Iraq War

Six Navy SEALs were injured in the blast, according to Lt. David Luckett, spokesman for Naval Special Warfare. At this time, their injuries vary in seriousness and are not life threatening. Their names were not released.

Petty Officer 1st class Luis A. Souffront, 25,of Miami, Fla., died Feb. 7, from wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device while serving in combat operations in Iraq.

But the situation remains highly fragile and potentially reversible. If the U.S. and others seek to press their advantage and deal the Sadrists a mortal blow, these gains are likely to be squandered, with Iraq experiencing yet another...

U.S.-backed Sunni tribesmen shut their offices and rallied in Baqouba's streets Saturday, calling for the provincial police chief's resignation and accusing him of sectarian bias.

Robert Fisk, a longtime foreign correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent who has spent many years covering Mideast conflicts, was surprised to discover that a fawning new biography of Saddam Hussein has been published under his name.

U.S. forces detained 11 suspected insurgents, including two wanted al Qaeda operatives, in the northern Iraq cities of Mosul and Baiji, the U.S. military said.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to continue to hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in Iraq and criticised EU countries for not cracking down fully on PKK affiliates within the bloc.

Iraq's controversial new flag, shorn of its perceived Ba'athist associations, was raised over parliament in Baghdad for the first time yesterday in what Iraqi leaders hailed as a symbolic break with the past.

raqi police arrested 31 Shiite activists Saturday in early morning raids south of Baghdad, and five American soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings, officials said.

3 bodies were found in Baghdad by Iraqi Police today. 1 in Slaikh, 1 in Palestine St and 1 in Mansour.

U.S. troops killed on Saturday two non-Iraqi Arab leaders of the al-Qaida in Iraq network near the restive city of Samarra, 120 km north of Baghdad, a security source said.

Kurdistan has raised the stakes in the fight over the world's third largest oil reserves, insisting it would continue to sign production contracts with foreign oil companies despite the protestations of Iraq's central government...

Iraqi authorities are investigating a case of poisoning at a Baghdad sports club popular with the army in which two children have died and nine people have been taken to hospital. All were reported to have eaten cakes laced with thallium,...

Troops arriving home from Iraq and Afghanistan have been carrying a mysterious, deadly bacteria, according to a new magazine report. Doctors have linked the bacterium acinetobacter baumannii to at least seven deaths, as well as to loss of limbs...

A Multi-National Division - North Soldier was killed as a result of injuries sustained from an explosion near the Soldier's vehicle while conducting operations in At Tamim Province Feb. 8 Three Soldiers were also wounded and transported...

Long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats abroad, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to other crises, The Associated Press has learned.

A soldier who had survived two tours in Iraq and had been sent home after suffering traumatic brain injury was murdered in December in Colorado Springs near Fort Carson, Colo. Army Spc. Kevin Shields was killed, according to police...

An Iraqi-born American citizen was acquitted Friday of being an informant for Saddam Hussein, but convicted of immigration violations, his attorney said. William Shaoul Benjamin, 67, of Los Angeles was acquitted on two counts of conspiracy...

For months, Spc. Rory Dunn lay in Bed 32, Ward 58, on the fifth floor of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recovering after a roadside bomb in Iraq exploded and crushed his forehead from ear to ear. As he lay in the neuroscience unit struggling...

Four Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while the Soldiers were conducting a combat patrol northwest of Baghdad Feb. 8.