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05/13/2008 07:10 AM
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Shi'ite gunmen in Baghdad ignore truce
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - An agreement aimed at ending fighting
in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
was on the verge of collapse on Tuesday after gunmen launched a
spate of attacks on U.S. troops.
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05/13/2008 06:24 AM
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Officials: Clashes in Iraq's Sadr City kill 11
(AP)
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 AP - A fragile cease-fire failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City where the latest clashes between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed 11 men and wounded 19, Iraqi hospital officials said Tuesday.
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05/13/2008 05:03 AM
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Sadr City clashes kill 11: medics
(AFP)
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 AFP - At least 11 people were killed overnight in clashes between American troops and Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City, despite a truce agreed at the weekend, local medics told AFP on Tuesday.
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05/13/2008 03:52 AM
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Violence flares in Baghdad's Sadr City despite truce
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Gunmen launched numerous attacks on
U.S. troops in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric
Moqtada al-Sadr overnight, the U.S. military said on Tuesday,
in a sign that many militia are ignoring a pact to halt
fighting.
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05/13/2008 01:30 AM
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Ex-officials: Bush admin. ignored Iraq corruption
(AP)
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 AP - The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.
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05/12/2008 09:44 PM
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Food Crisis Hits Fallujah
(OneWorld.net)
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OneWorld.net - FALLUJAH, May 12 (IPS) - Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.
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05/12/2008 07:35 PM
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,076
(AP)
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AP - As of Monday, May 12, 2008, at least 4,076 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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05/12/2008 03:40 PM
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Former US official claims Iraq corruption sham
(AFP)
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AFP - A former senior US official in Iraq on Monday accused the State Department of recklessly misleading Americans over the country's plight and contributing to the deaths and maiming of US soldiers.
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05/12/2008 11:09 AM
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Iran hard-liners come out against Iraqi-US deal
(AP)
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AP - Two hard-line newspapers seen as speaking for Iran's clerical establishment called Monday for Iraqis to oppose a strategic framework deal with the United States, Tehran's first public condemnation of the arrangement.
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05/12/2008 04:00 AM
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Hasty truce with Moqtada al-Sadr tests his sway in Baghdad stronghold
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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 The Christian Science Monitor - A cease-fire deal to end seven weeks of fighting in Sadr City could provide the clearest test yet of just how much sway the anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has over armed militants operating inside his sprawling bastion of support in Baghdad.
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05/12/2008 03:51 AM
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Iraqi officials: Turkey hits Kurdish bases in Iraq
(AP)
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AP - Turkish jets struck suspected Kurdish rebel targets close to the border in northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Monday.
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05/11/2008 11:17 PM
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Cherie Blair miscarriage used to supress Iraq invasion speculation
(AFP)
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 AFP - News of a miscarriage suffered by the wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair was used to stave off speculation of an early invasion of Iraq, she said in comments printed in newspapers Monday.
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05/11/2008 03:49 PM
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Iraq envoy rejects Democrats' anger over US funding
(AFP)
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 AFP - Iraq's ambassador to the United States insisted Sunday his government was doing more to pay its own way as angry Democrats in Congress push to cut US funding for reconstruction.
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05/11/2008 11:50 AM
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US military orders court-martial for contractor in Iraq
(AP)
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AP - The U.S. military on Sunday ordered a court-martial for a civilian contractor charged with aggravated assault while working as an Army translator in Iraq — the first such military prosecution since the Vietnam War.
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05/11/2008 10:35 AM
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Al-Sadr Wins Another Round
(Time.com)
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Time.com - U.S. and Iraqi forces spent two months battling al-Sadr's Mahdi Army only to see the cleric standing strong after a hastily arranged cease-fire
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05/11/2008 02:18 PM
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AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
(AP)
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 AP - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
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05/11/2008 09:26 AM
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Turkish military says hit Kurdish rebels in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Turkey's military said on Sunday it
launched overnight air and artillery attacks against Kurdish
separatist rebels in northern Iraq overnight an insurgent
strike on a military base.
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05/11/2008 06:31 AM
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Iraqi woman and child killed by US fire
(AFP)
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 AFP - American troops killed a woman and a child along with two gunmen near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul during a new assault against Al-Qaeda militants, the military said on Sunday.
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05/11/2008 06:28 AM
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Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
(AFP)
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 AFP - Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebels in neighbouring northern Iraq, killing an unknown number of militants in the latest in a series of air strikes in the region, the Turkish army said Sunday.
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05/11/2008 03:35 AM
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Two civilians killed in U.S. operation in N.Iraq
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A woman, a child and two gunmen were
killed by U.S. forces conducting a military operation targeting
al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military said on Sunday.
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