Iraq War

Gunmen exploded a gas pipeline that links between the fields of Kirkuk and Biji refinery north of Baghdad early morning today. Gas spread in a wide area and it was recognized by people in Tikrit city and Alam area (about 45 Kms south of Biji city)

A roadside bomb wounded three people in Sadr city in northeastern Baghdad, police said.

One Multi-National Division – North Soldier died from injuries sustained when an IED exploded near his vehicle while conducting operations in Ninewah province Jan. 12. Additionally, four MND-N Soldiers were injured and evacuated to a Coalition hospital.

Most U.S. Army generals wear pistols on the battlefield. Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, a decorated paratrooper who next month takes over as the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, packs an M4 rifle.

A stocky man in a dusty dishdasha and red-checked scarf squatted under a tree as U.S. soldiers dug up his yard looking for weapons or other incriminating evidence.

Singing and cheering, Iraqi soldiers rolled through snow and sleet in open trucks Friday to set up a base on the outskirts of the reputed nerve center of Sunni militants who had forced the northern Diyala River valley into their self-styled Islamic...

Local authorities in Kerbala, a southern province of Iraq about 120km south of the capital, Baghdad, have destroyed thousands of hectares of agricultural land, putting dozens of peasant families at risk of being displaced, according to residents.

The movement of all motorbikes will be prohibited in Baghdad as of 6:00 a.m. on Monday and until further notice, a precaution aimed at preventing possible attacks against Shiite pilgrims who would be marking "Ashoura."

Gunmen killed a woman when they attacked a house in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said

Gunmen killed six people in attacks on two houses, including a former Iraqi army officer and two members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol in a village near Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attack...

Four people were injured when a booby-trapped car exploded in Diyala governorate in Iraq on Saturday, a security source said...he explosion caused injuries to an Iraqi soldier and three civilians who were passing near the site of the blast...

A Marine assigned to Multi National Force – West died Jan. 11 in a non-combat related incident in Al Anbar province. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.

The fire-fighting system in the mammoth new $740 million U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is defective, according to documents obtained by McClatchy and U.S. officials, who said that their concerns were ignored or overruled...

Three bodies were found dumped across Baghdad on Friday, police said.

Shiite and Sunni members of Iraq's parliament buried their differences on Saturday to pass a controversial bill allowing former officials of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life.

One of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political and religious figures issued a stunning call for the government to set aside differences with Sunni Muslim politicians and entice them back to help lead the country.

After surviving intense combat in Iraq, Specialist Kevin Shields was killed on what he had thought was friendly soil. His bloody, bullet-riddled body was found by a newspaper deliverer, sprawled on a downtown sidewalk here on Dec. 1.

Sgt. Christopher A. Sanders, 22, of Roswell, N.M...assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Vilseck, Germany...died Jan. 9 in Sinsil...of wounds suffered when an IED detonated during combat operations.

A roadside bomb wounded three policemen when it hit their patrol in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.