Iraq War

Bombs exploded outside three churches and a monastery in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul, wounding four people and slightly damaging the buildings, police said. The four civilians were hurt when a bomb planted in a parked car went off...

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest after being subdued by three heroic Iraqi Army Soldiers outside the neighborhood advisory council building killing all three soldiers and two civilian bystanders in the Karadah district Jan. 6.

A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier was killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations in southern Baghdad on Jan. 6.

Years of political turmoil, U.S.-imposed sanctions and war have devastated Iraq's workforce. Hundreds of thousands of skilled professionals have left the country. Businesses have closed. Insurgents and thugs have targeted professors, doctors...

Tech. Sgt. Timothy T. Juliano of the City of Tonawanda and Tech. Sgt. Steve M. Paddison of Shinglehouse, Pa., each received the Purple Heart for injuries suffered at Balad Air Base near Baghdad. Two of the airmen who helped save their lives...

A suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest killed nine people and wounded 12 others in Baghdad's central Karrada district, a police official said. Another police source said nine people were killed and 17 wounded.

A spate of bombings, including a suicide attack on Iraqi soldiers attending an Army Day ceremony, rocked Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 32, Iraqi officials said.

A Multi-National Division - North Soldier died from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device detonation near his vehicle while conducting operations in Diyala Province, Jan. 5.

A roadside bomb killed six occupants of a minibus near Muqdadiya, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad. Police said two women and child were among the dead while three others, including a woman, were wounded.

The U.S. military in Iraq says an Iraqi soldier allegedly opened fire on U.S. troops during a joint patrol last week, killing two American soldiers...It said three other American soldiers and a civilian interpreter were wounded...

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has returned to Baghdad on Saturday after spending a week in London for medical tests, Iraqi official television reported.

The U.S. military said Saturday five Iraqi soldiers were killed and two wounded by an improvised explosive device that went off as they searched a house north of Baquba...The military said one American soldier was also wounded...

Maj. Andrew J. Olmsted, 37, of Colorado Springs, Colo...assigned to the Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan...died Jan. 3 in As Sadiyah...of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit...

Sgt. First Class Nathan Chapman was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart back in 2006 for helping rescue an injured soldier. In 2005, their Humvee was hit by an airborne explosive.

At least four Iraqis, including two policemen were killed Friday in a fuel tank explosion at a checkpoint for inspection in Missan governorate in southern Iraq. Spokesman of Missan police told reporters the tank was loaded with gasoline exploded...

Pfc. Joshua R. Anderson, 24, of Jordan, Minn., died Jan 2 in Kamasia, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team...

Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pa., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 2 of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Blogger and soldier Andy Olmsted was killed yesterday in Iraq. Olmsted had been writing for the Rocky Mountain News. He'd left behind a final blog post with a friend just in case:

Clerics loyal to radical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers Friday to respect a cease-fire and asked them to try to make peace with rival factions. The appeals came as authorities ordered a one-day vehicle ban in the city...

Gunmen killed a civilian in a drive-by shooting in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar, 85 km (55 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.