5 Years after Mission Accomplished; April US Troop Toll 50 Killed; 1,073 Iraqis Killed this Month Juan Cole 5 Years after George W. Bush's infamous speech...
Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq, Thursday 1 May 2008 By Sahar Issa The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents...
Security developments in Iraq, May 1 May 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1515 GMT on Thursday. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces said they...
U.S. death toll rises as it digs in against Iraq's Shiite militias The Christian Science Monitor - The American military's participation in the war declared by...
Iraqi Shiite MPs in Iran for talks with Sadr to end clashes Five Iraqi Shiite MPs are in Iran to hold talks with radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in a bid to end...
Jordan imposes visa requirements on Iraqis Iraqis wanting to enter Jordan now have to have a visa as part of plans to stem a huge influx of refugees, the...
Former GITMO Detainee Carries Out Suicide Attack in Iraq "We were shocked by the painful news we received this afternoon ... through a call from one of the...
Two suicide bombers kill 31 north of Baghdad: Iraqi army Two suicide bombers blew themselves up north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 31 people and...
McCain: 'Mission accomplished' banner not Bush's fault Republican John McCain said President Bush should not be held responsible for the much-criticized...
Iraqi lawmakers press Iran to end support for militias BAGHDAD - In an unusual initiative, five Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday presented intelligence photos and...
US west coast dockworkers in 1-day strike 'over Iraq': union Around 25,000 workers at 29 ports along the western US coastline went on strike on Thursday to...
US admits most Iraqi refugees since 2003 The number of Iraqi refugees allowed into the United States rose again in April, reaching the highest level for any...
Petraeus backs Iraqi government talks with Sadr General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in Iraq, on Thursday reaffirmed his concern about Iran's role in...
Petraeus and Brown to hold talks on UK role in Iraq This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday May 01 2008. It was last updated at 11:52 on...
Senators propose limiting US funds for big Iraq projects A Senate panel has proposed banning US funds for all large-scale projects in Iraq above two million...
BBC Journalist Arrested in Karbala Police arrested an Iraqi correspondent for the BBC in the city of Karbala on Thursday, according to reports in Arabic. ...
Desperation among Trapped Sadr City Residents The mood in Sadr City is becoming more desperate, residents say, as American missiles continue to fall the...
News Update for May 1, 2008 - Mission Accomplished Day An Iraqi Shiite cleric from the al-Sadr movement walks through the rubble of house in Baghdad's Sadr...
Iraq war jolts US presidential campaign Five years after President George W. Bush stood on a warship deck in front of a banner reading "Mission Accomplished,"...
Democrats struggle over war funding bill Democrats running Congress struggled Thursday to write an Iraq war funding bill that can both pass through their...
John <http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/02/john-mccain-admits-iraq-war-was-ov er-oil/> McCain admits Iraq War was over oil By: SilentPatriot on Friday,...
Turkish army confirms Iraq air raid The Turkish military said Friday its warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, in the latest of a series of...
Turkish army confirms air strikes on Kurd rebels Source: Reuters ANKARA, May 2 - Turkey's General Staff confirmed on Friday its warplanes had attacked Kurdish...
37 Iraqi media workers killed in one year At least 37 Iraqi employees of media networks have been killed in the war-torn country over the past year, including...
Jury acquits soldier in shooting death of Iraqi insurgent A military jury Thursday acquitted an Army sergeant of premeditated murder in the death of an unarmed...
US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for suicide attack The U.S. military on Friday blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for a double suicide bombing that killed at least 36...
Two suicide bombers create Iraq chaos A double suicide attack in the city of Balad Rus, northeast of Baghdad, has left 31 dead and more than 60 injured. via...
75 suspects detained after Iraq twin bombings "We conducted operations in southern Balad Ruz to clear the areas controlled by Al-Qaeda after the bomb attacks....