Fresh US troops arrive in Iraq; deputy governor of Baghdad killed
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BAGHDAD Fresh US troops arrive in Iraq on eve of expected showdown in Fallujah Eds: LEDES and RECASTS throughout with troop arrivals, Marine killed, deputy governor assassinated; CHANGES byline, overline AP Photos ANS102;MAC109 By JIM KRANE Associated
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BAGHDAD -- Police found more than two dozen bodies across the capital yesterday and the government said 73 people had died in fighting in the south, as violence surged despite signs that a US crackdown is curbing sectarian killings in Baghdad.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Iraq on a visit following approval of a new Iraqi government.
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Insurgents in Iraq struck a fresh blow today, shooting dead the deputy governor of Baghdad on his way to work. Hatim Kamil was killed when gunmen
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U.S. and Iraqi forces set up new checkpoints and stepped up joint patrols in Baghdad on Wednesday, for the first time showing war-weary residents that a long-promised offensive against militants was under way.
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Insurgents detonated a roadside bomb as a US convoy passed in Baghdad and gunmen tried to storm the main police station in Samarra on Wednesday as Britain&#39;s defense minister
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BAGHDAD - The US military announced the deaths of seven more American troops in combat yesterday, including four in Anbar province, the Sunni stronghold where US officials have said a tribal revolt against Al Qaeda in Iraq has brought dramatic improvements in security.
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US, British and Iraqi forces are focusing this time on a hotbed south of the capital. BAGHDAD -- About 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launched raids and arrested suspected insurgents
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Description: US and Iraqi government troops raid one of Baghdad&#39;s main Sunni Muslim mosques, killing several Iraqis. The Iraqi government has ordered the arrest of Muslim clerics accused of inciting violence and supporting the Iraqi insurgency.
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In other attacks, four Iraqi soldiers are killed as insurgents seek to punish those working with US forces. BAGHDAD - Insurgents firing until their rifles were empty killed 17 Iraqi civilians as they arrived
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Seven U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including four in the western province of Anbar, where gains in security were hailed this week by U.S. President George W. Bush during an unannounced visit to the region.
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BAGHDAD -- A top US military commander in Iraq called for more Iraqi troops to police troubled areas yesterday, a day in which at least 26 people were killed in attacks on civilians and police across the troubled nation.
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BAGHDAD, Sept 12: At least 45 people died in a wave of bombings and battles between US troops and militants on Sunday, as Iraq&#39;s US-installed prime minister said over 3,000 had perished in the &#39;terrorism&#39; washing over the country.
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US troops shoot dead four Iraqis on a minibus in Baghdad's Sadr City district, security sources say.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen killed the deputy governor of Baghdad on his way to work on Monday, Iraqi officials said. Hatim Kamil was assassinated in a drive-by shooting this morning, said Baghdad Governor Ali al-Haidari.
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US Defence Minister Donald Rumsfeld arrived in the Western Iraq air force base on Sunday. He is to meet the sailors fighting against the militant groups in Al Anbar Iraqi province.
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U.S. troops opened fire near a checkpoint south of Baghdad after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb and a hospital official said Sunday at least eight people were killed in the second American attack in two days to have deadly results.