Kirkuk carnage fuels calls for US exit
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More than 80 killed and 150 wounded in Iraq as debate intensifies in Washington over US withdrawal.
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Four people are reportedly killed by blasts in Baghdad and Kirkuk as Iraq sees more violence.
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A U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would push the country into a civil war that would damage the whole world, the emir of neighboring Kuwait said in comments published on Thursday.
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A US intelligence report on Iraq describes a perilous situation in which the US has little control if the violence continues.
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BAGHDAD, July 16 -- Two car bombs killed at least 80 people in a busy commercial area in the northern city of Kirkuk on Monday, police said, while U.S. military officials announced a major push south of Baghdad to try to disrupt the supply of arms and fighters into the capital city.
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Insurgents threatened to behead two  Americans and a Briton captured in Baghdad on Saturday and  launched a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi security forces in  the northern city of Kirkuk that killed at least 23 people.
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The US now says the deadly explosion at a US mess tent in Mosul was the work of a suicide bomber. Meanwhile, in Mosul the US has shut down bridges and roads leading into the town.
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_ Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours, and in northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 67 on Saturday.
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As the Americans move street by bloody street towards control of the insurgents&#39; stronghold, aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe.
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The government is considering a US request to move troops into more potentially dangerous areas of Iraq, a politically charged move which has re-ignited anger over Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s support for the war.
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BAGHDAD: At least 57 people were killed when US-led forces spearheaded overnight assaults on Iraqâs northern trouble spot of Tall Afar and the notorious insurgent bastion of Fallujah, officials said on Thursday.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Insurgents destroyed a major bridge that connects the Iraqi capital Baghdad with the northern cities of Kirkuk and Arbil early on Saturday, police said.
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Even if Maliki is replaced, says Joe Klein, the country will remain in chaos. And there's little the US can do but stand by
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A deadly explosion Saturday morning in Kirkuk has targeted men signing up for the Iraqi national guard. The car bomb happened beside a lineup near the headquarters for the guard, killing 20 people and wounding 16 others.
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World leaders unite in condemnation as opposition groups warn killing threatens to tear country apart
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An early departure of American troops from Iraq or a pullback to bases inside the country could lead to sharply increased violence and the deaths of thousands of people, the U.S. envoy to Baghdad told The New York Times.
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Insurgents threatened on Saturday to  cut the throats of two Americans and a Briton seized in  Baghdad, and launched a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi  security forces in Kirkuk that killed at least 23 people.