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• More attacks across Iraq kill 7 people

  May 21, 2013 5:15 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) New attacks in Iraq killed seven people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the country. A suicide bomber set off his explosives-laden vest at a military checkpoint in the town of Tarmiyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles)... more »

• Officials: More attacks in Iraq; 7 killed

  May 21, 2013 3:38 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Officials say new attacks in Iraq have killed seven people and wounded dozens. A police officer says a suicide blast at a checkpoint, followed by militants who opened fire at Iraqi troops, has killed three soldiers in Tarmiyah. The town is 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad.... more »

• Wave of attacks kills at least 95 in Iraq

  May 20, 2013 2:49 PM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A wave of attacks killed at least 95 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 240 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in... more »

• Baghdad car bomb kills 13, raises death toll to 70

  May 20, 2013 7:52 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a car bomb in another Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has killed 13 people. The blast pushed the day's death toll from a deadly wave of bombings and shooting attacks across Iraq to 70. The officials say the latest blast struck on Monday afternoon in a... more »

• Car bombs in Baghdad Shiite districts kill 16

  May 20, 2013 2:15 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75. Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets on Monday morning. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because... more »

• 8 police kidnapped in western Iraq

  May 18, 2013 7:40 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Police officials say gunmen have kidnapped eight Iraqi policemen who were guarding a post on the main highway to Jordan and Syria. Two officials say the abductions happened Saturday on the desert road west of Baghdad. Violence has spiked in Iraq in recent days, with bombings and other... more »

• Iraq attacks leave 8 dead

  May 18, 2013 5:51 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Gunmen killed the entire family of an anti-terrorist policeman in Baghdad and a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south on Saturday, part of a wave of attacks across Iraq that left eight dead, said officials. The attacks follow three days of bombings and other violence across the country... more »

• Gunmen raid home in Iraq, kill 5 people

  May 18, 2013 4:19 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including him and his sleeping family. Police officials say the attackers stormed the house in the al-Rasheed district early Saturday and shot dead Cap. Adnan... more »

• Iraqis mourn 2 Shiite fighters killed in Syria

  May 17, 2013 5:31 AM

  BASRA, Iraq (AP) Hundreds of Iraqis attended the Friday funeral in a southern city of two Shiite fighters killed in Syria. Several such funerals have been held in recent months, the latest sign that the conflict has taken on a sectarian regional dimension. Mourners in the oil-rich city of Basra... more »

• Iraqis mourn 2 Shiite fighters killed in Syria

  May 17, 2013 5:22 AM

  BASRA, Iraq (AP) Hundreds of Iraqis attended the Friday funeral in a southern city of two Shiite fighters killed in Syria. Several such funerals have been held in recent months, the latest sign that the conflict has taken on a sectarian regional dimension. Mourners in the oil-rich city of Basra... more »

• Iraqis mourn 2 Shiite fighters killed in Syria

  May 17, 2013 3:47 AM

  BASRA, Iraq (AP) Hundreds of Iraqis in a southern city have attended the funeral of two Shiite fighters killed in Syria. In Basra, mourners on Friday carried the coffin of Mohammed Aboud, who they say was killed by a sniper fire near the shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside the capital... more »

• Wave of bombings kills at least 33 in Iraq

  May 15, 2013 2:58 PM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said. The bloodshed came amid growing tensions between the Shiite-led government and minority Sunnis following a deadly security crackdown... more »

• Bombings kill at least 5 in Iraq

  May 15, 2013 8:50 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say two separate bombings have killed at least five people. The deadliest attack Wednesday took place in the city of Kirkuk, some 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad. Kirkuk deputy police chief Maj. Gen. Torhan Abdul-Rahman Youssef says a parked car bomb in the city... more »

• 1st Kurdish fighters enter Iraq from Turkey

  May 14, 2013 2:59 AM

  HEROR, Iraq (AP) The first of Kurdish fighters from Turkey have entered northern Iraq as part of a peace deal to end a long uprising, despite Iraqi objections to the transfer. Comrades greeted 13 armed men and women from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) at a ceremony in Heror in... more »

• Officials: Bomb kills 3 Sunni worshippers in Iraq

  May 10, 2013 7:15 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a bomb explosion near a Sunni mosque near Baghdad has killed three worshippers and wounded seven. Police say that the bomb went off after Friday prayers as worshippers were leaving the al-Sultan mosque in Mahaweel, 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of the capital. A hospital... more »

• Iraq PM's group wins largest bloc in several areas

  May 4, 2013 11:52 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied in an eighth, although it failed to achieve a majority in any of the districts, electoral officials announced Saturday. Last month's vote... more »

• UN: April deadliest month in Iraq since June 2008

  May 2, 2013 4:55 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) The United Nations mission to Iraq says more people were killed in violent attacks across the country in April than in any other month since June 2008. The U.N. figures released on Thursday underscore concerns that security is quickly deteriorating in Iraq, where violence spiked in the last... more »

• Car bomb in Baghdad Shiite suburb kills 4

  May 1, 2013 2:21 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a car bomb in a Shiite suburb of Baghdad has killed four people and wounded 12 others. Two police officers say the parked car bomb went off early Wednesday morning in Hussainya and killed four civilians. They added that 12 others, including four policemen who... more »

• Officials: 16 killed in car bombings in south Iraq

  April 29, 2013 2:41 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Officials say three car bombs have killed 16 people and wounded dozens in two Shiite cities in southern Iraq amid a rise in sectarian violence. A police officer says two parked car bombs went off simultaneously Monday morning in the city of Amarah near a gathering of constructor... more »

• Iraq pulls Jazeera, other TV licenses amid unrest

  April 28, 2013 4:56 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities are suspending the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera along with nine other satellite channels on allegations they are promoting a sectarian agenda. The move, effective immediately on Sunday, comes as Baghdad tries to quell rising unrest in the country following clashes at a protest camp... more »

• Attacks kill 8 from Iraq security forces

  April 27, 2013 4:58 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities say attackers have killed eight members of the security forces, including five anti-al-Qaida militiamen, amid rising sectarian violence in the country. Police said that the first attack occurred early Saturday when gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint manned by pro-government Sunni fighters near the city of... more »

• Iraq clashes kill 41 in northern city of Mosul

  April 25, 2013 11:52 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) More than 40 people were reported killed in fighting in a key city in northern Iraq and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in the country on Thursday, raising concerns that unrest roiling Sunni areas is spreading. Iraq's prime minister appealed for calm following three days of violence... more »

• Gunmen seize Sunni town in central Iraq

  April 25, 2013 8:42 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities said Thursday that gunmen have taken over a Sunni town north of Baghdad after a firefight with security forces, raising concerns that unrest roiling Iraq is spreading. Iraq's prime minister appeared on national television to appeal for calm. The seizure of the town of Suleiman Beg... more »

• Iraq: 35 dead in clashes, bombing as tensions rise

  April 24, 2013 11:46 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Clashes erupted Wednesday between the Iraqi army and armed Sunni tribesmen who sealed off a central Iraqi town, leaving 22 dead, just a day after a bloody incident involving soldiers and protesters set off fighting that killed 56 people. Other violence Wednesday killed 13. The unrest is heightening... more »

• Iraq on edge after deadly raid on protest camp

  April 23, 2013 2:54 PM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at the Shiite-led government. The unrest and a spate of other attacks, mostly targeting Sunni mosques, killed at least 56 people. The violence could mark an... more »

• Iraqis start voting in regional elections

  April 19, 2013 11:30 PM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Polls opened amid tight security in Iraq on Saturday for regional elections in the country's first vote since the U.S. military withdrawal, marking an important test of the country's stability. The results will not directly affect Iraq's national government. But the vote is an important measure of support... more »

• Officials: Car bombs in Iraq kill 9 people

  April 16, 2013 5:27 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Officials say two car bombings in Iraq have killed nine people and wounded 27. Police officials say in the larger of the two attacks, a car bomb exploded near a car repair shops in Aziziyah town. Seven people were killed and 20 were wounded in that blast. Aziziyah... more »

• Iraq attacks kill 55 less than a week before vote

  April 15, 2013 11:42 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Insurgents in Iraq deployed a series of car bombs as part of highly coordinated attacks that cut across a wide swath of the country Monday, killing at least 55 on the deadliest day in nearly a month. The assault bore the hallmarks of a resurgent al-Qaida in Iraq... more »

• Iraq: String of attacks across country kills 32

  April 15, 2013 5:59 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Insurgents launched what appeared to be a highly coordinated string of attacks across Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 32 and wounding more than 200, according to officials. The attacks, many involving car bombs, erupted less than a week before Iraqis in much of the country are... more »

• Iraq: String of morning attacks kills 27

  April 15, 2013 2:47 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A series of attacks across Iraq killed 27 people and wounded well over 100 on Monday morning, officials said. The attacks, many involving car bombs, took place less than a week before Iraqis in much of the country are scheduled to vote in the country's first elections since... more »

• Iraq: String of morning attacks kill 22

  April 15, 2013 2:16 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a series of attacks in several cities across the country have killed 22 people. Most of the deadly attacks on Monday morning reported by police officials were bombings, which killed 21 people in Baghdad, in the western city of Fallujah, the contested northern city of... more »

• Iraq forces Iranian plane bound for Syria to land

  April 8, 2013 8:01 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say they searched an Iranian plane bound for Damascus looking for weapons being sent to fighters loyal to the Syrian regime, but none were found Government spokesman Ali al-Moussawi says the cargo plane was forced to land on Monday, but a search showed it was carrying... more »

• Iraq forces Iranian plane bound for Syria to land

  April 8, 2013 7:47 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say they searched an Iranian plane bound for Damascus looking for weapons being sent to fighters loyal to the Syrian regime, but none were found Government spokesman Ali al-Moussawi says the cargo plane was forced to land on Monday, but a search showed it was carrying... more »

• Bomb-laden truck kills 7 at Iraqi police station

  April 1, 2013 5:00 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A suicide bomber drove a fuel-laden truck into a police station in central Iraq on Monday, killing seven policemen, officials said. The morning attack in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, also wounded more than 30, said Iraqi health official Raed Ibrahim. Qutayba al-Jabouri, a lawmaker from the Salahuddin province... more »

• Al-Qaida in Iraq claims deadly attacks

  March 20, 2013 4:41 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) An al-Qaida affiliated group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for bloody attacks that killed dozens of people across the country a day earlier. In a statement posted Wednesday on a militant website, the Islamic State of Iraq, al-Qaida's Iraqi branch, said the Tuesday attacks were in revenge for... more »

• Rush hour car bomb kills 2 in eastern Baghdad

  March 20, 2013 2:03 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a car bomb in eastern Baghdad has killed two civilians and wounded four on the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion, the day after a series of well-coordinated attacks left scores dead. Two police officers say the parked car exploded during rush hour Wednesday morning... more »

• Veteran Recalls Service in Iraq Play Video

  March 19, 2013 10:45 PM

  WESLACO - A Rio Grande Valley veteran said the United States' involvement in Iraq made a difference in that country. His comments come on the 10th anniversary of the war. The conflict claimed the lives of 56 Valley residents and left 200 more wounded, officials said. Iraq remains a... more »

• Wave of Iraq blasts kill 57 decade after invasion

  March 19, 2013 8:32 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A wave of bombings tore through the Baghdad area Tuesday, killing 57 people on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion and showing how unstable Iraq remains more than a year after the withdrawal of American troops. Violence has ebbed sharply since the peak of... more »

• Officials: Attacks across Baghdad kill at least 21

  March 19, 2013 1:47 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a wave of attacks in different Shiite areas of Baghdad has killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens. Police officials say the attacks, mostly by car bombings, targeted mainly small restaurants, daily laborers and bus stops in the Iraqi capital within a one-hour period... more »

• Several attacks kill 9 people in Iraq

  March 18, 2013 11:41 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A suicide attacker drove his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint in central Iraq on Monday, killing five people, and attacks elsewhere in the country killed four others, officials said. The attacks were evidence that while violence has ebbed in Iraq, insurgents frequently attack civilians and security forces, attempting... more »

• 2 car bombs kill 8 in southern Iraq

  March 17, 2013 5:56 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities say two car bombs have killed eight people and wounded 21 others in the country's south. Two police officials said that the first blast took place near a parking lot near the Tax Department in the center of Basra. Fifteen minutes later, a second bomb went... more »

• Al-Qaida affiliate claims Iraq ministry assault

  March 17, 2013 2:15 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) An al-Qaida-affiliated group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a carefully planned assault on the Justice Ministry in downtown Baghdad last week. The attack, involving car bombs and gunmen disguised as police, killed at least 24 people. In a statement posted online on Sunday, the Islamic State of... more »

• Police clash with Sunni worshippers in Baghdad

  March 15, 2013 8:40 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Protesters clashed Friday with Iraqi police trying to prevent them from reaching the most venerated Sunni mosque in Baghdad, as members of their sect once again massed for anti-government rallies in several Iraqi cities. Several people were reported injured. Iraqi security forces had prevented worshippers from holding Friday... more »

• Gunmen kill protest organizer in Iraq

  March 10, 2013 4:16 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say an anti-government protest organizer has been killed in a drive-by-shooting in the country's north. Police Lt. Col. Wisam Abdullah says gunmen shot and killed Bunyan Sabar al-Obeidi Sunday morning as he was driving his car in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles)... more »

• Iraqi security forces surround protest site

  March 9, 2013 5:57 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities deployed security forces around the main rallying point for Sunni protests in western Iraq overnight and warned on Saturday that the area had become a haven for terrorists. The operation was likely to further heighten tensions between Iraq's Sunni minority and the Shiite-dominated government. It comes... more »

• Lawmaker: Parliament approves 2013 national budget

  March 7, 2013 8:05 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A lawmaker says parliament has approved a $118.6 billion national budget after months of wrangling over the share to be allocated for foreign oil companies working in the country's self-ruled northern Kurdish region. Kurds and the Arab-led government in Baghdad have been at loggerheads for years over rights... more »

• 2 attacks on security forces kill 5 people in Iraq

  March 6, 2013 8:49 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a shooting and a roadside bomb have killed five people west of Baghdad. Three of the dead were police. The Wednesday attacks were among many in recent months targeting security forces and aimed at undermining the regime. Police said gunmen in two cars sprayed a... more »

• Anti-al-Qaida leader killed in Iraq shooting

  March 5, 2013 8:34 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A local leader of anti-al-Qaida militiamen was shot dead Tuesday in western Baghdad, one of four people killed in violence in different parts of Iraq, officials said. The pro-government militiamen, known as the Sahwa group, joined forces with U.S. troops to fight al-Qaida during the Iraq war. Since... more »

• Attacks in different Iraq regions kill 2, wound 3

  March 5, 2013 4:46 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Officials say attacks in two different areas in Iraq have killed two people and wounded three. A police officer says gunmen broke into a real estate office in Baghdad's northern Sabi al-Boor neighborhood on Tuesday, killing two and wounding two people there. A health official confirmed the causalities.... more »

• Officials: Separate attacks in Iraq kill 4

  March 3, 2013 5:00 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Three separate attacks in Shiite-dominated areas on Sunday in central Iraq have killed at least four people and wounded 14, officials said. The deadliest was in the Husseiniya area northeast of Baghdad, where three roadside bombs went off simultaneously, killing three civilians, a police officer said. He said... more »

• Officials: Bomb attacks in Iraq kill 4

  March 3, 2013 2:44 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say attacks in two Shiite-dominated areas in the Baghdad region have killed four people and wounded 11. A police officer says three roadside bombs went off simultaneously on Sunday in the Husseiniya area northeast of the capital, killing three civilians. He said 11 others, including three... more »

• Blasts at Iraqi market kill 5 south of Baghdad

  March 1, 2013 2:32 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) An Iraqi official says a pair of car bombs has exploded at a livestock market in the south of the country, killing five and wounding dozens. The head of the provincial council, Jubair al-Jabouri, says 70 people were wounded in the Friday attack in Diwaniyah. He blamed the... more »

• Doctor: Iraqi president communicating after stroke

  February 24, 2013 3:27 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A doctor who oversees Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's medical care says the president is able to speak and understand people around him as he recovers from a stroke he suffered over two months ago. In an interview Sunday Dr. Najmaldin Karim described the improvement in the president's health... more »

• Officials: Gunmen kill 4 soldiers in Iraq

  February 21, 2013 4:48 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say gunmen have attacked an army checkpoint north of Baghdad, killing four soldiers and wounding four others. Police officials say gunmen in two cars sprayed the checkpoint with bullets early on Thursday in the town of in Duluiayah. The town is about 75 kilometers (45 miles)... more »

• Al-Qaida in Iraq claims deadly Baghdad attack

  February 18, 2013 4:03 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Al-Qaida's local franchise in Iraq has claimed responsibility for car bombings that killed at least 37 people in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad. The U.S. SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant forums, says the Islamic State of Iraq issued a statement on militant websites saying Sunday's attacks came... more »

• Iraqi officials say 28 killed in series of blasts

  February 17, 2013 3:43 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A series of car bombs exploded within minutes of each other in and around Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens in overwhelmingly Shiite areas. The attacks come amid rising sectarian discord in Iraq. The explosions, mostly in outdoor markets, struck at the start... more »

• Iraqi officials say 23 killed in series of blasts

  February 17, 2013 3:03 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a series of car bombs has killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens in Shiite areas of Baghdad. The attacks on Sunday, the start of the local work week, mostly targeted outdoor markets. Police and hospital officials provided the death toll, saying nearly 70... more »

• Suicide attack kills 4 in northern Iraq

  February 16, 2013 3:42 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a suicide blast in northern Iraq has killed a senior military official and three bodyguards. Police officials say the Saturday morning attack occurred when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt near Ali Aouni's car as he was leaving his house in Tal Afar, 420... more »

• Iraq's top judge removed over ties to Saddam party

  February 14, 2013 8:53 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) The Iraqi panel tasked with purging government ranks of former members of Saddam Hussein's party said on Thursday that it has removed the country's top judge from his post because of alleged ties to the now-dissolved Baath party. The removal of Chief judge Medhat al-Mahmoud from the leadership... more »

• Gunmen kill 4 in northern Iraq city of Mosul

  February 10, 2013 11:21 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed four people and wounded three in attacks in the northern city of Mosul. Police say gunmen fired at a police checkpoint in the center of the city early Sunday, killing two policemen. Later in the day, gunmen killed an off-duty soldier at... more »

• 6 dead in rocket attack on Iraqi refugee camp

  February 9, 2013 5:58 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Rockets and mortar rounds struck a refugee camp for Iranian exiles next to Baghdad's international airport before dawn Saturday, killing six people and wounding about 40, police and U.N. officials said. The U.N. urged the Iraqi government to ensure the safety of the about 3,100 camp residents and... more »

• Suicide car bomb kills 15 in northern Iraq

  February 3, 2013 2:50 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A suicide car bomber joined by other suicide attackers on foot assaulted a provincial police headquarters in a disputed northern Iraqi city on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 90 others, officials said. The blast in Kirkuk appeared to be a fresh attack by militants seeking... more »

• Suicide car bomb kills 15 in northern Iraq

  February 3, 2013 1:57 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Officials say a suicide car bomb targeting a provincial police headquarters has killed at least 15 people in a disputed northern Iraqi city. A police officer says at least one attacker drove his car into the headquarters building in Kirkuk on Sunday morning. He said another 70 people... more »

• Iraqi troops shoot dead 5 protesters during clash

  January 25, 2013 5:44 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi troops shot dead five protesters Friday as they opened fire at stone-hurling demonstrators angry at the troops for preventing them from joining an anti-government rally west of Baghdad, officials said. According to police officials, the soldiers started shooting after a group of protesters on their way to... more »

• Officials: Car bombs in Iraq kill 17, wound dozens

  January 22, 2013 5:26 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A string of car bomb attacks in and around Baghdad killed 17 people and wounded dozens Tuesday, deepening fears of an increase in violence as sectarian tensions simmer in Iraq. Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, blame is likely to fall on Sunni insurgents such as... more »

• Bombs in Iraq kill 22, mostly Shiite pilgrims

  January 17, 2013 5:38 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Insurgents unleashed a string of bomb attacks mainly targeting Shiite Muslim pilgrims across Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 22 people and extending a wave of deadly bloodshed into a second day. The eruption of violence follows nearly two weeks of relative calm, and threatens to enflame rising... more »

• Car bombs in Iraq kill 15

  January 17, 2013 2:22 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) An Iraqi provincial health official says two car bombs have killed at least 11 Shiite pilgrims north of Baghdad, bringing the day's death toll in a series of attacks to 15. The latest explosions struck Thursday morning near Dujail, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, as the... more »

• Bombs in disputed Iraqi city kill 13

  January 16, 2013 2:55 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Authorities say the death toll from two car bombs in an ethnically disputed city in northern Iraq has risen to 13. The deputy police chief in the city of Kirkuk, Maj. Gen. Torhan Abdul-Rahman Youssef, says more than 100 people were wounded in the two blasts Wednesday. He... more »

• Demonstrators rally in support of Iraqi government

  January 12, 2013 5:23 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Shiite demonstrators took to the streets in Iraq's capital Saturday to show support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government, which has faced angry protests in Sunni provinces in a sign of growing sectarian tensions. Under tight security measures, about 2,000 people took part in the rally held in... more »

• Iraqi inmates seize weapons, escape from prison

  January 11, 2013 8:42 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A dozen prisoners including al-Qaida-linked death row inmates escaped from a prison near Baghdad on Friday, the latest sign that Iraq still struggles with basic law and order more than a year after American troops withdrew, officials said. The brazen prison break happened hours before thousands of mostly... more »

• Iraqi prisoners escape from prison

  January 11, 2013 5:09 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities say 12 prisoners, including some al-Qaida-linked inmates awaiting execution, have escaped from a prison near Baghdad. A police official said the early Friday jailbreak took place after the prisoners escaped through windows of their cells and seized the weapons of guards who were manning two observation... more »

• Bombings kill 8 in Iraq

  January 10, 2013 5:56 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A series of attacks on a bus stop, police patrol and a convoy carrying the head of a university on Thursday in Iraq killed eight people and wounded 20 others, authorities said. One explosion occurred when a car filled with explosives blew up near a bus stop in... more »

• Iraq orders release of 11 female detainees

  January 3, 2013 5:23 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities on Thursday ordered the release of 11 female detainees facing criminal charges and vowed to transfer women prisoners to jails in their home provinces, in a move that addresses one of the main demands of a wave of protests by the country's Sunni minority against the... more »

• Iraqi Shiite cleric lends support to Sunni protest

  January 1, 2013 5:21 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is voicing support for Iraqi Sunni protesters who have been rallying against the country's Shiite-dominated central government. The hardline cleric said Tuesday in the Shiite holy city of Najaf that the demonstrators have the right to demonstrate as long as they are peaceful.... more »

• Blasts aimed at Iraqi Shiites, police kill 23

  December 31, 2012 8:25 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Insurgents launched a wave of attacks across Iraq on Monday, primarily targeting Shiite communities and pilgrims and killing at least 23 people, officials said. The attacks appeared aimed at undermining security and confidence in the government by fomenting sectarian conflict. Overall violence has dropped since the nation neared... more »

• Blasts aimed at Iraqi Shiites, police kill 23

  December 31, 2012 8:24 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Insurgents launched a wave of attacks across Iraq on Monday, primarily targeting Shiite communities and pilgrims and killing at least 23 people, officials said. The attacks appeared aimed at undermining security and confidence in the government by fomenting sectarian conflict. Overall violence has dropped since the nation neared... more »

• 15 people killed in blasts in north, central Iraq

  December 31, 2012 5:40 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Bombings across Iraq killed 15 people and wounded at least another 24 on Monday, officials said the latest apparent attacks by militants aimed at undermining security and confidence in the government. The deadliest blasts were in the town of Musayyib some 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of the... more »

• Iraq: 10 people killed in attacks south of Baghdad

  December 31, 2012 4:43 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Two separate bombings south of Baghdad killed 10 people and wounded another 24 on Monday, Iraqi officials said the latest apparent attacks by militants aimed at undermining security and confidence in the government. The deadliest attack was in the town of Musayyib some 60 kilometers (40 miles) south... more »

• Iraq: Car bomb explosion kills 3 south of Baghdad

  December 31, 2012 2:38 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a parked car bomb has killed three people and wounded 21 south of Baghdad. A police officer says Monday's explosion took place in a busy street in the southern city of Hillah where local government offices are located. He says some Shiite pilgrims were there... more »

• Iraqi protesters wounded after warning shots fired

  December 30, 2012 5:35 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Bodyguards for a senior Iraqi Sunni politician opened fire to disperse angry anti-government demonstrators and two people were wounded in the country's west, where Sunnis angry over their perceived second-class treatment by the country's Shiite-led government have been protesting for over a week, a local official said. The... more »

• Iraqi protesters wounded after warning shots fired

  December 30, 2012 4:04 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) An official in Iraq's western Anbar province says two people have been wounded after bodyguards for a senior Sunni politician began shooting to disperse angry anti-government protesters. Anbar provincial council member Talib Hamadi al-Dulaimi told The Associated Press the shooting happened near Ramadi Sunday during a visit by... more »

• Iraqi Sunnis demonstrate in several cities

  December 28, 2012 5:43 AM

  FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) Thousands of Iraqi Sunnis massed along a major western highway and in other parts of the country Friday for what appear to be the largest protests yet in a week of demonstrations, intensifying pressure on the Shiite-led government. The rallies underscore the strength of a tenacious movement... more »

• Iraqi Sunnis demonstrate in Anbar, west of Baghdad

  December 28, 2012 4:11 AM

  FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) Witnesses say tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunni Muslims have massed along a major western highway in the latest of a week of large demonstrations against the Shiite-led government. The protesters gathered Friday near the city of Fallujah, which is in the vast Sunni-dominated province of Anbar... more »

• Iraq: New protests break out in Sunni heartland

  December 26, 2012 5:28 AM

  RAMADI, Iraq (AP) Thousands of Iraqi demonstrators massed again in a Sunni-dominated province west of the capital Wednesday, determined to keep up the pressure on a Shiite-led government that many accuse of trying to marginalize them. It was the third major protest in less than a week in Iraq's largest... more »

• Iraq: Ailing president to be treated in Germany

  December 19, 2012 8:20 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Kurdish officials say Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will be flown to Germany for further treatment after suffering a stroke earlier this week. Medical experts from Germany and other countries began arriving Wednesday to assess the 79-year-old president's condition. Talabani is a senior Kurdish leader and has been a... more »

• Iraq: Ailing president to be treated in Germany

  December 19, 2012 8:19 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Kurdish officials say Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will be flown to Germany for further treatment after suffering a stroke earlier this week. Medical experts from Germany and other countries began arriving Wednesday to assess the 79-year-old president's condition. Talabani is a senior Kurdish leader and has been a... more »

• Medical team arrives in Iraq to treat Talabani

  December 19, 2012 2:57 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) An Iraqi lawmaker says a medical team has arrived from Germany to treat ailing President Jalal Talabani, who remains in a Baghdad intensive care unit after suffering a stroke. Kurdish parliament member Mahmoud Othman said Wednesday that Talabani is "in a better situation than yesterday." The president was... more »

• Iraqi President Talabani suffers a stroke

  December 18, 2012 8:35 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was being treated in a Baghdad hospital under intensive care Tuesday after suffering a stroke, injecting new uncertainty into the country's political future a year after the U.S. military left. Iraqi state TV and several officials, including the prime minister's spokesman and Deputy Prime... more »

• Iraq official says President Talabani had a stroke

  December 18, 2012 4:20 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A spokesman for Iraq's prime minister says President Jalal Talabani has had a stroke and that the president's medical team is still trying to stabilize his condition. Spokesman Ali al-Moussawi told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is at the hospital in the Iraqi... more »

• Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8

  December 16, 2012 11:58 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Bombings rattled two cities in disputed areas in Iraq's north on Sunday, killing at least eight people and raising concerns that extremists are trying to exploit ethnic tensions in the country. The deadliest series of blasts struck Shiite Muslim targets in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk. Police... more »

• Car bomb kills 2 in disputed northern Iraq region

  December 16, 2012 5:01 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi authorities say a car bomb explosion near a Kurdish party office has killed two people in a disputed city north of the capital. Police officials said the blast Sunday targeted the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan office in Jalula some 125 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Baghdad. Another... more »

• Iraq: al-Qaida inmate attempts suicide bombing

  December 12, 2012 4:33 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a suspected al-Qaida detainee has tried to blow himself up inside a prison cell in Baghdad, wounding himself and six others. Police officials said that the suicide bombing attempt took place Wednesday morning inside the suspect's cell. They say three other prisoners and three policemen... more »

• Iraqi Kurdish leader visits disputed areas

  December 10, 2012 8:17 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A senior Kurdish military commander says the president of Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region has visited Kurdish troops in disputed areas near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Brig. Gen. Shirko Rauof says Massoud Barzani met soldiers in two areas near Kirkuk on Monday and urged them to be on... more »

• Baghdad, Kurds said to reach security agreement

  December 6, 2012 8:02 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq's prime minister says Baghdad and Kurdish officials have reached a preliminary agreement to allow inhabitants of disputed northern areas to oversee their own security. Speaking on Thursday, Nouri al-Maliki said Baghdad and leaders of the Kurds' self-ruled autonomous region have agreed that units will be formed from... more »

• Gunmen kill 5 policemen south of Iraqi capital

  December 6, 2012 2:52 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed five policemen in an attack on a checkpoint south of Baghdad. Two police officers say the gunmen stormed into a trailer where the policemen were sleeping next to the checkpoint in the district of Jisr Diyala. The officers say the attack happened... more »

• Car bomb kills 6 south of Iraqi capital

  November 29, 2012 2:22 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Police and health officials say a car bomb in Iraq's heartland Shiite province south of Baghdad has killed at least 6 people and wounded 20. A police officer says the parked car bomb targeted one of the gates to the city of Karbala, killing 6 civilians. He says... more »

• Bombs in disputed northern Iraq kill 3 civilians

  November 27, 2012 4:26 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Provincial officials say three car bombs and a roadside device have exploded in and near the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, killing three civilians and wounding 23 others. Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, is home to a mix of Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen, who all... more »

• Iraqi commander: Rival Kurdish forces enter town

  November 22, 2012 8:30 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq's top military spokesman is accusing rival Kurdish forces of sending reinforcements into two disputed northern areas of the country amid heightened tensions between the Baghdad central government and the Kurdish autonomous region. Col. Dhia al-Wakeel says Kurdish forces, backed by rocket launchers and artillery, reinforced troops already... more »

• Kurdish fighters gather in disputed area in Iraq

  November 21, 2012 5:29 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) A Kurdish commander says he has dispatched fighters to a disputed northern area as tensions mount between Iraq's central government and the self-ruled autonomous region. Commander Mahmoud Sankawi said Wednesday that the forces were shifted to the Khanaqin area overnight from the nearby town of Kifri. The move... more »

• Iraq officials: Suicide car bombing kills 3

  November 18, 2012 4:35 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) Officials say a car bomb explosion in central Iraq has killed three people and wounded 16 others. A police officer says a suicide car bomber drove his explosive-laden car Sunday morning into a police check point in the town of Khalis, killing two civilians and one policeman. He... more »