Casualty Count

"CBS News Raw": Shiite militants loyal to Moqtada al Sadr battle Iraqi forces on the streets of Basra. Fifty-five people have been killed and 300 wounded.

Shi'a leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on Wednesday for talks to end the crisis in Basra as his militiamen fought new deadly battles with Iraqi forces in the southern port city and other Shi'a areas.

A US airstrike killed five Iraqi civilians including a judge in the northern town of Tikrit today, Iraqi police said. US forces acknowledged that civilians had been struck during a battle with suspected al-Qaeda Sunni Arab militants...

...the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of a British soldier in Iraq today, 26 March 2008. MOD announcement The soldier died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during a firefight in the early hours of this morning.

A MND - Baghdad Soldier was killed during a small-arms fire attack at approximately 12:35 p.m. March 26 while conducting a combat patrol...the Soldier was medically evacuated to a Coalition forces combat support hospital, where he succumbed...

Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on Wednesday for talks to end the crisis in Basra as his militiamen fought new deadly battles with Iraqi forces in the southern port city and other Shiite areas.

The role of the militias in Basra is complex. The largest among them are attached to political parties, with elected representatives. Those parties - using the militias as muscle - vie for influence and resources.

An American financial analyst working for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has died of his wounds from an Easter Day rocket attack against the heavily fortified Green Zone, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

An assault by thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police officers to regain control of the southern port city of Basra stalled Wednesday as Shiite militiamen in the Mahdi Army fought daylong hit-and-run battles and refused to withdraw...

Three American citizens working for the U.S. government were wounded by an indirect fire attack on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, U.S. embassy said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered Shi'ite militants fighting government forces in the southern city of Basra to surrender their arms within three days or face the consequences.

Fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr clashed again in Basra Wednesday, a day after running battles in Iraq's southern oil hub killed seven people, an AFP reporter and witnesses said.

A roadside bomb struck a U.S. patrol on a road through Sadr City late on Wednesday and American troops cordoned off the area, a U.S. military spokesman said. He did not give information on casualties.

U.S. Army Pfc. Jamin Moore suffered burns on more than 60 percent of his body Dec. 4 when the Humvee he was riding in was struck by a roadside bomb. Three fellow soldiers died in the explosion.

Authorities are awaiting identification of the remains of three bodies in Iraq, a U.S. law enforcement official said today, a day after the remains of two kidnapped contractors were identified.

"The cease-fire is over; we have been told to fight the Americans," said one Mahdi Army militiaman, who was reached by telephone in Sadr City. This same man, when interviewed in January, had stated that he was abiding by the cease-fire...

Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr battled for control of the southern oil capital, fought U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad and unleashed...

Violence between armed militias and Iraqi security forces erupted in Basra on Tuesday. Alex Chadwick talks to Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post Baghdad bureau chief, about who is behind the fighting and what it means for a cease-fire agreement ...

Moqtada al-Sadr's militiamen battled troops in four Iraqi cities on Tuesday, including the capital, as the hardline Shiite cleric threatened a countrywide campaign of civil revolt. Heavy clashes broke out between Sadr's Mahdi Army fighters...

Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier was killed by a hostile fire attack at approximately 5 p.m. March 25 while conducting combat operations. The Soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin...