Violence in Iraq

Dozens Killed In Bombings Across Iraq

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 04.20.2012

BAGHDAD — Bombs ripped through 10 Iraqi cities Thursday, killing at least 30 people and shattering a month of relative calm. Minority lawmakers ...

Suicide Bomber Kills 7 At Baghdad Checkpoint

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 02.24.2012

BAGHDAD — The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elec...

69 Killed, Dozens Injured In Series Of Baghdad Blasts

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 02.20.2012

BAGHDAD — A terrifying wave of bombs tore through mostly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 69 people and evoking fea...

Attacks In Northeastern Iraq Claim At Least 17 Lives

AP | Associated Press | Posted 01.30.2012

BAGHDAD (AP) - Two separate attacks killed 17 people on Thursday in a northeastern Iraqi province that was once an al-Qaida stronghold, Iraqi official...

TERRIFYING: Baghdad Church Siege Ends With 52 Dead

AP | BARBARA SURK and LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — After the gunmen killed the priest and nearly everyone in the first row, an eerie quiet descended over the pews. The only occasional s...

Top Iraq Military General Says 2011 U.S. Pullout Is Too Soon

BBC News | Hugh Sykes | Posted 05.25.2011

Iraq's top army officer has criticised as premature the planned US troop withdrawal by the end of next year. ...

Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Soltz

There haven't been any results in Iraq, either because President Obama hasn't tried hard enough, or because his efforts have failed.

Commanders In Iraq Challenge Petraeus On Pullout Risk

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (IPS) - CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitte...

Suicide Attack On Iraq Tribal Leaders Kills More Than 30

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber struck Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in a Baghdad suburb T...

Iraqi Elections: Thousands Of Women Defy Conservative Attitudes And Run For Office

Nytimes.com | SAM DAGHER | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD -- Amal Kibash, a candidate for the Baghdad provincial council, is running a bold and even feverish campaign by most standards. With elections...

The Debt We Owe Iraqi Interpreters

Christian Science Monitor | Michael Breen | Posted 05.25.2011

New Haven, Conn. - The Iraqi pointed at me, pointed at his watch, and mimed an explosion. He'd been shouting frantically since he arrived at our small...

Iraq Reporter Reflects: Are We Winning? Do They Want Us There?

McClatchy | Corinne Reilly | Posted 05.25.2011

It was hard to see exactly what was happening from the back seat of the beat-up armored Mercedes that was taking me to Baghdad International Airport. ...

NPR Journalists' Car Bombed In Baghdad

Npr.org | By Ivan Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

An NPR correspondent and three members of NPR's Iraqi staff narrowly survived an apparent assassination attempt in Baghdad on Sunday after a hidden "s...