Iraq Likely To Become Bigger Campaign Issue As Deaths Hit 1,000
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A grim statistic from Iraq dominated headlines on Wednesday: the 1,000th American death since the US invasion of that country began in March 2003.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the first official day of campaigning for the Jan. 30 elections in violence-racked Iraq, candidates were trying to figure out how to woo the voters.
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WASHINGTON -- As US military deaths in Iraq passed 1,000 yesterday, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said it was a &quot;tragic milestone&quot; and the country should honour its troops&#39; sacrifice by continuing to &quot;fight for what they fought for.
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The U.S. military death toll in Iraq  is approaching 1,000, with the danger faced by American troops  undiminished in the two months since the formation of an  interim government.
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A WAVE of attacks that included car bombings in Baghdad and Mosul have left nearly 40 people dead in Iraq, exacerbating fears that violence could derail Iraq&#39;s January elections.
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The Pentagon death toll in Iraq reached  at least 1,002 Wednesday nearly 18 months after the U.S.-led  invasion, as the brazen abduction of two Italian women aid  workers in central Baghdad sparked a new hostage crisis.
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A survey of deaths in Iraqi households estimates that as many as 100,000 more people may have died throughout the country in the 18 months after the U.S. invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday, as U.S. military deaths in Iraq passed 1,000, that it was a "tragic milestone" and the nation should honor its troops' sacrifice by continuing to "fight for what they fought for" and making right decisions in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A spate of attacks, including a suicide car bombing, pushed the number of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign past 1,000, with the majority inflicted by an insurgency that grew after President Bush declared major combat over...
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Violence in Iraq threatens to overshadow the start of Tony Blair&#39;s party conference as the prime minister struggles to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of the next election, expected next year.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - At least 21 people, including 17 Iraqis working for the US military, were killed yesterday as a senior UN official warned that crucial elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A spate of attacks including a suicide car bombing pushed the number of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign past 1,000, with the majority inflicted by an insurgency that bloomed after President Bush declared major combat over...
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BAGHDAD - Campaigning for the first post-Saddam Hussein elections got under way on Thursday amid more bloodshed, as US President George W. Bush warned Iran and Syria to stop meddling in Iraq in the run-up to the vote.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are using Iraq to advance their negative campaign tactics as the U.S. military death toll in Iraq tops 1,000. War, it seems, is just another excuse to call the other guy names.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces on Monday were preparing to launch a major security crackdown in Baghdad to curb sectarian bloodshed as a wave of bombings pushed the country's death toll to more than 1,000 in seven days.
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LONDON - As many as 100,000 more people may have died throughout Iraq since the US-led invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war, a survey indicates.
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BAGHDAD: At least 23 people were killed in Iraq overnight and on Sunday as US Secretary for State Colin Powell acknowledged that organising elections throughout the country in January could be difficult.