Iraqi video details end of alleged attack
2006-03-22 08:44:14
a blood-smeared bedroom floor and bits of what appear to be human flesh and bullet holes on the walls: a videotape taken by an Iraqi.
Ongoing wave of violence in Iraq kills 39
2006-03-21 08:34:45
At least 39 people were killed by insurgents and shadowy sectarian gangs, police reported Monday — continuing the wave of violence that has left nearly 1,000 Iraqis dead.
35 die on eve of 3rd Iraq War Anniversary
2006-03-20 08:42:11
As the Iraq war entered its fourth year, Iraqi soldiers sought to root out insurgents and with at least 35 killed.
Bombs, bullets greet Shiites on pilgrimage
2006-03-18 17:01:42
The Muslim pilgrims' road to the holy city of Karbala was a highway of bullets and bombs for Shiites on Friday. Drive-by shootings and roadside and bus bombs killed or wounded 19 people, ratcheting up the sectarian tensions gripping Iraq.
Violence escalates in Iraq
2006-03-18 08:55:03
The Muslim pilgrims' road to the holy city of Karbala was a highway of bullets and bombs for Shiites on Friday. Drive-by shootings and roadside and bus bombs killed or wounded 19 people.
Massive air assault in Iraq
2006-03-17 09:01:56
In a well-publicized show of force, US and Iraqi forces swept into the countryside north of Bagdad in 50 helicopters, looking for insurgents in the "largest air assault" in three years.
Iraqis say U.S. raid kills 11 people
2006-03-16 11:37:09
A U.S. raid north of the capital Wednesday killed 11 people — most of them women and children, said police and relatives of the victims. The American military confirmed the attack but said only four people died — a man, two women and a child.
U.S. boosting Iraq forces by the hundreds
2006-03-16 11:09:31
Concerned about escalating violence as Iraq struggles to form a new government, the U.S. military has sent several hundred troops with tanks and other armor from Kuwait to the Baghdad area.
Car bomb kills Iraqi civilian, wounds two in eastern Baghdad
2006-03-15 15:08:06
A car bomb detonated near a popular restaurant in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing a civilian and wounding two others, a police source said.
Baghdad police find 80 bodies
2006-03-15 10:22:02
The bodies of at least 80 people apparently killed in sectarian attacks have been found in Baghdad since early Monday, after more than 50 people died in multiple car bombs in a Shi'ite militia stronghold.
Iraq edges closer to open civil warfare
2006-03-15 09:22:47
Iraqi authorities discovered at least 87 corpses — men shot to death execution-style — as Iraq edged closer to open civil warfare. Twenty-nine of the bodies, dressed only in underwear, were dug out of a single grave Tuesday in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad.
Baghdad police find 65 bodies in 24 hour
2006-03-14 18:15:57
Police found at least 65 bodies in Baghdad in the past 24 hours, including 15 men bound and shot in an abandoned minibus, in a gruesome wave of apparent sectarian reprisal attacks, officials said Tuesday.