Iraqis, U.S. dispute deadly raid in new friction
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Iraqi and U.S. officials disputed each others' accounts of an overnight raid and air strike on Friday that killed up to 20 people in a new sign of friction over allegations of American troops killing civilians.
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U.S. forces renewed attacks on Thursday  in the towns of Falluja and Tal Afar, which they say are havens  for foreign militant fighters, and doctors said at least 30  Iraqis were killed in air strikes and fighting.
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American forces said Sunday that they had accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians and wounded three in a strike aimed at militants of Al Qaeda south of Baghdad.
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The U.S. military said on Monday it had accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians, including a child, while pursuing al Qaeda fighters south of Baghdad.
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US and Iraqi forces pressed on with aggressive raids against Sunni Muslim insurgents in towns southwest of Baghdad on Wednesday, racing against time to quell rebellion in time for an election in January.
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American forces say they killed 49 militants after coming under heavy fire in Sadr City, but there were conflicting reports from Iraqi witnesses.
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A mortar attack east of Baghdad killed six people, including two children, as a dispute emerged over transferring control of the armed forces from the U.S.-led coalition to the Iraqi government.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched six raids against insurgents on Friday, including one that killed at least three Iraqis in house-to-house fighting and another in which American forces wounded a female Iraqi who the U.S. command said was being used as a "human shield."
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The Iraqi government has made mixed progress in meeting political and security goals, a U.S. official said on Thursday citing a report that may add to rising calls for a change of course in the unpopular war.
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - Overnight raids by U.S. and Iraqi  forces on the rebel-held Iraqi city of Samarra killed at least  21 people, a hospital official said on Friday.
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Nine Iraqi civilians, including a child, were killed during raids south of Baghdad, the US military admits.
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In Iraq, the number of deaths is rising for both Iraq and the United States since insurgents have increased attacks. The violence is one reason why some of Iraqi&#39;s political leaders say the country&#39;s upcoming elections should be delayed.
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At least nine Iraqis have been killed and several injured in sporadic gunbattles and mortar attacks between Muqtada al-Sadr loyalists and US-led forces in Baghdad.
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A car bomb killed six civilians in Samarra, north of Baghdad, on Sunday when it exploded as a U.S. convoy was passing, police said. South of the capital, U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 17 suspected insurgents in raids.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq condemned a US raid yesterday in Sadr City, Baghdad's Shi'ite slum district , in which American troops searching for Iranian-linked militants sparked a firefight that left 26 Iraqis dead.
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Coalition raids aimed at disrupting the flow of weapons and fighters between Iraq and Iran resulted in at least 20 militants killed early Monday in eastern Iraq, according to a statement from the U.S. military.
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US military officials in Iraq say at least 21 Iraqis have been killed in three attacks north of Baghdad. In the largest attack, authorities say gunmen in two vehicles opened fire on buses taking