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  • Army recommends death in Iraq slayings Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
    An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty if convicted, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.

  • GIs who lost limbs in Iraq learn to surf Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
    As a child of 1970s California, Derek McGinnis felt that riding waves was like a birthright, and losing his left leg to a suicide bomber in Iraq wasn't going to stop him from surfing again.

  • Iraq, US at odds over military handover Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 3:57 PM
    The United States and Iraq were at odds on Saturday over the transfer of operational control of Iraq's military to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, forcing a delay of a handover ceremony.

  • U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 2,643 Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 3:59 PM
    As of Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at least 2,643 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 2,102 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

  • Bush: Iraq has not fallen into civil war Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 11:01 AM
    President Bush on Saturday kept up his pre-election offensive on Iraq despite a new Pentagon report describing a deteriorating security situation there.

  • No civil war in Iraq: Bush Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 9:55 AM
    US President George W. Bush denied that Iraq was in the grips of civil war, despite a Pentagon assessment that the core conflict there is now "a struggle between Sunni and Shia extremists."

  • AP: Four soldiers face death penalty for Iraq raid Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Sep 02 12:01 PM
    PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) -- An Army investigator has recommended the death penalty for four soldiers accused of murder during a raid in Iraq.

  • Death penalty urged for soldiers accused of murder in Iraq Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Sep 02 11:46 AM
    An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.

  • Asian pilgrims killed as Bush denies civil war in Iraq Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 9:10 AM
    Insurgents slaughtered 14 Shiite pilgrims from south Asia and more than 20 Iraqis, as US President George W. Bush insisted Iraq was not in the grip of civil war.

  • Bush: Iraq Has Not Fallen Into Civil War Open this result in new window
    ABC News - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
    Bush Acknowledges Continuing Violence in Iraq but Says Country Hasn't Descended Into Civil War

  • Pakistani, Indian pilgrims slain in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 8:27 AM
    Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shi'ite pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq's western desert, police said on Saturday, victims of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites that threatens civil war.

  • Pentagon: Violence In Iraq Rising Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Sep 02 6:16 PM
    Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq, and the security problems have become more complex than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, a Pentagon report says. The report says illegal militias have become more entrenched, especially in Baghdad.

  • No civil war in Iraq: Bush Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 8:11 AM
    US President George W. Bush has said that early results of a Baghdad security crackdown were "encouraging" and denied that Iraq was in the grips of civil war.

  • Bush encouraged by Iraq work Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Sep 02 7:06 AM
    President Bush on Saturday kept up his pre-election offensive on Iraq despite a new Pentagon report describing a deteriorating security situation there. Initial results from a new campaign to improve security in Baghdad are encouraging, Bush said, and insurgents have not created a full-blown civil war.

  • Bush disputes Iraq in civil war, says Iraqis want peace Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Sep 02 7:16 AM
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- A day after a Pentagon report described spreading sectarian violence and increasingly complex security problems in Iraq, President Bush painted a rosier picture.

  • Iraq PM to axe four cabinet ministers Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 5:40 AM
    Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that four of his ministers are expected to lose their jobs in an imminent reshuffle of his embattled government.

  • Planning error delays U.S.-Iraq military handover Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 5:13 AM
    A much-anticipated ceremony to transfer operational command from U.S-led forces to Iraq's new army was postponed on Saturday at the last minute amid confusion, a U.S. military spokesman said, citing poor planning.

  • Connecticut's Shays on Iraq, Election Battle Open this result in new window
    NPR - Sep 02 3:48 PM
    All Things Considered , September 2, 2006 · Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) is in a tough re-election fight. He initially opposed a timeline for withdrawing from Iraq, but now he's proposing that the U.S. should have a "clear timeline" for Iraq to take over security.

  • Connecticut's Shays on Iraq, Election Battle Open this result in new window
    NPR - Sep 02 3:45 PM
    Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) is in a tough re-election fight. He initially opposed a timeline for withdrawing from Iraq, but now he's proposing that the U.S. should have a "clear timeline" for Iraq to take over security.

  • Shiite spiritual leader warns Iraq PM on security Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 4:01 AM
    The spiritual head of the Shiite faith urged Iraq's prime minister to put an end to sectarian violence or risk seeing unofficial groups take security into their own hands.

  • Fourteen pilgrims killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 4:01 AM
    Fourteen South Asian pilgrims were ambushed and killed on their way to Shi'ite Muslim sites in Iraq, hospital, police and army sources said on Saturday.

  • Town Backs Kurds Who Sent Money Back to Iraq Open this result in new window
    NPR - Sep 02 3:40 PM
    Residents of Harrisonburg, Va., are rallying to support four Kurdish refugees who live in their town. The four were convicted of violating the Patriot Act for sending money to their families in northern Iraq.

  • Iraq on edge as Pentagon warns of civil war Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 1:15 AM
    A ceremony to mark the inauguration of Iraq's new military command, which had been due to take place has been postponed for at least a day, a US spokesman said as a report from the Pentagon warned that the country was close to falling into sectarian war.

  • Fourteen south Asian pilgrims killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 2:37 AM
    Insurgents dragged 11 Pakistanis and three Indians off a bus crossing the desert in central Iraq and shot them dead at close range, officials said.

  • Iraq military handover ceremony delayed Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 1:47 AM
    Authorities postponed a highly anticipated ceremony Saturday in which Iraq's Defense Ministry was to assume operational control of the country's armed forces from the U.S.-led coalition.

  • Abu Ghraib now under Iraq's control Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 1:31 AM
    Iraq has regained control of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, known for a prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. troops, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Saturday.

  • Farmington soldier killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sep 02 4:08 PM
    Army Staff Sgt. Michael Deason was killed in Iraq on Thursday in a roadside attack on his Humvee, his family reports. Deason, 28, of Farmington, leaves a wife and two children.

  • Pentagon Cites Spike In Violence in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Sep 01 10:42 PM
    Rising sectarian bloodshed has pushed violence in Iraq to its highest level in more than two years, and preventing civil war is now the most urgent mission of the growing contingent of 140,000 U.S. troops in the country, according to a new Pentagon report released yesterday.

  • Conditions for civil war exist in Iraq: Pentagon Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 10:54 PM
    The core conflict in Iraq has changed from a battle against insurgents to an increasingly bloody fight between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims, creating conditions that could lead to civil war, the Pentagon said in a report on Friday.

  • Iraq Women Treasure Map-Shaped Necklaces Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Sep 02 9:57 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Roba al-Asaly fingers the sliver of gold on her necklace and explains that it reminds her of a place "that's not there anymore."

  • Iraq on brink of civil war: Pentagon report Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 9:21 PM
    The conflict in Iraq has all the makings of a civil war, which can nonetheless be avoided, according to a new US Defense Department report to Congress.

  • Pentagon gives gloomy Iraq report Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 9:00 PM
    Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the security problems have become more complex than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, a Pentagon report said Friday.

  • US hands over Abu Ghraib to Iraq Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Sep 02 7:18 AM
    The US military formally hands over control of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad to Iraq.

  • Death Penalty Recommended in Iraq Raid Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 02 12:41 PM
    An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. Lt. Col. James P. Daniel Jr. concluded that the slayings were...

  • Army: Death penalty warranted in Iraq killings Open this result in new window
    Houston Chronicle - Sep 02 12:13 PM
    An Army investigator has recommended capital murder charges for four soldiers accused of killing three men during a May raid in Iraq.

  • Hundreds mourn soldier killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Des Moines Register - Sep 02 4:18 PM
    Orange City, Ia. Army Pfc. William Thorne, who was killed Aug. 24 by a roadside bomb in Iraq, was described today as a God-fearing and brave man...

  • Army Recommends Death in Iraq Slayings Open this result in new window
    RedNova - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
    By ALICIA A. CALDWELL An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty if convicted, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. Lt. Col. James P. Daniel Jr.

  • No civil war in Iraq, insists Bush - but Pentagon differs Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 02 5:29 PM
    President Bush yesterday denied that Iraq was plunging into civil war, just a day after the Pentagon painted a bloody picture of a nation caught in a spiral of increasing violence.

  • E-N reporter, new mom, preps for husband's Iraq deployment Open this result in new window
    San Antonio Express News - Sep 02 3:54 PM
    Editor's note: Over the past five years, Express-News staff writer Michelle Koidin Jaffee has written about San Antonio families, relaying stories of courage, strength and heartache. Now Jaffee has her own story to share. With newborn twins at home and a husband headed to Iraq, Jaffee's experiences in the coming months are sure to parallel those of many in Military City, U.S.A.

  • Iraq on brink of civil war: Pentagon Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 02 12:25 PM
    The conflict in Iraq has all the makings of a civil war, which can nonetheless be avoided, according to a US Defence Department report to congress published today. -

  • Tucson sailor killed by roadside bomb in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KVOA Tucson - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago
    A sailor from Tucson was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Sunday. Chadwick T. Kenyon, 20, was driving in a military vehicle during combat operations in Al Anbar province, authorities said.

  • Armoured cars sold on cheap save lives in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Scotland on Sunday - Sep 02 4:24 PM
    PERSONNEL from an American private security company are riding round Iraq protected by heavily armoured vehicles originally bought with millions of pounds of British taxpayers' money.

  • 14 Pakistani pilgrims murdered in Iraq desert Open this result in new window
    Scotland on Sunday - Sep 02 4:23 PM
    FOURTEEN South Asian pilgrims were ambushed and killed on their way to Shi'ite Muslim sites in Iraq.

  • Bush denies there's civil war in Iraq Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Sep 02 6:37 PM
    U.S. President George W. Bush denied on Saturday there was a civil in Iraq, despite a Pentagon report admitted a day earlier that sectarian violence was spreading in the war-torn country and that the overall attacks and daily Iraqi civilian casualties had increased significantly.

  • Democrats return fire over Iraq Open this result in new window
    Chicago Tribune - Sep 02 3:29 AM
    Officials seize on Pentagon report, respond to administration rhetoric Democrats kept up their verbal assault on President Bush and his national security team Friday over Iraq, while a new Pentagon report underscored the escalating violence there.

  • Rhode Island soldier killed in Iraq blast remembered as doting Open this result in new window
    WLNE-TV - Sep 02 6:42 PM
    A soldier from Rhode Island killed in a roadside bomb in Iraq is remembered by a former relative as a doting uncle to his nieces. The Pentagon confirms 25-year-old Sergeant Moises Jazmin of Providence was one of four soldiers killed in the blast on Sunday.

  • Exiting Iraq: Sir Jeremy Greenstock's View Open this result in new window
    NPR - Sep 02 8:19 AM
    Weekend Edition Saturday , September 2, 2006 · Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former British ambassador to the U.N., was also special representative to Iraq during the first year of the U.S.-led occupation. He says Iraq needs stronger central security before U.S., U.K. can consider leaving.

  • Bush: Iraq has not fallen into civil war Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Sep 02 7:29 AM
    A day after a Pentagon report described spreading sectarian violence and increasingly complex security problems in Iraq, President Bush painted a rosier picture. "Our commanders and diplomats on the ground believe that Iraq has not descended into a civil war," Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address. "They report that only a small number of Iraqis are engaged in ...

  • South Asian pilgrims shot in Iraq Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Sep 02 2:33 AM
    Fourteen pilgrims from India and Pakistan are ambushed and shot dead by insurgents, reports from Iraq say.

  • Killeen Mourns Four More Lost In Iraq Open this result in new window
    CBS 42 Austin - Sep 02 4:43 PM
    Four Fort Hood soldiers were killed in Iraq this week by a roadside bomb.

  • Bush Says Iraq Not In Civil War Open this result in new window
    WLBZ Bangor - Sep 02 4:53 PM
    WHITE HOUSE (AP) -- President Bush says "a bloody campaign of sectarian violence" is being waged in Iraq, but it's not a civil war.

  • Pakistani and Indian pilgrims killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Peninsula - Sep 02 5:13 PM
    BAGHDAD Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shiite pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraqs western desert, police said yesterday, victims of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shiites that threatens civil war.

  • Pakistani, Indian pilgrims slain in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Sep 02 6:00 AM
    Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shi'ite pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq's western desert, police said on Saturday, a day after the Pentagon warned that sectarian strife there had created the risk of civil war.

  • Iraq on brink of civil war: Pentagon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 2:53 PM
    The conflict in Iraq has all the makings of a civil war, which can nonetheless be avoided, according to a Pentagon report.

  • Iraq attack leaves 11 Pakistanis dead Open this result in new window
    Dawn - 55 minutes ago
    BAGHDAD, Sept 2: Eleven Pakistani and three Indian Shia pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraqs western desert, police said on Saturday. The pilgrims had been travelling to holy sites in Iraq on Thursday when they were attacked in Anbar province, officials said.

  • U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,643 Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 3:46 PM
    As of Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, at least 2,643 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 2,102 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

  • U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 2,643 Open this result in new window
    The Daily Comet - Sep 02 4:06 PM
    As of Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at least 2,643 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.

  • 14 People Killed On Way To Shiite Holy City In Iraq Open this result in new window
    Local6.com Central Florida - Sep 02 10:27 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Fourteen people are dead in Iraq, gunned down on their way to the Shiite holy city of Karbala. Police officials identify 13 of them as pilgrims from India and Pakistan. They and their driver were killed Friday by robbers who ambushed their minivan and stole their belongings.

  • Bush keeps up offensive on Iraq despite deteriorating security situation Open this result in new window
    KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Sep 02 2:02 PM
    President Bush on Saturday kept up his pre-election offensive on Iraq despite a new Pentagon report describing a deteriorating security situation there. Initial results

  • Pakistani pilgrims die in Iraq belong to Sahiwal, Layya Open this result in new window
    The Frontier Post - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
    ISLAMABAD (Online): The eleven Pakistani pilgrims killed by gunmen in Karbala (Iraq) hail from Sahiwal and Layya areas of Punjab.

  • Pentagon says sectarian violence spreading in Iraq Open this result in new window
    WALB News 10 - Sep 02 2:21 PM
    WASHINGTON In a stark report to Congress, the Pentagon says religious violence in Iraq is spreading and security problems are the worst they've been since the U-S invasion.

  • Army investigator recommends death penalty in Iraq shooting deaths Open this result in new window
    KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Sep 02 2:35 PM
    An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty if convicted,

  • Bush: Iraq is Key in War on Terror Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Sep 02 9:02 AM
    President Bush has used his weekly radio address to re-emphasize the administration's position that victory in Iraq is key to winning the war on terror.

  • Death Penalty Recommended in Iraq Raid Open this result in new window
    RedNova - Sep 02 2:06 PM
    By ALICIA A. CALDWELL An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. Lt. Col. James P. Daniel Jr.

  • Bush seeks to build support for Iraq war Open this result in new window
    Calcutta News - Sep 02 2:32 PM
    U.S. President George W. Bush used his Saturday radio address to press his argument that the war in Iraq is making the United States safer.

  • Army investigator recommends death penalty in Iraq deaths Open this result in new window
    KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Sep 02 2:03 PM
    An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty if convicted, according to a report obtained Saturday by The...

  • How to bridge the two views of success in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Gulf News - Sep 02 3:39 PM
    In November 2003 as the insurgency in Iraq blossomed, I as a US official in Iraq tried to sort out the various actors, groups and causes behind it.

  • Murder Charges in Iraq Shooting Open this result in new window
    WBKO-TV Bowling Green - Sep 02 1:18 PM
    The Army finds capital murder charges warranted in Iraq shooting. An Army investigator has recommended that four Fort Campbell soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq face the death penalty.

  • Pakistani, Indian pilgrims slain in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Stuff - Sep 02 1:20 PM
    BAGHDAD: Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shi'ite pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq's western desert, police said today, victims of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites that threatens civil war.

  • Bush says no civil war in Iraq despite violence Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 02 7:27 AM
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush rejected the idea on Saturday that Iraq had descended into civil war despite bloody sectarian fighting in Baghdad and a grim Pentagon report that found the violence was spreading.

  • U.S. army finds capital murder charges warranted in Iraq shooting Open this result in new window
    CNews - Sep 02 12:30 PM
    PHOENIX (AP) - A U.S. army investigator has recommended the death penalty for four soldiers accused of murder during a raid in Iraq. Lt.-Col. James Daniel Jr. made the recommendation in report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.

  • Kurdish Leader Bans Iraqi Flag in Northern Iraq Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Sep 02 2:09 PM
    Massoud Barzani, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader and president of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq, banned the Iraqi national flag in the Kurdish region, claiming it represented the Baath regime.

  • Indians killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    The Statesman - Sep 02 2:24 PM
    Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Sept. 2. Three Indians from Andhra Pradesh were gunned down by terrorists while they were on their way to the Shia holy city of Karbala in Iraq on 31 August.

  • 11 Pakistani pilgrims killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Business Recorder - Sep 02 4:19 PM
    BAGHDAD (September 03 2006): Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shia pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq's western desert, police said on Saturday.

  • Bush stays on message: there is no civil war in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 02 7:20 AM
    US President George Bush on Saturday rejected the idea that Iraq had descended into civil war despite bloody sectarian fighting in Baghdad and a grim Pentagon report that found the violence was spreading. -

  • Pentagon says Iraq violence spreading Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 11:28 AM
    Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the security problems have become more complex than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, the Pentagon said Friday.

  • Iraq war vets battle war's signature wound: Brain injuries Open this result in new window
    The Daily Comet - Sep 02 12:06 PM
    Lance Cpl. Sam Reyes survived three horrific attacks in Iraq. An insurgent shot him in the chest with a machine gun. He took a gunshot wound to the back during an ambush.

  • Iraq deaths down despite new carnage Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 10:34 AM
    Violent deaths among civilians in Iraq may have fallen by a quarter last month, statistics indicated on Friday, despite a bloody week in Baghdad that ended with 70 dead in a series of explosions late on Thursday.

  • Army finds capital murder charges warranted in Iraq deaths Open this result in new window
    KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Sep 02 12:32 PM
    An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated...

  • U.S. toll in Iraq Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 02 3:59 AM
    As of Friday, at least 2,643 members of the U.S. military had died in Iraq since the beginning of the war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The latest deaths reported by the military: Marine Lance Cpl. Colin J. Wolfe, 18, Manassas,...

  • Death penalty recommended in Iraq raid Open this result in new window
    ABC 7 El Paso - Sep 02 12:40 PM
    PHOENIX An Army investigator has recommended the death penalty for four soldiers accused of murder during a raid in Iraq. The recommendation was in a report that The...

  • Iraq officials: Deaths down in August Open this result in new window
    Albuquerque Tribune - Sep 02 11:09 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Preliminary figures show that violent deaths in Iraq dropped substantially in August from record levels the previous month, Health Ministry officials said.

  • The Iraq War Protects America ? How? Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Sep 01 9:46 PM
    Harry Smith asks how the war in Iraq will make people who are ideologically driven to want to destroy us not want to do that anymore.

  • Pakistan confirms attack on pilgrims in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 02 7:22 AM
    _ Pakistan on Saturday confirmed that an unspecified number of Pakistani pilgrims were killed in a terrorist attack in southern Iraq and advised its nationals not to visit Iraq.

  • 4 Fort Hood soldiers killed in Iraq Open this result in new window
    News 8 Austin - Sep 02 12:47 PM
    The Pentagon confirmed four Fort Hood soldiers were killed in the explosion of a roadside bomb in Iraq. A Defense Department statement said the blast happened Sunday during combat operations in the Iraqi village of Taji, about 20 miles northwest of Baghdad.

  • ADMINISTRATION STILL IN DEEP DENIAL ABOUT WAR IN IRAQ Open this result in new window
    Cynthia Tucker via Yahoo! News - Sep 02 5:05 PM
    "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" -- John Kerry, 1971

  • Iraq murder charges...Al-Qaida video...West Virginia shooting Open this result in new window
    KBCI Boise - Sep 02 4:22 PM
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) _ The lawyer for one of the four soldiers accused of murder during a raid in Iraq calls the charges a "political recommendation." An Army investigator says the soldiers should face the death penalty if convicted. The lawyers say there's not enough evidence.

  • Endurance Meets Doubt in Iraq Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Sep 02 5:47 PM
    In one platoon in a very tough town, a death stirs questions about the war.

  • Army finds capital murder charges warranted in Iraq shooting Open this result in new window
    WTHR Indianapolis - Sep 02 4:45 PM
    Phoenix - An Army investigator has recommended the death penalty for four soldiers accused of murder during a raid in Iraq. Lt. Col. James P. Daniel Jr. made the recommendation in report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.

  • Civil War in Iraq: Yes or No? Open this result in new window
    About.com - Sep 02 2:06 PM
    The President is firm: "Our commanders and diplomats on the ground believe that Iraq has not descended into a civil war." At almost the same time, in its Congressionally-mandated quarterly...

  • Pentagon: Cold-blooded carnage soaring in Iraq Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Sep 01 10:31 AM
    Death squads and terrorists have ramped up attacks on civilians in Iraq, killing more than 1,600 people in cold-blooded "execution-style" slayings in July alone, a Pentagon report said Friday.

  • Three Andhra pilgrims shot dead in Iraq Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Sep 02 5:42 PM
    Hyderabad, Sept. 2: As the news of three Indian pilgrims shot dead in Iraq reached home on Saturday, grief and sorrow engulfed their families.

  • Iraq war likely hot-button topic in Senate race Open this result in new window
    Great Falls Tribune - Sep 02 4:05 PM
    The Iraq war is being fought on the campaign trail as well as the desert sands. Against a backdrop of polls showing deepening doubts about the war, President Bush last week launched a series of speeches likening the war to previous epic struggles against Nazism, fascism and communism.

  • Bleak Iraq report Open this result in new window
    New York Daily News - Sep 02 1:24 AM
    WASHINGTON - In a grim status report, the Pentagon yesterday warned that Iraq could slip into civil war in a security climate that has steadily gone downhill since the U.S. invasion in March 2003.

  • 3 Indians killed in Iraq ambush Open this result in new window
    Deccan Herald - Sep 02 1:57 PM
    Iraqs escalating anarchy has claimed the lives of three Indian pilgrims and eight Pakistanis, who were ambushed and shot dead while on their way from Syria to the Iraqi Shia holy city of Karbala.

  • Prime minister meets influential cleric to discuss security in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Boston Herald - Sep 02 5:59 AM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric Saturday to discuss the country's deteriorating security situation, while attacks killed 13 Pakistani...

  • County Commissioner To Hold Office While In Iraq Open this result in new window
    WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul - Sep 02 10:52 AM
    Goodhue County Commissioner Ron Allen will continue to represent his constituency while serving in Iraq later this year. More Political News More Minnesota News

  • Another deadly day in Iraq Open this result in new window
    KBCI Boise - Sep 02 2:37 PM
    BAGHDAD, Iraq At least 28 people have died in violence across Iraq today. Police found the tortured and blindfolded bodies of 13 Pakistani and Indian pilgrims and their Iraqi driver, ambushed on their way to the Shiite (SHEE'-eyet) holy city of Karbala.

  • Baker meets Sunni leaders in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 8:58 AM
    Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, who heads an independent panel charged with taking a fresh look at U.S. policy in Iraq, met the most senior Sunni leaders in the Iraqi coalition government on Friday.

  • No civil war in Iraq: Bush Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Sep 02 9:35 AM
    WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush on Saturday denied that Iraq was in the grips of civil war, despite a Pentagon assessment that the core conflict there is now "a struggle between Sunni and Shia extremists."