Casualty Count

Sgt. Michael R. Sturdivant, 20, of Conway, Ark., died Jan. 22 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident during convoy operations. He was assigned to the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological...

Lance Cpl. James M. Gluff, 20, of Tunnel Hill, Ga., died Jan. 19 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

A thunderous blast tore through a vacant apartment building in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 17 civilians and wounding more than 130 in adjacent houses just minutes after the Iraqi army arrived to investigate tips about a weapons cache.

Five Iraqis were killed and 12 others were injured Wednesday when a booby-trapped car exploded in local market in Al-Dabs area, located in Kirkuk city in northern Iraq.

Gunmen in a car sprayed an Iraqi army foot patrol with gunfire in central Baghdad on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and wounding two, security and hospital officials said.

Seven people were killed and up to 70 wounded in a bomb attack on a residential building in Iraq's northern city of Mosul today. Women and children were among the casualties, police said.

A bomb attack on a residential building in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Wednesday killed and wounded up to 50...Women and children were among the victims, police said. They did not have an immediate break-up of the dead and wounded.

Gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi army checkpoint in central Baghdad Wednesday, killing eight soldiers and wounding two, police said. The drive-by shooting occurred about 11 a.m. in the Bab al-Mudham district...in central Baghdad.

Gunmen killed the dean of Baghdad University's dental school while he was driving home from work on Wednesday, Iraqi police said.

Unknown gunmen attacked with missiles a main British military base near Basra airport. The British Army spokesman said on Wednesday the base was attacked with missiles late on Tuesday, adding that the attack did not cause any casualties or damage.

Military officials said Lance Cpl. Cameron Babcock died Sunday when another Marine's weapon accidentally discharged...The 19-year-old infantry rifleman was on his second tour of duty in Iraq, his father said. He had recently spent three weeks at home

A Multi-National Division - North Soldier died from injuries sustained during a vehicle rollover while conducting operations in Kirkuk Jan. 22. Additionally, one other Soldier was wounded and evacuated to a Coalition hospital.

Iraqi security forces found the bodies of six members of one family who had been shot execution-style in Diyala province, a day after they had been kidnapped by gunmen, police said. The bodies of 68-year-old Falih Zimmam al-Osmali...

Iraqi lawmakers have refused to pass the 2008 budget because of rows over funding, including how much money to give the autonomous Kurdistan region, in the latest sign of the country's deep political divisions.

Two US soldiers were killed and another was wounded in a car accident northern Kirkuk, while an Iraqi policeman and a civilian were wounded in a blast in the city of Mosul northern Iraq, police said on Tuesday.

The results of a trauma survey carried out among Iraqi refugees in Syria have been issued today. A total of 754 people were interviewed, who provided information about themselves and their families (a total of 3,553 people).

The percent of Army recruits with a high school diploma dropped last year, continuing a trend that has worsened since the start of the Iraq war, according to a report released Tuesday.

THE family of David Vine, a security guard killed in Iraq, have expressed relief after a coroner this afternoon (Tuesday) ruled he was murdered. Mr Vine, 28, of Parkside, Seaford, died in October 2006. Four Iraqi people also died in the explosion...

The trouble is that there is only so much cash available. The sheikh says his house will cost about 200 million Iraqi Dinars, or about $150,000, to rebuild. Lt. Spainhour explains that big money is very hard to get, but that supplies..

Iraq's parliament on Tuesday passed a law to change the Saddam Hussein-era flag, meeting the demands of Iraq's Kurdish minority who threatened not to fly the banner during a pan-Arab meeting in the Kurdish-run north next month.