Car bomb kills 10 south of Baghdad
2006-04-16 20:40:08
A car bomb exploded Sunday near a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and wounding 25, police said.
Baghdad car blast kills 7, injures 24
2006-04-16 09:48:41
A car bomb killed at least seven people on a busy avenue Saturday as Shiite politicians floated a proposal to end the standoff over a new government by having Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari step down — but only if his replacement comes from his own party.
US Marines have 2 dead, 22 wounded in new Iraq clash
2006-04-15 09:09:51
Two U.S. Marines were killed and 22 wounded, two of them critically in fighting in western Iraq, the U.S. military said Saturday. It was the biggest death toll from a single engagement in weeks.
Gunmen kill 3 Iraqi government employees
2006-04-12 16:30:55
Gunmen in Baghdad hunted down three different government employees and shot them dead on their way to work Wednesday, police said.
US troops kill 8 suspected insurgents
2006-04-09 17:01:10
American troops killed eight suspected insurgents Sunday during a raid north of Baghdad, the US military said.
Suicide bombers Kill 79 in Iraq
2006-04-08 08:50:55
Suicide bombers, one dressed as a woman, blasted worshippers as they left a Shiite mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least 79 people and wounding more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq.
15 dead in car bomb in Iraq
2006-04-06 18:37:26
A car bomb exploded near a sacred Shi'ite shrine in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, police said.
Wave of violence kills at least 81 Iraqis
2006-03-27 17:56:50
Police found 30 more victims of the sectarian slaughter ravaging Iraq - most of them beheaded - dumped on a village road north of Baghdad on Sunday.
Continuing violence kills 30 more Iraqis, most beheaded
2006-03-27 09:00:47
Police found 30 more victims of the sectarian slaughter ravaging Iraq — most of them beheaded — dumped on a village road north of Baghdad on Sunday.
20 killed at Baghdad mosque
2006-03-27 09:00:20
A video grab shows various bodies lying on the floor at a mosque in the Shaab district of eastern Baghdad March 26, 2006. Politicians from Iraq's Shi'ite majority accused U.S. troops of massacring 20 worshippers at a Baghdad mosque. [Reuters]
Iraqi insurgents' raid on jail thwarted
2006-03-23 07:23:16
Insurgents emboldened by a successful raid and jailbreak laid siege to another prison facility Wednesday, but police said U.S. troops and a special Iraqi unit overwhelmed the gunmen and captured 50 of them at the detention center south of Baghdad.
Gunmen kill 20 at Iraqi jail
2006-03-22 10:09:37
About 100 masked gunmen stormed a prison near the Iranian border Tuesday, cutting phone wires, freeing all the inmates and leaving behind a scene of devastation and carnage — 20 dead policemen, burned-out cars and a smoldering jailhouse.