Deadly attacks underscore security concerns in Iraq
- 10/12/2008 10:53 PM CDT
BAGHDAD | Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
BAGHDAD | An American soldier was killed Tuesday by gunfire in western Baghdad, the U.S. military said, the first U.S. combat death in the capital in two weeks.
BAGHDAD | Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
The Department of Defense has announced that the following military personnel died in Iraq or Afghanistan:
BAGHDAD | Hundreds of Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite military operations to secure the city, officials said.
BAGHDAD | Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that the country’s most influential Shiite cleric will leave the decision on the future of U.S. troops to the government and Parliament.
PARIS | France, which opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say.
BAGHDAD | An Iraqi lawmaker loyal to anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was killed Thursday in a bombing of his convoy in Baghdad, officials said.
BAGHDAD | Recurrent violence in oil-rich parts of Nigeria may provide a sobering lesson for oil companies hoping to work in Iraq.
PHILADELPHIA | The widow of a 23-year-old Iraq war veteran from Pennsylvania is suing the U.S. government over her husband’s suicide.
BAGHDAD | The Iraqi foreign minister said Tuesday it will require “bold political decisions” to resolve the major issue standing in the way of a U.S.-Iraq security deal.
BAGHDAD | Eleven members of an Iraqi family were killed Sunday in a U.S. raid in Mosul, including three women and three children, officials said.
BAGHDAD | As violence in Iraq recedes, neighboring states are pondering how to deal with an unwieldy country that could re-emerge as a key player in the region.
The Department of Defense has announced that the following military personnel died in Iraq or Afghanistan:
ANKARA, Turkey | Fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkey’s army and air force in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq killed 15 soldiers and 23 insurgents, the military said Saturday.
BAGHDAD | Suicide bombers Thursday struck two Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing 24 people and wounding dozens during celebrations marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
VILSECK, Germany | A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty Thursday to accessory to murder. Spc. Steven Ribordy, 25, of Salina, Kan., was sentenced to eight months in prison for his role in the killing of four Iraqi prisoners who were bound, blindfolded, shot and dumped in a canal.
BAGHDAD | Iraq’s Shiite-led government took command Wednesday of thousands of U.S-backed Sunni fighters who turned against al-Qaida. The government pledged to integrate the fighters into public life in recognition of their help in quelling violence.
BAGHDAD | The number of Iraqi security forces killed in September rose by nearly a third to 159 compared with the same period last year, Associated Press figures showed Tuesday.
WASHINGTON | Six Army brigades, a National Guard unit and three military headquarters have been ordered to Iraq next summer.
BAGHDAD | Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday sought safeguards for small religious communities in this mainly Muslim country.