Updated at 12:45 a.m. EDT, Mar. 18, 2008As U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney took a somewhat secretive visit to Baghdad today, Karbala experienced a major bombing attack that killed dozens of people. Several bomb explosions were also heard across the capital. Overall,...
Updated at 8:52 p.m., EDT, Mar. 16, 2008As U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain visited Iraq, another 21 people were killed and 29 were wounded in a new round of violence. No Coalition casualties were reported. In Baghdad, one person was killed and two more were...
Updated at 8:41 p.m. EDT, Mar. 15, 2008At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 55 more were wounded in the latest violence. One American soldier was killed today in Baghdad during a small arms attack. Also, clashing and other attacks continue in and around the city of Kut...
Updated at 11:17 p.m. EDT, March 14, 2008At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 42 were wounded in the latest round of violence. Attack reports are usually lighter on Fridays as many reporters in Iraq take the day off. No Coalition deaths were reported. Clashes between...
Updated at 11:36 p.m. EDT, Mar. 13, 2008As the body of a kidnapped Chaldean Catholic priest was found in northern Iraq, a car bomb blast in Baghdad killed and injured scores of civilians. Overall at least 39 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 112 were...
Updated at 12:37 a.m. EDT, Mar. 13, 2008A group of Iraqi intellectuals and former political leaders formally requested the United Nations to take over security in Iraq in order to end the U.S. occupation of the country. Meanwhile, U.S. authorities received severed...
Updated at 11:38 a.m. EDT, Mar. 12, 2008At least 80 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 123 were wounded in the latest reports. Also, a bombing in Mahmudiya left an unknown number of casualties. No Coalition deaths were reported. Twenty of the victims were...
Updated at 7:55 p.m. EDT, Mar. 10, 2008Eight U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Iraq. Overall, at least 30 Iraqis were also killed and another 77 were wounded across Iraq, during a spate of mostly suicide bombings. Even the relatively stable city...
Updated at 7:15 p.m. EDT, Mar. 9, 2008At least 28 Iraqis were killed and another 10 were wounded in the latest attacks. The U.S. military suggested that a recent surge in killings should not be taken as an overall return to violence. No Coalition deaths were reported....
Updated at 9:34 p.m. EST, Mar. 8, 2008Although reported violence was otherwise light, a mass grave containing about 100 badly decomposed bodies was discovered in Khalis. Overall, at least another 36 Iraqis were killed and 17 more were wounded in the latest attacks....
