Insurgents

By PBS News Hour

Insurgents continued a bloody series of assaults Thursday, targeting Iraq's security forces and recruits in four separate attacks in Baghdad that killed at least 21 people and wounded another 26.

Insurgents Unleash Multiple Bomb Attacks in Iraq

By PBS News Hour

Insurgents set off some 11 bombs in Iraq Friday, killing at least 24 people including seven Iraqi civilians and one American soldier. More than 100 people were wounded in the attacks.

U.S.-Iraqi Forces Battle Insurgents; Iraqis Settle Some Cabinet Posts

By PBS News Hour

Four U.S. troops and one Iraqi soldier died in clashes that erupted across Iraq this week, the U.S. military said, while Iraqi politicians struggled to form a new government.

Insurgents Execute 11 Iraqi Troops, Kidnap Polish Woman

Insurgents released an Internet video Thursday showing the execution of 11 Iraqi troops they had taken hostage, coinciding with footage aired the same day on the al-Jazeera network showing a Polish woman kidnapped by another militant group.

U.S. Airstrikes Target Insurgents in Iraq

U.S. forces stepped up operations Tuesday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of Baghdad, pounding targets in two cities from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring insurgents.

Iraq Unveils New Security Laws to Combat Insurgents

The interim Iraqi government released a series of security laws Wednesday aimed at clamping down on insurgents as militants continued to battle U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad.

Iraqi Insurgents Take More Hostages

Two U.S. troops and seven U.S. civilian contract workers have gone missing in Iraq, according to U.S. military officials Monday.

Iraqi Insurgents Continue to Hold Foreigners Hostage

A surge of kidnappings of foreign workers in Iraq continued Friday with insurgents claiming they seized four Italians and two Americans on the outskirts of Baghdad.

Iraqi Insurgents Kidnap Aid Workers, Release Some

Iraqi insurgents kidnapped eight South Koreans, three Japanese and two Arab Israelis in separate incidents Thursday, and militants threatened to burn the Japanese alive if Tokyo does not withdraw from the U.S.-led coalition within three days.