http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/TikritFind stories, videos, and photos about Tikrit from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:21:38 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Tikrit14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Tikrit from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/12/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least eight people were wounded and a woman was killed in violent incidents Thursday in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/26/iraq.prison.break/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/26/iraq.prison.break/index.html#cnnSTCTextEight of the 16 members of al Qaeda in Iraq who escaped Wednesday night from a Tikrit prison north of Baghdad have been recaptured, security officials in Samarra told CNN Saturday.Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/16/sinise.military/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/16/sinise.military/index.html#cnnSTCTextA while back, a friend of mine suggested that I take a look at a film that a buddy of his had made about his two brothers serving in Iraq.Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/13/contractor.death.soldier.held/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/13/contractor.death.soldier.held/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. soldier was detained Sunday in connection with the shooting death of a civilian contractor at Contingency Operating Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, the military said.Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextRoadside bombings in Iraq killed four American troops and seven Iraqis in a flurry of attacks Tuesday corresponding with a Muslim holy month when insurgents regularly step up their fighting.Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda in Iraq is trying to foment sectarian tensions by attacking and killing Iraqi civilians, a government spokesman said Monday.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo civilian drivers in northern Iraq were killed in incidents involving U.S. troops, one in an "escalation of force" shooting and the other in a head-on collision, the military said Saturday.Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextHalf of Iraq's registered voters turned out for peaceful provincial elections this weekend, the election commission said Sunday.Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.shoe.monument/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.shoe.monument/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe monument commemorating the journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush was taken down a day after it was erected, local officials in Tikrit told CNN.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.shoe.monument/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.shoe.monument/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor the war-beaten orphans of the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, this big old shoe fits.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. forces killed at least six Iraqi security troops after Iraqi personnel mistakenly fired on an American patrol boat north of Baghdad on Wednesday, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:41:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836257,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836257,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA suicide bomber with explosives hidden beneath his traditional robe blew himself up Tuesday in a crowd of Iraqis trying to join the police force, killing at least 25 peopleTue, 26 Aug 2008 19:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb exploded Tuesday outside a police recruitment center in Iraq's Diyala province, killing at least 30 people, an Iraqi army official said.Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree prominent tribal leaders, including the head of Saddam Hussein's Sunni tribe and two others who had been working for national reconciliation, were killed over the past 24 hours in northern Iraq.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's prime minister plans to visit Iran next week to discuss security and other issues with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a government official said Tuesday.Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top militant who once served as a general in the military under Saddam Hussein was arrested on Monday, Iraqi officials said.Mon, 19 May 2008 15:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree suicide bombers and a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday capped off a day of nationwide violence that left at least 15 people dead and 94 wounded, police and Iraqi officials said.Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/28/review.stoploss/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/28/review.stoploss/index.html#cnnSTCTextThrough 2006, at least 81,000 U.S. military have been "stop-lossed" since September 11, 2001. That means they have been refused discharge and compelled to serve another tour of active duty, even though their original term has expired.Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA couple and their son were killed and four other people were injured Tuesday during a U.S. military raid in northern Iraq, police said. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi political and military leaders and U.S. military commanders have traveled to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul ahead of a planned offensive on al Qaeda in Iraq loyalists, according to a senior U.S. military source. Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.torture.complex/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.torture.complex/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition forces found 26 bodies buried in mass graves and a bloodstained "torture complex," with chains hanging from walls and ceilings and a bed connected to an electrical system, the military said Wednesday.Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA roadside bomb killed three Iraqi children and injured seven as they gathered around American troops handing out toys on Sunday, police and government officials told CNN.Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:15:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680512,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680512,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTwo carloads of gunman ambushed a top aide to Iraq's Finance Ministry on Sunday in Baghdad, killing him and his driverSun, 04 Nov 2007 17:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence in several Iraqi locations on Tuesday left more than a dozen people dead, according to authorities.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe man believed to be responsible for last week's rocket attack on the U.S. Army's Camp Victory was captured in an early morning raid Monday, the U.S. military said.Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/27/iraq.cholera/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/27/iraq.cholera/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 40-year-old woman who lived in the southern Baghdad outskirts has died of cholera, the 12th death in Iraq from a recent outbreak of the disease, an Iraqi Health Ministry spokesman said Thursday. Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/24/iraq.border/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/24/iraq.border/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has closed its five entry points with Iraq's Kurdish region in protest against the U.S. military's recent incarceration of an Iranian, an Iraqi Kurdish official said Monday. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTextA private contractor recorded his Humvee getting struck by a roadside bomb and gunfire as he was working in Iraq in October 2005.Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/27/iraq.cell/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/27/iraq.cell/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi forces detained the suspected leader of a terrorist cell network believed to be funded by Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter, who is wanted by Iraqi authorities on terrorism charges, the U.S. military announced Monday.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. soldier killed in Baghdad last week marked the fourth death of an American female service member this month, a toll that hasn't been topped since June 2005. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/18/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe leaders of a new Shiite and Kurdish political alliance met with a top Sunni Arab leader Saturday, raising hope for a breakthrough to curb factional violence in Iraq.Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextVehicles will be banned for two days in the Iraqi capital starting Wednesday as one of many security measures being implemented for a Shiite pilgrimage to Baghdad, a trek that left almost 1,000 pilgrims dead two years ago. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S.-led coalition forces killed a suspected terrorist and detained nine others in raids targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, a military statement released Thursday said.Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636531,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636531,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsRoadside bombs killed seven American troops in Iraq on Saturday, including four in a single strike outside BaghdadSun, 24 Jun 2007 15:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/23/iraq.main/index.htmlNine U.S. troops were killed in Iraq on Saturday, bringing the U.S. military death toll so far in June to 79, the military reported.Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into a police station near Tikrit on Sunday morning, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 45 others, some of them civilians, a Tikrit police official said.Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.htmlCar bombs and gunfire killed more than two dozen civilians and wounded more than 60 in attacks throughout Iraq on Saturday, officials said.Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/02/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/02/iraq.main/index.htmlA bomb exploded at a popular used-car lot in Baghdad's Sadr City Friday, killing 10 people and wounding 17, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/19/iraq.main/index.htmlAn attack by three suicide car bombers Monday near a U.S.-Iraqi outpost killed two American soldiers and eight Iraqi police officers, Iraqi officials told CNN.Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/31/iraq.main/index.htmlA rocket and two car bombs combined to kill at least four people and wound 13 in several sections of Baghdad Sunday, according to an Iraqi Interior Ministry official.Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/31/hussein.funeral/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/31/hussein.funeral/index.htmlAbout 100 mourners gathered at the flag-draped grave of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein who was buried Sunday in Awja, near Tikrit.Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.htmlNine U.S. troops died in Iraq during the weekend, including five killed by roadside bombs, the U.S. military reported Sunday.Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/iraq.main/index.htmlAbout 2,000 protesters took to the streets of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Sunday, defying the government's curfew to support of Hussein, while in other Iraqi towns residents celebrated the former dictator's death penalty sentence.Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/dujail.saddam/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/dujail.saddam/index.htmlMany Iraqis reacted with jubilation to Saddam Hussein's death sentence Sunday, while others took to the streets in protest.Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/12/iraq.main/index.htmlThe year's second-highest monthly total of bodies arrived at Baghdad's morgue in August, Iraqi authorities said, but the figures do not include people killed by bombs or other mass attacks.Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/01/iraq.main/index.htmlA trio of morning car bomb attacks in Iraq on Tuesday killed at least 39 people -- most of them Iraqi soldiers -- and wounded more than 50 others, authorities said.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.main/index.htmlThe head of Iraq's Olympic Committee, Ahmad el Kijiye, was kidnapped Saturday along with at least 30 of his co-workers by gunmen dressed in army uniforms, Iraqi police said.Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/14/iraq.main/index.htmlBombs killed eight people in Baghdad, including seven at Ismail Al-Qubaisi Mosque at 2:30 p.m. after Friday prayers. Five people were wounded.Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/24/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. forces released a revered 70-year-old Sunni cleric on Saturday hours after detaining him, Iraqi officials said.Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/06/iraq.main/index.htmlCrowds of Iraqis attacked British troops with rocks and at least one flaming Molotov cocktail on Saturday after a military helicopter crashed in the southern city of Basra.Sat, 06 May 2006 09:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/14/iraq.main/index.htmlAuthorities said at least 86 bodies were found in the Iraqi capital during a 30-hour period ending midday Tuesday, sparking fears that sectarian reprisal killings are continuing at a grisly pace.Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/01/iraq.main/index.htmlViolence 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.Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/21/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents launched attacks in Tikrit, Baquba and Baghdad on Saturday, killing four Iraqi security forces and a civilian.Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/11/iraq.hostages/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/11/iraq.hostages/index.htmlFamily 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.Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/10/iraq.main/index.htmlInternational 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.Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bombing killed 18 people and wounded 28 others Tuesday in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said.Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.main/index.htmlA pickup truck carrying dates and packed with explosives blew up and killed at least 25 people in a market in a small Shiite town north of Baquba on Saturday, an interior ministry official said.Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/13/iraq.main/index.htmlPresident Bush gave a pep talk via teleconference Thursday to U.S. troops in Tikrit, telling them: "We're never going to back down" without a "total victory" in Iraq.Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/12/iraq.main/index.htmlA top general in charge of logistics in Iraq said that although roadside bomb attacks on his convoys have doubled over last the year, fewer people have been killed or hurt.Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.main/index.htmlTop Iraqi government officials worked furiously Sunday on a draft of a new constitution while violence across the nation left at least 19 people dead over the past 24 hours.Sun, 07 Aug 2005 07:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.htmlSuspected insurgents attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint north of Baghdad on Monday, killing seven soldiers, police said.Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. Marines detained 16 American and three Iraqi security contractors in Falluja last month, according to a Marine statement released Wednesday.Wed, 08 Jun 2005 10:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/28/iraq.main/index.htmlAttacks killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens of others in five Iraqi cities within the past 24 hours, authorities said Saturday.Sat, 28 May 2005 07:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.htmlSix bombings killed at least 54 Iraqis and wounded 96 others Wednesday, including 20 civilians who died as they lined up to join the Iraqi army in Hawija when a suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden under his clothing, Iraqi officials said.Wed, 11 May 2005 05:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/25/iraq.main/index.htmlThe number of casualties in Sunday's two double bombings in Iraq rose to 24 dead and 58 wounded, Iraqi authorities said Monday.Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo explosions near a Shiite Muslim mosque and a busy market in Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 15 people and wounded at least 57 others, Iraqi police said.Sun, 24 Apr 2005 05:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/22/iraq.copter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/22/iraq.copter/index.htmlU.S. military investigators Friday surveyed the Iraqi crash site of a helicopter suspected to have been shot down by insurgents. Two insurgent videos appear to confirm that scenario.Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/31/iraq.main/index.htmlA translator with U.S., Romanian and Iraqi citizenship was with three Romanian journalists who were kidnapped this week in Baghdad, a senior Romanian official said Thursday.Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/14/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi police said Monday they have arrested the man responsible for a 2003 bombing in southern Iraq that killed a leading Shiite cleric and more than 80 others.Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/03/08/weekly.update/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/03/08/weekly.update/index.htmlFor years, they were stuck in a rut: Each day older, their bad habits became only more ingrained, and their futures only looked murkier.Tue, 08 Mar 2005 21:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/27/saddam.halfbrother/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/27/saddam.halfbrother/index.htmlSaddam Hussein's half-brother, who was a personal adviser during his presidency, was captured in a joint Iraqi and coalition forces operation, Iraqi government officials said Sunday.Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/24/iraq.main/index.htmlBombers struck Iraqi police targets in a string of attacks Thursday that killed at least 16 police officers, including 12 in Tikrit, authorities said.Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/17/iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/17/iraq/index.htmlA Catholic archbishop was kidnapped Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said.Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/28/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents killed 18 Iraqi police and five Iraqi troops in attacks in three Iraq cities Tuesday, nearly a month shy of the nation's scheduled elections.Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/05/iraq.main/index.htmlTwenty-one Iraqis -- 17 civilians working for U.S.-led coalition forces and four Iraqi security personnel -- were killed Sunday in three separate insurgent attacks, U.S. military officials said.Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/06/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents 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.Sat, 06 Nov 2004 05:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/05/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Iraqi government seemed in some confusion Sunday about whether one of Saddam Hussein's former top lieutenants was in custody.Sun, 05 Sep 2004 12:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.explosion/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.explosion/index.htmlTwo car bombs exploded at almost the same time in and near Baghdad Saturday morning, wounding dozens of people and killing at least six, Iraqi police said.Sat, 17 Jul 2004 05:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.bulgaria/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.bulgaria/index.htmlHopes for two Bulgarian hostages in Iraq are fading as the government awaits evidence that a headless body found in the Tigris River is one of its nationals.Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.body/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.body/index.htmlA beheaded body pulled from the Tigris River may be one of two Bulgarian truck drivers held hostage by militants in Iraq, police in Mosul said.Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/29/iraq.saddam/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/29/iraq.saddam/index.htmlThe new Iraq government will assume legal custody Wednesday of former dictator Saddam Hussein and as many as 11 other key officials of his regime, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has said.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/31/bush.saddam.tm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/31/bush.saddam.tm/index.htmlWhen Saddam Hussein was rousted from his spider hole in Dawr, a town near Tikrit, by U.S. soldiers last December, Iraq's fallen dictator was clutching a pistol.Mon, 31 May 2004 15:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/30/iraq.japan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/30/iraq.japan/index.htmlRelatives have identified the body of one of two Japanese journalists killed in Iraq last week in an insurgent attack but more tests were needed on the other body before a positive identification could be made.Mon, 31 May 2004 02:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/27/iraq.japan.journalists/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/27/iraq.japan.journalists/index.htmlGunmen have attacked a vehicle carrying two Japanese freelance journalists near Baghdad, with media reports saying one of four people in the vehicle was killed.Thu, 27 May 2004 23:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/saddam.tribunal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/saddam.tribunal/index.htmlIraqi leaders have set up a tribunal to try ousted dictator Saddam Hussein and other members of his Baathist regime, a spokesman for the Iraqi Governing Council said Tuesday.Wed, 21 Apr 2004 04:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/14/iraq.main/index.htmlA spate of roadside bombings this weekend has killed six U.S. soldiers, according to the U.S.-led coalition.Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/13/main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/13/main/index.htmlTwo U.S. soldiers were killed and five wounded in Iraq Saturday when their armored Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the U.S. military said.Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:02:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/13/soldiers.killed/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/13/soldiers.killed/index.htmlA roadside bomb in central Tikrit has killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded five others, according to the U.S. military.Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/09/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/09/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlA leading Shiite on the Iraqi Governing Council voiced concerns Tuesday about Iraq's interim constitution but said he is now focusing on developing a government to carry the country into sovereignty this summer.Tue, 09 Mar 2004 16:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/08/iraqi.cards/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/08/iraqi.cards/index.htmlFrom the Wolf Blitzer Reports staff in Washington:Mon, 08 Mar 2004 21:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/skorea.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/skorea.iraq/index.htmlThe South Korean parliament has approved sending 3,000 troops to Iraq to help with the reconstruction effort.Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/14/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/14/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlCoalition forces Wednesday seized four nephews of Iraqi fugitive Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who is the highest-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime still at large. Al-Douri is believed to be behind many of the insurgent attacks in Iraq.Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/08/sprj.irq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/08/sprj.irq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military is investigating reports of hostile fire on a transport plane in Baghdad as well as probing the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter, which killed all nine soldiers on board.Thu, 08 Jan 2004 07:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/06/sprj.nirq.troop.tech/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/06/sprj.nirq.troop.tech/index.htmlWhen American troops conducted a night raid that led to the capture of Saddam Hussein in December, digital technology allowed Army commanders miles away to watch virtually every move.Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/05/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/05/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlU.S. forces have detained four suspects in an attack on a convoy in northern Iraq that wounded three U.S. soldiers, an Army official said.Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:02:00 EST