02/12/06 Reuters: 6 Insurgents killed in Ramadi, 1 killed in Muqdadiya
Six insurgents were killed and another wounded on Saturday when U.S forces conducted an air strike in the city of Ramadi...Clashes between insurgents and Iraqi army soldiers conducting a raid killed one rebel in Muqdadiya
02/12/06 Reuters: Suicide bomber kills 3 policemen and 1 civilian
Three police commandos and a civilian were killed and four commandos wounded when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up near a check point in southern Baghdad, police said.
02/12/06 Reuters: 4 Policemen killed between Kirkuk and Tikrit
Gunmen killed four policemen while they were driving in a civilian car in the main road between Kirkuk and Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
02/12/06 Reuters: Gunmen wearing police uniforms kill civilian in Kafi
Gunmen wearing police uniforms killed a civilian on Saturday in Kifl, a town about 150 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
02/12/06 Reuters: Gunman kidnap 3 truck drivers
Gunmen kidnapped three truck drivers who were carrying equipment to a U.S military base on Saturday in Yathrib, a region near Balad, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
02/12/06 Reuters: Gunman blow up gas station
Gunmen blew up a gas station on Saturday near the oil refinery city of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad.
02/12/06 SFC: Marines train in California desert as advisers to Iraqi police
This is the next phase of the conflict in Iraq. Politicians and generals alike have said 2006 is the year the United States must find a way to bring Iraqi security forces up to a level where they can defend themselves.
02/12/06 AP: Roadside bomb wounds 4 Iraq policemen
A roadside bomb targeted a police patrol near a mosque in northern Baghdad, wounding four people and damaging their vehicle, police said.
02/12/06 LATimes: Peace Prevails in Iraq as Shiites Observe Holy Day
For the first time since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shiites on Thursday marked their most important religious holiday without suffering a terrorist attack.
02/12/06 AP: Education Ministry official killed in Baqouba
Another group of armed men in a speeding car killed Education Ministry official Karim Selman al-Zaidi in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Diyala police's Joint Coordination Center said.
02/12/06 Reuters: 2 civilians killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad
Two civilians were killed, including a child, and three were wounded, when a roadside bomb targeting police commandos exploded in a northern district of the capital, police said.
02/12/06 Reuters: corpse of a Kurdish contractor found, 2 wounded in Kirkuk
The corpse of a Kurdish contractor working with the U.S army was found on Saturday in Kirkuk, police said. Two civilians were wounded by a roadside bomb near their patrol in Kirkuk, police said.
02/12/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill doctor in Hawija
Gunmen shot dead a doctor and wounded an employee working in the main hospital in Hawija, 70 km south west of the northern city of Kirkuk, on Saturday, police said.
02/12/06 LATimes: Veteran Medics Help Reduce Iraq Fatalities
For all their horror, wars are learning laboratories for trauma medicine. The knowledge that U.S. military doctors have gained in Iraq is helping them save the lives of more combat wounded than ever before.
02/12/06 AP: Kidnappers free 3 Iranian women
Three female Iranian pilgrims who were kidnapped north of Baghdad have been freed but police are still searching for seven male Iranian companions who were abducted by armed men, a regional governor said Sunday.
02/12/06 AP: More bodies found in different parts of the Iraqi capital
Police found the bodies of at least five men, each of whom had been bound, shot repeatedly and dumped in different parts of the Iraqi capital. The identities of the victims was not immediately clear, nor was the motive for the attack.
02/12/06 AP: U.S. Troops Detain Insurgents
U.S. troops from the 101st Airborne Division detained five suspected insurgents Saturday and were targeted by two roadside bombs in Samarra, the military said.
02/12/06 Reuters:
Blast heard in Baghdad's Green ZoneAN explosion was heard in Baghdad today and smoke was seen rising minutes later from the Green Zone, headquarters of the Iraqi Government, the US military and diplomats, witnesses said.
02/11/06 AP: Allegations of Abuse By British Soldiers In Iraq Surface
British military police launched an investigation Saturday after a tabloid newspaper claimed to have video footage allegedly showing British troops abusing Iraqi civilians.
02/11/06 Reuters: Kurdish rebel official dies in car fire in Iraq
A former leading member of Turkey's Kurdish PKK rebel group died on Saturday when his car caught fire in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya, police said.
02/11/06 VOA: A sixth contingent of Salvadoran troops is headed to Iraq
Officials say the soldiers left a military base near San Salvador Friday. Salvadoran troops have helped build schools and medical clinics in addition to drinking water wells in Iraq.
02/11/06 Reuters: Six civilians kidnapped in Balad
BALAD - Six civilians were kidnapped by gunmen near Balad, north of Baghdad, police said.
02/11/06 Reuters: 2 policemen in Baquba, army officer killed in Dujail
Gunmen killed two policemen in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles north of Baghdad, police said. The attackers approached their car and shot them in the head. An army officer was killed by a roadside bomb in Dujail, north of Baghdad, police said.
02/11/06 NYTimes: Healing, With New Limbs and Fragile Dreams
It was a victory for Lance Cpl. Matthew Schilling to walk into the upper gallery of the House of Representatives on Jan. 31 for the State of the Union address. He wore his dress blues and a prosthetic leg.
02/11/06 ABCNews: Baghdad Sniper - Myth or Menace?
An insurgent videotape obtained by ABC News shows nearly a dozen sniper attacks targeting American troops...The U.S. military said Juba does not exist. They claim he's an urban legend, perhaps a composite of several snipers.
02/11/06 timesunion: Student project focuses on local wounded soldier
Army Pfc. Marissa Strock...recovering from serious wounds suffered when her Humvee was blasted by an explosive device while serving with the 170th Military Police Co. in Iraq on Thanksgiving Day...Strock lost her left leg below the knee
02/11/06 detnews: Marine from western Michigan killed in Iraq
The parents of Cpl. Ross Smith, 21, of Wyoming, said they were notified of his death...The military officers who came to the home had little information other than to say that Smith died after an explosion on Wednesday in Iraq
02/11/06 WaPo: Tighter Borders Take a Toll In Iraq
The dramatic downturn in the fortunes of villages along the border is one sign that a surge of American and Iraqi troops into the region in recent months has sharply curtailed illegal traffic over the frontier, U.S. and Iraqi officials...
02/11/06 AP: 2 policemen, Iraqi Army spokesman slain
Drive-by gunmen killed two Iraqi policemen and a spokesman for the Iraqi army in three separate shootings across the country. Shiite leaders met Saturday in Baghdad to discuss who should be Iraq's next prime minister.
02/11/06 AP: Kuwaiti TV owner says Feb. 26 deadline set for kidnapped journalist
The Iraqi kidnappers of American journalist Jill Carroll have set a Feb. 26 deadline for their demands to be met or they will kill her, the owner of Kuwait’s Al-Rai television said today.
02/11/06 BBC: Iraq Shias to select PM candidate
The Shia bloc that took the most votes in December's Iraqi election is meeting to discuss its candidate for prime minister. The front-runners are Vice-President Adel Abdel Mahdi and the current prime minister, Ibrahim Jaafari.
02/11/06 NYTimes: General - Bad start in training Iraqi army
The U.S. general in charge of training the new Iraqi military after Baghdad fell says the Bush administration's strategy to use those forces to replace departing U.S. troops was hobbled from its belated start by poor prewar planning...
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