Iraqi officials say leader of al-Qaida in Iraq arrested
Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said Thursday, in what could mark a significant blow to the Sunni insurgency in its last urban stronghold. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-05-08 Iraq's first lady unharmed after her motorcade is bombed
Iraq's first lady is unharmed after a bomb hit her motorcade in downtown Baghdad. Nations:[Iraq] People:[Jalal Talabani] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-05-04 US rocket attack damages Baghdad hospital
A US rocket attack damaged a hospital in the Iraqi capital's violent Shiite stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, wounding 28 people as American forces claimed to have killed 14 militants in the district. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-05-03 Turkey confirms air strikes on Kurd rebels in N.Iraq
Turkish warplanes launched intensive bombing raids on Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq overnight, the Turkish General Staff said on Friday, but there were no reports of any casualties. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Turkey Kurdish Conflict] 2008-05-02 Twin suicide bombings kill 35 in Iraq
Twin suicide blasts ripped through a wedding party in Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 66, an Iraqi army officer said. Nations:[Iraq] People:[David Petraeus][Robert Gates][Gordon Brown][Jalal Talabani] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-05-01 Police: Car bomb kills at least 9 in Baghdad
A car bomb aimed at a U.S. patrol in Baghdad on Thursday killed at least nine Iraqi civilians and wounded 26, police said. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-05-01 US troop deaths hit 7-month high in Iraq
The killings of three U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 47, making it the deadliest month since September. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-04-30 Militiamen ambush drives back US patrol in Sadr City
Dozens of fighters ambushed a U.S. patrol in Baghdad's main Shiite militia stronghold Tuesday, firing rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun bursts as the American push into Sadr City increasingly faces pockets of close urban combat. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-04-29 Civilian casualties mount in Iraq as Shiite clashes spread
Civilian casualties mounted Wednesday as clashes between Shiite gunmen and U.S. and Iraqi troops spread to Baghdad's outskirts. Police said two women were among seven people killed in fighting overnight. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-04-23 Sadr threatens open war against U.S., Iraq
BAGHDAD -- Renegade cleric Muqtada al Sadr on Saturday issued a "final warning" to the Iraqi government, threatening an open-ended "war until liberation" if U.S. and Iraqi troops don't stop their offensive against followers of his militant Shiite Muslim movement. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-04-20 Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq
Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation." Nations:[Iraq] 2008-04-19 At least 50 killed in Iraq suicide bombing of funeral
A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two anti-al-Qaida Sunni tribesmen in a town north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens, police said. Nations:[Iraq] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-04-17
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