Shooting shines light on murky world of Iraq security
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Their helicopters buzz through the Baghdad sky, their patrols bristle with the latest weaponry and their armored vehicles carry the latest hi-tech gadgets.
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The bodies of 49 Iraqi army recruits have been found shot dead north-east of Baghdad.  Is the violence in Iraq out of control?
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An Iraqi reporter and interpreter for The Times was killed in Iraqâs murderous turmoil, which is at a point where many families never know the killers of their loved ones, or their motives.
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Iraq&#039;s new prime minister has made security his top priority, but violence is so pervasive that it may take months &amp;#151; if not years &amp;#151; before he keep that promise without help from American troops.
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Iraq will review the status of all security companies working in the country after a shooting incident involving guards from the U.S. firm Blackwater, the government said on Tuesday.
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BAGHDAD -- Last Feb. 7, a sniper employed by Blackwater USA, the private security company, opened fire from the roof of the Iraqi Justice Ministry. The bullet tore through the head of a 23-year-old guard for the state-funded Iraqi Media Network, who was standing on a balcony across an open traffic...
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The day of ceremony, remembrance was bracketed by fresh scenes of violence in Iraq and Afghanistan and renewed jitters at home.
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The shooting incident involving private security guards in Baghdad on Sunday revealed large gaps in the laws applying to such armed contractors.
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Their deaths shook a nation that had grown used to the slowly mounting U.S. military casualties in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 26 -- Two Iraqi men killed by American soldiers north of Baghdad on Tuesday, including a member of a U.S.-backed security force, were shot after one of them fired on the soldiers and the other then attempted to pick up a weapon, according to an account of the incident provided by U.S....
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A barrage of mortar fire Thursday ended a brief period of relative calm in Baghdad, killing at least one civilian and wounding more than a dozen, while insurgents continued
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These days, the violence in Iraq&#39;s third-largest city is more like The Sopranos than Black Hawk Down. By Jim Macmillan, AP. About 40 dead bodies turned up across Mosul last week.
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With Iraq&#39;s elections only five weeks away, waves of violence continue to grip the country. In one incident, five Iraqis were killed and several wounded in a car bomb attack
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Iraqis carry shoulders high a masked gunman in front of a burning pick-up truck of the Iraqi National Guard in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday Dec. 9, 2004 after it was hit by a roadside bomb.
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Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi who worked as a translator for Reuters in Baghdad this week, his family said on Saturday.
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Frightening incidents often take place, especially when shooting at different locations. But one incident
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Confusing enough on its face, the situation in Iraq and the policies surrounding it may have been bent beyond recognition in the crossfire of accusations in the presidential campaign.