<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ramadi: News &amp; Videos about Ramadi - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ramadi</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Ramadi from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:05:31 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Ramadi: News &amp; Videos about Ramadi - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ramadi</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Ramadi from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Bombings kill 7, wound more than 45 in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bombings in central and western Iraq killed at least seven people and wounded 45 others on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ramadi, Iraq on high alert after car bombings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi authorities on Sunday closed all entrances into Ramadi and imposed a curfew after a series of car bombings killed at least 19 people and injured more than 80 others, according to Interior Ministry officials.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide car bombing kills 7 in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.car.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/07/iraq.car.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suicide car bombing struck a police checkpoint in Ramadi, Iraq, Monday, killing at least seven people, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blasts kill 7 in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bombings killed seven people and wounded dozens of others Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 prisoners, 6 officers killed in Iraqi jailbreak</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.jailbreak/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.jailbreak/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A group of al-Qaeda in Iraq prisoners overpowered a police officer before killing him and other officers in a jailbreak in Ramadi early Friday, Interior Ministry officials said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nine killed in Iraq bombings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Suicide bombers detonated a car bomb and an explosive vest at a police checkpoint in the town of al-Jazira on Saturday, killing eight people, four of them police officers, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>10 people killed in 24 hours throughout Iraq, official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ten people were killed during several attacks targeting coalition troops and Iraqi police in the past 24 hours, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Miracle Marine' dies after beating odds</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/obit.miracle.marine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/obit.miracle.marine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in Iraq and established a charity to help burned children has died, the military has announced.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Qaeda in Iraq: Not Done Yet
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731473,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731473,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Captured documents and new bomb attacks reveal a strategy for renewed chaos
</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy SEAL paid ultimate price to save buddies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08/seal.medal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08/seal.medal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When a grenade bounced off his chest and fell to the floor near his fellow troops, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor acted out of instinct.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the Scenes: Surge helping, but Iraq still on knife's edge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/08/surge.status/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/08/surge.status/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Without doubt, the surge has benefited Iraq. It's massively reduced the killing of both Iraqis and Americans, and it's been a welcome relief to witness the change.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.-led forces target militants</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S.-led coalition forces killed an estimated 11 "terrorists" early Thursday, during operations targeting criminal networks in southeastern Iraq, a statement from Multi-National Force - Iraq said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Courthouse car bomb kills five</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A car bomb struck a police checkpoint in central Ramadi Wednesday morning, killing five people, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official has said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An Iraqi Parade Against al-Qaeda</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1674888,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1674888,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>All that was missing was the crowds. But a  Ramadi celebration of a martyred tribal leader  provided telling evidence of the area's sudden turn against anti-American Islamic extremists</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Crippling Blow in Anbar</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661648,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661648,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Ex-insurgent ally Sheik Abdul Sattar became Washington's symbol of wartime success. His murder is a major setback</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>On the Scene: Last foot patrol of Pace's career</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/18/ots.starr.pace/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/18/ots.starr.pace/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The walk in Ramadi was never supposed to happen. A sandstorm grounded Gen. Peter Pace and his entourage, who were planning on leaving the city after a quick visit during his final tour of Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gen. Pace Declares Iraq 'Sea Change'</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644001,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644001,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that Iraq has undergone a "sea change" in security in recent months</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>15 U.S. soldiers killed since Friday in Iraq </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/20/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. military added on Sunday more U.S. soldiers to the list of those who died in attacks on Saturday, bringing the number of American soldiers killed since Friday to 15.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 12:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police: Suicide blasts kill 13 in Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Suicide car bombings at a market and at a police checkpoint in Ramadi killed 13 people and wounded 35 others Monday, police said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. sends warplanes to strike suspected Iraq insurgents</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. warplanes struck suspected insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniya on Saturday, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide truck bomb kills 20 in Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Twenty people were killed and 30 others wounded when a suicide truck bomber slammed into an Iraqi police checkpoint in a western Ramadi neighborhood Friday morning, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq gas attack makes hundreds ill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Bombers detonated three chlorine-filled trucks in Anbar province, the U.S. military said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi PM meets with Sunni tribal chiefs in Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/13/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/13/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made an unannounced trip Tuesday to Ramadi, where he met with Sunni tribal chiefs credited with helping turn the tide against al Qaeda in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blasts shake Baghdad to cap deadly month for police</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/28/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/28/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A car bomb exploded Wednesday near a market in southwestern Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and wounding 21 others, an Iraqi emergency police official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Accounts differ on Iraq soccer field blast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/27/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/27/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>An explosion at a makeshift soccer field near Ramadi, injured at least 25 people Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. general: Anbar insurgents mostly Iraqis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/anbar.security/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/anbar.security/index.html</guid><description>Most insurgents who are battling U.S.-led forces in Iraq's Anbar province are local Iraqis loyal to al Qaeda, and not foreign fighters, the U.S. commander in the region said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. chief: Iraq in 'grave danger' of civil war</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Just hours after a suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Iraq, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday that the nation is in "grave danger" of falling into civil war.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>12 die in Iraq overnight violence</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>At least eight people died as Iraqi security forces clashed with gunmen in the town of Wahda, southwest of Baghdad, Wednesday night, police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>12 killed by Iraq stadium bombs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Two bombs exploded in a Baghdad soccer stadium Wednesday, killing 12 people and wounding 14, police in the Iraqi capital said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi leader wants probe into rape, killings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday called for an independent Iraqi investigation or at least a joint U.S.-Iraqi probe into the March killings of an Iraqi female and three members of her family as well as her alleged rape.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baghdad car bomb kills 4, injures 10</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/19/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/19/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A car bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol exploded in eastern Baghdad at 10:30 a.m. Monday, killing four civilians and wounding 10 others, Iraqi Emergency Police said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shootings, car bombs kill 13 in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/18/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/18/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The latest round of violence in Iraq Sunday left 13 people dead, most of them in Baquba, where deadly attacks have increased in recent days.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi Cabinet to leave two doors open</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.cabinet/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.cabinet/index.html</guid><description>Iraq's prime minister-designate is expected to announce a Cabinet to the Parliament on Saturday, but two key posts will be empty, a spokesman for a leading Shiite party said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2006 00:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. sending reinforcements to violent Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. military commanders will order more U.S. troops to the Iraqi city of Ramadi, the volatile Anbar provincial capital where troops and insurgents have been fighting pitched battles, the military said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 14:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UAE diplomat kidnapped in Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/16/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/16/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Gunmen kidnapped a United Arab Emirates diplomat in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood Tuesday evening, wounding his bodyguard in the process, police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 10:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blast kills 16 at Falluja recruiting office</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Insurgents embarked on deadly attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, killing 16 people at a police recruitment center in Falluja, an American civilian contractor near Nasiriya and a police officer in Baquba.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 05:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide bomber kills 10 in assault on governor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Ten civilians were killed Tuesday when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy carrying the governor of Anbar province, a U.S. military source said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 10:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Ramadi battle kills 100-plus insurgents</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. and Iraqi troops killed more than 100 insurgents last week in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a U.S. Army officer said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 13:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marines fire on mosque to repel attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A coordinated attack from three directions on the governor's compound in Ramadi Monday left an unknown number of insurgents dead after an hourlong fight with U.S. Marines.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq journalist shot dead in Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/25/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/25/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>At least five people were killed in separate attacks in central Iraq Tuesday, including an Iraqi journalist.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. helicopter crash kills 12 in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Twelve American civilians and soldiers were killed when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq shortly before midnight Saturday, the military said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 12:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>13 wounded in car bomb attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/07/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/07/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>At least 13 people, including six Iraqi police commandos, were wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded Saturday as a police commando patrol was passing by, police said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>11 U.S. troops killed in Thursday attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/06/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/06/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Eleven U.S. troops -- eight soldiers and three Marines -- were among about 140 people killed in  attacks across Iraq Thursday, military officials said. It was the deadliest day in Iraq in nearly four months.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 134 killed in attacks across Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>In the deadliest day in Iraq in nearly four months, at least 134 people were killed and scores were wounded by insurgent-bomb attacks, authorities said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. envoy: Iraq elections a 'success'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/16/iraq.elections/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/16/iraq.elections/index.html</guid><description>As election officials in Iraq counted ballots and looked into polling violation complaints Friday, the senior U.N. envoy there said Iraq upheld proper international election standards.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Al-Zarqawi caught, released</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/zarqawi.captured/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/zarqawi.captured/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi security forces caught the most wanted man in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'It's been a good day for Iraq'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/iraq.elections/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/15/iraq.elections/index.html</guid><description>Vote counting in Iraq began Thursday night after a surprisingly high number of voters turned out to choose the nation's first full-term parliament since Saddam Hussein's ouster.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hostage families wait as deadline passes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/11/iraq.hostages/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/11/iraq.hostages/index.html</guid><description>Family and friends of four Western humanitarian workers held hostage in Iraq were waiting with growing concern on Sunday as a deadline to kill them passed without word from the kidnappers.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadline passes; no word on hostages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>International concern for four Western humanitarian workers heightened Saturday as the hours before their execution deadline turned into minutes, then passed with no word on their fate.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Brothers: Hostages were gathering evidence of abuse in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>With a Saturday execution deadline looming, the brothers of a Canadian man held hostage in Iraq made another plea to his abductors, saying Friday that their brother was in Iraq to gather information on alleged human rights abuses.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>11 Iraqi soldiers killed in ambush</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Two days after a roadside bomb killed 10 U.S. Marines on patrol in Falluja, insurgents in Iraq on Saturday staged another deadly strike, killing 11 Iraqi soldiers in an ambush north of Baghdad.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>10 Marines killed near Falluja</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/02/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/02/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A roadside bomb killed 10 U.S. Marines and wounded 11 others on nighttime foot patrol Thursday near Falluja, and three other soldiers died Friday in a traffic accident, the military said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. military targets Ramadi area before election</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>American troops are focusing their efforts on the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi to establish stability ahead of the December 15 elections, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ramadi offensive nets suspected insurgents</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/27/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/27/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. and Iraqi troops have detained several suspected insurgents in the Ramadi area as part of the latest joint operation in the area dominated by Sunni Arabs, the U.S. Marines said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. doubts Mosul attack hit al-Zarqawi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/20/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/20/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. military is conducting tests to determine whether terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was among those killed in a weekend raid in northern Iraq, but a White House official called that prospect "highly unlikely."</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Hostile fire suspected in Iraq copter crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/03/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/03/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Witnesses saw what they believed was a weapon fired at a U.S. helicopter that crashed in Iraq, a U.S. military official said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Vehicle bomb kills 20 south of Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/02/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/02/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Deadly violence coinciding with the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan left 27 Iraqis dead Wednesday in Musayyib, Baghdad and Kirkuk.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq airstrikes kill dozens in Ramadi area</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. military said Monday that coalition forces launched airstrikes Sunday in and around Ramadi, west of Baghdad, killing "an estimated 70 terrorists."</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens killed in Iraq airstrikes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.insurgents/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.insurgents/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. military said Monday that coalition forces launched a series of airstrikes Sunday in and around Ramadi, killing "an estimated 70 terrorists."</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five U.S. troops killed in Iraq attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Four U.S. soldiers and a Marine have been killed in attacks in Iraq, military officials said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attacks kill at least 30 across Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/14/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/14/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Armed conflict rattled Iraq Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of at least 30 people in Kirkuk, Ramadi and near Baquba.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 07:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nine American troops killed in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/24/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/24/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Insurgent attacks during the past 24 hours have killed nine U.S. troops in Iraq, the military said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 08:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 23 die in Baghdad attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/05/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/05/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Attacks targeting Iraqi security forces killed at least 23 people on Thursday, including Iraqi army recruits, police and civilians, Iraqi police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2005 04:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Where is the outrage?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/02/outrage/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/02/outrage/index.html</guid><description>I cannot recall being this angry.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 17:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 U.S. security contractors killed in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.contractors/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.contractors/index.html</guid><description>Seven Blackwater USA employees, all Americans, died Thursday in Iraq, the company said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide car bomber kills 11 in Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A suicide car bomber killed 11 Iraqi policemen and wounded 14 others in Ramadi, the U.S. military said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>26 bodies found in Iraqi village</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/09/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/09/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Authorities in Iraq are investigating the killings of 26 people whose bodies were found Tuesday in an Iraqi village near the Syrian border, all with gunshot wounds to the forehead.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'River Blitz' launched around Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/20/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/20/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an anti-insurgency operation Sunday in Ramadi and other cities along the Euphrates River, adding an 8 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew and other security measures, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: Indonesia reporters missing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.indonesia/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.indonesia/index.html</guid><description>A pair of Indonesian journalists are missing in Iraq and may have been taken captive by uniformed gunmen, Indonesia's Foreign Ministry said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chaos or hope? Arab media eye Iraq vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/28/media.election/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/28/media.election/index.html</guid><description>"What Elections?" reads the headline in Al-Hayat, a widely popular Arab-language newspaper based in London, reflecting the diverse approach to the Iraqi elections in Arab media.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Purported al-Zarqawi tape: Democracy a lie</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/24/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/24/iraq.zarqawi/index.html</guid><description>An audiotaped statement attributed to Islamic militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi declared Iraq's upcoming elections a "big American lie," while his followers appeared to kill an Egyptian hostage in public in video posted to an Islamic Web sites late Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Video apparently shows public beheadings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/21/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/21/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A video posted on an Islamist Web site apparently shows two Iraqis being beheaded on a city sidewalk as pedestrians and vehicles pass by.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A stealth campaign </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/10/iraq.elections.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/10/iraq.elections.tm/index.html</guid><description>Americans, who have just endured the endless 2004 presidential campaign in which no detail about the candidates was too picayune to get saturation coverage, would find little that was familiar in the campaigning now under way in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Roadside bomb kills seven troops</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/06/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/06/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A roadside bomb struck a U.S. armored personnel carrier Thursday in northwestern Baghdad, killing all seven American soldiers inside, U.S. military officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 11:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Video purportedly shows mess hall attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A five-minute video that appears to show members of a radical Islamist group preparing for and carrying out the attack last week on a U.S. base in Mosul surfaced Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Two key terror network members captured in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/25/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/25/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Two men the U.S. says are key figures in Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terrorist network are in U.S. custody following a sweep of Ramadi, Iraq, U.S. military sources revealed in a statement Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2004 12:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gunmen kill 2 top-level Iraqi crime fighters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/11/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/11/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Two high-ranking Iraqi Interior Ministry officials were gunned down Saturday morning in southwest Baghdad, a police official said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi election workers killed in drive-by shooting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>An Iraqi election group announced Friday that three of its workers had died in a drive-by shooting earlier this week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 6 die in car bombing near Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A car bomb exploded Monday near the central Iraqi city of Ramadi, killing at least six people and wounding at least eight others, Iraqi health officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens of Iraqis dead in Samarra attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/06/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/06/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Insurgents stepped up their attacks in the restive Iraqi city of Samarra on Saturday as U.S. Marines prepared for an all-out assault on the rebel stronghold of Falluja.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2004 05:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Source: U.S. tried twice to rescue hostages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The United States tried twice to rescue the two Americans and one British citizen held hostage in Iraq, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the attempts.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish hostage freed in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/15/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/15/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A Turkish man kidnapped in Iraq and held for 50 days was freed Wednesday by his captors, a Turkish official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq suicide blast kills 68</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi forces, insurgents, civilians and three U.S. service members lost their lives in violence Wednesday, among them at least 68 in a Baquba suicide bombing and 42 in fighting in south-central Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beheaded body found in northern Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/22/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/22/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Police found a decapitated body Thursday in the Tigris River, an Iraqi official said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2004 06:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. could send more troops to Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/24/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/24/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. military planners are preparing to send possibly as many as 15,000 additional ground troops to Iraq if the level of violence increases, CNN has learned.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2004 05:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five U.S. troops killed in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi insurgents killed five American troops Monday, including four Marines whose bodies were found in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a coalition official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coalition disputes wedding video</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/24/iraq.wedding/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/24/iraq.wedding/index.html</guid><description>A home video of a wedding party -- purported to be the one some Iraqis say a U.S. airstrike hit last week -- has failed to shake the coalition's resolve that it bombed a high-level gathering of foreign fighters.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 15:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Guardsman: Iraqi police gradually inspired confidence</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/09/lyon/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/09/lyon/index.html</guid><description>U.S.-led coalition forces are battling insurgents throughout Iraq as attacks escalate and the deadline for returning power to Iraqis looms nearer.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coalition forces suffer deadly days</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. troops fighting Iraqi insurgents have gone through the second deadliest nine-day stretch since the Iraq war began more than a year ago.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2004 06:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coalition tested in new Iraqi battles</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/07/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Coalition troops battled Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents separately in several key Iraq cities Wednesday, one day after suffering their deadliest ground attack since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2004 07:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Professor: Insurgency 'has grown deeper roots'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/gerges/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/gerges/index.html</guid><description>U.S. and coalition troops battled supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr for a third day Tuesday, with clashes reported in Baghdad and at least four cities in the country's south.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2004 22:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coalition forces under fire in Ramadi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>As many as a dozen U.S. Marines were killed Tuesday in heavy fighting in the western Iraq town of Ramadi, the latest in a series of  clashes with anti-coalition elements, Pentagon officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2004 06:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Widespread attacks kill 13 in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/27/sprj.nirq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/27/sprj.nirq.main/index.html</guid><description>Five attacks claimed the lives of 13 people in Iraq on Tuesday, including six U.S. soldiers, two CNN employees, four Iraqi policemen and an Iraqi civilian, according to police and military sources.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:19:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>