Updated at 5:00 p.m. EST, Nov. 21, 2008Although the prayer day tends to be relatively peaceful, a massive demonstration took place in Baghdad at the behest of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Across Iraq, three people were killed and another 20 were wounded, mostly in...
Updated at 6:45 p.m. EST, Nov. 20, 2008At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 39 more were wounded as a second day of chaos temporarily halted parliamentary debates over a U.S.-Iraqi security pact. No Coalition deaths were reported, but U.S. forces killed an al-Qaeda...
Updated at 7:10 p.m. EST, Nov. 19, 2008At least 11 Iraqis were killed and another 18 were wounded in today's attacks. Also, the Iraqi governent reported that they had discovered a mass grave three months ago near Najaf. The grave contained 150 bodies killed during the...
Updated at 5:50 p.m. EST, Nov. 18, 2008At least 23 Iraqis were killed and 35 more were wounded in the latest reports of violence. In political news, elections have been set for Jan. 31 in most of Iraq's 18 provinces. The top Iraqi cleric gave tacit support to a...
Updated at 3:15 p.m. EST, Nov. 17, 2008At least 18 Iraqis were killed and another 45 were wounded in the latest attacks. Another seven people were injured during an explosion blamed on a defective pipeline. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, the Iraqi...
Updated at 8:55 p.m. EST, Nov. 16, 2008The Iraqi Cabinet approved a U.S-Iraqi security agreement that will allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq and forwarded it to Parliament for their approval. Meanwhile, at least 37 Iraqis were killed and 30 more were wounded in...
Updated at 8:35 p.m. EST, Nov. 15, 2008At least 16 Iraqis were killed and 75 more were wounded in the latest round of violence. Four U.S. servicemembers died in separate incidents, including a helicopter crash in Mosul. Meanwhile, Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have...
Updated at 4:15 p.m. EST, Nov. 14, 2008Only two reports of Iraqi casualties came out of Iraq today. In them, three people were wounded. It is the prayer day and many journalists and gunmen take the day off, but this figure is far below normal. Instead, the Associated...
Updated at 10:59 a.m. EST, Nov. 14, 2008At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 40 more were wounded in the latest violence. One U.S. soldier died this morning of non-combat-related causes as well. Meanwhile, a civilian cargo plane has crashed in the desert near Fallujah,...
Updated at 11:35 p.m. EST, Nov. 12, 2008Ten Iraqi militant groups have vowed to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement by escalating violence against security forces. They have seemingly kept their promise in Baghdad where several significant bombings...
