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  • Who will become the next 'Iraq Star'? Stay tuned Open this result in new window
    USA Today - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
    Iraq Star, the hit TV series akin to American Idol, has gained a strong following among Iraqi viewers. More than 1,200 contestants from all over Iraq have registered to try out for the show this season, compared with 500 last year, says a music executive on the three-judge panel.

  • Hearing Set For Soldier Who Refused Iraq Deployment Open this result in new window
    KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 5:30 PM
    Military officials set a court date for the Hawaii soldier who refused to deploy with his unit to Iraq.

  • US Iraq war costs may rise by $406 billion by 2016 Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 4:59 PM
    The Iraq war could cost U.S. taxpayers between $202 billion and $406 billion more over the next 10 years, depending on how quickly U.S. force levels can be reduced, congressional budget experts said on Thursday.

  • Soldiers Sent To Iraq; Tearful Families Say Goodbye Open this result in new window
    WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 4:23 PM
    An emotional farewell was bid to a group of soldiers as they left Pittsburgh and headed to Iraq on Thursday.

  • Political parties clash over Iraq video Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 3:34 PM
    Congressional Republicans attacked Democrats on Thursday for an Internet video featuring flag-draped coffins of U.S. casualties in Iraq, saying it "crossed the line" by exploiting troops and politicizing the war.

  • Iraq on the right path, US ambassador tells Congress Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 11:21 AM
    The United States has reason to feel "strategically optimistic" about the future of Iraq, Washington's envoy to Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, said, despite rampant sectarian bloodshed.

  • Democrats challenge assessment of Iraq Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 11:06 AM
    Senate Democrats, including several prospective presidential candidates, charged Thursday that the Bush administration's optimistic assessments on Iraq are not borne out by events on the ground.

  • Iraq vet beats incumbent in fundraising Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 10:21 AM
    Iraq war veteran Patrick Murphy outraised freshman Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) in the second fundraising quarter even though the Republican got some help from President Bush.

  • Lawmaker hails handover of Iraq province to local authorities Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 9:45 AM
    The US Senate's Republican leader hailed the handover of Iraq's Muthanna province to local authorities as a "significant milestone" for the country.

  • Iraq takes over province, clashes in Baghdad Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 6:54 AM
    Iraq took full control of a province from foreign troops for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion on Thursday, but clashes in Baghdad underlined the security challenges facing the new government.

  • Coalition in first Iraq handover Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Jul 13 5:39 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- British and Australian forces handed over security responsibility for relatively peaceful Muthanna province to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province.

  • Senate Democrats Complain About Bush Iraq Policy Open this result in new window
    Fox News - Jul 13 12:04 PM
    Some Senate Democrats who are also possible 2008 presidential contenders complained about President Bush's policy and assessments on Iraq.

  • Democrats Challenge Assessment of Iraq Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 13 11:25 AM
    Senate Democrats Challenge Bush Administrations Optimistic Assessments on Iraq

  • Suicide Car Bomber in Iraq Kills 5 People Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Jul 13 11:04 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide car bomber struck a police patrol in the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, killing five people and wounding five, police said.

  • Democrats Debate Political and Military Strategy for Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Online NewsHour - Jul 13 5:09 PM
    On the day U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for patience regarding a deadline for troop withdrawal from Iraq, Democratic senators Biden and Reed discuss possible exit strategies.

  • Our View Iraq must get control of militias Open this result in new window
    Mankato Free Press - 2 minutes ago
    The problem of sectarian violence in Iraq is much like an iceberg; only a small part of it is visible. Sundays broad-daylight massacre of Sunnis on the streets of a Baghdad neighborhood is a visible part.

  • Japan's defense chief to visit Kuwait to welcome troops from Iraq Open this result in new window
    Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Jul 13 6:17 PM
    _ Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga is scheduled to leave Japan for Kuwait on Saturday to welcome Japanese ground troops who are pulling out of Iraq and encourage air troops who continue airlifting supplies, government officials said Friday.

  • Lew Rockwell: Soviet-Style Rule in Iraq Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 13 7:17 AM
    So you thought that the US went into Iraq to uproot a dangerous dictator and establish democracy? Well, the US military has taken on a job a bit more difficult than that. It is trying to build an economy, which no state in the history of the world has been able to do without the assistance of a vibrant market. Fallujah, Iraq, has no economy to speak of. The US bombed all that away a few years

  • Brazil guard unit to leave for Iraq Open this result in new window
    Terre Haute Tribune Star - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
    Soldiers from Brazil will leave for a yearlong tour of duty in Iraq after a communitywide send-off Wednesday, including a motorcycle escort along Indiana 59 to Interstate 70.

  • Even in Iraq, All Politics Is Local Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 12 7:17 PM
    A great many of the failures in Afghanistan and Iraq arise from a single problem: the American-led coalitions lack of trust in local politicians.

  • Iraq attacks kill local government members, police officers Open this result in new window
    Fort Wayne News Channel 15 - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
    BAGHDAD, Iraq Attacks on local governments and police officers are pushing the sectarian death toll higher in Iraq.

  • Phelan named as terrorism commander in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Army Times - Jul 13 3:43 PM
    FORT BRAGG, N.C. The deputy commander of the Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg will take on a counterterrorism post in Iraq, the Pentagon said Thursday.

  • Deputy commander of Bragg's special operations HQ gets Iraq post Open this result in new window
    News 14 Carolina - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
    The Pentagon says Brigadier General Mark V. Phelan has been named the commanding general for the Iraq National Counter-Terror Force Transition Team.

  • Sergeant Major of the Army wraps up Iraq visit Open this result in new window
    Stars and Stripes - Jul 13 3:51 PM
    Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston is completing a four-day tour of Iraq in which he visited units throughout the region to meet with soldiers and hear their concerns, officials said Thursday.

  • Sheriff's employee reflects on Iraq combat duty Open this result in new window
    Sun Valley Central - Jul 13 6:35 PM
    Several months after returning to Idaho, Heather Saunders rubs a tender right shoulder, a painful reminder of the year she spent as an Idaho National Guard soldier in Iraq.

  • Okinawa-based Marine is killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Stars and Stripes - Jul 13 2:36 PM
    CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa A Marine based on Okinawa was killed July 2 while conducting combat operations in Iraqs Anbar province.

  • Fort Hood soldier from Arizona dies in Iraq Open this result in new window
    ABC 7 El Paso - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
    FORT HOOD, Texas The Defense Department said today that a Fort Hood soldier from Arizona has died of a non-combat related cause in Iraq. Twenty-one-year-old Specialist Damien...

  • Democrats Challenge Assessment of Iraq Open this result in new window
    Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Jul 13 12:42 PM
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats, including several prospective presidential candidates, charged Thursday that the Bush administration's optimistic assessments on Iraq are not borne out by events on the ground. Testifying for the administration at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalizad, said the political progress that has been made in Iraq

  • US Ambassador to Iraq Emphasizes Positive on Capitol Hill Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Jul 13 1:05 PM
    U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, sought to emphasize the positive when he offered an assessment of the situation in Iraq before a congressional committee Thursday. But he said sectarian violence remains a "significant challenge."

  • Army Copter Crashes in Iraq; Crew Survives Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Jul 13 5:49 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed Thursday during a combat patrol southwest of Baghdad, but the two pilots survived, the U.S. military said.

  • Fort Hood soldier from Arizona dies in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
    FORT HOOD, Texas The Defense Department said today that a Fort Hood soldier from Arizona has died of a non-combat related cause in Iraq.

  • Valley Soldier Killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley - Jul 13 6:16 PM
    The War In Iraq has claimed the life of another Valley soldier. A family in Mission is now mourning the loss of Army Staff Sg. Omar Demetrio Flores Flores.

  • Fort Hood soldier from Arizona dies in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago
    FORT HOOD, Texas -- A Fort Hood soldier from Arizona has died of a non-combat related cause in Iraq, the Defense Department said Thursday.

  • Hearing Set For Soldier Who Refused Iraq Deployment Open this result in new window
    The Hawaii Channel - Jul 13 5:36 PM
    HONOLULU -- Military officials set a court date for the Hawaii soldier who refused to deploy with his unit to Iraq. Lt. Ehren Watada is the first officer to refusing to deploy to Iraq with his unit.

  • Iraq province power transferred Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 13 1:32 AM
    Iraq's British-controlled Muthanna province is handed over to local forces after a formal ceremony.

  • Rumsfeld says unity important to Iraq Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 4:03 PM
    Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday that political reconciliation between Sunnis and Shiites is as important as the military effort in establishing security in Iraq, where thousands more U.S. troops have been summoned to Baghdad to quell an upsurge in violence.

  • Iraq war tally likely to hit $500 billion US or more: congressional analysis Open this result in new window
    CNews - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
    WASHINGTON (AP) - The war in Iraq has cost almost $300 billion so far and would total almost a half-trillion dollars, even if all U.S. troops were withdrawn by the end of 2009, said a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Thursday.

  • Iraq Vet Beats Incumbent in Fundraising Open this result in new window
    Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Jul 13 11:42 AM
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Iraq war veteran Patrick Murphy outraised freshman Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) in the second fundraising quarter even though the Republican got some help from President Bush. Murphy, a Democrat, raised more than $452,000 while Fitzpatrick collected more than $300,000 for the three-month period ending June 30, according to their campaigns. Fitzpatrick still has a significant

  • Iraq Given Control of Province Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - 12 minutes ago
    BAGHDAD, July 13 -- The Iraqi government assumed full military control of a province Thursday for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, but a spate of bombings and assassinations underscored the persistent policing challenges in most of the country.

  • Parliament speakers says Jews' are financing acts of violence in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Daily News - Jul 13 3:12 PM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - The speaker of parliament Thursday accused "Jews" of financing acts of violence in Iraq in order to discredit Islamists who control the parliament and government so they can install their "agents" in power.

  • Another Ariz. soldier dies in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KTVK Phoenix - Jul 13 3:26 PM
    Spc. Damien M. Montoya, 21, of Holbrook, Ariz., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 9 from a non-combat related cause. Montoya was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

  • Arizona Marine Dies In Iraq Open this result in new window
    KOLD News 13 Tuscon - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
    Staff Sergeant Raymond Plouhar was just 38 days from returning home from his latest tour in Iraq when he was killed by a roadside bomb this week. His family says he had a big heart. In 1998, Plouhar donated a kidney to his uncle.

  • A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 2:15 PM
    As of Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at least 2,545 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,011 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

  • Maine Soldiers Finish Iraq Training Open this result in new window
    WLBZ Bangor - Jul 13 2:02 PM
    After two and a half months of training, 86 members of the Maine National Guard are preparing to head to Iraq. The soldiers left Maine in April, and have been training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi ever since.

  • Deputy commander of Bragg's special operations HQ gets Iraq post Open this result in new window
    Fayetteville Observer - Jul 13 1:55 PM
    The deputy commander of the Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg will take on a counterterrorism post in Iraq, the Pentagon said Thursday. Brig. Gen. Mark V. Phelan was named the commanding general for the Iraq National Counter-Terror Force Transition Team by the Army's chief of staff.

  • Kidnappers gun down 22 during Rumsfeld's visit / At least 45 killed throughout Iraq in a fourth violence-filled day Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Jul 13 3:49 AM
    Gunmen kidnapped a group of people in the parking lot of a bus station Wednesday and killed 22 of them, according to Iraqi police and military officials. The execution-style slayings occurred on the same day Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq and...

  • Iraqs Helpless Government Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
    Fearful Iraqis have every right to expect a more competent and reassuring performance from their government than they have seen this week.

  • Stryker soldier killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KTVA - Jul 13 1:21 PM
    Military officials say another Fort Wainwright soldier has been killed in Iraq. The soldier was killed Wednesday by small-arms fire, while conducting a mounted patrol in Mosul, Iraq.

  • 70% say SDF's mission in Iraq benefited country Open this result in new window
    Daily Yomiuri Online - Jul 13 11:31 AM
    Nearly 70 percent of the public think Self-Defense Force activities in Iraq contributed to the country's reconstruction, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey.

  • Iraq to build oil refinery in Kurdistan Open this result in new window
    UPI - Jul 13 11:38 AM
    ARBIL, Iraq, July 13 (UPI) -- Iraq's oil minister announced plans Wednesday to build Iraq's largest oil refinery in the western region of Kurdistan. The three-year project is expected to cost about $1 billion.

  • Guardsman, 58, is Iraq-bound Open this result in new window
    Columbia Daily Tribune - Jul 13 12:11 PM
    Age no deferment, Vietnam vet says. Nirma Johnson says its unfair her 58-year-old husband is being deployed to Iraq when he already served his country in Vietnam and their son Robert is on his second tour there as a Navy corpsman.

  • US contractor Parsons loses another Iraq contract Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 11:19 AM
    The US military agency responsible for much of Iraq's reconstruction program has terminated another contract of a US company due to cost overruns and incompetency, it said.

  • For Accused G.I., Iraq Only Added to His Woes Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
    A former army private accused of rape and murder was a high school dropout with a minor criminal record before he enlisted in a soldier-strapped Army.

  • Dozens more dead in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Fox21 - Jul 13 11:38 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq It's turned into another brutal day in Iraq, with dozens more people killed.

  • Shiites massacred as Rumsfeld arrives in Iraq Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 10:48 AM
    Blindfolded, hands tied behind them, and most shot in the head, 22 bodies of kidnapped Shiites have been found as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq to review worsening security in Baghdad.

  • General: 2 sides attacking Iraq civilians Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 10:35 AM
    The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Wednesday that "terrorists and death squads" are mainly responsible for a surge in sectarian violence in the capital, and he pledged to provide whatever U.S. forces are needed to avert civil war.

  • Lessons unlearned: Why Bush is failing in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Jul 13 1:19 AM
    The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End , By Peter W. Galbraith, Simon & Schuster, 260 pp., $26

  • Women's rights in Iraq compromised Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Jul 13 9:18 AM
    BAGHDAD -- Women's rights in Iraq have taken a back seat as far as officials and politicians are concerned; the Iraqi government has so far failed to give the moral and financial support the women's affairs ministry needs to make real changes regarding the status of women in the war-torn country.

  • More Vermont Soldiers Get Ready To Go To Iraq Open this result in new window
    WCAX 3 - Jul 13 11:24 AM
    Sergeant Brian Smith from St. Albans is heading back to Iraq soon. He'll be leaving behind his fiancee and four children. "Mine are 21 and 18, my girlfriends are 10 and 7," said Smith.

  • Iraq takes over province, clashes in Baghdad Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Jul 13 10:05 AM
    SAMAWA, Iraq - Iraq took full control of a province from foreign troops for the first time since the 2003 US-led invasion on Thursday, but clashes in Baghdad underlined the security challenges facing the new government.

  • Sectarian violence continues in Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Buffalo News - Jul 13 6:02 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen seized two dozen Shiites from a bus station after separating them from the crowd in a predominantly Sunni area Wednesday, killing them and dumping their bodies in a nearby village - the latest in a series of brazen attacks.

  • Should we still be in Iraq? Open this result in new window
    Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Jul 13 1:26 PM
    With everything that's been going on in our country, should we still be trying to save Iraq or should we be concentrating on saving our selves?

  • Halliburton contract for Iraq not renewed Open this result in new window
    The Buffalo News - Jul 13 6:04 AM
    WASHINGTON - Halliburton Co.'s multibillion-dollar contract to feed and care for U.S. troops in Iraq and transport war supplies won't be renewed, an Army spokesman said.

  • Rumsfeld told death squads fuelling Iraq conflict Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 9:36 AM
    U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met Iraq's Shi'ite-led government on Wednesday after his top general in the country told him Shi'ite "death squads" were fuelling a surge in communal bloodshed.

  • Rumsfeld Suprise Visit to Iraq Open this result in new window
    KABC-TV Los Angeles - Jul 13 9:20 AM
    Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday that political reconciliation between Sunnis and Shiites is as important as the military effort in establishing security in Iraq.

  • Army to rebid Halliburton's Iraq logistics work Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 9:43 AM
    The U.S. Army said on Wednesday it has decided to end a Halliburton Co. unit's multibillion-dollar contract to provide logistical support to soldiers in Iraq, and will rebid the contract later this year.

  • Australian troops hand back control in Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Age - Jul 13 8:10 AM
    AUSTRALIAN and British troops in Iraq have handed over responsibility for security in al-Muthanna Province to Iraqi security forces. The southern province is the first handed back to the Iraqis by coalition troops.

  • U.S. Crew Survives Copter Crash in Iraq Open this result in new window
    phillyburbs.com - Jul 13 6:34 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed Thursday during a combat patrol southwest of Baghdad, but both pilots survived, the U.S. military said.

  • Iraq takes over province, clashes in Baghdad Open this result in new window
    RedNova - Jul 13 8:20 AM
    By Hamid Fadhil SAMAWA, Iraq (Reuters)

  • Who rules Iraq? Open this result in new window
    Al-Ahram Weekly - Jul 13 12:34 PM
    The war of the militias is threatening to push Iraq into all- out civil war. As the country was bracing itself for yet another wave of sectarian violence, this week witnessed some of the worst atrocities.

  • Businessman joined conspiracy to lift Iraq sanctions Open this result in new window
    Boston Herald - Jul 13 4:56 AM
    NEW YORK - A South Korean businessman accused of being an Iraqi agent and trying to influence the United Nations' oil-for-food program joined a conspiracy to lift economic sanctions against Iraq,...

  • Soldier takes temporary break from Iraq war Open this result in new window
    phillyburbs.com - Jul 13 5:14 AM
    Dale DJ Walton Jr. will be returning to Ramadi, Iraq, next week after a short stay at home.

  • GIs in Iraq Could Be Stripped of Immunity After Rape-Murder Allegations Open this result in new window
    Common Dreams News Center - Jul 13 8:53 AM
    GIs in Iraq Could Be Stripped of Immunity After Rape-Murder Allegations

  • US general says Shiite 'death squads' fanning Iraq unrest Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 8:58 AM
    US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Iraqi leaders over the surging sectarian violence in Baghdad, as his top commander in Iraq vowed to go after what he called Shiite "death squads."

  • US general says Shiite 'death squads' fanning Iraq unrest Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 8:47 AM
    The top US commander in Iraq has said that Shiite "death squads" had now joined Al-Qaeda militants as the prime movers in a wave of sectarian violence and vowed to go after them.

  • 20 abductees found dead in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Baltimore Sun - Jul 13 4:47 AM
    Rumsfeld pays visit to Baghdad amid surge in violence In another day of execution-style slayings in the streets of Iraq, 24 people were kidnapped in a town northeast of the capital yesterday, and all but four of them were later found blindfolded, tortured and shot in the head.

  • US declares war on Iraq death squads Open this result in new window
    Gulf Times - Jul 13 12:31 PM
    BAGHDAD: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday met Iraqi leaders over the surging sectarian violence in Baghdad, as his top commander in Iraq vowed to go after what he called Shia death squads.

  • 101st troops killed in Iraq honored as homecoming approaches Open this result in new window
    WREG-TV Memphis - Jul 13 8:46 AM
    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. Families and colleagues of troops in the 101st Airborne Division gathered today (Wednesday) to honor soldiers killed in Iraq.

  • 16 die in new Iraq violence Open this result in new window
    Gulf Daily News - Jul 13 2:51 PM
    BAGHDAD: Sixteen people were killed in violence across Iraq yesterday, including five street sweepers who died in a single blast in Baghdad.The roadside bomb, most likely inadvertently detonated by the municipal workers, also wounded two others in the Iraqi capital's eastern suburb of Baghdad Jadida, a defence ministry official said.

  • US to rebid Halliburton unit's Iraq support deal Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 8:45 AM
    The U.S. Army said on Wednesday it has decided to end a Halliburton Co. unit's multibillion-dollar logistics contract in Iraq, and will rebid the contract later this year.

  • U.S. deaths in Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Plain Dealer - Jul 13 4:17 AM
    As of Wednesday, at least 2,545 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,011 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

  • 101st troops killed in Iraq honored as homecoming approaches Open this result in new window
    The News-Review - Jul 13 7:57 AM
    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) Families and colleagues of troops in the 101st Airborne Division gathered Wednesday to honor soldiers killed in Iraq as the unit prepares to return home in coming weeks from its second yearlong deployment.

  • Iraq's advances under-reported, major contends Open this result in new window
    Louisville Courier-Journal - Jul 13 2:43 AM
    I have already received more than 50 e-mails and phone calls concerning Tuesday's column about media coverage of the war in Iraq and the fact that many Americans seem to have stopped paying attention to it. The responses came from parents, soldiers and readers with strong feelings on both sides of the war.

  • GIs in Iraq Could Be Stripped of Immunity After Rape-Murder Allegations Open this result in new window
    OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 6:35 AM
    SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 12 (OneWorld) - Iraq will ask the United Nations to end immunity from local law for U.S. troops, the country's human rights minister said on Monday, as the military named five soldiers charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis.

  • Iraq attacks kill local government members, police officers Open this result in new window
    ABC 7 El Paso - Jul 13 7:01 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq Attacks on local governments and police officers are pushing the sectarian death toll higher in Iraq. The bodies of four council members have been pulled from...

  • South Korean found guilty over Iraq oil-for-food scandal Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 13 1:31 PM
    A South Korean businessman charged with acting as an Iraqi agent and money laundering connected to the UN oil-for-food scandal was convicted of conspiracy, US federal prosecutors said.

  • Shooting Victim Had Served in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Jul 13 12:50 AM
    An Arlington man who was shot to death outside the Pentagon Row shopping center early Friday was an Army veteran who participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, family members said yesterday.

  • Iraq attacks kill local government members Open this result in new window
    ABC 13 Toledo - Jul 13 7:03 AM
    (Baghdad-AP, July 13, 2006) - Attacks on local governments and police officers are pushing the sectarian death toll higher in Iraq.

  • Iraq: Gunmen kidnap 24 from bus station Open this result in new window
    Coos Bay World Link - Jul 13 10:30 AM
    BAGHAD, Iraq - Gunmen stormed a bus station northeast of Baghdad today, seizing 24 people and killing all but four of them, authorities said. An Iraqi general said the victims were Shiites, but police said their identities were unclear.

  • Iraq attacks kill local government members Open this result in new window
    WABC-TV New York - Jul 13 6:59 AM
    Iraq attacks kill local government members, police officers.

  • Violence Ebbs in Iraq After 4-Day Rampage Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 13 12:28 PM
    The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is scrambling to respond to this weeks surge in violence.

  • Iraq takes over province from UK troops Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Jul 13 12:35 AM
    Iraq formally took over security of a southern province from British-led troops on Thursday, the first outside the peaceful Kurdish region to be handed over to Iraqi control since the 2003 U.S. invasion.

  • Iraq Faces More Massacres by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Jul 12, 2006 Open this result in new window
    Space War - Jul 12 7:15 PM
    The latest eruption of sectarian violence in Iraq Sunday confirms the grim diagnosis we made in these columns on April 10. The new Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is powerless in its own capital. The nation has fragmented. Beirut and Belfast rules now apply in Iraq.

  • City Given Flag Flown Over Army Camp in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Polk County Democrat - Jul 13 6:20 AM
    A patriotic memento from an American soldier serving in Iraq is on display at city hall. Mayor Rosie Thornburg read a two-page letter from Sgt. Maj. Daniel E. Nichols, a Bartowan who has served in the Army for 24 years.

  • U.S. crew survives copter crash in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Syracuse.com - Jul 13 6:45 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed Thursday during a combat patrol southwest of Baghdad, but both pilots survived, the U.S. military said.

  • Kenya: Fate of Kenyan Stowaways in Iraq Unknown Open this result in new window
    AllAfrica.com - Jul 13 6:50 AM
    The fate of two Kenyan stowaways believed to have been dumped in Basra in the war-torn Iraq after they were found on a Brazilian ship in February was by yesterday still unknown.

  • Rumsfeld in Iraq to review deteriorating Baghdad security Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 12 5:00 AM
    US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has landed in Iraq unannounced to review the deteriorating security in Baghdad where dozens have been killed on an almost daily basis despite a massive troop crackdown.

  • Every pile of trash can be deadly to GIs in Iraq Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Jul 12 10:11 AM
    When U.S. soldiers take to the road, most pray they avoid the roadside bombs that seem to explode every day in Iraq.

  • Honoring 101st Soldiers Killed In Iraq Open this result in new window
    14 WFIE Evansville - Jul 13 11:03 AM
    101st troops killed in Iraq honored as homecoming approaches.

  • Army copter crashes in Iraq; crew survives Open this result in new window
    Syracuse.com - Jul 13 5:45 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed Thursday during a combat patrol southwest of Baghdad, but the two pilots survived, the U.S. military said.