Iraq War

The bodies of a Sunni policeman and four of his family members were found on the outskirts of a village north of Baghdad early Tuesday, just hours after they were abducted from their home by unknown gunmen, authorities said.

Police said they found a body of an unidentified male on a highway, 35 km (20 miles) north of Falluja.

Petty Officer 1st Class Victor W. Jeffries, 52, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died Dec. 31, 2007 as a result of injuries suffered Dec. 24 in a vehicular accident in Kuwait. He was permanently assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group, Kuwait.

It was something not seen in Baghdad since before the 2003 invasion - people publicly welcoming a new year with singing, dancing and alcohol-fueled revelry.

Darcy Woodke recalls the day she picked up her husband and several of his National Guard buddies after they got back from Iraq...is an advocate for the soldiers, arranging medical treatment, therapy, marital counseling and other assistance...

According to figures compiled by the interior, health and defense ministries, 481 civilians died violently in Iraq in December, a 75 percent drop from the 1,930 who were killed in December 2006, when the country was on the brink of civil war.

Another Marine, 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson, was ordered to court-martial on charges of making false official statements, obstruction of justice and attempting to fraudulently separate from the Marine Corps.

The alleged ringleader of US troops who killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005 in Haditha will not face murder charges, a US Marines spokesman said. Sgt Frank Wuterich, 27, will stand trial for voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault...

Two Iraqi soldiers were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in an area near the borders with Iran, said a security source Monday. The source said the incident occurred in Klalos area located in Diyala province...

Members of the paramilitary Awakening Council of Al-A'zhamiya arrested three persons of Iranian nationality and handed them to the US forces, commander of the council Colonel Riyadh Al-Samerra'e said Monday.

It must be a candidate for the worst job in Iraq. It falls to Baghdad's street sweepers, who use their bare hands, to pick up the fingertips and scraps of flesh spattered around every bomb site in the Iraqi capital. They do it without gloves...

in 15 months, Captain Cronin and her unit, the 15th Brigade Support Battalion, have gone from providing logistics and supplies to US troops to helping refurbish an animal clinic, building horse stables, and constructing new habitats...

A score of young Iraqi women in tight, shimmering gowns shuffle across the nightclub dance floor under the hungry eyes of Gulf Arabs at nearby tables.

Two bodies were found in Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

In the town of Khalis, 50 miles north of Baghdad, gunmen traded fire with police and Awakening Council members, leaving one council member and one policeman dead and wounding three policemen, a police officer said.

A suicide bomber drove a truck rigged with explosives into a checkpoint manned by members of a U.S.-backed security volunteer group in a town north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 12 people, police and a member of the volunteer group said.

The U.S. military is giving the Ohio National Guard its biggest call-up since World War II this week, sending about 1,600 troops to Kuwait, with some of them going on to Iraq. With their departure, the guard is doing more to help members' families.

A female suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint in Baquba, the capital city of Diyala province, on Monday, wounding six people, a provincial police source said.

Basra police chief Abdul Jalil Khalaf survived two assassinations attempts in two hours today. The first was when two roadside bombs targeted his convoy as he was heading to a tribal conference in northern Basra. On the way back another two roadside...

A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier died of non-combat related injuries Dec. 30. The incident is under investigation, and the name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.