Iraq lawmakers extend state of emergency
2006-11-09 09:30:58
Beset by rampant sectarian violence, Iraq's parliament voted Wednesday to extend the country's state of emergency for 30 more days, as at least 66 more Iraqis were killed or found dead.
Mortar exchanges kill 21 in Baghdad
2006-11-08 10:24:17
Shi'ites and Sunnis traded mortar attacks Tuesday on Baghdad neighborhoods across the Tigris, killing 21 as police found the bodies of 15 torture victims in the river south of the capital.
Saddam lieutenant calls for Baath peace
2006-11-08 08:45:55
Saddam Hussein's former second in command, now a fugitive with a $10 million bounty on his head, has ordered Sunni insurgents loyal to the former president to cease attacks.
Analysis: Verdict may not stop violence
2006-11-06 14:38:05
The future of Iraq may depend little on whether Saddam Hussein hangs. The Sunni insurgency is so deeply entrenched and sectarian bloodlust so strong that Iraq seems set to continue spiraling into violence -- regardless of its former president's fate.
56 bodies found in Baghdad
2006-11-03 21:35:14
Officials have found 56 bodies bearing signs of torture scattered around the Iraqi capital in the past 24 hours, all apparent victims of sectarian death squads, police said Friday.
Four Iraqi policemen killed in Baghdad attacks
2006-11-02 16:36:58
Four Iraqi policemen were killed and five others wounded in two attacks on Thursday morning, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said.
Over 40 Shiites said kidnapped in Iraq
2006-11-01 21:39:50
More than 40 Shiites were abducted along a notoriously dangerous highway just north of Baghdad, police said Wednesday, and the death toll from a suicide bombing at a wedding party rose to 23, including nine children.
Two US soldiers killed in Baghdad
2006-10-31 15:21:09
Two American soldiers were killed in Baghdad in two attacks on Monday, the US military said on Tuesday.
4 U.S. soldiers killed by bomb in Iraq
2006-10-18 14:57:31
A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers west of Baghdad, the military reported Wednesday, raising the number of U.S. troops killed this month to 62.
Police intelligence chief killed in Iraq
2006-10-18 16:25:24
A roadside bomb killed a provincial police intelligence chief in southern Iraq early Wednesday, police said. The military reported nine U.S. troops killed in bombings and combat a day earlier, raising to 67 the number of U.S. troops killed in October.
86 Iraqis die in 2-day violence spree
2006-10-16 11:22:04
Iraq's government indefinitely postponed a much-anticipated national reconciliation conference Sunday as a two-day violence spree leaving at least 86 Iraqis dead.
Gunmen raid Iraqi TV station, kill seven
2006-10-12 15:05:55
Gunmen raided the offices of an Iraqi satellite channel in Baghdad on Thursday and killed seven guards and employees, the station manager said.