Index:

. Iran:

Western powers pledge resolve on Iran

Iran, Pakistan to be at the heart of Rice's Europe trip

U.S. plays down chance of Iran resolution soon

Israel "would not dare attack Iran": Ahmadinejad

Iran receives nuke fuel

How the American Media Enables Bush

Gulf allies turn their backs on Bush

Bogus Iran story was product of Pentagon spokesman

Israel rules out peace with Iran

Bush Tells Israelis He Doesn't Believe Iran NIE Report

Bush Urges Unity Against Iran

Israel's Netanyahu Claims President Bush Promised Unilateral Nuclear Bomb Attack Against Iran

Bush Says US, Allies Must Confront Iran

Objects From Iranian Boats Posed No Threat, Navy Says

‘Filipino Monkey’ may be behind radio threats, ship drivers say

Saudi cannot be launchpad for Iran attack: report

US Concedes Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From Iranian Speedboats

Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

Iranian TV airs video of Gulf encounter

We'll nuke Iran - Bush promises Israel

Iran says US video was fabricated

If you believe Iran “harassed” US ships, you have forgotten USS Vincennes

Bush Calls Iran's Confrontation With US Navy Vessels a Provocative Act

Iranian boats harass US navy in Strait of Hormuz: Pentagon

BREAKING! Iran & U.S. Navy have confrontation at sea

Pentagon says ships harassed by Iran

Bush will find no Gulf takers for war with Iran

Economy:

Rand slides after rate decision

Fed risks 'blood on the floor' on rate cuts

French police deal blow to Microsoft

House Passes $146 Billion Economic Aid Package

Countrywide loses $422M amid mortgage meltdown

Despite woes, Wall St. still bullish on bonuses

The Black Box Economy

Weak Dollar Fuels China's Buying Spree Of U.S. Firms

YOU SHOULD BE WARY OF THIS MARKET REBOUND

UPDATE 1-BoC sees "incredibly slow growth" in U.S.

Ford offers buyouts in U.S.

Senate May Scuttle House's Agreement With Bush on Stimulus Plan

Fed cuts and stimulus package won't stem foreclosures

Awaiting Wall Street's Open, Asia Markets Plunge

ANALYSIS: Lollipop economy: Bush package leaves market, experts cold

US recession fears wipe £77bn from London shares

Day of reckoning in the US glasshouse

Emergency Action Required Immediately To Prevent Public From Joining The Panic Tomorrow

Nikkei plunges on scepticism over Bush plan

Corporate Default Risk Soars to Record on Ambac Ratings Cut

A 1,000 Point Drop On The Dow?

Global shares tumble on US fears

Bears prowl Wall Street as banks lose billions

MBIA, Ambac Bond Default Risk Exceeds 70%, Swaps Show

Stocks Fall After Bush Announces Plan

U.S. economy teeters on the brink

Fund stops investor withdrawals

New Inflation Data Explain Middle-Class Squeeze

A Growing Foreign Stake in U.S. Banks

We've run out of bubbles

Supreme Court Rules Against Investors

Citigroup's Layoffs Could Reach 24,000 This Year

Cleveland Sues 21 Lenders Over Subprime Mortgages

Recession - Who Cares?

Fears About Economy Increase

Greenspan's Reputation at Risk as Recession Odds Grow

US could spark global fall - UN

Housing: A Fresh Jolt of Bad News

Pimco chief’s ominous call on credit losses

Gold slips after soaring to record near $900

Recession In The US 'Has Arrived'

Federal Budget Deficit Inches Up in First Quarter

Baltimore Is Suing Bank Over Foreclosure Crisis

Japan to Increase Emergency Stockpiles of Grains, Yomiuri Says

Top Banks Prepare To Slash Jobs

Oil Hits $100 a Barrel for the First Time

Politics:

McCain vs. Clinton?

£5,000 trial for mother of three 'who threw an apple core from car window'

Romney Accuses McCain of "Dirty Tricks"

McCain Defeats Romney in Florida Vote

Edwards Is Dropping Out

In Open Nomination, "Superdelegates" May Hold Key to Victory

Races Entering Complex Phase Over Delegates

McCain and the Militarist Mentality

Coal Industry Plugs Into the Campaign

Health Care Could Sway Nevadans

NBC Wins Battle Over Debate

Pro-Huckabee Push Polling Starts in SC

Romney Notches a Needed Win

Democrats Rush to Build Up Campaigns in Nevada

Large Nevada Union Backs Obama

Richardson to End 2008 Presidential Bid

McCain Favors Return to Dark Ages, Dr. Paul Demurs

S.C. to use voting machines banned in other states

Clinton Is Victor, Turning Back Obama; McCain Also Triumphs

Voter ID Laws Are Set to Face Strictest Test

Kucinich, Hunter, Gravel Cut From Debates

Kucinich Files Lawsuit After Party Denies Him Place on Ballot

BigBrother And The Police State:

Trains, Bloggers Are Threats in Drill

The baby snatchers: Judge orders social workers to hand back newborn child taken from hospital at 4am

The United Nations is Coming For Our Children

Kindergarten Student Slapped in Handcuffs, Terrorized Over Acting Out in Class

RFID Panopticon

Like FBI, CIA Has Used Secret "Letters"

Gallery: Spy Gear and Police Tech at Homeland Security Conference

Father wants answers in son's death following Taser jolt

Facebook: The New Look of Surveillance

Military Industrial Complex Biometric Surveillance Control Grid Revealing Itself

Prisoners 'to be chipped like dogs'

FCC Asks Comcast About Internet Filter

If Your Hard Drive Could Testify ...

The private bankers of the Federal Reserve: Creating Wars for Fun and Profit

The Bush DOJ shoots at the Second Amendment.

GPS, RFID Scheme Preps Grade Schoolers for Control Grid Future

Thinking for Yourself is Now a Crime

North American Union:

Judicial Watch Releases Border Patrol Report on Mexican Government Incursions into the United States for Fiscal Year 2006

Open Borders, the NAU, and the Betrayal of the American People

Sept 11-01:

NYT's Reporter Claims Rove Influenced 9/11 Commission Report

Care for 9/11 Responders Is Piecemeal

Don’t Let the Sibel Edmonds Story Sucker You

Iraq:

Soldier Suicides Reach Record Level, Study Shows

U.S. Failed to Oversee Corps on Iraq Work, Agency Says

Bush Trying to Sidestep Congress on Permanent Bases Question

Dead For Lies

'If there is no change in three months, there will be war again'

01/28/08 AP: Iraq's Sadrists Seek to End Cease-Fire

Influential members of Muqtada al-Sadr's movement have urged the anti-U.S. Shiite cleric not to extend a cease-fire when it expires next month, officials said Monday, a move that could jeopardize recent security gains.

01/28/08 Reuters: Four bodies found in Baghdad on Sunday

Four bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

01/28/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 3, wounds 10 in Baghdad

A roadside bomb killed three people and wounded 10 others when it hit a minibus carrying a coffin for burial in the capital's New Baghdad district, police said.

01/28/08 Reuters: Leader of neighbourhood police patrol was killed

The leader of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood police patrol was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his car in northern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

01/28/08 Reuters: U.S. forces deatin 18 suspected al Qaeda fighters

U.S. forces detained 18 suspected al Qaeda fighters during operations in central Iraq on Sunday and Monday, the U.S. military said.

01/28/08 AKI: Fire damages central bank of Baghdad

A large fire caused widespread damage to the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad on Monday. An interior ministry source to the Iraqi press agency, Voice of Iraq, said the fire began in the early hours of the morning, local time...

US War Costs in Iraq Up: Report

01/27/08 NPR: U.S. Soldiers Fight Insurgents in New Parts of Iraq

The U.S. military surge in Iraq has brought American soldiers to parts of the country where they haven't operated much in the past — areas that had become sanctuaries for insurgent groups.

01/27/08 AP: Look at US troop levels

A look at U.S. troop levels during 2007 in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, showing end-of-month totals, as well as current and projections. 2008: As of Jan. 25 — 158,000, Projected for July — 135,000...

01/27/08 columbiatribune: Family still in dark on son’s death

More than a month after Sgt. Austin David Pratt died in Iraq, his family in Missouri still knows little about the circumstances that led to his death. Pratt, of Cadet, died Dec. 15 in Baghdad, four days before he would have turned 23...

01/27/08 Reuters: Iraq moves troops and tanks to northern city Mosul

Iraqi tanks and helicopters are being sent to the northern city of Mosul and troop reinforcements should arrive later on Sunday for a big offensive against al Qaeda militants, Iraqi security officials said.

01/27/08 LATimes: Radical Shiite cults draw concern in southern Iraq

Security official Abu Ali has reviewed hundreds of documents about the obscure messianic cult that incited deadly clashes last weekend at the height of Shiite Islam's most important holiday.

01/27/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill man in Kirkuk

Gunmen killed a man in a drive by-shooting on Saturday outside his house in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

01/27/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 6 in northern Baghdad

A roadside bomb wounded six people including three Iraqi soldiers when it hit their patrol in the Qahira district of northern Baghdad, police said.

01/27/08 AP: Family of 3 stabbed to death in Baghdad

A former city official was stabbed to death along with his wife and daughter in their home in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, officials said Sunday. The knife-wielding attackers stormed the two-story house...

01/27/08 Xinhua: Gunmen kidnap minibus driver, release passengers

Gunmen kidnapped a minibus driver and released five female passengers on board at a faked checkpoint in southeastern Baghdad on Sunday, a police source said.

US quietly demands Iraq give defense contractors, US military immunity from prosecution

US Troops Will be Gone Within Ten Years, Says Iraqi Minister

US to Insist Iraq Grant It Wide Mandate in Operations

01/25/08 AP: Iraq to go after al-Qaida in Mosul

Iraq's prime minister announced Friday that the government was launching a major offensive against al-Qaida in the northern city of Mosul after two days of deadly bombings that killed nearly 40 people.

01/25/08 NPR: After the 'Surge': What Has Changed in Iraq?

In Feb. 2007, President Bush called for an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to be sent to Iraq. A year later, violence has decreased, but critics charge that the so-called troop "surge" had little to do with it. Experts discuss violence in Iraq...

01/25/08 ananova: Army cleared of 'endemic' abuse

Insufficient training of British troops has been highlighted in an official report into allegations of abuse of Iraqi detainees. Brigadier Robert Aitken, the director of Army personnel strategy, said soldiers had been given only "scant" information

01/25/08 Reuters: U.S. forces kill gunmen in northern Iraq and Samarra

U.S. forces killed one gunman and arrested 19 others during operations on Thursday and Friday in central and northern Iraq...U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrols killed two gunmen in a car east of Samarra...police said.

01/25/08 Reuters: Three bodies found in Baghdad on Thursday

Three bodies were found on Thursday in different districts in Baghdad, police said.

01/25/08 Reuters: Gunman killed in Falluja

Police and U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrols killed one gunman, wounded another and arrested two who were wearing explosive vests north of the city of Falluja in western Anbar province.

01/24/08 MCT: Iran no longer wants to talk to U.S.

Despite repeated offers from the United States, Iran has refused to set a new date for further talks between the two countries in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday.

01/24/08 BBC: UK soldier jailed over Iraq abuse

A UK soldier who became Britain's first convicted war criminal has been jailed for a year and dismissed from the army. Cpl Donald Payne, 36, had pleaded guilty to inhumanely treating civilian detainees in Basra in 2003.

Attacks Imperil Militiamen in Iraq Allied With US

In Iraq Until When?

Democrats Attack Iraq Security Proposal

01/22/08 AP: Iraqi Lawmakers Vote to Change Flag

Iraq's parliament on Tuesday passed a law to change the Saddam Hussein-era flag, meeting the demands of Iraq's Kurdish minority who threatened not to fly the banner during a pan-Arab meeting in the Kurdish-run north next month.

01/22/08 Reuters; Gunmen kill police chief bodyguard in Shirqat

Gunmen killed a bodyguard of Salahuddin province's police chief and wounded another in an attack on their car in Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The police chief was not present at the time.

01/22/08 Reuters: U.S. arrest 19 gunmen

U.S. forces arrested 19 gunmen on Monday and Tuesday during operations in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

01/22/08 Reuters: Seven bodies found in Baghdad on Monday

Seven bodies were found in districts across Baghdad on Monday, police said.

01/22/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 2 in central Kirkuk

A roadside bomb wounded two people when it exploded near their car in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

01/22/08 Reuters: 4 policemen wounded in separate incidents in Baghdad

A roadside bomb wounded a policeman when it hit his car in Mashtal district in eastern Baghdad, police said...Gunmen wounded three policemen when they opened fire on their car in central Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

01/22/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills employee of the Transport Ministry

A roadside bomb killed an employee of the Transport Ministry and wounded six others when it targeted their bus in Diyala Bridge, southeast of Baghdad, police said.

01/22/08 AP: Suicide bomber hits Iraq school; 22 hurt

A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a high school north of Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding 22 people including teachers and students arriving for the beginning of the school day.

Discontent Surges in Iraq

New Generation of Homeless Vets Emerges

01/21/08 AP: Iraq lawmakers discuss dispute with Kurds over national flag

The latest squabble between the central government and Kurdish authorities — a dispute over Iraq's Saddam Hussein-era flag — reached parliament Monday, when the Sunni Arab speaker of the 275-seat house met with senior lawmakers to find...

01/21/08 AP: Suspected Shiite militia leader killed; relatives claim he was innocent

U.S. and Iraqi commandos killed a suspected Shiite militia leader Monday during a raid in western Baghdad, the military said. But relatives said the man was an innocent truck driver who was killed while trying to shield his wife from the troops.

01/21/08 Reuters: U.S. says Iran still training Iraqi militias

The U.S. military said on Sunday there had been a dramatic drop in the number of Iranian weapons being used in Iraq but no let-up in Tehran's training and financing of Iraqi militias.

01/21/08 AP: Denmark probes report of spying among Iraqi interpreters

Denmark is investigating a report that some of the interpreters who served with Danish forces in Iraq passed on sensitive information about coalition troops to Iraqi insurgents, a Defense Ministry spokeswoman said Monday.

01/21/08 AP: Iraqi Tribal Chief - Teen Bomber Had Help

Police rounded up clansmen in Anbar province Monday as a U.S.-backed tribal leader suggested a teenager who carried out a suicide bombing against the anti-al-Qaida fighters had help from inside the group.

01/21/08 UPI: Two Iraqi insurgents killed in U.S. sweeps

Joint Iraqi and U.S. counterinsurgency raids Monday northeast of Baghdad resulted in two militants' deaths and the arrests of 18 suspects, the military said.

01/21/08 independent: Iraq toll mounts as forces fight cult

Some 276 people were killed, wounded or captured by government forces fighting a millenarian Shia cult in southern Iraq over the past three days, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence said in Baghdad yesterday.

01/21/08 Reuters: U.S. hits more than 30 targets in air strikes in Arab Jabour

U.S. military aircraft hit more than 30 targets with 35 bombs weighing a total of 19,000 pounds in air strikes in Arab Jabour, the U.S. military said.

01/21/08 Reuters: Two bodies found in Baghdad on Sunday

Two bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

01/21/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 3 people in eastern Baghdad

Three people were wounded by a roadside bomb which exploded after a U.S. patrol went by in eastern Baghdad's Baladiyat district, police said.

01/21/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 4 members neighbourhood police patrol

Gunmen killed four members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood police patrol and wounded two others in an attack on a checkpoint near Falluja...police said. Two of the gunmen were killed when police at the checkpoint returned fire.

01/21/08 WaPo: Papers Paint New Portrait of Iraq's Foreign Insurgents

Muhammad Ayn-al-Nas, a 26-year-old Moroccan, started his journey in Casablanca. After flying to Turkey and then to Damascus, he reached his destination in a small Iraqi border town on Jan. 31, 2007. He was an economics student back home...

01/21/08 Xinhua: 3 Iraqis wounded in bomb attacks targeting U.S. patrols

Three Iraqis were wounded in two attacks targeting the U.S. patrols in Baghdad on Monday, a well-informed police source said. "A roadside bomb detonated near a U.S. patrol in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Baladiyat, wounding three bystanders"

01/21/08 AFP: Petraeus Eyed for NATO Command

The Department of Defense is considering moving the main architect of a troop "surge" strategy, Gen. David Petraeus, out of Iraq and giving him a top NATO command job, The New York Times reported on its website late Jan. 20.

01/21/08 AFP: Car bomb kills at least two

A CAR bomb targeting an army patrol exploded in a crowd of civilians near Iraq's main northern city of Mosul, killing two and wounding nine, police said. Police Brigadier General Abdul Karim al-Juburi said the bomber struck in early afternoon...

01/20/08 NYTimes: An Iraq Veteran’s Descent; a Prosecutor’s Choice

Not long after Lance Cpl. Walter Rollo Smith returned from Iraq, the Marines dispatched him to Quantico, Va., for a marksmanship instructor course.

01/20/08 NYTimes: Scenes From a Marriage in Baghdad

MY wife, Diana, saw the explosion from a Humvee parked a few hundred yards away. Dirt rose over the palm trees, a deep thud shook the ground and Diana told herself I was nowhere near it.

01/20/08 AP: New generation of homeless vets emerge

Peter Mohan traces the path from the Iraqi battlefield to this lifeless conference room, where he sits in a kilt and a Camp Kill Yourself T-shirt and calmly describes how he became a sad cliche: a homeless veteran.

01/20/08 AP: Suicide Bombing Kills 6 in Anbar

A suicide bombing killed six people in Anbar province on Sunday, but the target of the attack, a U.S.-backed Sunni tribal sheik, was unhurt, police said. The bomber detonated explosives in his belt after four guards stopped him at the checkpoint...

01/20/08 Xinhua: 4 killed in gunfire attacks in north of Baghdad

Four people were killed, including a former senior member of Saddam's Baath Party, in two attacks in the city of Samarra in Salahudin province, a provincial police source said on Sunday.

01/20/08 AP: 2 Czech soldiers injured in rocket attack in Iraq

Two Czech soldiers were injured in a rocket attack on a base in southern Iraq early Sunday, the Czech Defense Ministry said. The two servicemen suffered cuts to their arms and legs, ministry spokesman Andrej Cirtek said in a statement.

01/20/08 Reuters: U.S. forces detained gunmen

U.S. forces detained 16 gunmen on Friday and Saturday during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said...The U.S. military detained 10 gunmen during a raid in northern Diyala province on Thursday

01/20/08 Reuters: Motar fire kills 5, wounds 30 in Balad

Five people were killed and 20 were wounded when mortar bombs hit Shi'ites observing Ashura rituals in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said.

01/20/08 Reuters: Iraqi soldiers kill 8 gunmen, arrest 54

Iraqi soldiers killed eight gunmen and arrested 54 others during the last 24 hours across Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

01/20/08 Reuters: Police kill driver of car rigged with explosives

Police said they shot dead the driver of a car rigged with explosives during an attempted attack on a police checkpoint in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. The car detonated, wounding two people.

From Texas to Iraq, and Center of Blackwater Case

Military: 75% of Baghdad areas now secure

01/19/08 AP: Iraq's 'Awakening' pacts prove complicated

Sunnis across Iraq -- more than 70,000 at last count -- are turning to the Pentagon as generous patrons and allies. Yet it could all sour quickly if the U.S. assistance to Sunnis dries up or the Shiite-led government resists Washington's pressure...

01/19/08 AP: 9 killed in attacks on Iraqi worshippers during Shiite holiday

Bombs and a rocket attack killed at least nine worshippers in northern Iraq on Saturday during the holiest celebration of Shiite Islam, as hundreds of thousands of bloody penitents across Iraq honored the martyrdom of their revered saint.

01/19/08 Reuters: Most wanted al Qaeda leader in Salahuddin killed

The most wanted al Qaeda leader in Salahuddin province was killed on Jan. 16 by U.S. troops and Iraqi police in Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S military said.

01/19/08 Reuters: Mehdi ceasefire under threat in Iraq

A six-month ceasefire by one of Iraq's most powerful groupings may not be renewed, an aide to influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's warned today. One of the key reasons for a decline in Iraqi violence in recent months has been the cessation...

01/19/08 LATimes: Cult clash kills at least 80 in Iraq

Members of an obscure messianic cult fought pitched battles Friday with Iraqi security forces in two southern cities, leaving at least 80 people dead, injuring scores and spreading panic among worshipers marking Shiite Islam's holiest holiday.

01/19/08 Canwest: Canadian commander takes a leading roll in Iraq

A former commander of the Joint Task Force 2 counter-terrorism unit is now in Iraq helping U.S. forces there and preparing to co-ordinate coalition units in the war-torn country.

01/19/08 AP: Bombing in North Iraq during Ashoura kills 2

Two bombs hidden under trash struck Shiites marking Ashoura in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least two marchers and wounding five, police said. The blast occurred as Shiites in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk were beating themselves with chains...

01/19/08 AFP: Mosque raid 'ends southern Iraq bloodshed' during religious festival

Security forces on Saturday overran a mosque in southern Iraq where Shiite doomsday cultists were holed up, ending two days of clashes in two cities that killed at least 70 people, police said.

01/19/08 Reuters: Millions mark Shi'ite ritual in Iraq after clashes

Iraqi forces imposed tight security on the city of Kerbala as 2.5 million pilgrims marked the climax of a major Shi'ite rite on Saturday, a day after gunmen attacked worshippers and police in other southern cities.

01/18/08 BBC: Iraqi refugees, 'We can't return"

The decrease in violence in Iraq over the past few months has seen a number of Iraqis return home. But many of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have fled the violence are unable or unwilling to go back. In the second of two stories...

01/18/08 AFP: US - number of Iran bombs in Iraq already equals December

US soldiers have already been targeted in the first two weeks of January by as many suspected Iranian explosives as in all of December, the US defense chief said Friday.

01/18/08 AP: Sunni sheik offers guns and gets rewards

They know him as the sheik. But what that really means in this Sunni town is a bit of everything: community leader, public works supervisor, agricultural planner, militia captain.

01/18/08 VOA: Turkish Army Reports Strikes Against Kurdish Rebels in Iraq

The Turkish military says its warplanes have struck nearly 60 positions of the Kurdish Workers Party, the PKK, in northern Iraq. The strikes are the latest in an ongoing Turkish campaign against the PKK, which Ankara claims is using bases in northern...

01/18/08 AP: At least 36 people were reported killed in Basra

Iraqi authorities said at least 36 people were reported killed in Basra...and at least 10 in Nasiriyah, where witnesses said U.S.-led coalition jet fighters and helicopter gunships targeted a police station seized by cult gunmen.

01/18/08 MCT: 8 members of Islamic State of Iraq killed in west Kirkuk

8 members of the Islamic State of Iraq were killed as they passed the village of Sa’diyah, Abbassi district, west Kirkuk. The Chief of suburban police in Kirkuk, Brigadier Sarhad Qadir said that it is probable that the attack was carried out by members...

01/18/08 MCT: 3 bodies found in Shirween village

3 unidentified bodies were found in Shirween village, Muqdadiyah district by Iraqi Army this afternoon. One body was decapitated.

01/18/08 MCT: 2 bodies found in Baghdad

2 unidentified bodies were found by Iraqi Police in Baghdad today.1 in Saidiyah and 1 in New Baghdad

01/18/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 2 in northeastern Baghdad

A woman and a child were killed when a roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol exploded in northeastern Baghdad's Ur district, police said.

01/18/08 Reuters: 2 policemen killed, 2 wounded north of Baghdad

Two policemen were killed and two wounded when a bomb exploded in a house they were searching in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

01/18/08 Reuters: 2 children killed, 4 wounded in Baquba

Two children were killed and four people were wounded when another booby-trapped house exploded in Baquba.

01/18/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 2 policeman, wounded 2 others east of Baquba

Two policemen were killed and two wounded when gunmen attacked a police patrol in al-Wejaiheiah east of Baquba, police said.

01/18/08 newsandsentinel: Pennsboro soldier injured in Iraq

A 23-year-old Pennsboro resident is in critical condition in a hospital in Germany after an explosion in Iraq on Sunday. Army Infantry Spc. Randy Moore, 23, is expected to be transported back to the United States sometime today...

01/18/08 sanduskyregister: Huron soldier wounded in Iraq

Chris [McGraw], a staff sergeant in the 101st Airborne Division, was wounded when his unit encountered fire Tuesday, leaving three soldiers dead...Chris was treated at a military hospital in Germany for a bullet wound in his left shoulder...

01/18/08 AP: 11 Die in Attack on a Shiite Mosque in Iraq

For the second time in two days, a suicide bomber struck outside a Shiite mosque in Diyala Province north of Baghdad on Thursday, as worshipers prepared for one of the most important days in the Shiite calendar. The police and witnesses said....

01/18/08 AP: Iraqi troops battle Shiite cult in southern Iraq

Gunmen from a messianic Shiite cult attacked police and worshippers preparing Friday for a major Shiite holiday in southern Iraq, prompting fierce clashes that left at least 15 people killed, 18 wounded and more than 20 detained, authorities said.

01/18/08 AP: Iraqi Shiite leader - 'Whims' delay unity

A powerful Shiite politician accused the Iraqi government and legislators of allowing "personal whims" to delay national unity, addressing thousands of worshippers who rallied Friday to commemorate the death of one of the most revered saints.

01/18/08 CNN: Some troops suffer brain injuries and don't know it

Up to 20 percent of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan may have suffered mild concussions but were unaware of them and did not get treatment, an Army study released Thursday shows.

01/18/08 Reuters: Police clash with cult gunmen in southern Iraq

Iraqi police clashed with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult who staged a series of hit-and-run raids in two southern cities on Friday, security officials said. Witnesses...said at least four people may have been killed in the violence

01/18/08 dpa: Two police wounded in Basra violence

At least two policemen were injured on Friday as violence flared in the Iraqi city of Basra, some 550 kilometres south of Baghdad, security sources said.

US-Iraqi troops sweep Al Qaeda village haven

Ailing GI's Deployed to War Zones

Four Years Later, the Fallout of Iraq

01/17/08 AFP: The US general and the Iranian pilgrim

The old Iranian man with a grizzled face, carrying a pole from which a green flag honouring revered Imam Hussein flutters, looks startled when the top US general in Iraq stops for a chat.

01/17/08 AFP: Shiite pilgrims throng Iraq shrine city

Tens of thousands of pilgrims from across the Muslim world, dressed mostly in black, thronged the streets of Karbala in Iraq on Thursday, two days ahead of Shiite Islam's holiest day.

01/17/08 timesunion: Her toughest battle

Tanya Towne says she lost everything in Iraq, starting with physical custody of her first child. Before Towne's 2004 deployment, a Montgomery County Family Court judge gave her son, Derrell Diffin, to her first husband because she was being sent...

01/17/08 Reuters: Five bodies found in Baghdad on Tuesday

The bodies of five people were found in different districts of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

01/17/08 Reuters: U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 7 insurgents in Mosul

U.S. and Iraqi forces killed seven insurgents loading a vehicle with weapons in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

01/17/08 Reuters: U.S. forces killed three insurgents

U.S. forces killed three insurgents and detained nine suspected militants on Tuesday and Wednesday during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

01/17/08 Reuters: Insurgent killed in Sulaiman Pek

An insurgent was killed on Wednesday while he was trying to rig a car with explosives in the town of Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, police said

01/17/08 AP: 3 from Fort Campbell die in Iraq

Fort Campbell officials say three more soldiers from the post have been killed in Iraq, raising the total to six deaths in eight days. The Department of Defense said the soldiers were killed by small-arms fire while conducting operations yesterday...

01/16/08 dawn: Curfew in Iraq till Ashura

A curfew will be slapped on Baghdad and 10 Iraqi provinces on Thursday for three days for Ashura, state television reported on Wednesday. All traffic will be closed from Thursday night in the southern provinces of Babylon, Basra, Diwaniya, Karbala...

01/16/08 Reuters: Higher oil output seen lifting Iraqi growth

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said Iraq's economy would expand significantly from the previous year's lows as long as the security situation allows for higher oil production and investment.

01/16/08 BBC: Agencies see good year for Iraq

Iraq faces a period of economic growth and political progress, according to assessments by the International Monetary Fund and the UN. The IMF sees a 7% jump in growth in 2008 and a similar rise next year, and says oil revenues from buoyant...

01/16/08 VOA: Report Says Iraq Contractors Operate With Impunity

A report issued by a U.S.-based human rights group is criticizing the Justice Department for failing to hold private security contractors operating in Iraq and Afghanistan responsible for acts of violence. The report was released Wednesday...

01/16/08 AP: Army may move to 12-month tours soon

The top Army officer said Wednesday that the Army may begin moving to 12-month battlefield tours this summer, a shift seen as critical to reducing the strain on a force that has been enduring 15-month deployments.

01/16/08 Reuters: Five civilians wounded by suicide car bomber in Mosul

Five civilians were wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a U.S. military patrol in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

01/16/08 Reuters: Car bomb wounds head of Joint Coordination Centre in Dour

A car bomb seriously wounded the head of the Iraqi-U.S. Joint Coordination Centre in Dour, a town near Tikrit 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, the centre said. Two of his guards were also wounded.

01/16/08 Reuters: Mayor of Sulaiman Pek seriously wounded by suicide bomber

The mayor of the small town of Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, was seriously wounded in an attack by a suicide bomber driving a small truck, police said. Three of his bodyguards were also wounded.

01/16/08 NPR: Fresh Air - U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Nagl

Lt. Col. John Nagl commands the 1st Battalion, 34th Armor at Fort Riley, Kan. He served in Operation Desert Storm and was the operations officer of a tank battalion task force in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He helped author the Army's Counterinsurgency...

01/16/08 Reuters: Iraq healthcare in disarray, report says

Iraq's healthcare is in disarray with doctors and nurses fleeing abroad and child death rates soaring, according to a report on Wednesday. Up to 75 percent of Iraq's doctors, pharmacists and nurses have left their jobs since the U.S.-led invasion...

01/16/08 PRWeb: LegalView Relaunches Traumatic Brain Injury Portal

LegalView.com, the number one resource for everything legal on the Internet, relaunches its traumatic brain injury (TBI) information portal to aid soldiers returning from the Middle East who suffer from this debilitating injury.

01/16/08 Guardian : MoD reveals scale of brain injuries among veterans

Hundreds of troops returning to the UK from Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering brain injuries caused by exposure to high-powered explosions or minor blows to the head, it emerged yesterday.

01/16/08 NPR: U.S. Grapples with Holding Iraqi Detainees

One result of the U.S. military troop surge in Iraq is an increase in suspected Iraqi insurgents in U.S. custody. They total nearly 24,000. The U.S. military is trying to figure out how to hold those detainees without allowing the detention camps...

01/16/08 NYTimes: Iraqi Spending to Rebuild Has Slowed, Report Says

Highly promising figures that the administration cited to demonstrate economic progress in Iraq last fall, when Congress was considering whether to continue financing the war, cannot be substantiated by official Iraqi budget records...

01/16/08 Reuters: Roadside bombs kill 2, wound 5 near Nahrawan

Two roadside bombs killed two people and wounded five near the town of Nahrawan, 30 km (20 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

01/16/08 Reuters: Roadside bombs wound 3 in eastern Baghdad

Three roadside bombs exploded in quick succession, wounding three people in the Palestine Street district of eastern Baghdad, police said.

01/16/08 Reuters: 2 civilians killed, 10 wounded by IED in central Baghdad

Two civilians were killed and 10 wounded when a roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol exploded in the Bab al-Muadham district of central Baghdad, police said.

01/16/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill university student, kidnapp policeman

Gunmen kidnapped a policeman and killed a university student in an overnight attack on a house in a village near Tuz Khurmato, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

01/16/08 AP: Female suicide bomber kills 8 civilians in Iraq, police say

A woman wearing a suicide vest blew herself up near a popular market and a Shi'ite mosque in restive Diyala province north of the capital Wednesday, killing eight civilians and wounding seven others...The attack took place in Khan Bani Saad

01/15/08 AP: 5 school kids killed by convoy

Five school children were killed Tuesday after being struck by a car in the convoy of a top judicial official during a chaotic gunbattle with checkpoint guards, police and hospital officials said. The children, ages 6 to 10, were hit by the car...

01/15/08 AP: Friendly Fire May Have Killed 3 U.S. Soldiers

Three Army soldiers who were gunned down during an intensive, three-hour firefight in the Salad ad Din province north of Baghdad last week, may have died from friendly fire, military officials said Tuesday.

01/13/08 MCT: Gunmen attack gas pipeline

Gunmen exploded a gas pipeline that links between the fields of Kirkuk and Biji refinery north of Baghdad early morning today. Gas spread in a wide area and it was recognized by people in Tikrit city and Alam area (about 45 Kms south of Biji city)

01/13/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds three people in Sadr city

A roadside bomb wounded three people in Sadr city in northeastern Baghdad, police said.

01/13/08 Reuters: Motar fire wounds 2 in southern Baghdad

Two mortar bombs wounded two people when they landed on a fuel station in Doura district in southern Baghdad, police said.

01/13/08 Reuters: U.S. forces kill \gunman during operations in Baghdad

U.S. forces killed a gunman during operations in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

01/13/08 WaPo: Hands-On General Is Next No. 2 in Iraq

Most U.S. Army generals wear pistols on the battlefield. Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, a decorated paratrooper who next month takes over as the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, packs an M4 rifle.

01/13/08 LATimes: U.S. troops turn police investigators

A stocky man in a dusty dishdasha and red-checked scarf squatted under a tree as U.S. soldiers dug up his yard looking for weapons or other incriminating evidence.

01/13/08 LATimes: Iraqi soldiers in Sunni militant area

Singing and cheering, Iraqi soldiers rolled through snow and sleet in open trucks Friday to set up a base on the outskirts of the reputed nerve center of Sunni militants who had forced the northern Diyala River valley into their self-styled Islamic...

01/13/08 IRIN: Authorities destroy Kerbala farms, displacing peasants

Local authorities in Kerbala, a southern province of Iraq about 120km south of the capital, Baghdad, have destroyed thousands of hectares of agricultural land, putting dozens of peasant families at risk of being displaced, according to residents.

01/13/08 KUNA: Motorbikes banned in Baghdad to prevent Ashoura attacks

The movement of all motorbikes will be prohibited in Baghdad as of 6:00 a.m. on Monday and until further notice, a precaution aimed at preventing possible attacks against Shiite pilgrims who would be marking "Ashoura."

01/13/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill woman in Mosul

Gunmen killed a woman when they attacked a house in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said

01/13/08 Reuters: 2 bodies found in Baghdad, 1 found in Mosul

Iraqi security forces found two bodies in Baghdad on Saturday, police said...Police said they found the body of a man with gunshot wounds in eastern Mosul on Saturday.

01/13/08 Reuters: U.S. forces detain 15 insurgents during a four-day operation

U.S. forces detained 15 insurgents during a four-day operation, Jan. 7 to 10, targeting al Qaeda in Diyala province, the U.S. military said. A prison and torture facility was found.

01/13/08 Reuters: U.S. forces destroy 3 boby-trapped houses in Diyala province

U.S. forces destroyed three booby-trapped houses in Diyala province on Friday. On Wednesday six U.S. soldiers were killed when they entered a booby-trapped house in the province.

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01/12/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 6 people near Dhuluiya

Gunmen killed six people in attacks on two houses, including a former Iraqi army officer and two members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol in a village near Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

01/12/08 Reuters: 15 gunmen arrested in central and northern Iraq

U.S. forces arrested 15 gunmen during operations on Friday and Saturday in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

01/12/08 AP: Repairs to Blackwater convoy vehicles could complicate shooting inquiry

Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attack...

01/12/08 KUNA: Four Iraqis injured in car blast in Baquba

Four people were injured when a booby-trapped car exploded in Diyala governorate in Iraq on Saturday, a security source said...he explosion caused injuries to an Iraqi soldier and three civilians who were passing near the site of the blast...

01/12/08 MCT: New Baghdad embassy's fire-fighting system is defective

The fire-fighting system in the mammoth new $740 million U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is defective, according to documents obtained by McClatchy and U.S. officials, who said that their concerns were ignored or overruled...

01/12/08 Reuters: 3 bodies found in Baghdad on Friday

Three bodies were found dumped across Baghdad on Friday, police said.

01/12/08 Reuters: Bomb kills 2, wounds 8 outside Baghdad bakery

A suicide car bomb blew up outside a bakery in New Baghdad district in eastern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding eight others, police said.

01/12/08 AFP: Iraqi parliament approves bill to rehabilitate Baathists

Shiite and Sunni members of Iraq's parliament buried their differences on Saturday to pass a controversial bill allowing former officials of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life.

01/12/08 AP: Shiite leader boosts appeal for Iraqi unity across sectarian lines

One of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political and religious figures issued a stunning call for the government to set aside differences with Sunni Muslim politicians and entice them back to help lead the country.

01/12/08 NYTimes: 3 Buddies Home From Iraq Are Charged With Murdering a 4th

After surviving intense combat in Iraq, Specialist Kevin Shields was killed on what he had thought was friendly soil. His bloody, bullet-riddled body was found by a newspaper deliverer, sprawled on a downtown sidewalk here on Dec. 1.

01/11/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 3 policemen in Mahmudiya

A roadside bomb wounded three policemen when it hit their patrol in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

01/11/08 Reuters: Iraqi soldiers kill 9 gunmen arrest 59

Iraqi soldiers killed nine gunmen and arrested 59 others during the past 24 hours across Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

01/11/08 Reuters: U.S. military kill 2 gunmen, detained 11 others

U.S. forces killed two gunmen and detained 11 others during operations on Thursday and Friday in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

01/11/08 military.com: Turkish Military Shells Northern Iraq

Turkish artillery shelled northern Iraq on Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or material damage, a Kurdish government official said.

01/11/08 military.com: The Toughest Fight in Anbar Province

It's a new kind of fight these Marines weren't exactly counting on. And it might be the toughest one they've had to endure in this war ravaged country.

01/11/08 AP: Abu Ghraib Officer: Probe Was Incomplete

The revelation that the Army threw out the conviction of the only officer court-martialed in the Abu Ghraib scandal renewed outrage from human rights advocates who complained that not enough military and civilian leaders were held accountable...

01/11/08 AP: A first! Snow falls in Baghdad

After weathering nearly five years of war, Baghdad residents thought they'd pretty much seen it all. But Friday morning... \the people here awoke to something certifiably new. For the first time in memory, snow fell across Baghdad.

01/11/08 fayobserver: Guardsman may avoid death

A New York National Guardsman accused of killing two of his officers in Iraq in 2005 has two weeks to ask for a pre-trial hearing to determine if he is mentally retarded, a military judge ruled Thursday.

01/11/08 dailypress: Veterans' groups win PTSD ruling

A federal judge in San Francisco has cleared the way for a national class-action lawsuit challenging how Department of Veterans Affairs treats Iraq and Afghanistan war casualties with post-traumatic stress disorder.

01/11/08 AFP: US officer cleared in Abu Ghraib abuse

US general has thrown out the conviction of the sole US officer charged over the abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail, even though he was only fined and reprimanded for disobeying an order, the US Army said Thursday.

01/11/08 wtkr: Soldier From Chesapeake Dies In Iraq

Chesapeake native Staff Sergeant Jonathan Kilian Dozier died in Iraq. The 30 year old soldier was killed during ongoing operations in the Baqouba area and Diyala province in central Iraq, his father, Carl Dozier, said this afternoon.

01/11/08 AP: Fort Lewis soldier dies in Iraq

Family members tell the Duluth News Tribune that Sergeant First Class Matthew Pionk has died. The 30-year-old served with the Third Cavalry, Second Squadron, based out of Fort Lewis, Wash. The Department of Defense has not yet released...

01/10/08 Reuters: Car bomb kills 1, wounds 4 on Baghdad's Palestine Street

A car bomb in eastern Baghdad's Palestine Street neighbourhood killed one person and wounded four, police said. Seven shops were destroyed.

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01/10/08 yorkshirepost: Civilian workers and soldiers at risk after blood mix-up

SIX British civilians as well as 18 soldiers working in Afghanistan or Iraq may have been exposed to contaminated blood provided by the US military, it has emerged. The British soldiers, who were seriously wounded, are undergoing...

01/10/08 NYTimes: 2005 Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions

The helicopter was hovering over a Baghdad checkpoint into the Green Zone, one typically crowded with cars, Iraqi civilians and United States military personnel. Suddenly, on that May day in 2005, the copter dropped CS gas, a riot-control substance...

01/10/08 VOI: Eastern Baghdad blast kills 2 U.S. troops, wounds 1 (unconfirmed)

Two U.S. servicemen were killed and another was wounded in an explosive charge attack in eastern Baghdad, eyewitnesses said on Thursday. "An improvised explosive device detonated on Thursday afternoon near a U.S. patrol vehicle...

01/10/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 2, wounds 10 in central Baghdad

Two Iraqis were killed and 10 wounded, all from the police and army, when a roadside bomb detonated after they arrived at a small road in central Baghdad where an earlier bomb had blown up inside an abandoned car, police said.

01/10/08 Reuters: Three bodies found in Baghdad on Wednesday

Iraqi security forces found the bodies of three people with gunshot wounds across Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

01/10/08 Reuters: U.S. helicopter fire kills four insurgents

U.S. helicopter fire killed four insurgents who were placing a roadside bomb near the town of Yusufiya on Sunday, just south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

01/10/08 TheGazette: Fort Carson Ring Linked to G.I. Deaths

Two Iraq war veterans from the same Fort Carson platoon were tied to a Colorado Springs crime ring that police said is responsible for killing two Soldiers and other recent violent crimes.

01/10/08 AP: Soldier missing in Iraq gets a promotion

A 10th Mountain Division soldier missing since May when his unit was attacked by insurgent forces in Iraq has been promoted to the rank of sergeant, Fort Drum officials said Wednesday. Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez’s family will receive...

01/10/08 CBS/AP: Massive U.S. Airstrike Hits Baghdad

U.S. bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives during a 10-minute airstrike Thursday morning, flattening what the military called al Qaeda in Iraq safehavens on the southern outskirts of the capital.

01/09/08 Reuters: Booby-trap bomb kills six U.S. troops in Iraqi house

Six U.S. soldiers were killed on Wednesday when a house rigged with explosives blew up north of Baghdad during a new U.S.-Iraqi offensive targeting al Qaeda guerrillas in Iraq, the U.S. military said

01/09/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 3 policemen in Tikrit

A roadside bomb exploded in the centre of the city of Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, striking a police car and wounding 3 policemen, police said.

01/09/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills civilian in Shura

A roadside bomb exploded in the town of Shura, 50 km (35 miles) south of Mosul, killing one civilian, police said.

01/09/08 Reuters: Police officer and driver kidnapped at checkpoint

A police officer and his driver were kidnapped in their car at a checkpoint while travelling from Baghdad to Baquba in Diyala province, police said.

01/09/08 Reuters: 5 Bodies found in Baghdad, 3 in Mosul on Tuesday

Five bodies were found in Baghdad during the past 24 hours, police said...Police found the bodies of three people in different parts of the Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad.

01/09/08 Xinhua: UN reviews Fijian soldiers' participation on PSD contract

Fiji's military has strongly denied suggestions that Fijian soldiers serving in Iraq have lost the contract to provide Personal Security Detail (PSD) for the United Nations representatives in Iraq, Radio Fiji News reported on Wednesday.

01/09/08 warsawvoice: Polish Troops in Iraq Until October

Prime Minister Donald Tusk Dec. 21 officially approved extending the mission of Polish troops in Iraq until Oct. 31. Poland backed the American-led invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003. Warsaw deployed a commando unit to the Persian Gulf area.

01/09/08 honoluluadvertiser: Reburial of Hawaii soldier reopens wounds

Alexander Gagalac was killed on Sept. 9 in Iraq. The 28-year-old's casket was exhumed and reburied yesterday after the family was notified that additional remains had been found.

01/09/08 AP: Iraqi Police Celebrate Their Own

Dozens of Iraqi police officers celebrated the annual National Police Day in central Baghdad on Wednesday - chanting, dancing and decorating their vehicles just three days after a suicide bombing marred Army Day celebrations.

01/09/08 AP: Soldier Says They Randomly Fired Shots At Iraqis

The Army is investigating possible war crimes after a Fort Carson soldier facing first-degree murder charges in the slayings of two Iraq war veterans told investigators he and another soldier randomly fired at Iraqi civilians.

01/09/08 Reuters: U.S. deploys latest tactic in Iraq: anthropology

As David Matsuda tells it, he's probably the last person you'd expect to see in a U.S. military uniform climbing out of an armored vehicle in Iraq. An anthropology professor from the East Bay campus of California State University near San Francisco...

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01/07/08 VOA: Double Bombing in Baghdad Kills 14, Wounds 20

Iraqi officials say a double suicide bomb attack in a northern district of Baghdad has killed at least 14 people and wounded 20 others...the first attacker blew himself up Monday outside an office that provides services for Sunni mosques...

01/07/08 AP: Three Iraqi soldiers die thwarting suicide bomber

Three Iraqi soldiers threw themselves on a suicide attacker wearing an explosives vest at an Army Day celebration Sunday — an act of heroism the U.S. said likely prevented many more deaths...Among the dead were four police officers, three Iraqi soldiers

01/07/08 CNN: Anti-al Qaeda leader among 15 killed in Baghdad blasts

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...Both blasts killed members of local Awakening Councils...

01/07/08 Reuters: Bomb kills 4, wounds 16 in central Baghdad

A bomb hidden in a street vendor's cart killed four people and wounded 16 others in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said...Two separate roadside bombs wounded four people in Karrada district, in central Baghdad, police said.

01/07/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 3 peopel near Hawija

A couple and their son the were killed inside their private car when gunmen attacked them near Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

Gunmen killed a member of a neighborhood patrol working as a carpenter inside his shop in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

Five blindfolded, handcuffed bodies with gunshot wounds to the head were found in a town southeast of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

A roadside bomb wounded one Iraqi soldier and one civilian on Sunday, in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

Police found 6 unidentified dead bodies in the following neighborhoods in Baghdad: (3) were found in east Baghdad (Risafa bank); 1 in Sha’ab . 1 in Waziriyah and 1 at Al-Qasim high way near Sleikh . While 3 dead bodies were found in west Baghdad...

Police found five bodies near the main street in Qara Kitta village 100 Kms east Baquba north of Baquba. One of the bodies was the body of the mayor of Qaraqoosh village.

Police released eight kidnapped business men from Kut city who were kidnapped one month ago. The operation was implemented today morning by Zubair city police west of Basra city.

Gunmen killed a civilian in Buhorz village south of Baquba today morning...A police office and a member of Sahwa were injured when a mortar shell hit a combined check point downtown Baquba city today morning.

A fire broke out Monday in Iraq's largest oil refinery in the northern town of Beiji, and 10 people suffered burns injuries, police and an engineer at the refinery said.

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