Iraq War

Pvt. George Delgado, 21, of Palmdale, Calif...assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division...died March 24 in Baghdad...from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an IDE on March 23.

Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, yesterday gave Shia militia and other gunmen a 72-hour deadline to surrender their weapons as his forces engaged in fierce street battles in the southern city of Basra for the second day running.

U.S. aircraft supporting an Iraqi government offensive against Shiite Muslim militias bombed suspected militia positions south of Baghdad amid intense fighting Wednesday in parts of the Iraqi capital and in the southern port city of Basra...

U.S. troops in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in southwest Baghdad are seeing sporadic and unusual attacks by a Sadr-backed militia against Iraqi forces. The attacks represent a turn-around for the militia, which was once working...

Intense negotiations are under way to end fighting between Shiite militiamen and Iraqi forces in the southern oil hub of Basra and in Baghdad. Iraq's prime minister has given gunmen in Basra three days to hand over their weapons.

The Major Crimes Task Force is Iraq's first professional investigative agency. It takes on the politically explosive cases no one else will touch — and what some members of the task force have learned has put their lives in jeopardy.

It's hard for Army Specialist Jason Kvasnak to remember every single explosion he survived in Iraq. "We were in several IED...blasts throughout the tour," Kvasnak said. But Kvasnak remember the one that left him with the injuries no one saw coming.

The Pentagon on Wednesday said an eruption of violence in southern Iraq, where US-backed government forces were battling Shiite militias, was a "by-product of the success of the surge."

Many people were killed or wounded by a U.S. air strike called to support Iraqi forces in the town of Hilla south of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi security sources said...ne police source said at least 11 people were killed and 18 wounded

BAGHDAD – A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier was killed by hostile fire in eastern Baghdad at approximately 4:30 p.m. March 26.

"CBS News Raw": Shiite militants loyal to Moqtada al Sadr battle Iraqi forces on the streets of Basra. Fifty-five people have been killed and 300 wounded.

Shi'a leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on Wednesday for talks to end the crisis in Basra as his militiamen fought new deadly battles with Iraqi forces in the southern port city and other Shi'a areas.

A US airstrike killed five Iraqi civilians including a judge in the northern town of Tikrit today, Iraqi police said. US forces acknowledged that civilians had been struck during a battle with suspected al-Qaeda Sunni Arab militants...

...the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of a British soldier in Iraq today, 26 March 2008. MOD announcement The soldier died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during a firefight in the early hours of this morning.

A MND - Baghdad Soldier was killed during a small-arms fire attack at approximately 12:35 p.m. March 26 while conducting a combat patrol...the Soldier was medically evacuated to a Coalition forces combat support hospital, where he succumbed...

Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on Wednesday for talks to end the crisis in Basra as his militiamen fought new deadly battles with Iraqi forces in the southern port city and other Shiite areas.

The role of the militias in Basra is complex. The largest among them are attached to political parties, with elected representatives. Those parties - using the militias as muscle - vie for influence and resources.

An American financial analyst working for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has died of his wounds from an Easter Day rocket attack against the heavily fortified Green Zone, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

An assault by thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police officers to regain control of the southern port city of Basra stalled Wednesday as Shiite militiamen in the Mahdi Army fought daylong hit-and-run battles and refused to withdraw...

Three American citizens working for the U.S. government were wounded by an indirect fire attack on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, U.S. embassy said.