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has reinstated about 20,000 troops from Saddam Hussein's army under an initiative launched in 2008, but officials denied on Friday that the most recent reintegration was related to national elections next month. Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said that about 13,000 soldiers from Saddam's army, vetted under a system set up to reintegrate ...

US officials have returned more than 1,000 archaeological and historical items taken from Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq's ambassador here said Thursday. Six pieces ranging from an ancient Sumerian stone tablet to an AK-47 rifle bearing Saddam's image were handed over to Iraq at an embassy ceremony on Thursday. "As ...