Mosul (Iraq)

Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17

2013-05-16 08:06:00

BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...

Iraq fighting leaves at least 41 more people dead

2013-04-25 14:45:00

BEIRUT — At least 41 people died Thursday on the third straight day of pitched fighting between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arabs, as Prime Minister Nouri Maliki warned the country was in crisis. The national police battled back Sunni fighters...

Fred Kaplan's 'The Insurgents' takes on Petraeus and policy

2013-01-18 04:05:00

-------------------- The Insurgents David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War Fred Kaplan Simon & Schuster: 400 pp, $28 -------------------- Everyone knows — or thinks they know — about the influence exerted by the...

Muslims, Christians, Kurds, music: WikiLeaks finds a connection

2011-09-17 16:33:12

IRAQ: In Mosul, grief as Christians mourn latest losses

2010-11-23 16:32:19

IRAQ: Parliament elects a controversial Sunni speaker who riles Kurds

2010-12-03 16:32:22

DUBAI: Bungled Stockholm suicide bomber received training in Iraq, says top security official

2011-01-09 16:32:19

Art review: 'Bearing Witness: Daniel Heyman' at Laband Art Gallery, LMU

2011-01-27 16:33:01

Mark Daily's e-mails to family and friends

2007-02-15 14:37:28

10/31/06 pardon the bizarre typing but these german keyboards are crazy. I have arrived in leipzig and am waiting a couple of hours before continuing to kuwait. all is well so far. no real sleep yet as the plane is crammed with weapons, bags, and boots....

Military deaths

2009-04-19 00:00:00

The Defense Department last week identified the following U.S. military personnel who died in Afghanistan and Iraq: Francisco X. Aguila, 35, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico; corporal, Army. Aguila died of noncombat-related injuries Tuesday in Kabul, Afghanistan....

Foreign fighters in Iraq seek recognition, U.S. says

2008-03-17 00:00:00

Young, lonely and struggling to make a mark. The U.S. military Sunday presented a profile of foreign fighters, who are blamed for about 90% of the suicide bombings that have claimed thousands of lives in Iraq. It was based on interrogations of 48 men...

Suicide bomber kills up to 17 at funeral

2008-01-22 00:00:00

A bomber walked undetected into a funeral Monday evening and blew himself up, killing as many as 17 others and injuring nine in a predominantly Sunni village near Tikrit, police said. The explosion in Hajaj village killed Iraqis attending a funeral for...

Protesters climb on a military vehicle as smoke rises from the headquarters of the Mosul governorate during a demonstration in Mosul, 390 km (242 miles) north of Baghdad. Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets on Friday to protest against corruption and a lack of basic services in an organised

2011-02-25 00:00:00

Iraqi women walk through the rubble of their house after a truck bombing in Wardek village in Hamadaniya district, east of Mosul in northern Iraq. At least 20 people were killed and 15 others were wounded, a security source said.

2009-09-10 00:00:00

An Iraqi soldier inspects the site of the blast in Wardek village. The explosion knocked down many of the farming village's mud-brick homes and buried people in rubble, including women and children, a police officer said.

2009-09-10 00:00:00