Iraqi Shiite leader appeals for unity before election, promises electricity, water

BAGHDAD — The leader of Iraq’s largest Shiite party sought Monday to shore up political support before January’s elections, urging his rivals to join him and resist what he called threats to their unity.

Black Hawk crash kills US service member, wounds 12 others at American base in Iraq

BAGHDAD — A Black Hawk helicopter crashed at a major American air base in Iraq, killing one U.S. service member and injuring 12 others, the military said Sunday.

Blackhawk crash kills US service member, wounds 12 others at American base in Iraq

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says a Blackhawk helicopter has crashed in an American base in Iraq, killing 1 service member and wounding 12 others.

Iraq army arrests 3 men on charges of trafficking stolen antiquities

BAGHDAD — Authorities in northern Iraq have arrested three men on charges they were trying to traffic stolen antiquities, including the bust of a Sumerian king, a local army commander said Saturday.

Iraq army arrests three men on charges of trafficking stolen antiquities

BAGHDAD — Authorities in northern Iraq have arrested three men on charges they were trying to traffic stolen antiquities, including the bust of a Sumerian king, a local army commander said Saturday.

Roadside bomb targeting police patrol kills 11-year-old boy in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD — Authorities say a roadside bomb has killed an 11-year-old boy and wounded his two friends in the violence-plagued city of Mosul in northern Iraq.

Car bomb kills 7 in market south of Baghdad just before end of day’s fasting for Ramadan

BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded Friday at a market south of Baghdad in a region that was once the scene of frequent attacks on Shiites, killing seven people and wounding 21 others, police and hospital officials said.

Marines shoot, wound an Iraqi throwing slipper at US troops who mistook it for a grenade

FALLUJAH, Iraq — American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flash point city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade at them, the U.S. military said Thursday — but local police and witnesses said the object was only the man’s slipper.

Insurgent killed, second captured after US helicopter fired on in Iraq

BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi forces killed one fighter, captured another and seized a truck loaded with weapons in an area of northern Iraq that remains an insurgent stronghold, the American military said Monday.

Kurdish policeman’s family killed in Iraq’s north as Kurdish-Arab tensions build

BAGHDAD — Gunmen killed a Kurdish policeman’s wife and three young children with execution-style shots to the head Sunday as they slept in their home in the northern city of Kirkuk, where tension is building between Arabs and Kurds over land and oil.

Gunmen kill Kurdish policeman’s sleeping family in northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk

BAGHDAD — Gunmen broke into the home of a Kurdish policeman in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early Sunday, killing his wife and three children execution-style with shots to the head as they slept, authorities said.

Back-to-back bombs at Shiite Shrine in central Baghdad kill 4 worshippers

BAGHDAD — Two bombs exploded back to back near a Shiite shrine in central Baghdad where worshippers had gathered in prayer Saturday, killing four people and injuring 24, police and hospital officials said.

Bombs kill 3 near tomb of revered Shiite cleric in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD — Two bombs exploded moments apart near the tomb of a revered Shiite religious figure in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing three people and wounding 22, police and hospital officials said.

Violence kills 2 people in Iraq’s capital and violence-plagued northern city of Mosul

BAGHDAD — Iraqi police officials say two people were killed in incidents involving bombs in the capital and the violence-plagued northern city of Mosul.

Rioters at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison set fires, attack guards to demand better conditions

BAGHDAD — Abu Ghraib prison inmates rioted for a second straight day Friday to demand better conditions, setting fire to mattresses and seizing an assault rifle from a guard before authorities said the situation was brought under control.

Inmates attack guards at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison; US military asked for help

BAGHDAD — Inmates at Abu Ghraib prison started a fire and attacked guards, prompting authorities to call in Iraqi troops and American helicopters for support, the U.S. military said Friday.

Kurds demand improved security in northern Iraq after suicide truck bomber kills 19

BAGHDAD — Kurdish lawmakers demanded the government step up security in northern Iraq after a suicide truck bomb flattened a neighborhood in a small village Thursday, killing 19 people and injuring 30 others in the most recent in a spate of attacks.

Officials say truck bomb kills at least 19, injures 30 in northern Iraqi village

BAGHDAD — A suicide truck bomber hit a Kurdish village in northern Iraq before dawn Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 30 others, officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks targeting Kurds and other ethnic and religious groups in the region.

Officials: Truck bomb kills at least 18 people, injures 19 in northern Iraqi village

BAGHDAD — Officials say a truck bomb has exploded in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least 18 people and injuring 19 others.

Iraqi and US troops kill 2, arrest 1 in pre-dawn raid in southeast Baghdad

BAGHDAD — Iraqi and American soldiers came under fire from a house during a pre-dawn operation Wednesday in southeastern Baghdad, setting off a gunbattle that killed the two assailants, the U.S. military said.

Car bomb outside Sunni tribal leader’s house kills 8 in northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk

BAGHDAD — Iraqi police say a car bomb exploded outside a house in the flash point city of Kirkuk, killing eight people inside the building and wounding one.

Iraqi troops kill 2, arrest 1 in pre-dawn raid on Baghdad house

BAGHDAD — U.S.-backed Iraqi soldiers raided a home in southeastern Baghdad before dawn on Wednesday, killing two men inside and arresting an Iraqi soldier from an intelligence unit, police and a witness said.

Roadside bombs kill 4 US soldiers in Iraq in deadliest day in weeks for American forces

BAGHDAD — Four U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs Tuesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since combat troops pulled back from urban areas more than two months ago.

US military says roadside bombs kill 4 American soldiers in northern Iraq and Baghdad

BAGHDAD — Roadside bombs killed four U.S. soldiers Tuesday in separate incidents in Iraq, the military said, in one of the most deadly days for American troops in weeks.

Roadside bomb in northern Iraqi Shiite town kills police chief, 4 others

BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed the head of an anti-terrorism police unit and four of his bodyguards Tuesday in a northern Iraqi town that is home to a large Shiite population, a police official said.

Roadside bomb in Baghdad misses health ministry official, kills 1, injures 7 others

BAGHDAD — Iraqi police and health officials say a Health Ministry official escaped an assassination attempt when a roadside bomb hit his convoy in eastern Baghdad, but one ministry employee died in the blast.

Suicide attacker strikes mosque north of Baghdad as bombings kill at least 17 in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Suicide attackers struck near a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad and a checkpoint west of the capital on Monday as bombings killed at least 17 people nationwide.

Suicide attacker strikes mosque north of Baghdad as bombings kill at least 15 in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Iraqi police say at least three people were killed and 19 wounded when a suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad.

Suicide car bomb kills 8 at checkpoint near former insurgent stronghold in western Iraq

BAGHDAD — A suicide attacker drove an explosives-packed car into a line of vehicles at a checkpoint in western Iraq on Monday, killing eight people and wounding 16, police and hospital officials said.

Suicide car bomb near western Iraqi city of Ramadi kills 8 at checkpoint

BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber targeted a line of vehicles stopped at a checkpoint in western Iraq on Monday, killing eight people and wounding 16, police and hospital officials said.