|
| Jan.5 |
Iraq |
 |
Muqtada al-Sadr returns to Iraq from Iran Radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has returned to the country after more than three years in Iran
| Jan.6 |
Southern Iraq |
 |
Rowdy welcome for cleric Moqtada Sadr Map of Najaf Iraq Anti-US Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has received an enthusiastic welcome in the Iraqi city of Najaf
| Jan.15 |
Mosul |
 |
US soldiers killed in Mosul drill Two US soldiers have been killed when an Iraqi soldier opened fire on them during a training exercise in northern Iraq, US and Iraqi officials say | |
| Jan.18 |
Sunni Triangle |
 |
65 die in attack at recruitment center Map of Tikrit Iraq A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-packed vest attacked a police recruitment center, where people wait their turn to enter the center | |
| Jan.20 |
London |
 |
Blair returning to Iraq inquiry Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to be questioned for a second time by the Iraq inquiry about his role in the lead-up to the 2003 war | |
| Jan.23 |
Iraq |
 |
British security contractor on trial in Iraq Daniel Fitzsimons, the first Westerner to stand trial in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq for killing two colleagues said he is 'not guilty of murder' | |
| Jan.27 |
Baghdad |
 |
Baghdad attacks kill at least 51 A wave of bombings happened in various neighborhoods, including one in which angry residents later threw stones at security forces | |
|
|