Iraq War

It will take months more of fighting to drive al-Qaida insurgents from Iraq's northern city of Mosul, the third largest in the country, a top U.S. commander in the region said Monday.

Gunmen killed police Colonel Qassim Abid Filaih and three of his bodyguards in a drive-by shooting in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

In the deadlier of the two attacks in Baghdad, a parked car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 43 in central Baghdad's Bab al-Mudham area. The car was parked on a road leading to the nearby Housing and Municipality Ministry, police said.

US troops found the bodies of 14 men with their hands tied behind their backs and shot in the head in a mass grave in the restive central Iraqi town of Samarra, the military said.

At least four people were killed and four injured Monday when British forces responded with artillery to a rocket attack on their base at Basra airport in southern Iraq, a local official said.

Two bomb blasts killed at least 16 people in Baghdad on Monday, police said, despite increased security across the capital for the historic visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a visit to Baghdad on Monday to tell the United States to get out of Iraq and the region, saying its presence there had brought only destruction and division.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that Tehran and Baghdad have signed seven pacts in areas such as industry, trade and transportation. Ahmadinejad said he discussed with top Iraqi officials issues in about 20 different areas...

the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Sergeant Duane 'Baz' Barwood, attached to 903 Expeditionary Air Wing, Royal Air Force on Friday 29 February 2008, as a result of a rocket attack on the Contingency Operating Base in Basra.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed a new chapter in ties with Iraq on Sunday, saying he was "truly happy" to make a landmark trip to Baghdad now that Iran's arch-foe Saddam Hussein had been deposed.

A car bomb exploded in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, killing four people including a policeman, his wife and child, said Samarra police Lieutenant Colonel Basim al-Douri. Nine others were wounded in the blast.

Five people were killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb ripped into a passing minibus in Iraq's troubled Diyala province, police said Sunday. Police Major Mohammed Al-Karkhi said the attack took place in the village of Al-Kheraiz, east of Baquba...

A U.S. military helicopter fired a guided missile to kill a wanted Saudi Arabian al-Qaida in Iraq leader who was believed responsible for the bombing deaths of five American soldiers, a spokesman said Monday.

Many family members and friends shed tears Saturday during the departure ceremony for more than 3,000 Indiana National Guard soldiers about to leave for Iraq. Maj. Gen. Jay Hood, commander of First Army Division East...

Anbar - Police found two bodies in Thira’a Dijla area west of Ramadi

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a British airman was killed in Basra...Friday 29 February 2008. The airman, who was attached to 903 Expeditionary Air Wing, Royal Air Force, died as a result of a rocket attack

The number of Iraqis killed by violence rose in February for the first time in several months, official figures show. At least 633 civilians died, according to data from several ministries - up from more than 460 deaths in January.

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, March 1, condemned the kidnapping of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho, and the killing of three people accompanying him, saying it was a "premeditated"...

Unknown gunmen kidnapped 11 people on Saturday who were traveling near a town in the volatile Diyala province, a provincial police source said. The abduction occurred when unknown gunmen intercepted a mini-van carrying passengers...

Iranian officials touted their country's growing economic ties to Iraq, particularly $1 billion in loans set aside for infrastructure projects there, ahead of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's historic visit to the Arab country.