Iraq: 250 Insurgents Killed in Battle

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 militants died in the daylong battle near Najaf. A U.S. helicopter crashed...

O'Reilly: Sunni and Shiite Iraqis "have fun" when they "kill each other"

"Discussing Iraq during the January 24 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly claimed that "the Sunni and Shia want to kill each other. ... They have fun. This is -- they like this. This is what Allah tells them to do, and that's what they do."...

Blackwater employees shot "execution style"

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four of the five Americans killed when a U.S. security company’s helicopter crashed in a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad were shot execution style in the back of the head, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday. A senior Iraqi military...

feel the love: 'prepare to die',

"Palestinians living in Iraq have been warned that they will be killed by Shia militias unless they leave the country immediately.... Now the Shia militias are stepping up their campaign to drive out Iraq's 20,000 remaining Palestinians – half the estimated 40,000 living...

34,452 Iraq civilians said killed in '06

I don't even know how to categorize this story.  Politics seems too trite.  Environment seems to encompass the calamity but emergency seems the best fit:"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Twin car bombs tore through a leading Baghdad university as students left classes Tuesday in the...

Sunnis Allege Sadr A Saddam Executioner

"Sunni Web sites remain abuzz with speculation that Muqtada al-Sadr was one of Saddam Hussein's executioners, and the speculators offer these photos as evidence. The Iraqi government denies Sadr participated in Saddam's hanging."

MISREADING THE ENEMY

"President Bush's escalation of the Iraq War is premised on a profound misunderstanding of who the enemies are, how to deal with them and what the limits are of U.S. power. The president cannot seem to let go of his fixation on Al-Qaida, a minor actor in Iraq, and his...

Iraq PM warns critics of Saddam's hanging

"Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has threatened to review relations with countries that have criticised the bungled execution of former president Saddam Hussein. Mr Maliki says the hanging was an internal matter and was conducted for the benefit of Iraq's unity. A...

Between Iraq and a hard spot

Or, is President Bush finally getting the advice that he needs? Melanie Phillips offers this to ponder: "Those who said, when the Democrats routed the Republicans in the US mid term elections, that the celebrations by the surrender brigade were premature and that President...

Iran's Secret Plan For Mayhem

"The news that American forces had captured Iranians in Iraq was widely reported last month, but less well known is that the Iranians were carrying documents that offered Americans insight into Iranian activities in Iraq. An American intelligence official said the new...

Saddamn

"In the Middle East conspiracy theory is an undercurrent of mainstream politics, as it is here in North America. In the case of Saddams execution there are those who don't believe he really died since he had many stand ins and doubles. My favorite theory though is this...