baltimoresun.com - Iraq

Fighting ebbs in Sadr City; details of truce remain to be settled

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Fighting ebbed and residents began emerging from their homes as a deal to halt the violence took effect yesterday in Sadr City, the Baghdad slum that has been the focus of clashes pitting U.S. and Iraqi forces against militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Mothers in uniform

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Since the 2001 attacks, the U.S. has sent a growing number of mothers to war in Iraq and Afghanistan

Sue Lynn Downes never took off the charm necklace. Never.

Patience wears thin at roadblock in Baghdad

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

On a smog-choked stretch of "Route Pluto," a street haunted by snipers and bombs on the edge of Sadr City, Army Lt. Matt Vigeant was out in traffic looking for a white Opel.

News of al-Masri arrest a mistake

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Iraqi identification is latest in series of false alarms

The U.S. military said yesterday that Iraqi authorities had mistakenly announced Thursday that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, had been captured in the northern city of Mosul. American officials said a man who was arrested had a name similar to al-Masri's.

Head of al-Qaida in Iraq reported arrested

Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Police in Mosul claim capture; U.S. military awaits confirmation

Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said yesterday, in what could mark a significant blow to the Sunni insurgency in its last urban stronghold.

Former Guantanamo detainee blamed for Iraq suicide attack

Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

U.S. says Kuwaiti freed from Guantanamo was Iraq suicide attacker

A Kuwaiti who had been imprisoned in Guantanamo for more than 3 1/2 years carried out a recent suicide attack in Iraq, the U.S. military said yesterday.

Killed in Iraq

Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

As of yesterday, at least 4,073 members of the U.S. military have died since the start of the Iraq war in March 2003.

3,500 U.S. troops set to leave Iraq, U.S. military says

Tue, 6 May 2008 09:04:00 -0400

About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, part of a plan to reduce the number of troops who were part of last year's "surge" by 20,000.

Iran suspends talks with U.S.

Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

U.S. military escalates charges that Tehran backs Iraq militants

Iran called off further Iraq security talks with Washington until U.S. forces stop their crackdown on Shiite militias, but the military brought more air power into the fight yesterday and escalated its accusations of Iranian backing for extremists.

Killed in Iraq

Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

As of yesterday, at least 4,071 members of the U.S. military have died since the start of the Iraq war in March 2003.