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Iraq
Iraqi Army, US Soldiers detain senior militia leader
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Iraq
Iraq shutters two TV stations for ‘inciting violence™ with their coverage of Saddam Hussein™s sentencing
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Inside Iraq
Saddam to Hang, another raid in Sadr City; Iraq at a critical juncture Saddam on trial. Click image to view. An Iraqi court has sentenced Saddam Hussein to hang for his ordering the massacring of Shiites during his reign as president. The Middle East Times provides an account of the moment Saddam was sentenced: “Judge Rauf Rasheed Abdel Rahman ordered bailiffs at the Iraqi High Tribunal to force Saddam to stand before the court as, visibly trembling, the former strongman attempted to shout down the verdict. ‘Make him stand,’ barked Rahman, as Saddam begged the guards: ‘Don’t bend my arms.…
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Iraq
The Iraqi government has increased security in anticipation of violence after Sunday’s expected Saddam trial verdict. A curfew has been imposed in the provinces of Baghdad, Salahuddin, Diyala and Anbar. All leave for the security forces has been canceled. Iraqi special forces conducted a raid in Sadr City, detaining three. Iraqi police kill 53 al Qaeda and detain 16 in fighting outside of Baghdad.
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Iraq
Interview with Army Military Police in Baghdad
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Iraq
56 Tortured Bodies Found Around Baghdad – US Raid Kills 13 Suspected Militants
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Iraq
US efforts in Iraq embattled, but often welcomed
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Iraq
Disbanding the Iraqi Army… A Good Idea?
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Iraq
Forty-nine people were killed in Iraq today, including a motorcycle bomb which killed seven. A US General compared Iraq to a “work of art” in progress. The identity of the Iraqi-American soldier kidnapped near Baghdad last week has been released.
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Iraq
IRAQ: Insurgents using children to fight US-led forces
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Iraq
Baghdad University dean slain; bomb explodes in Sadr City market, killing 7
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Iraq
US air strike kills Al Qaeda in Iraq kingpin: military
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Iraq
Sunni athletic coach for blind kidnapped
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Iraq
Explosion on key Baghdad bridge
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Iraq
Iraq: Wedding bomb toll climbs to 23
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Iraq
Iraqi Shi’ites alarmed at US detente with Sunnis
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Iraq
Iraq’s Army to receive additional 18,800 soldiers
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Iraq
A leaked U.S. military briefing slide showing the “Index of Civil Conflict” puts the status in the danger zone. Iraqi state TV accuses the US of releasing a ‘terrorist,’ a former brigadier in Saddam’s army. Iraq’s vice president opposed the lifting of the Sadr City blockade. Maliki may reshuffle the Cabinet, replacing Defense and Interior.
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Iraq
Along Iraq-Syria Border, a Struggle to Cover the Terrain
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Iraq
(Iraq) 40 kidnapped in convoy hijack
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Iraq
The cordon around Sadr City has been lifted by the order of PM Maliki. Sadr claims he approved last week’s operation inside Sadr City that led to 10 deaths. Three Mahdi Army militiamen were arrested in a raid today inside Sadr City; 5 al Qaeda killed and one detained in Baghdad. President Talibani said the U.S. must stay until Iraq is secured.
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Iraq
Saudi Envoy Says Dividing Iraq Will Cause Mass Killing
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Iraq
An Iraqi police force under the militias’ sway
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Iraq
Saudi envoy warns US against abrupt Iraq withdrawal
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Iraq
Sadr himself approved Sadr City raid: aide
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Iraq
Britain moves most Basra consular staff to airport
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Iraq
The Iraqi Army arrested Zarqawi’s cameraman. Prime Minister Maliki’s bodyguard was wounded in attack on a convoy. A Sunni insurgent spokesman has rejected U.S. talks under the current terms.
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Iraq
(Iraq) Air strikes thwart terrorist ambushes
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Iraq
23 Policemen Shot to Death in Iraq
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Iraq Army Operations in Suwayra
Operations in a city where clashes occurred with Mahdi Army just one week ago Iraqi Army units ‘in the lead.’ Map courtesy of MNF-Iraq. Click map to view. The Iraqi Army’s 3rd Brigade, 8th Division has conducted a large scale cordon and search operation in the city of Suwayra in Wasit province. During the operation, there were two separate engagements, both north of Suwayra, where “25 gunmen were killed and 18 others were arrested in separate incidents,” according to the Kuwaiti News Agency. Ten ‘insurgents’ were killed and another 10 captured when the Army “stormed… an insurgents’ hideout in Al-Hufariyah,”…
