Mortar Rounds, Car Bomb Kill 27 In Iraq
Thursday, July 27th, 2006A mortar barrage followed minutes later by a car bomb blasted Baghdad's upscale Karradah district Thursday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 63, police said.Link
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A mortar barrage followed minutes later by a car bomb blasted Baghdad's upscale Karradah district Thursday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 63, police said.Link
Ancient Statue Looted in Iraq Is Returned
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006A prized statue of an ancient king that was stolen during widespread looting in Iraq following the U.S. invasion three years ago has been returned to the country's government, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.Link
Bush, Iraqi PM agree to beef up Baghdad troops
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006President Bush said Tuesday that a U.S. military program to bolster Iraqi security forces in Baghdad will better address the violence there as he pledged to stand by Iraq's new democratic government.Link
How to say: Nouri al-Maliki
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006How to pronounce the name of Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki. Link
Maliki insists Iraq will not slide into civil war
Monday, July 24th, 2006Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday his country will not slide into civil war but acknowledged that mounting sectarian violence is now killing 100 civilians a dayLink
Report: Detainee Abuse Is ‘Standard Operating Procedure,’…
Monday, July 24th, 2006Despite the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the torture and abuse of Iraqi detainees in U.S. custody has continued, according to a new report released over the weekend by Human Rights Watch.Link
33 killed by Suicide Bomber In Baghdad On Sunday
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006A suicide bomber blew up a minibus Sunday at the entrance to a market in a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing at least 33 other people. The attack came just hours after U.S.-backed Iraqi forces raided the same area against suspected members of a sectarian death squad.Link
U.S. Forgot Lessons of Vietnam
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006Evidence suggests approach to pacifying Iraq after Hussein's collapse helped spur the insurgency. Evidence suggests approach to pacifying Iraq after Hussein's collapse helped spur the insurgency. Link
Saddam Hospitalized Amid Hunger Strike
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006Saddam Hussein was hospitalized Sunday on the 17th day of a hunger strike, the chief prosecutor in his trial said.Link
ABC News: Group: U.S. Military Urged Abuse in Iraq
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006The group Human Rights Watch said in a report released Sunday that U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of detainees in Iraq, even after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal called attention to the issue in 2004.Link
Officer Faces Court-Martial for Refusing to Deploy to Iraq
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006When First Lt. Ehren K. Watada of the Army shipped out for a tour of duty in South Korea two years ago, he was a promising young officer rated among the best by his superiors. Like many young men after Sept. 11, he had volunteered “out of a desire to ...
Hussein, on Hunger Strike, Gets Feeding Tube
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006Saddam Hussein was hospitalized Sunday morning, fed with a tube and given a battery of tests to ensure that he could stand trial later this week despite a hunger strike that began July 7, Iraqi and American officials said.Link
Over 60 Killed As Iraq Violence Escalates
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006Bombs killed more than 60 people and wounded more than 200 Sunday in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk _ a dramatic escalation of violence as U.S. and Iraqi forces crack down on Iraq's most feared Shiite militia. Link
More troops to be deployed to Baghdad, general says
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006The top U.S. commander for the Middle East said Friday that the escalating sectarian violence in Baghdad had become a greater worry than the insurgency and that plans were being drawn up to move additional forces to the Iraqi capital.Link
Iraq PM announces peace plan
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006A first attempt at uniting Iraq's sectarian and political groups begins tomorrow. That's when the Supreme National Committee for Reconciliation and National Dialogue meets for the first time.Link
Explosions, Shootings Shatter Calm in Iraq On Saturday…
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Seven Shiite workers were gunned down Saturday in a religiously mixed area of west Baghdad, and explosions in the capital killed one American solider and shattered a one-day calm after a ban on private vehicles expired.Link
U.S. Moving More Troops Into Baghdad
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006The United States was moving to bolster U.S. troop strength in Baghdad to cope with escalating violence between Sunnis and Shiites. The deteriorating security situation - especially in Baghdad - has alarmed officials, who had hoped that the national unity government would ease tensions so that the U.S. and partners ...
2 Americans Soldiers And Dozens Of Iraqi’s Killed
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Two American soldiers were killed Saturday in Baghdad, seven Shiite construction workers were gunned down and five Sunni civilians were blown up, deepening the capital's security crisis. Shiite politicians called on the prime minister to cancel his visit to Washington to protest Israel's attacks in Lebanon.Link
Curfew Extended Through Friday As Baghdad Violence Mounts
Friday, July 21st, 2006Iraqi authorities extended a daytime curfew on Baghdad on Friday in an apparent effort to prevent violence after one of the bloodiest weeks this year.Link
Deployed Soldier’s Family Found Murdered
Friday, July 21st, 2006The wife, two sons and sister-in-law of a soldier serving in Iraq who were found dead in the soldier's burned-out house had been stabbed, and a neighbor has been jailed for investigation of homicide, authorities said.Link
Iraqi Civilians Killed in U.S. Raid
Friday, July 21st, 2006Women, child killed in U.S. raid near Baghdad. Military expresses regrets, says it was going after al-Qaida terroristsLink
Bakeries in Iraq Feel the Heat
Friday, July 21st, 2006As the most basic of local institutions, Baghdad’s bakeries are an everyday measure of just how far the sectarian war here has spread.Link
In Week of Violence in Iraq, a Comparative Lull
Friday, July 21st, 2006In a measure of how mired in violence Iraq has become in recent months, the 28 people who were reported killed across the country today signaled a sharp, if momentary, decline in the daily death rate.Link
The YouTube War
Thursday, July 20th, 2006American soldiers are telling their story of the Iraq war in homemade videos. And the picture isn't any brighterLink
Iraq: 38 Tortured Bodies Found Thursday In Baghdad
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Iraqi police found 38 tortured bodies and witnessed the slow release of five hostages amidst general violence throughout Baghdad Thursday.Link
Tens of Thousands Flee Iraq Strife, Report Says
Thursday, July 20th, 2006BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Iraqis have fled their homes as sectarian violence has turned ever more bitter since a U.S.-backed national unity government was formed two months ago, official data showed on Thursday.Link
Iraq civilian toll spikes to nearly 6,000
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Nearly 6,000 civilians were slain across Iraq in May and June, a spike in deaths that coincided with rising sectarian attacks across the country, the United Nations said Tuesday.Link
Alleged Killer Of 2 GIs Is Killed In Iraq
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Alleged Leaders Of Al Q 'Death Squad' Are Apprehended -Link
In Break With Bush, Iraqi Leader Assails Israel
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 19 - Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq on Wednesday forcefully denounced the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, marking a sharp break with President Bush's position and highlighting the growing power of a Shiite Muslim identity across the Middle East.Link
In Iraq, Civil War All but Declared
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Retaliatory massacres by gunmen and bombers linked to rival Muslim sects have left more than 130 people dead across Iraq over the last two days, the latest casualties of what some politicians now are calling an undeclared civil war.Link
Military-Style Assault Kills Dozens in Iraqi Marketplace
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Masked attackers with heavy machine guns mounted on pickup trucks slaughtered at least 40 people in a crowded market area south of Baghdad on Monday, hurling grenades to blow up merchants at their counters and shooting down mothers as they fled with their children, witnesses and authorities said.Link
Car Bombing South Of Baghdad On Tuesday Kills 53
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006The number of those injured in the blast total over 100Link
At least 53 dead in latest Iraq bombing
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006A suicide car bomber detonated explosives in a crowd of laborers gathered across the street from a major Shiite shrine in southern Iraq Tuesday, killing at least 53 people and wounding 105, officials and witnesses said.Link
CNN.com - U.N.: 14,000 Iraqis killed in 2006 - Jul 18, 2006
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006This is obscene. What is the US doing there that allows this kind of killing to go on. We might as well be having a pic nic. We're stuck with incompetent fools running the show while the world laughs at us. Link
Military leaders foresee Iraq exit in 2016
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006U.S. war commanders think some level of American forces will be needed in Iraq until 2016 and those forces will receive continued support from the vast majority of Iraqis. Link
U.S. Military Fears Outcome of Rape Trial
Monday, July 17th, 2006U.S. military officials fear that religious hurdles in exhuming the body of a teenager could complicate the prosecution of American soldiers accused of raping and murdering the girl _ and create a political nightmare for the U.S. mission here. Link
Gunmen Kill 41 in Raid on Iraq Market
Monday, July 17th, 2006Dozens of heavily armed attackers raided an open air market Monday in a tense town south of Baghdad, killing at least 41 people and wounding 42, police and hospital officials said.Link
At Least 31 Seized At Iraq Olympic Meeting
Sunday, July 16th, 2006National State of emergency still in place as at least 27 people killed including 2 American Soldiers in sectarian violence.Link
Bomber Kills 25 At Cafe In Northern Iraq
Sunday, July 16th, 20061 British soldier killed in souther Iraq.Link
Iraq - Gunman Dressed In Military Uniforms Kidnap Head Of…
Saturday, July 15th, 2006Gunman was riding in three government vehicles and wearing police officer uniforms when they broke into cultural center on SaturdayLink
FOXNews.com - Gunmen Kidnap Head of Iraq’s Olympic Committee…
Saturday, July 15th, 2006Head of Iraq's Olympic Committe kidnapped in the country that used to torrture/kill members of the Iraqi soccer team.Link
Accused G.I. Was Troubled Long Before Iraq
Friday, July 14th, 2006The soldier charged with the rape and killing of a 14 year old girl and her family had a pretty extensive record prior to joining the army.Link
Gunmen Attack Iraqi Checkpoint, Kills 12 Iraqi Soldiers
Friday, July 14th, 2006Incident happened about 20 miles south of Kirkuk. One additional soldier was injured.Link
US Iraq War Costs May Rise By $406 Billion By 2016
Thursday, July 13th, 2006If this figure is correct the total cost of the war by 2016 could be just under $1 Trillion dollars.Link
Iraq Gunmen Seize 24 people Wednesday, Killing 20
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006All 20 victims were shiites.Link
Twenty bodies found in Iraq after abductions
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006Twenty people were found dead Wednesday northeast of Baghdad after gunmen kidnapped 24 civilians, an Iraqi official said.Link
Al-Qaida Group Claims GIs Killed Over Rape, Murders
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006Claim came in the form of a 4 minute video posted on the internet.Link
Gunmen kill 10 In Iraq On Tuesday Transporting Coffin;…
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006Another 5 people were killed at a restaurant near the green zone.Link
Iraq May Ask United Nations To End US Immunity From Local…
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006this as a result of the killing and raping of Iraqi civilians.Link
Sectarian Violence Kills About 60 In Iraq Today
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006Today's killings is raising fears of all out Civil War.Link
Bombs Blast Shiite area On Monday After Baghdad Rampage…
Monday, July 10th, 20062 bombs kills 12 and leaves over 60 woundedLink
Shiite-Sunni violence kills dozens in Iraq
Monday, July 10th, 2006BAGHDAD, Iraq - Masked Shiite gunmen roamed through west Baghdad's Jihad neighborhood Sunday, dragging Sunnis from their cars, picking them out on the street and killing them in a rampage that police said killed 41 people in a dramatic escalation of sectarian violence.Link
Gunmen ambush bus in Baghdad, killing 7
Monday, July 10th, 2006Two car bombs also struck shiite district near baghdad on Monday.Link
Rampage Leaves Iraq at ‘Dangerous Precipice’
Monday, July 10th, 2006Two car bombs struck a Shiite district in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, officials said, as sectarian tensions rose following a rampage by Shiite gunmen that killed 41 people, most of them Sunnis. Link
As Violence Increases, Iraqis Turn To Fake IDs
Monday, July 10th, 2006With over 4000 civilians killed just in the last three months, many are turning to fake ID's to hide their names.Link
Roaming Gunmen Kill 40 Sunnis in Rampage
Sunday, July 9th, 2006Violence in Iraq continues with 40 killed as gunmen open fire on unarmed Iraqi civilians.Link
Pre 9-11 Saddam Iraqi Government Supported Pre 9-11 Taliban…
Friday, July 7th, 2006Pre 9-11 Relations between Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq. Documents describe: no points of disagreement between Afghanistan and Iraq; support of Taliban jihadists over the native Afghani government; construct strong intelligence relationship between Taliban and Iraq. Original Doc: http://70.168.46.200/released/03-22-06/ISGP-2003-000Link
Pre 9-11 Taliban Afghanistan Requesting Help from Iraq for…
Friday, July 7th, 2006Pre 9-11 Relations between Saddam iraqi Government and Taliban Afghani Governments. Taliban requesting assistance from Iraq to: keep bin Laden, help mediate between Northern Aliance, Taliban, and Russia. Original Document: http://70.168.46.200/released/03-22-06/ISGP-2003-00014127.pdfLink
Saddam’s Iraqi Government Sheltered & Paid US 1993 World…
Friday, July 7th, 2006Saddam's government provided monthly payments and a home for Abdul Rahman Yasin. Yasin is on the FBI's list of 22 most-wanted terrorist fugitives with a $25 million reward. The FBI questioned and released him in New York after the 1993 US World Trade Center bombing. After Yasin ...
Iraqi American Who Mixed Chemicals in the 1993 US World…
Friday, July 7th, 2006Abdul Rahman Yasin, a United States Citizen with Iraqi Orgin, was involved in mixing the chemicals for the 1993 US New York World Trade Center Bombing. He fled to Iraq. Bush Administration requested release. Saddam claimed he was under arrest. Documents suggest that he was paid and housed prior ...
Marine Cover-up In Haditha Probe
Friday, July 7th, 2006Officers up to colonel ignored evidence of a crime. How many more 'Haditha's' are out there?Link
Suicide Blast Near Iraqi Mosque Kills 10
Thursday, July 6th, 2006Number of car bombs up sharply over the last four weeks.Link
Iraq’s Prime Minister says US Forces Act With ‘Immunity’
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006Wants full independent investigation of the rape and killing of family by US forces.Link
General Comments On Iraq Murder Case
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006A former Army private stands accused of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teen and her family. Marine General Peter Pace joined The Early Show to talk about the allegations.Link
Raped Iraqi Girl Feared US Troops - Report
Monday, July 3rd, 2006Military says the victim was 20 but according to the WP report the female may have been only 15Link
Ex-Soldier Charged In The Rape And Killing Of Iraqi Family
Monday, July 3rd, 2006Soldier was discharged due to a personality disorder.Link
Al-Zarqawi’s Death Fails to Stop Bloodshed In Iraq
Monday, July 3rd, 2006Over 1000 Iraqi's Killed In June, compared with 1056 in May.Link
Al-Zarqawi Buried In A Secret Location in Iraq
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006He was buried according to muslim customsLink
Hussein’s wife, daughter on new ‘wanted’ list
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006Iraq unveiled a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives Sunday, including Saddam Hussein's wife and daughter.Link
66 Killed In Car Bombing at Baghdad Market On Saturday
Saturday, July 1st, 2006Close to 100 injured in the bloodiest attack in three months.Link
TIME.com: The Promotion After Haditha
Saturday, July 1st, 2006As the two investigations of the alleged massacre in Iraq drag on, questions are raised as to why a Marine who is at the center of the probe is promoted.Link
Rape and Killing Of Iraqi Family May Have Been Planned Days…
Saturday, July 1st, 2006After the Rape of the girl, it is believed that the US Soldiers poured flammable liquid on her and set her on fire to cover-up the crime.Link
The War in Iraq Costs…
Saturday, July 1st, 2006View the current cost of the war in Iraq to US taxpayers and see how that money could have been spent instead. Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, keep in mind that this is only presenting the facts. It does not take sides.Link
5 GIs Probed In The Rape And Murder Of Iraqi Family
Friday, June 30th, 2006The soldiers may have burned the body of the girl who was raped.Link
String Of Attacks Kill 12 In Iraq On Thursday
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Most in the capital of BaghdadLink
US Military Admits Killing
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Incident occured near Baquba this morning.Link
US Marine In Fahrenheit 9/11 Killed in Iraq
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006He was the recruiter at the mall in Michael Moore's documentaryLink
Two US Troops Killed In Iraq On Tuesday
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006That brings the total US deaths to 2,527 In Iraq since march 2003Link
150,000 Displaced Because Of Iraq Violence According To…
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006This figure is just from march of this year...1.3 million displaced overall.Link
The Hatred Behind ‘Hadji Girl’
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Read this article with caution. Some very chilling stuff.Link
Majority Of Americans Want Withdrawal Plan For Iraq
Monday, June 26th, 200657% say congress should pass a resolution supporting withdrawal.Link
NYT: General Says Most Troops Home By 2008
Sunday, June 25th, 2006The Pentagon is not 'Cutting And Running' are they?Link
Iraq WMD Red Flags Were Ignored Says ex-CIA Aide
Sunday, June 25th, 2006Did the CIA and the Bush Administration mislead the Nation and the world on the threat that Saddam and Iraq really posed?Link
Iraqi Prime Minister Offers Olive Branch To Insurgents
Sunday, June 25th, 2006Plan would include amnestyLink
U.S. military confirms plan to reduce troops
Sunday, June 25th, 2006Army General George Casey has submitted a plan to begin reducing U.S. troops in Iraq, beginning this August and continuing through the end of 2007. Although the plan predicts troops to be reduced by approximately 28,000 soldiers, officials admit that the actual number will be entirely dependent on the security ...
US Troops Kill Fewer Iraqi Civilians At Checkpoints After…
Sunday, June 25th, 2006350 died in 2005 at checkpoints.Link
Bomb Blast Kills Two Iraqi Policemen On Saturday
Saturday, June 24th, 2006Police also found the body of man that was handcuffed,bound by the legs, and shot in the head.Link
Bomb Kills GI On Saturday After A Deadly Week In Iraq
Saturday, June 24th, 2006The Military annouced the two soldiers were killed on Friday from the same division.Link
US Raid Sparks Outrage Among Sunnis In Iraq
Saturday, June 24th, 2006US forces seize a senior arab leaderLink
Iraq Government Has A Master Plan
Saturday, June 24th, 2006Includes a US withdrawl timetable and amnesty for those insurgents that attacked US forcesLink
Iraqi Government Declares State Of Emergency
Friday, June 23rd, 2006Heavy violence breaks out in baghdad. At Least 20 killed including worshippers at mosque. Dozens injured.Link
Al-Qaeda Zawahri Vows Vengeance Against United States
Friday, June 23rd, 2006The Number two guys with Qaeda speaks out againLink
Senate Rejects Bill By Democrats To Redeploy US Troops Out…
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006Measure failed 39-60Link
Iraq Debate To Continue In Senate On Wednesday With Two…
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006One Has a hard deadline attached to it while the other bill does not.Link
7 Marines And One Sailor To Be Charged In Death Of Iraqi…
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Death occured in AprilLink