Casualty Count

The Bush administration on Thursday announced it was imposing economic sanctions on four people it accused of helping with the flow of money, weapons, terrorists and other resources from Syria into Iraq.

It was not immediately clear where most of the missiles landed or if there were any casualties after an apparent attack lasting about 15 minutes..A large plume of thick black smoke could be seen rising from one area of central Baghdad's Green Zone

The Iraqi presidency has approved the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majeed who earned the nickname "Chemical Ali" for his role in a chemical weapons attack on on Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s, a member of the Iraqi parliament told CNN on Friday.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to millions of Shiite Muslims Thursday to reconcile their differences and boost the country's fragile political process in a speech marking a major religious holiday.

Turkey insisted Thursday that its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq will continue "as long as necessary," while US President George Bush mounted pressure on Ankara to wrap up its incursion quickly.

Two Iraqi policemen were killed and six civilians were injured in two separate incidents in the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, Iraqi police said...A bomb went off near a police vehicle in Mosul injuring six civilians but none...

The faction loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has reacted angrily to the rejection by Iraq's presidency council of a draft law on regional powers. A spokesman for the bloc, Nassar Rubaie, denounced the council's decision as a form of dictatorship.

Police found two bodies with gunshot wounds in different parts of Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said...Three bodies, shot in the head and chest, were found in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, in the past 24 hours, police said.

From his headquarters at the U.S. Pacific Command here, Admiral Timothy Keating is responsible for the largest geographic region in the country's military.

An investigation into allegations the Marine Corps delayed sending blast-resistant trucks to Iraq also will examine whether the Marines were negligent in delivering a laser to divert drivers and people from checkpoints and convoys...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a landmark trip to Iraq on Sunday seeking to show that Iran is an influential player in Iraqi politics which the United States can ill afford to isolate or ignore.

U.S. soldiers killed an Iraqi civilian who raised suspicion and failed to heed warnings to stop as he approached their foot patrol north of Baghdad, the military sasid. The man was wearing a bulky jacket and had his hands in his pockets Wednesday...

Iraqi officials said on Thursday they had defused three car bombs aimed at some of the 7 million pilgrims visiting Kerbala for one of Shi'ite Islam's most important rituals.

Help wanted: possibly life-threatening risks, little freedom outside work, long hours but competitive pay. Must be willing to relocate to Iraq. For many around the world, that is the sound of opportunity knocking.

Turkey's military chief on Thursday refrained from setting a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq after meeting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who urged Turkey to keep its ground incursion short and focused.

The Turkish Army said Thursday that it killed 77 members of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) over the past few hours, bringing the total to 230 so far.

A Kiwi medic in Iraq is in line for a US Government bravery award after helping save dozens of lives in a rocket attack on innocent citizens. Pat Berry, a former duty manager with St John Ambulance in Auckland, was one of the first on the scene...

The Marine Corps' top general has halted the remaining delivery of new flak jackets after his troops in Afghanistan and Iraq complained the gear was too heavy and cumbersome

A recently divorced airman who served with distinction in Iraq chased his ex-wife out of military housing with a pistol before killing his two young children and himself.

You may have heard military advertisements offering college tuition as an inducement for young people to sign up. A Vermont man who fought in Iraq now claims that a military recruiter misled him about those education benefits.