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Bombings kill 7, wound more than 45 in Iraq

Bombings in central and western Iraq killed at least seven people and wounded 45 others on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.

Part of Iraq 'Triangle of Death' back in Iraqi control

Coalition troops formally handed over control of Iraq's Babil province to the Iraqi government on Thursday.

Wheelchair bomber kills 3 in Iraq police station

A man in a wheelchair blew himself up Monday in a northern Iraqi police station, killing three National Police officers, including a commander, police said.

Time.com: Troops' Recurring Nightmare in Iraq

On Scene: Explosively Formed Penetrators, or EFPs, pose the most treacherous threat yet to US troops south of Baghdad

Time.com: In Iraq, the Troops' Recurring Nightmare

On Scene: Explosively Formed Penetrators, or EFPs, pose the most treacherous threat yet to U.S. troops south of Baghdad

Time.com: America's New Shi'a Allies

The U.S. military is taking a cue from its Anbar success and enlisting the help of Shi'ite tribes. Will the strategy take hold?

British leave Basra base; retired general slams war plan

Five-hundred British troops began withdrawing Sunday from their base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the Ministry of Defense said.

Sunni mosques targeted in apparent reprisal bombings

Three Sunni mosques were attacked in what police believe are reprisals for a massive truck bombing that damaged a Shiite mosque and killed 87 people, authorities said Wednesday.

Sunni mosques hit after blast at Samarra shrine

Attackers struck nine Sunni mosques in Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital in the aftermath of Wednesday's bombing of Al-Askariya Mosque -- a major Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra, police said Thursday.

Six die in attack on U.S.-run Camp Bucca prison

Six civilian detainees were killed and at least 50 more were wounded in an attack on the U.S.-run Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq on Saturday.

Suicide car bomb kills 15 in Iraq

A suicide car bomber struck a local market Tuesday near Falluja, killing 15 people and wounding 13, the U.S. military said.

U.S. troops hunt '24/7' for 2 soldiers still missing

U.S. and Iraqi troops Thursday continued their relentless search near Baghdad for two missing soldiers, a day after the body of a third U.S. soldier was found floating in the Euphrates River.

Baghdad: Shiite convoy ambushed

Six security guards were wounded Thursday night when gunmen ambushed the convoy of a top Shiite leader's son, said Haytham al-Hussaini, a spokesman for the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim.

Suicide bombers kill 61 in market attack

Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a crowded market Thursday evening in Hilla, Iraq, killing 61 people and wounding 150, police said.

Gunmen kill 14 Pakistani, Indian pilgrims in Iraq

Insurgents shot and killed at least 14 pilgrims from India and Pakistan, one of several attacks in Iraq that have killed a dozen other people during the last 24 hours.

U.S. probes another report of civilian deaths

The U.S. Army has ordered an investigation into the deaths of an Iraqi family of four at their home in Mahmoudiya, a town south of Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said Friday.

U.S. widens search for missing soldiers

Coalition forces expanded the search Sunday for two U.S. soldiers seized Friday by insurgents at a checkpoint southwest of Baghdad, officials said.

Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq blast

Insurgents killed three U.S. soldiers Friday south of Baghdad and a police officer in the Iraqi capital, and authorities found five slain bodies around the city, the U.S. military and Iraqi police said.

Suspect in Italian journalist's kidnap held

An Iraqi considered the prime suspect in the 2005 kidnapping of Italian journalist Guiliana Sgrena and who also was sought for questioning in several assassination attempts has been captured, multinational military forces in Iraq said in a statement Thursday.

Iraq politicians set to meet amid strife

Violence shook Baghdad and areas outside the capital Wednesday as strikes thought to be fueled by sectarian animosity persisted and Iraqi leaders prepared to huddle to work toward a national unity government.

70 percent of Iraqis voted, officials say

Almost 70 percent of Iraqis eligible to vote did so during the country's historic December 15 elections, the Iraqi electoral commission said in a report released Wednesday.

Luck runs out in 'Triangle of Death'

The two men were good friends at Forward Operating Base Falcon in Babil province, each commanding units at the base in what's called Iraq's "Triangle of Death."

Top-ranking officer killed in Iraq

Col. William Wood, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, died last week, the highest-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in the Iraq war, the U.S. military said Monday.

War as real as it gets

It's dubbed the "meat grinder." And the toll taken on U.S. forces on these roads patrolled by the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in the northern Babil province explains why.

Algerian diplomats kidnapped in Baghdad

Two Algerian diplomats were abducted Thursday afternoon outside a restaurant in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood, a police source said.

Iraq suicide bombings kill 99

Ninety-nine people have been killed and more than 180 injured in suicide bombings over the past two days in Iraq, including a fuel tanker attack south of Baghdad.

Suicide bomber kills 60 near Baghdad

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a propane fuel tanker parked near a gas station south of Baghdad Saturday evening, killing at least 60 and wounding as many as 100 people, police sources said.

Police: Bodies found buried near Baghdad

The bodies of 20 men were found buried southeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police said Sunday, the latest in a series of such discoveries.

Insurgents kill one Iraqi civilian

Insurgent attacks Monday in Iraq killed one civilian and wounded nine people, including six Iraqi soldiers, police said.

Bodies of 8 Iraqi police commandos found

As Iraqi election officials counted ballots Saturday from the country's recent vote, police found the bodies of eight slain comrades near Baghdad.

U.S. troops fire on prison riot as 4 die

American troops opened fire to put down a riot Monday at a prison camp in southern Iraq that left four inmates dead and six wounded, U.S. military officials said.

Suicide bombers crash van into mosque

Four suicide bombers drove a minibus loaded with explosives into a northern Baghdad Shiite mosque early Friday, killing 14 civilians, many who had gathered for morning prayers, police said.

Attacks kill 7, wound dozens in Iraq

A car bomb attack on an Army combat patrol killed seven Iraqi civilians Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji, a military spokesman said.

U.S., Iraqi forces find Falluja's 'largest weapons cache'

Iraqi insurgents in Falluja were storing a huge amount of weapons and explosives in a mosque, U.S. Marines said Thursday.

U.S.: Different tactics used in latest Iraqi offensive

An ongoing U.S.-Iraq campaign against insurgents south of Baghdad will be very different from the recent offensive in Falluja, a U.S. Marine spokesman said Wednesday.

Iraqi minister can't guarantee election safety

Iraq's interim defense minister was quoted by an Arabic-language newspaper Tuesday as saying he cannot guarantee the safety of voters or candidates in the country's elections scheduled for January 30.

U.S., Iraqi troops expand offensive

More than 2,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops are targeting insurgents in the northern section of Babil province, even as insurgents targeted a hotel near Baghdad's Green Zone.

Iraq: New push against insurgents

U.S.-led forces have started a push against insurgents in another Iraqi hot spot -- the northern part of Babil province -- a couple of days after control was established in the restive city of Samarra.

Iraqi oil flowing after repairs

Crude oil has begun flowing at a rate of 1 million barrels a day through one of two pipelines damaged in recent attacks in southern Iraq, a coalition spokesman has said.

Allawi: Oil sabotage has cost Iraqis $1 billion

Iraq's interim prime minister said Saturday that his country has lost $1 billion to insurgent attacks on the oil infrastructure and the ripple effect across the economy.

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