Explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City district kills 10
BAGHDAD - A bomb struck a municipal council building Tuesday in Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City district, killing four Americans, including two soldiers and two U.S. government civilian employees, U.S. officials said. At least six Iraqi civilians also died.
Nations:Iraq People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-06-24
Bomb kills 6 Iraqis, 4 Americans in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb killed 10 people including two U.S. government employees and two U.S. soldiers at a council meeting in the Baghdad stronghold of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday, officials said.
Nations:Iraq People:David Petraeus Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-24
Lawmakers loyal to al-Sadr denounce Iraqi gov't
Lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accused the Iraqi government of trying to crush the movement and warned Saturday of "black clouds" on the horizon for truces that have eased fighting between al-Sadr's militia and security forces.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-05-24
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, expressed confidence during a visit to Iraq on Saturday that expected provincial elections will promote national reconciliation.
Nations:Iraq People:David Petraeus Nancy Pelosi Activities:110th Congress Second Gulf War
2008-05-17
US rocket attack damages Baghdad hospital
A US rocket attack damaged a hospital in the Iraqi capital's violent Shiite stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, wounding 28 people as American forces claimed to have killed 14 militants in the district.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-05-03
Twin suicide bombings kill 35 in Iraq
Twin suicide blasts ripped through a wedding party in Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 66, an Iraqi army officer said.
Nations:Iraq People:David Petraeus Robert Gates Gordon Brown Jalal Talabani Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-05-01
Police: Car bomb kills at least 9 in Baghdad
A car bomb aimed at a U.S. patrol in Baghdad on Thursday killed at least nine Iraqi civilians and wounded 26, police said.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-05-01
US troop deaths hit 7-month high in Iraq
The killings of three U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 47, making it the deadliest month since September.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-04-30
Militiamen ambush drives back US patrol in Sadr City
Dozens of fighters ambushed a U.S. patrol in Baghdad's main Shiite militia stronghold Tuesday, firing rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun bursts as the American push into Sadr City increasingly faces pockets of close urban combat.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-04-29
Civilian casualties mount in Iraq as Shiite clashes spread
Civilian casualties mounted Wednesday as clashes between Shiite gunmen and U.S. and Iraqi troops spread to Baghdad's outskirts. Police said two women were among seven people killed in fighting overnight.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-04-23
Sadr threatens open war against U.S., Iraq
BAGHDAD -- Renegade cleric Muqtada al Sadr on Saturday issued a "final warning" to the Iraqi government, threatening an open-ended "war until liberation" if U.S. and Iraqi troops don't stop their offensive against followers of his militant Shiite Muslim movement.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-04-20
Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq
Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation."
Nations:Iraq
2008-04-19
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