Six Iraqis were killed Saturday when a U.S. helicopter fired on a small gathering at what may have been a pro-U.S. group's checkpoint, officials said.
A well-respected Sunni leader who was key in helping reduce violence in his northern Baghdad neighborhood was among at least 15 people killed in three separate suicide bombings Monday, officials said.
A bill in Congress seeks to eliminate military slot machines overseas that take in $130 million a year, mostly from soldiers.
Violence in several Iraqi locations on Tuesday left more than a dozen people dead, according to authorities.
Calling himself a "pilgrim among pilgrims" Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday visited the Marian sanctuary of Mariazell southwest of Vienna, fulfilling a promise he made in 2004 -- while still a cardinal -- to return to the shrine on its 850th birthday.
It's 120 degrees in the heart of the Sunni "triangle of death," and a few dozen U.S. soldiers in full combat gear ready their weapons outside a warehouse. The bombed-out buildings nearby, the cracked pavement underfoot, the Apache helicopters circling overhead: B-reel for a war gone sour.
A two-person Apache helicopter crew staged a dramatic rescue Monday, ferrying two of their comrades out of a combat zone south of Baghdad, military officials said Tuesday.
Carrie Walsh's husband was a decorated Apache helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army. But years ago, Aaron Walsh started playing slot machines on military bases. He became a gambling addict. It eventually ruined his military career.
A British soldier on a routine patrol was killed in a firefight with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan Friday, the British Defense Ministry said.
A U.S. Apache helicopter went down Friday in Iraq, killing two American soldiers, the military said. It was the fourth helicopter to crash in two weeks.
Six Iraqis were killed Saturday when a U.S. helicopter fired on a small gathering at what may have been a pro-U.S. group's checkpoint, officials said.
A well-respected Sunni leader who was key in helping reduce violence in his northern Baghdad neighborhood was among at least 15 people killed in three separate suicide bombings Monday, officials said.
A bill in Congress seeks to eliminate military slot machines overseas that take in $130 million a year, mostly from soldiers.
Violence in several Iraqi locations on Tuesday left more than a dozen people dead, according to authorities.
Calling himself a "pilgrim among pilgrims" Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday visited the Marian sanctuary of Mariazell southwest of Vienna, fulfilling a promise he made in 2004 -- while still a cardinal -- to return to the shrine on its 850th birthday.
It's 120 degrees in the heart of the Sunni "triangle of death," and a few dozen U.S. soldiers in full combat gear ready their weapons outside a warehouse. The bombed-out buildings nearby, the cracked pavement underfoot, the Apache helicopters circling overhead: B-reel for a war gone sour.
A two-person Apache helicopter crew staged a dramatic rescue Monday, ferrying two of their comrades out of a combat zone south of Baghdad, military officials said Tuesday.
Carrie Walsh's husband was a decorated Apache helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army. But years ago, Aaron Walsh started playing slot machines on military bases. He became a gambling addict. It eventually ruined his military career.
A British soldier on a routine patrol was killed in a firefight with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan Friday, the British Defense Ministry said.
A U.S. Apache helicopter went down Friday in Iraq, killing two American soldiers, the military said. It was the fourth helicopter to crash in two weeks.
As the Royal Jordanian Airlines passenger jet began its spiral approach into Baghdad International Airport, the empty feeling in the pit of my stomach reminded me of other times I had embarked on this same trip.
The U.S. military on Wednesday called a video posted on the Internet purportedly showing the dragging of a U.S. flier's remains from a downed copter's wreckage "despicable."
Three U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq and two military pilots died after their helicopter was apparently shot down while on patrol, the U.S. military said Sunday.
If the court accepts the resignation of the top judge at the Saddam Hussein trial, he will be replaced by another justice from the courtroom, an official with the Iraqi High Tribunal told CNN on Tuesday.
A U.S. AH-64 Apache attack helicopter went down north of Baghdad on Monday, killing two crew members aboard, the U.S. military said.
American fighter planes bombarded a southern Afghanistan rebel hide-out with missiles and bombs, killing up to 76 insurgents in one of the deadliest single clashes since the Taliban's ouster in 2001.
U.S. and Iraqi troops on Tuesday launched an offensive against insurgents in the northwestern city of Tal Afar -- not far from the Syrian border.
A U.S. soldier died and a second was wounded when a military helicopter crashed on Saturday while conducting a training exercise in South Korea, officials said.
The U.S.'s National Transportation Safety Board says it has sent a team to Afghanistan to aid the investigation of last week's plane crash southwest of Kabul.
A search and rescue team has arrived at the wreckage of an Afghan passenger jet that crashed last week in mountainous terrain southwest of Kabul, spending a few hours on the mountain, acording to a NATO spokeswoman.
Rescue teams have located the wreckage of an Afghan passenger jet that crashed two days ago with 104 people aboard, but severe weather and mountainous terrain have prevented rescuers from reaching the site.
Five Israeli troops were killed Sunday when Palestinian militants set off an explosion in a tunnel beneath an Israeli military checkpoint and opened fire on the checkpoint as well, an Israeli official said.
Six Palestinians died Saturday in four separate attacks by the Israeli military in Gaza, according to Palestinian security and medical sources. Two others were also killed, but the circumstances of their deaths were unclear.
An explosion that destroyed a building in downtown Kabul killed 9 people -- at least three of them Americans -- and wounded at least seven others, witnesses said.
An Israeli Apache helicopter attacked a car Thursday in the Gaza town of Rafah, killing two Palestinian militants inside, Palestinian security sources said.
Fearing possible terror attacks, the head of U.S. Central Command on Monday has ordered 650 U.S. military dependents to leave Bahrain within days.
Al Qaeda militants kept a pledge to kill their American hostage, posting three chilling photographs Friday on an Islamist Web site to prove they had beheaded Paul Johnson Jr.
Al Qaeda gunmen posted a videotape online Tuesday showing a man who identified himself as Paul Johnson, an American who works for Lockheed Martin and has been missing in Saudi Arabia since Saturday.
Saudi authorities are searching for a missing American whom al Qaeda militants claim to have kidnapped after killing another U.S. citizen in Riyadh.
A group linked to al Qaeda claimed Saturday to have kidnapped an American engineer in the Saudi capital.
An Israeli Apache helicopter fired two rockets at a motorcycle in Gaza City Saturday, killing a civilian and two Hamas militants, one of them a senior leader of the military wing of the group, according to Palestinian sources.
Palestinians blame an Israeli helicopter strike for the deaths of 18 people among 200 marching in a protest of Israel's crackdown in Gaza, but the Israeli military denied its helicopter fired on the crowd.
On a day that Palestinians mark what they call the "catastrophe," tens of thousands of Israelis rallied Saturday evening in favor of a plan to withdraw troops and settlers from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
An Israeli Apache helicopter fired at least six missiles at the office of Islamic Jihad leader Mohammed al-Hindi in Gaza City early Saturday, witnesses said.
Two Palestinians were killed and at least 25 others were wounded early Tuesday in an Israeli helicopter attack in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza, Palestinian security sources said.
Vice President Dick Cheney, who often serves as the administration's point man in attacking White House hopeful John Kerry, was the subject of a blistering critique by a key Democratic leader on Monday.
An Apache helicopter was brought down by ground fire west of Baghdad Sunday, a senior military source told CNN.
A U.S. Army Apache helicopter was brought down by unidentified ground fire west of Baghdad on Sunday, military sources said, despite a cease-fire that was in effect in the region.
GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Israeli tanks and bulldozers, backed up by Apache helicopters, launched an incursion into Palestinian-controlled Gaza near the Rafah refugee camp early Friday morning, Palestinian security sources said.
Israeli soldiers on Wednesday stopped a 14-year-old boy wearing a vest of explosives at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus.
The Israeli military sent at least 19 tanks across the border near the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza early Wednesday, Palestinian sources said.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Aziz al-Shami and an 11-year-old boy were killed Saturday by an Israeli air strike, hospital officials in Gaza said.
Jobless Iraqis protested in southern Iraq on Tuesday, while in the central part of the country, U.S. troops and a government office came under attack.
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