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Over 60 killed as Iraq violence escalates 
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Bombs killed more than 60 people and wounded more than 200 Sunday in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk a dramatic escalation of violence as U.S. and Iraqi forces crack down on Iraq's most feared Shiite militia.Bombings Kill at Least 66 in Iraq; Hussein Is Hospitalized After Fast Washington Post - 29 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, July 23 -- The start of a new week in war-torn Iraq closely resembled the worst days of the previous week, as two bombs in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood and a massive charge hidden in a car in the northern city of Kirkuk killed a total of at least 66 Iraqis on Sunday, police and military officials said.Bombings Kill at Least 66 in Iraq; Hussein Is Hospitalized After Fast Washington Post - 41 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, July 23 -- The start of a new week in war-torn Iraq closely resembled the worst days of the previous week, as two bombs in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood and a massive charge hidden in a car in the northern city of Kirkuk killed a total of at least 66 Iraqis on Sunday, police and military...Blasts Kill at Least 66 in Iraq; Ailing Hussein in Hospital Washington Post - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, July 23 -- The start of a new week in war-torn Iraq closely resembled the worst days of the previous week, as two bombs in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood and a massive charge hidden in a car in the northern city of Kirkuk killed a total of at least 66 Iraqis on Sunday, police and... 60 Killed In Northern Iraq Blasts CBS News - 1 minute ago
Bombs killed more than 60 people and wounded more than 200 in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk ? a dramatic escalation of violence as U.S. and Iraqi forces crack down on Iraq's most feared Shiite militia.Car bombs kill 62 in Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 10:29 AM
Car bombs killed at least 62 Iraqis on Sunday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prepared for a White House visit expected to focus on halting what many see as Iraq's accelerating slide toward all-out sectarian civil war.Bombs kill 64 as Iraq peace hopes rocked AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 7:58 AM
Bombers have killed at least 64 people, striking a bloody blow against Iraq's fledgling hopes for peace just one day after the government launched national reconciliation talks.Car bombs kill 56 in Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 7:36 AM
Car bombs killed nearly 60 Iraqis on Sunday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prepared for a White House visit expected to focus on halting what many see as Iraq's accelerating slide toward all-out sectarian civil war.Iraq to restart northern oil pipeline MSNBC - Jul 23 4:10 PM
Iraq has completed repairs to one of two sabotaged oil pipelines that export crude from its northern fields to Turkey and aims to restart the flow this week, Iraq s oil minister said on Sunday.Arianna Huffington: Congressional Winds of Change Over Iraq HuffingtonPost - Jul 23 4:19 PM
The Democratic leader in the Senate has finally uttered the truth . "There is a civil war going on in Iraq," said Harry Reid. (Sunday's New York Times carries an excellent op-ed by Nicholas Sambanis called " It's Official: There Is Now a Civil War in Iraq .") Reid acknowledged that he had been "somewhat gingerly approaching this" but promised, "no longer." Amen. It's about time. Iraq peace hopes rocked as bombs kill 63 AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 4:42 AM
Bombers have struck a bloody blow against Iraq's fledgling hopes for peace, killing at least 63 people just one day after the government launched national reconciliation talks.Second batch of Japanese troops returns from Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 5:02 AM
The second batch of Japanese troops has returned home from Iraq after the nation's first significant military operation since World War II.Iraq car bombs kill 56 people Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 3:36 AM
Car bombs killed at least 56 people in Iraq on Sunday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prepared for a White House visit expected to focus on easing violence that has raised doubts over his reconciliation efforts.Documentary Brings Real Iraq War Home CBS News - Jul 23 2:28 PM
Some may feel that the war in Iraq is best viewed from Manhattan penthouses and Washington staterooms, but The Weekly Standard prefers viewing Iraq from the perspective of the "grunts" on the ground. A new documentary now gives us the chance.Group: U.S. military urged abuse in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 4:23 AM
The group Human Rights Watch said in a report released Sunday that U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of detainees in Iraq, even after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal called attention to the issue in 2004.Iraq murder case sparks dispute over soldiers' orders International Herald Tribune - Jul 23 7:09 AM
On the morning of May 9, a group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division arrived in a remote desert area of western Iraq for a dangerous mission: taking out an insurgent training camp. What happened then has become the subject of intense dispute.Car bombs in Iraq kill more than 50 Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 2:25 AM
A car bomb killed 36 civilians and wounded 72 in a Shi'ite district of east Baghdad on Sunday, a day after an inaugural meeting to start reconciling Iraq's rival factions produced little tangible result.Iraq's demons Times Online - Jul 23 5:55 PM
Lebanon has supplanted Iraq in the headlines. But Iraq, where the daily death toll exceeds that in Lebanon, Gaza and Israel combined, is the grimmer battleground. Yesterday s car-bombs in Baghdad and Kirkuk killed and wounded more than 200 Iraqis.A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq Boston Globe - Jul 23 3:17 PM
As of Sunday, July 23, 2006, at least 2,564 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 2,026 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.In Iraq, Military Forgot the Lessons of Vietnam Washington Post - Jul 22 9:16 PM
The real war in Iraq -- the one to determine the future of the country -- began on Aug. 7, 2003, when a car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy, killing 11 and wounding more than 50.82nd to leave for duty in Iraq Fayetteville Observer - 44 minutes ago
The Pentagon is moving ahead with scheduled troop deployments to Iraq next month including soldiers from Fort Bragg as the U.S. military struggles to gain control of the escalating violence in Baghdad, according to a senior defense official.Iraq car bombs kill at least 62 as Saddam is fed by tube after 16-day hunger strike Financial Times - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Car bombs killed at least 62 people in Iraq yesterday, while a senior Iraqi prosecutor was reported as saying that Saddam Hussein, the deposed president, was receiving medical treatment after 16 days on hunger strike.In Iraq, Military Ignored Lessons of Vietnam Washington Post - Jul 22 7:44 PM
The real war in Iraq -- the one to determine the future of the country -- began on Aug. 7, 2003, when a car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy, killing 11 and wounding more than 50. On the morning of Aug. 14, 2003, Capt. William Ponce, an officer in the "Human Intelligence Effects... In...System, Korn, Staind Don't Mind Their Music Being Used In Iraq Soldiers' MTV Asia - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
Just as Vietnam was called the first TV war, the current conflict in Iraq could be remembered as the first viral-video war.Pentagon Moves Ahead With Iraq Deployments Journal Gazette & Times Courier - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is moving ahead with scheduled troop deployments to Iraq next month as the U.S. military struggles to gain control of the escalating violence in Baghdad, according to a senior defense official.Detainee abuse in Iraq routine and authorised: rights group AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 22 7:25 PM
Prisoners in US custody in Iraq face routine torture even after the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal, with military leaders taking little or no action to curb abuses, according to a human rights group.Over 60 killed, scores wounded in Iraq Syracuse.com - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Bombs killed more than 60 people and wounded more than 200 Sunday in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk a dramatic escalation of violence as U.S. and Iraqi forces crack down on Iraq's most feared Shiite militia.Soldier fined, reduced in rank for hitting woman soon after his return from Iraq Stars and Stripes - Jul 23 3:27 PM
MANNHEIM, Germany Pfc. Kevin B. Miller was found guilty Friday of assaulting a German woman in a Mannheim-area club last December about 12 hours after he returned from a 12- month deployment to Iraq.Iraq as a political project is finished, says senior minister Independent - Jul 23 4:28 PM
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, meets Tony Blair in London today as violence in Iraq reaches a new crescendo and senior Iraqi officials say the break up of the country is inevitable.Car bombs kill 62 in Iraq The Age - Jul 23 2:22 PM
Car bombs have killed at least 62 Iraqis as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prepared for a White House visit expected to focus on halting what many see as Iraq's accelerating slide toward all-out sectarian civil war.Soldier killed in western Iraq's Anbar province KVOA Tucson - Jul 23 6:35 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq U-S military officials say an American soldier has died due to "enemy action" in western Iraq.Iraq: Top Cleric Calls for Peace as Many Try to Flee OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News - Jul 22 5:33 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 22 (OneWorld) - Iraq's most revered Shi'ite cleric called for an end to sectarian violence Friday, just days after separate announcements declared that, on average, 100 Iraqi civilians died every day in May and June and more than a 1,000 fled their homes each day over the past five months.High-Ranking Sunni Arab Lawmaker Says That Americans Should Leave Iraq New York Times - Jul 22 5:47 PM
The speaker of the Iraqi Parliament likened the U.S. invasion of Iraq to the work of butchers and demanded that the U.S. stay out of Iraqi politics.1,000 N.C.-Based Marines Headed To Iraq WXII-TV Winston-Salem - Jul 23 6:18 PM
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- About 1,000 Camp Lejeune Marines are leaving next week for Iraq, where another Lejeune-based battalion now is deployed. The Marines from the 2nd Marine Division are expected to begin flights out of the country on Monday.Group: U.S. Military Urged Abuse in Iraq ABC News - Jul 23 4:42 AM
Human Rights Group Report Claims Abuse of Iraq Prisoners Continued After Abu GhraibBombers kill 64 in Iraq The Peninsula - Jul 23 5:54 PM
baghdad Bombers killed at least 64 people yesterday, striking a bloody blow against Iraq s fledgling hopes for peace just one day after the government launched national reconciliation talks.More than 60 dead in Iraq as sectarian killing continues CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 23 12:50 PM
While the world's attention is fixed on Lebanon, the violence is unabated in Iraq, where bomb blasts in Baghdad and the northern oil centre of Kirkuk killed more than 60 people on Sunday.Roundup: Car bombs kill dozens across Iraq, Saddam hospitalized People's Daily - Jul 23 5:49 PM
Car bombs across Iraq killed at least 57 on Sunday, further inflaming tensions, while former President Saddam Hussein was hospitalized after a 16-day-long hunger strike.Bombers strike blow to Iraq peace efforts Independent Online - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
Bombers have killed 64 people in a crowded market in Sadr City, striking a bloody blow against Iraq's fledgling hopes for peace just one day after the government launched national reconciliation talks.Eighty guard troops prepare for departure to Iraq WCAX 3 - Jul 23 4:07 PM
COLCHESTER, Vt. -- Eighty Vermont National Guard soldiers were trying to pack in some extra summer fun with their families in recent days as they prepared for a deployment to Iraq that could last 18 months.A full-blown civil war raging in Iraq News From Bangladesh - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago
Whether one realizes it or not, Iraq is in the middle of a full-blown civil war. And no body in Washington gives a damn about it. Not a single day passes by that we do not hear the news of 70-100 Iraqi citizens dying needlessly. Who are the dead? The answer is both Sunni and Shiite Iraqis.Iraq Car Bombs Kill at Least 56 Fox 6 News San Diego - Jul 23 3:28 PM
Bomb blasts in Baghdad and Kirkuk, Iraq Sunday killed at least 56 people and injured scores of others.Remember the argument the American President used to launch Iraq war that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein is crucial Al Jazeera - Jul 23 2:41 PM
Look at the current situation in Iraq, which has become the scene of daily bloodshed and relentless attacks.Car Bombings Kill More Than 60 in Iraq phillyburbs.com - Jul 23 10:28 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Bombs exploded Sunday in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk, killing more than 60 people and dramatically escalating tension as the prime minister left for Washington for talks on reversing the country's slide toward civil war.Car bombs kill 56 in Iraq Independent Online - Jul 23 6:09 PM
Car bombs have killed nearly 60 Iraqis as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prepares for a White House visit expected to focus on halting what many see as Iraq's accelerating slide towards all-out sectarian civil war.A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq The Daily Comet - Jul 23 3:06 PM
As of Sunday, July 23, 2006, at least 2,564 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.Bombs kill 64 across Iraq Middle East Online - Jul 23 2:43 PM
Baghdad has fallen prey to rising tide of sectarian attacks as peace hopes have been rocked in Iraq.Car bombs kill 56 in Iraq The Australian - Jul 23 11:59 AM
CAR bombs killed nearly 60 Iraqis today as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prepared for a White House visit expected to focus on halting what many see as Iraq's accelerating slide towards all-out sectarian civil war.Maryland soldier dies of wounds sustained in Iraq Baltimore Sun - Jul 23 9:46 AM
Injuries occurred on July 16 during combat operations A 22-year-old Army soldier from Southern Maryland died Friday in a U.S. military hospital in Germany - five days after being injured in the explosion of an improvised bomb in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced yesterday. Soldier killed in western Iraq's Anbar province Fort Wayne News Channel 15 - Jul 23 1:17 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq U-S military officials say an American soldier has died due to "enemy action" in western Iraq. They say the soldier was killed during combat operations yesterday.Bombings Kill at Least 66 in Iraq Washington Post - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
Deadly strikes hit Baghdad and Kirkuk; Hussein hospitalized after three-week hunger strike.Car bombs kill 60 in Iraq ahead of PM's visits to America, Britain The Daily Star Lebannon - Jul 23 1:35 PM
Car bombs killed nearly 60 Iraqis Sunday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prepared for a White House visit expected to focus on halting what many see as Iraq's accelerating slide toward all-out sectarian civil war. Maliki left Sunday on his first official visit to Britain and the United States. He was to meet with officials in London Monday before.Rights Group: Abuse Of Iraq Prisoners Continued After Abu Ghraib Local6.com Central Florida - Jul 23 8:48 AM
NEW YORK -- The group Human Rights Watch says U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of detainees in Iraq, even after Abu Ghraib. In a report released Sunday, the group says between 2003 and 2005, prisoners were were routinely mistreated.Talabani: Iraq Shouldn't Be Launchpad For Turkey Attacks Kurdish Media - Jul 23 3:07 PM
BAGHDAD (AP) - President Jalal Talabani said Iraqi territory should not be used to launch attacks against Turkey but insisted that Iraq's sovereignty should be respected.Report: U.S. policy led to Iraq insurgency UPI - Jul 23 12:44 PM
WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. method of pacifying Iraq after Saddam Hussein's fall actually may have spurred an anti-American insurgency, The Washington Post reported Sunday.Car bombs kill at least 56 in Iraq Financial Times - Jul 23 10:18 AM
Car bombs killed at least 56 people in Iraq on Sunday, while a senior Iraqi prosecutor was reported as saying that Saddam Hussein, the deposed president, was receiving medical treatment after 16 days on hunger strike.Iraq announces peace plan, refuses foreign interference AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 22 9:29 AM
Iraq held the first meeting of a homegrown peace initiative, with the country's top leaders vowing to reconcile the warring factions amid protests over US meddling.Iraq PM to urge U.S. to work for a cease-fire in Lebanon USA Today - Jul 22 9:19 AM
Iraq's prime minister said Saturday he will urge U.S. officials to work for a cease-fire in Lebanon during his visit to Washington, saying Israel's "hostile acts" adversely affect the entire the Middle East.New deployment of troops to Iraq New York Daily News - Jul 23 1:17 AM
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon, which considered canceling or delaying deployment of fresh troops to Iraq, has decided to send the new round of troop deployments on schedule.Iraq torture linked to top military The Age - Jul 23 7:10 AM
Prisoners in US custody in Iraq faced routine torture even after the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal, with military leaders taking little or no action to curb abuses. -ANALYSIS - Iraq PM's visit may be reality check in Washington Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Jul 23 4:22 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - With concern on the Middle East focused on Lebanon, this week's visit to Washington by Iraq's prime minister may offer U.S. policymakers a timely reminder of how deeply troubled their project in Iraq has become.Dozens killed in bombings in Iraq; more deaths in Kirkuk News 8 Austin - Jul 23 9:47 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Dozens more people are dead in car bombings in Iraq today.Dozens Killed In Bombings In Iraq Local6.com Central Florida - Jul 23 5:03 AM
Dozens more people are dead in car bombings in Iraq Sunday.Car Bombs in Iraq Kill Dozens Ahead of Maliki-Bush Meeting The Moscow Times - Jul 23 12:56 PM
BAGHDAD -- Bombs exploded Sunday in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk, killing more than 60 people, police said, and dramatically escalating tension as Iraq's prime minister left for Washington for talks on reversing the country's slide toward civil war.64 killed in Iraq bomb attacks The Herald - Jul 23 3:34 PM
Baghdad. Bombers have killed at least 64 people, striking a bloody blow against Iraq s fledgling hopes for peace just one day after the government launched national reconciliation talks.Soldier killed in western Iraq's Anbar province KBCI Boise - Jul 23 1:37 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq U-S military officials say an American soldier has died due to "enemy action" in western Iraq. They say the soldier was killed during combat operations yesterday. The soldier was assigned to the First Brigade, First Armored Division.70 killed in Iraq blasts Gulf Daily News - Jul 23 2:59 PM
BAGHDAD: Bombs killed more than 64 people and wounded over 200 yesterday in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk - a dramatic escalation of violence as US and Iraqi forces crack down on Iraq's most feared Shi'ite militia.Iraq aims for peace, denounces foreign meddling Business Day - Jul 23 9:30 AM
BAGHDAD Iraq held the first meeting of a homegrown peace initiative Saturday, with the country s top leaders vowing to reconcile the warring factions amid protests over US meddling.70 killed in Iraq blasts Gulf Daily News - Jul 23 2:58 PM
BAGHDAD: Bombers killed at least 70 people yesterday, striking a bloody blow against Iraq's fledgling hopes for peace just one day after the government launched national reconciliation talks.Suicide bomber in Iraq kills 59 Tiscali - Jul 23 10:26 AM
KUFA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber pulled his van into a busy market on Tuesday, lured labourers with job offers and blew himself up, killing scores in one of the worst attacks in Iraq since the new government was installed in April.Car bomb kills 15 outside northern Iraq courthouse AFP via Yahoo!7 News - Jul 23 2:45 AM
KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) - A car bomb has killed 15 people and injured 50 more, 30 of them seriously, outside a courthouse in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk..Suicide bomber kills 59 in Iraq Tiscali - Jul 23 10:26 AM
KUFA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 59 people in a crowded Iraqi market on Tuesday after luring Shi ite day labourers aboard his minivan with an offer of casual work.Car bombs kill more than 50 in Iraq The Age - Jul 23 2:52 AM
A car bomb killed 36 civilians and wounded 72 in a Shi'ite district of east Baghdad, a day after an inaugural meeting to start reconciling Iraq's rival factions produced little tangible result.Iraq peace hopes rocked, bombs kill 63 The Australian - Jul 23 4:29 AM
BOMBERS struck a bloody blow against Iraq's fledgling hopes for peace today, killing at least 63 people just a day after the Government launched national reconciliation talks.Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein is in hospital due to the effects of a hunger-strike and will not be able attend ABC Asia Pacific - Jul 23 7:36 AM
He was due to appear before judges at the latest hearing in his trial for the alleged killings of 148 members of Iraq's Shi'ite community following an attempt on his life in 1982.Iraq peace hopes rocked as bombs kill 63 Khaleej Times - Jul 23 6:14 AM
BAGHDAD - Bombers struck a bloody blow against Iraq s fledgling hopes for peace on Sunday, killing at least 63 people just one day after the government launched national reconciliation talks.U.S. deaths in Iraq The Plain Dealer - Jul 23 2:09 AM
As of Saturday, at least 2,562 members of the U.S. military had died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven Defense Department civilians.Bill Katovsky: Fighting Words: Calling it a Civil War in Iraq will help Democrats. HuffingtonPost - Jul 22 4:18 PM
"The situation with sectarian violence in Baghdad is very serious," said Gen. John P. Abizaid of the Army, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, on Friday, while defending the decision to pour more American troops into the Iraqi capital. The day before, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said that "that there is a civil war going on in Iraq." He wants to reopen the war debate on the Senate War-torn Iraq is brought to the stage Independent - Jul 23 5:59 AM
In the cavernous Glasgow rehearsal halls of Scottish Opera, Gregory Burke's new play Black Watch, about the legendary Scottish regiment's involvement in Iraq, is taking shape. Ten men are booting a football about, their voices echoing, while a few people idle behind trestle tables piled with papers. Is this an insight into the endless ennui of "our boys" in the Iraqi desert? No, just some idling Iraq prisoner abuse 'routine and organised' Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Jul 23 6:02 AM
A new report by US pressure group Human Rights Watch says American forces in Iraq continued to torture and abuse detainees after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in 2004.Group: U.S. Military Urged Abuse in Iraq Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Jul 23 1:10 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - The group Human Rights Watch said in a report released Sunday that U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of detainees in Iraq, even after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal called attention to the issue in 2004. Between 2003 and 2005, prisoners were routinely physically mistreated, deprived of sleep and exposed to extreme temperatures as part of the interrogation Almost 60 dead as Iraq violence flares Daily Telegraph - Jul 23 3:54 AM
Around 60 people have been killed in car bomb attacks in Iraq as the country's prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, prepares for a White House visit to discuss mounting violence.Dozens Killed In Bombings In Iraq Fox 12 Oregon - Jul 23 5:00 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two American soldiers were killed Saturday in Baghdad, seven Shiite construction workers were gunned down and five Sunni civilians were blown up, deepening the capital's security crisis.Second batch of Japanese troops returns from Iraq TODAYonline - Jul 23 5:23 AM
A Japanese soldier directs a truck loaded with military equipment as they start leaving their base in Samawa, July 15. The second batch of Japanese troops has returned home from Iraq after the nation's first significant military operation since World War II.Iraq car bombs kill at least 56 UPI - Jul 23 4:44 AM
BAGHDAD, July 23 (UPI) -- Bomb blasts in Baghdad and Kirkuk, Iraq Sunday killed at least 56 people and injured scores of others. A suicide bomber in a crowded Baghdad market killed at least 36 people and left 72 injured, police said.(AFX UK Focus) 2006-07-23 15:58 GMT: Iraq's hunger-striking Saddam in hospital Interactive Investor - Jul 23 8:27 AM
BAGHDAD (AFX) - Iraq's ousted president Saddam Hussein was admitted to hospital today suffering from the effects of his hunger-strike, chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Musawi told AFP.Violence Breaks Brief Calm In Iraq CBS News - 1 minute ago
Seven Shiite workers were gunned down in a religiously mixed area of west Baghdad, and explosions in the heart of the capital shattered a one-day calm after a ban on private vehicles expired.Maryland soldier dies of wounds sustained in Iraq Baltimore Sun - Jul 23 12:42 AM
A 22-year-old Army soldier from Southern Maryland died Friday in a U.S. military hospital in Germany - five days after being injured in the explosion of an improvised bomb in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced yesterday. Over 60 Killed As Iraq Violence Escalates ABC News - 21 minutes ago
Bombs in Baghdad, Kirkuk Kill More Than 60, Wound More Than 200 As Prime Minister Leaves for U.S.At least 62 killed in Iraq bombings, raids New Kerala - Jul 23 10:20 AM
Baghdad: At least 62 people were killed and 177 injured in attacks across Iraq Sunday, police, medical sources and eyewitnesses said. A car bombing in front of a judicial building in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Sunday killed 23 people and injured 103 others, a medical source said.Iraq parliament speaker calls for US withdrawal AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 22 2:43 AM
Iraq's parliament speaker Mahmud Mashhadani bitterly criticized US forces in Iraq, accusing them of "butchery" and demanded that they pull out of the country.Iraq bombs kill more than 60 Gulf News - Jul 23 6:12 AM
Iraq: Car bombs exploding in Iraq on Sunday have killed more than 60 people, said police.U.S.-EMBEDDED TRAINERS IMPROVE IRAQ ARMY Middle East Newsline - Jul 23 3:52 AM
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has assessed that its trainers have significantly improved the Iraq Army. Officials said U.S. trainers embedded in the Iraq Army have improved every level of Baghdad's military and security forces.Iraq prime minister calls for a cease-fire Telegraph - Jul 23 6:40 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraq's prime minister said Saturday he will urge U.S. officials to work for a cease-fire in Lebanon during his visit to Washington, saying Israel's "hostile acts" adversely affect the entire the Middle East.Bob Richter: Corte has some good-news stories out of Iraq worth telling San Antonio Express News - Jul 22 9:52 PM
The New York Times came into our backyard recently and snatched a good story from the Express-News. Actually, it wasn't our backyard; it was a tougher neighborhood Al Anbar province in Iraq. But the linchpin of reporter Dexter Filkins' story was a San Antonio Marine, businessman and state lawmaker, Col. Frank Corte.ANOTHER FIL AM SOLDIER KILLED IN US WAR IN IRAQ The Filipino Express - Jul 23 8:20 AM
SAN FRANCISCO, California -- Another Filipino American has become a casualty of the United States war in Iraq. Army Spc. 4 Christopher D. Rose, 21, a third-generation military man, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad on Thursday, July 6.50 killed in Iraq bomb blasts u.tv - Jul 23 5:55 AM
More than 50 people have been killed in separate bomb attacks in Iraq. At least 34 people died when a bomb exploded at a crowded market in the Sadr City area of Baghdad.Destination Iraq Springfield sends off Guard unit The Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Jul 23 12:06 AM
SPRINGFIELD -- Members of the 131st Engineering Unit of the Vermont National Guard left their hometowns early Saturday morning for training in Wisconsin. Their final destination is Iraq. ... - By SUSAN SMALLHEER Staff WriterMaryland soldier dies after being injured in Iraq ABC 2 Baltimore - Jul 23 5:52 AM
LEXINGTON PARK, Md. - A Maryland soldier has died from injuries he sustained during combat in Iraq, the Pentagon said Saturday. Cpl. Matthew P. Wallace, of Lexington Park, died Friday at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq Boston Globe - Jul 22 4:17 PM
As of Saturday, July 22, 2006, at least 2,562 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 2,026 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.