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  • U.S. shifting troops in Iraq Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 2:13 PM
    U.S. officials say they have not written off Iraq's troubled Anbar province the country's largest, and one of its most violent but neither are they sending more U.S. troops there to battle the insurgents.

  • Local Man Returns From Iraq Open this result in new window
    WXII ThePiedmontChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 2:22 PM
    A local soldier is home after serving in Iraq and is seeing his infant son for the first time.

  • Tom Hayden: Withdraw from Iraq Or Carve iIt Up? Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - 6 minutes ago
    The big new buzz on Capitol Hill is partitioning Iraq into three ethnic enclaves, the thesis of a new book by Peter Galbraith who participating in carving up the Balkans a decade ago and who is an official consultant to the Kurdish community seeking independence from Iraq. So far presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Biden and, surprisingly, Rep. Maxine Waters, leader of the House Out of Iraq

  • Iraq developments on Friday, Sept. 15 Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 11:07 AM
    Iraq developments on Friday:

  • Documentary slams corporate profits in Iraq war Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 10:56 AM
    A new film uses the $45 six-pack of Coke to open another front in the political battle over Iraq, decrying what it calls profiteering and incompetence by defense contractors with the right political connections.

  • Poll: Iraq, Terror Connection Not Made Open this result in new window
    CBS News - 11 minutes ago
    An Associated Press poll found that Republicans haven't succeeded in convincing voters that the unpopular Iraq war is central to the anti-terror fight. But Republicans have drawn even on the question of who would best protect the country.

  • Contractors Sue Over Deaths In Iraq Open this result in new window
    CBS News - 11 minutes ago
    Heading to Baghdad Airport, a fuel convoy turned into an inferno, the largest single loss of American civilians in the Iraq war. But, in an exclusive report, Armen Keteyian reports that the contractors say it could have been prevented.

  • Iraq to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad Open this result in new window
    ABC News - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
    Iraq Forces Plan to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad to Try to Reduce Violence Occurring in City

  • Iraq to ring Baghdad with trenches Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 8:31 AM
    Iraq has said it will ring Baghdad with trenches and seal off dozens of roads leading in to the capital in a bid to restrict movements of insurgents.

  • Iraq to build trenches around Baghdad Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 8:01 AM
    Iraq has said it will dig trenches around Baghdad and seal off dozens of roads with access to the capital as a new security measure to restrict insurgent movements.

  • Real Link Between 9/11 and Iraq Revealed Open this result in new window
    The Nation via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 6:58 AM
    The Nation -- You've heard the President and Vice President say it over and over: There was a connection between the events of September 11, 2001 and Iraq. Let's take this seriously and consider some of the links between the two:

  • More than 100 bodies found in Iraq amid 'disaster' warning Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 5:39 AM
    More than 100 bullet-riddled corpses have been recovered from the streets of Baghdad over the past three days, officials said, amid a sharp spike in sectarian violence in Iraq.

  • Virtually dead in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Salon.com - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
    To protest the war in Iraq, a media artist infiltrates the U.S. Army's popular online video game and gets himself shot. While angry gamers, soldiers and even some peace activists call him a nuisance, others say his message hits home.

  • Wounded in Iraq: Shattered bodies, shattered lives Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Sep 15 4:39 AM
    "Ever seen someone have their chest cracked," one of the medics asked me on my first day in a combat hospital here in Iraq.

  • Public views Iraq, war on terror as separate Open this result in new window
    MSNBC - Sep 15 2:06 PM
    President Bush and Republicans want to convince voters the unpopular Iraq war is central in the anti-terror fight. Democrats argue they can win control of Congress if voters view Iraq - and the continued bloodshed there - on its own.

  • Iraq war's signature wound: Brain injury Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 4:19 AM
    Lance Cpl. Sam Reyes bears scars from three horrific attacks in Iraq, but his most debilitating wound cannot be seen.

  • Iraq soldier 'unlawfully killed' Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Sep 15 12:48 PM
    Four policemen were seen acting suspiciously near the scene of a roadside bomb which killed a Bradford soldier in Iraq.

  • Iraq developments on Friday, Sept. 15 Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
    Iraq developments on Friday: -- Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to deter insurgents and explosives-laden cars from entering the city of 6 million, the Interior Ministry said.

  • Tim Goodrich: Hope by way of Iraq Veterans for November! Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Sep 15 2:38 PM
    November of this year is important not only because it's election time, but also because it will mark the point where the war in Iraq has exceeded the length of U.S involvement in World War 2. Luckily, help is coming from an unexpected source: Iraq veterans. A few months ago, I had finished working on a congressional primary campaign here in California and was left wondering what to

  • Bush Defends Policy on Detainees, Iraq Strategy Open this result in new window
    NPR - Sep 15 3:19 PM
    President Bush defends the rules he wants to use in handling terror suspects in a news conference held in the White House Rose Garden. In addition, the president defended his administration's handling of the war in Iraq. But he also said he would be glad to have this November's mid-term elections decided on the performance of the U.S. economy.

  • Voters in poll view Iraq, war on terror as distinct Open this result in new window
    The State - 32 minutes ago
    WASHINGTON President Bush and Republicans want to convince voters the Iraq war is central in the anti-terror fight. Democrats argue they can win control of Congress if voters view Iraq and the continued bloodshed there on its own.

  • U.S. Soldier Missing in Iraq After Blast Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 15 12:34 PM
    U.S. Soldier Missing in Iraq, 1 Day After Suicide Truck Blast Kills 2 Troops, Wounds 30 Others

  • Will Voters Buy Shays's Iraq Reversal? Open this result in new window
    Newsweek - Sep 15 12:30 PM
    GOP Rep. Chris Shays is anxious to explain why he changed his position on Iraq. Will voters believe him?

  • Iraq To Dig Trenches Around Baghdad Open this result in new window
    CBS 2 New York - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
    Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior Ministry said Friday. CBS News Interactive: Postwar Iraq

  • Does 'appeasement' fit into the Iraq war debate? Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 1:00 AM
    It was perhaps the oddest word to be introduced into the heated debate over the war in Iraq. In a speech to the American Legion in Salt Lake City, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned against repeating the World War II mistake of "appeasement."

  • A General's Candor on Iraq Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Sep 14 10:46 PM
    Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus led the 101st Airborne Division during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the first year of the occupation. Then, for 15 months, he took charge of training and equipping Iraqi security forces, and he returned to the United States last year. Army insiders have said they believe...

  • In a Volatile Region of Iraq, U.S. Military Takes Two Paths Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Sep 14 10:16 PM
    AL-FURAT, Iraq -- With a biker's bandanna tied under his helmet, the Special Forces team sergeant gunned a Humvee down a desert road in Iraq's volatile Anbar province. Skirting the restive town of Hit, the team of a dozen soldiers crossed the Euphrates River into an oasis of relative calm: the rural heartland of the powerful Albu Nimr tribe.

  • Violent Week in Iraq Nears an End Open this result in new window
    NPR - Sep 15 2:26 PM
    All Things Considered , September 15, 2006 · It has been a particularly bloody week in Iraq, with sectarian violence intensifying in Baghdad even as U.S. forces continue a major operation aimed at stabilizing some of the capital's most violence-prone districts.

  • Iraq to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 15 8:49 AM
    Iraq Forces Plan to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad to Stop Terrorist's Infiltration of City

  • U.S. Soldier Missing in Iraq After Blast Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Sep 15 9:19 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A U.S. soldier was missing Friday, a day after a suicide truck bombing killed two soldiers and wounded another 30 west of Baghdad, U.S. military officials said.

  • In a Volatile Region of Iraq, U.S. Military Takes Two Paths Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Sep 14 9:16 PM
    AL-FURAT, Iraq -- With a biker's bandanna tied under his helmet, the Special Forces team sergeant gunned a Humvee down a desert road in Iraq's volatile Anbar province. Skirting the restive town of Hit, the team of a dozen soldiers crossed the Euphrates River into an oasis of relative calm: the rural...

  • Martinsville native returning to Iraq for duty Open this result in new window
    Mooresville/Decatur Times - 39 minutes ago
    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donald Byrer admits to being a little nervous about returning to Iraq, but says hed rather return five times than see what the United States has helped create be destroyed.

  • CIA Learned in '02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties, Report Says Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Sep 14 9:16 PM
    The CIA learned in late September 2002 from a high-level member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle that Iraq had no past or present contact with Osama bin Laden and that the Iraqi leader considered bin Laden an enemy of the Baghdad regime, according to a recent Senate Intelligence Committee report.

  • Iraq to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad Open this result in new window
    The Times and Democrat - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior Ministry said Friday.

  • Experimental drug given to British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 15 5:14 PM
    Experimental drug given to soldiers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • Bullet hits Japanese envoy's car in Iraq Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 8:06 PM
    An official vehicle carrying Japan's acting ambassador to Iraq was hit by a bullet on Thursday in Baghdad, but there were no injuries, the Foreign Ministry said.

  • School Streams Live Video Of Football Game For Soldier In Iraq Open this result in new window
    WSOC-TV 9 Charlotte - 59 minutes ago
    A father serving in Iraq got to see his son play in the North Lincoln high school game Friday night.

  • Experimental drug given to British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
    Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq are being treated with an experimental blood-clotting drug that has not been fully tested. Because randomised controlled trials have not yet been carried out into the drug's effectiveness, it is impossible to know whether it is doing more harm than good to patients.

  • Iraq official says Syrian help needed Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 6:25 PM
    Iraq will spend more on jobs and reconstruction to battle the insurgency in the restive west, but neighboring Syria must clamp down on terrorists crossing the border, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said Thursday.

  • Xavier Grad Killed In Iraq Open this result in new window
    WLWT ChannelCincinnati.com via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 7:51 PM
    A graduate of Xavier University has been killed while serving in Iraq.

  • Iraq to dig trenches around Baghdad Open this result in new window
    Syracuse.com - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior Ministry said Friday.

  • Paratrooper killed when helicopter was fired on in Iraq Open this result in new window
    WIS News 10 Columbia - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
    A soldier who was injured when his helicopter was fired on during combat in Iraq - has died.

  • Iraq War's Signature Wound: Brain Injury Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 15 5:20 AM
    Iraq War Veterans Battle War's Signature Wound: the Often Undetected Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Heidelberg-based 30th Medical Brigade ends its tour in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Stars and Stripes - Sep 15 2:52 PM
    BAGHDAD The Heidelberg, Germany-based 30th Medical Brigade is making its way home after turning over command of all U.S. military medical services in Iraq in a ceremony at the Al Faw Palace in Baghdad on Thursday, officials said Friday.

  • Another Fort Lewis soldier killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KING 5 Seattle - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
    Fort Lewis says 27-year-old Army Specialist David J. Ramsey was medically evacuated from Iraq on August 24 and died September 7 in Spanaway, Washington, from a non-combat related incident.

  • U-S soldier missing in Iraq after suicide truck bombing Open this result in new window
    KTRE-TV East Texas - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
    BAGHDAD, Iraq The U-S military says a soldier is missing after a suicide truck bombing yesterday killed two other troops.

  • Springhill soldier paralyzed in Iraq gets new home Open this result in new window
    KPLC - Sep 15 6:10 PM
    SPRINGHILL, La. A soldier from Springhill left paralyzed in the war in Iraq got the keys today to a new house that is handicapped accessible.

  • U.S. soldier missing in Iraq after suicide truck bombing Open this result in new window
    Boston Herald - Sep 15 1:19 PM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier was missing Friday, a day after a suicide truck bombing killed two soldiers and wounded another 30 west of Baghdad, U.S. military officials said. The soldier "has been reported...

  • Iraq Soldier's Bay Area Homecoming Open this result in new window
    CBS 5 Bay Area - Sep 15 5:36 PM
    A Marin County elementary school had tied a yellow ribbon around an oak tree in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Jim Wilmott. Friday, the school rolled out the red carpet for the father of three after his return from Iraq.

  • Another Fort Lewis Soldier Killed In Iraq Open this result in new window
    KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma - Sep 15 5:11 PM
    FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- The military said another Fort Lewis soldier who was deployed to Iraq has died. He's identified as Army Spc. David J. Ramsey, a 27-year-old from Tacoma.

  • 12 Americans Dead In Iraq Helicopter Crash Open this result in new window
    KXAN 36 Austin - Sep 15 4:44 PM
    Baghdad, Iraq -- It's the deadliest helicopter crash in Iraq in nearly a year. The U.S. military says a Black Hawk helicopter went down last night, killing all 12 Americans believed to have been aboard.

  • U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,676 Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 5:03 PM
    As of Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, at least 2,676 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 2,126 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

  • War in Iraq a strategic blunder, Massa tells St. Bona audience Open this result in new window
    The Bradford Era - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
    ST. BONAVENTURE Calling the occupation of Iraq the single largest strategic blunder in Western history, congressional candidate Eric Massa sounded his message Thursday evening at St. Bonaventure University.

  • Experimental drug given to British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 15 6:10 PM
    Veterans' groups criticise MoD for using soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan as 'guinea pigs' by treating them with experimental blood-clotting drug.

  • Democratic Party Proposals on Iraq Open this result in new window
    Foreign Relations - Sep 15 2:46 PM
    Democrats largely disagree with the Bush administrations handling of the war inIraqand its attempts to link Iraq with the wider war on terror. Yet they are divided on an alternate strategy, particularly one that does not paint them as soft on national security.

  • Soldier from Tacoma dies after returning from Iraq Open this result in new window
    KGW Portland - Sep 15 4:56 PM
    A soldier from Tacoma, Wash. died in his home state earlier this month, the Department of Defense said Friday. Spc. David J. Ramsey, 27, was medically evacuated from Iraq on Aug. 24 and died from a non-combat related incident on Sept. 7 in Spanaway, Wash., according to the DOD.

  • Military Still Searching For Missing Soldiers In Iraq Open this result in new window
    KXAN 36 Austin - Sep 15 3:45 PM
    There are new developments regarding the U.S. soldiers abducted in Iraq. Privates Kristian Menchaca, a 23-year-old from Houston, and 25-year-old Thomas Tucker of Oregon, were last seen on Friday during an attack on a roadside checkpoint south of Baghdad.

  • Perry, 3 Other Governors Travel To Iraq Open this result in new window
    KXAN 36 Austin - Sep 15 4:38 PM
    Governor Rick Perry and three other governors visited Iraq Tuesday to boost troops' morale. They also got a firsthand look at the situation facing their national guard units.

  • Magazine To Focus On Texans In Iraq War Open this result in new window
    KXAN 36 Austin - Sep 15 4:26 PM
    Now to the latest war in the region: the newest Texas Monthly Magazine has filled its pages with the countless Texas connections to the war in Iraq. Click on the video to see Evan Smith, editor of Texas Monthly, talk about the direction for this issue.

  • Should we still be in Iraq? Open this result in new window
    Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Sep 15 5:57 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?

  • Fort Bragg paratrooper killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Fayetteville Observer - Sep 15 3:40 PM
    A Fort Bragg paratrooper killed in Iraq was engaged to a captain in the Air Force and making the Army his career, the Ohio soldier's father said. Capt. Matthew Mattingly, 30, was killed Wednesday near Mosul when gunfire hit his OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter, the military said Thursday.

  • "Hurry Home" Messages from Iraq Open this result in new window
    14 WFIE Evansville - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
    Don't miss "Hurry Home": A rare look at everyday life in Iraq for our hometown troops, airing Saturday night at 7:00 PM on 14 WFIE. And get your sneak preview of "Hurry Home" - right here, right now, on 14wfie.com!

  • Iraq war to blame for mistrust in politicians Open this result in new window
    Evening Standard - Sep 15 3:18 PM
    Tony Blair's controversial decision to wage war against Iraq is one of the main reasons for a widespread erosion in trust in politicians, Britain's standards watchdog warned yesterday.

  • N.C.-based paratrooper killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    News 14 Carolina - Sep 15 3:06 PM
    REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- A paratrooper killed in Iraq was engaged to a captain in the Air Force and making the Army his career, the Ohio soldier's father said.

  • Marine Reservists welcomed home from Iraq Open this result in new window
    WALB News 10 - Sep 15 1:54 PM
    Albany -- Three Georgia Marine Reservists are back home after a seven month deployment to Iraq. Two of the reservists are brothers who served in the same Detachment in Iraq.

  • Iraq to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad Open this result in new window
    phillyburbs.com - Sep 15 8:49 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to try to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior Ministry said Friday.

  • Iraq War's Signature Wound: Brain Injury Open this result in new window
    Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Sep 15 1:46 PM
    PALO ALTO, Calif. - Lance Cpl. Sam Reyes bears scars from three horrific attacks in Iraq, but his most debilitating wound cannot be seen. He recovered from the chest wound delivered by a machine gun-toting insurgent and the bullet wound to his back that came during an ambush.

  • From fighting in Iraq to fighting fires Open this result in new window
    Community Press & Recorder - Sep 15 1:43 PM
    ALEXANDRIA -- U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. James Pape realized he was home when his wife and two children ran into his arms after he returned to the U.S. from Iraq, Aug. 28.

  • Bush says he learns lesssons from Vietnam in Iraq war Open this result in new window
    The Western Star - Sep 15 5:43 PM
    WASHINGTON President Bush says his leadership of the war in Iraq is informed by mistakes he believes were made in Vietnam. "I remember the tactical decisions being made out of the White House during that period of time," Bush told conservative columnists.

  • Shays Denies He Played Politics With Iraq Position Open this result in new window
    Hartford Courant - Sep 15 8:47 AM
    A sometimes defiant, sometimes rambling Chris Shays vigorously defended his record on Iraq Thursday, saying he was ready to lose the election on the issue - but not his credibility.

  • Marcus Cain killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KATC3 - Sep 15 5:37 PM
    The war in Iraq hits close to home. A soldier from Jennings is the latest casualty. Twenty-year-old Marcus Cain died in Baghdad Wednesday night. KATC's Diana Raphael spoke to his mother Friday.

  • Iran Says U.S. Departure Would Calm Iraq Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 14 10:35 PM
    Iran's Top Leader Says U.S. Withdrawal Is the Solution to End Instability in Iraq

  • Soldier from Kingston dies in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KJRH-TV Channel 2 Tulsa - Sep 15 1:08 PM
    KINGSTON, Okla. (AP) -- Another soldier from Oklahoma has died in Iraq. The family of U-S Army Sergeant Clint Williams of Kingston has been told by the military Williams was killed by a roadside bomb.

  • Marine, soldier die in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Navy Times - Sep 15 9:04 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq A Marine was killed Friday in Anbar province, just hours after a soldier was killed by a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad, the American military reported Friday.

  • Iraq plans road closures to help secure Baghdad Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 15 1:01 PM
    Iraq said it will dig trenches around Baghdad and seal off dozens of roads as a new security measure, after police retrieved 50 bodies in the 24 hours to Friday morning. That took the body count in the city for three days to at least 130, most shot in the head after being trussed and tortured, an Interior Ministry official said.

  • Five U-S soldiers killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Fox21 - Sep 15 1:07 PM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ Two U-S soldiers are dead and 25 wounded after a suicide bombing in Baghdad.The U-S military says the bomber was in a vehicle and hit west of the Iraqi capital.

  • U.S. soldier missing in Iraq Open this result in new window
    CNews - Sep 15 1:17 PM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A U.S. soldier was missing Friday, a day after a suicide truck bombing killed two soldiers and wounded another 30 west of Baghdad, U.S. military officials said.

  • Filkins, 'NYT' War Reporter: 'Anarchy' Curtails Reporting in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Editor & Publisher - Sep 15 12:17 PM
    NEW YORK Journalists are in danger everywhere in Iraq these days, making it nearly impossible to report, and it only seems to be getting worse, said New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins, speaking Thursday at the offices of the Committee to Protect Journalists in Manhattan.

  • Mideast Sees Iraq 'Disaster,' Annan Says Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 14 10:05 PM
    U.N. Secretary-General Annan Says Most Mideast Leaders Say Iraq Invasion Was 'A Real Disaster'

  • Army Capt. Matthew Mattingly, Xavier grad, killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Cincinnati Post - Sep 15 8:19 AM
    BEAVERCREEK - A Xavier University graduate has been killed in Iraq.

  • Tulsa police officer killed in Iraq is laid to rest Open this result in new window
    NewsChannel 10 Amarillo - Sep 15 12:18 PM
    TULSA, Okla. A Tulsa police officer who was killed in Iraq while serving as a U-S Marine was remembered today in Tulsa as a superhero. Thousands turned out...

  • Iraq to ring Baghdad with trenches Open this result in new window
    New Straits Times - Sep 15 9:55 AM
    Iraq has said it will ring Baghdad with trenches and seal off dozens of roads leading in to the capital in a bid to restrict movements of insurgents. He said checkpoints will be set up on the 28 roads on which access will be allowed.

  • Iraq to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad Open this result in new window
    RedNova - Sep 15 10:16 AM
    By REBECCA SANTANA BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior Ministry said Friday. To help halt that bloodshed, more U.S.

  • Jennings soldier killed Iraq soldier killed Open this result in new window
    KATC3 - Sep 15 4:52 PM
    In Jeff Davis a soldier from Jennings has died fighting in Iraq. Twenty-year-old Marcus Cain was killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad Wednesday night.

  • Two U.S. troops killed, 25 wounded in Iraq Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Sep 14 11:45 AM
    A suicide car bomber killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded 25 in Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. command said. The attack brought to five the number of Americans who have died in Iraq since Wednesday.

  • 30 Bodies in Iraq Show Signs of Torture Open this result in new window
    phillyburbs.com - Sep 15 6:22 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found 30 bodies bearing signs of torture Friday, the latest in a wave of sectarian killings sweeping the Iraqi capital despite a monthlong security operation.

  • Bombings, Mortar Attacks Kill 39 in Iraq Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 14 10:06 PM
    Bombings, Mortar Attacks in Iraq Kill 39; 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed; 65 Men Found Slain, Dumped

  • Xavier Grad Killed In Iraq Open this result in new window
    Channel Cincinnati - Sep 15 11:48 AM
    CINCINNATI -- A paratrooper killed in Iraq was engaged to a captain in the Air Force and making the Army his career, the Ohio soldier's father said. Capt. Matthew Mattingly, 30, was killed Wednesday near Mosul when gunfire hit his OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter, the military said Thursday.

  • Violence Rages in Iraq; 65 Bodies Found Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 14 9:51 PM
    Violence Rages Again in Iraq: 65 Men Found Tortured, Killed; Various Attacks Kill Another 30

  • CIA kept mum on Iraq intel Open this result in new window
    Denver Post - Sep 15 2:18 AM
    The CIA learned in late September 2002 from a high-level member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle that Iraq had no past or current contact with Osama bin Laden and that the Iraqi leader considered bin Laden an enemy of his regime,

  • One more time, a mission to Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sep 15 1:01 AM
    Three years ago, they were called up to serve in Iraq, in dangerous places such as Mosul and Hilla, south of Baghdad. Many of them came under sniper fire in convoys and were attacked by mortar rounds and rockets in their camps. Some were wounded. One was killed by a car bomb.

  • U-S soldier missing in Iraq after suicide truck bombing Open this result in new window
    KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Sep 15 11:25 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq The U-S military says a soldier is missing after a suicide truck bombing yesterday killed two other troops. The blast west of Baghdad wounded another 30 U-S...

  • Klein asserts Iraq hampers Shaw, U.S. Open this result in new window
    The Palm Beach Post - Sep 15 9:45 AM
    Running in a competitive district with a large Jewish population, Democratic congressional candidate Ron Klein said Thursday that America's ability to support Israel and fight terrorism has suffered because the U.S. is "mired" in Iraq.

  • Democrats assail Bush on Iraq, Iran Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 10:02 AM
    The leader of opposition Democrats in the US Senate stepped up his assault on President George W. Bush, warning Iraq had slumped into civil war and assailing the US refusal to engage Iran.

  • Death squads threaten Iraq's politics Open this result in new window
    Reuters - Sep 15 11:27 AM
    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sectarian death squads could bring the collapse of politics in Iraq, a top Sunni leader said on Thursday as police found a score of bodies dumped in the capital, raising the total to more than 80 in two days.

  • Japan vice foreign minister to join talks on Iraq, CTBT in N.Y. Open this result in new window
    Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 15 5:52 AM
    _ Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shintaro Ito will attend two separate foreign ministerial-level meetings next week in New York on the reconstruction of Iraq and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.

  • Local Marine wounded in Iraq is in Kuwait hospital Open this result in new window
    The Herald-Mail - Sep 15 2:44 PM
    U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan Breehl was in a hospital in Kuwait on Friday, a day after shrapnel struck him while he was on patrol in Habbaniyah, Iraq, said his mother, Melissa Custer.

  • Senate probes clash over CIA reports on Iraq arms Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 3:50 PM
    A U.S. Senate panel has begun an inquiry to determine what a top official in Saddam Hussein's government told the CIA about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in late 2002 as the Bush administration made its case for war.

  • In Iraq, Irans Arab Credentials Are Made Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - Sep 15 11:24 AM
    Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikis latest visit to Tehran was just another occasion to highlight that Iran is compromising its Arab credentials in Iraq, and to raise more questions about whether Tehran and Washington are in collusion or in collision in Baghdad than giving answers to Arabs who do care to have Islam as a unifying force between the Arab and Persian neighbouring nationalities

  • U.S. touts strikes against Iraq group Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 9:11 AM
    A senior member of al-Qaida in Iraq was killed during an operation in Baghdad this week carrying letters for Osama bin Laden and the new leader of the terror group's Iraqi offshoot, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday.