Oct 21 U.S. Army Reservist Sentenced to Eight Years for Prison Abuse In the most severe sentence yet to stem from the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, a judge sentenced U.S. Staff Sergeant Ivan "Chip" Frederick to eight years in prison at a court martial in Baghdad on Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 18 Peace Talks Still Suspended in Fallujah; Chief Negotiator Released The top negotiator in Fallujah peace talks with the Iraqi government said dialogue would remain suspended, despite his release Monday by U.S. authorities as an apparent bid to resume talks to end the fighting in the major insurgent stronghold. Continue reading
Oct 14 Bombs Explode in Heavily Fortified Baghdad Compound Insurgents breached Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday and set off two hand-carried bombs in an outdoor market killing at least eight people and wounding 20. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Bombs Explode Inside Baghdad's Green Zone, Killing At Least 10 A New York Times reporter joins Terence Smith from Iraq to discuss the recent bombings inside Baghdad's Green Zone. Continue watching
Oct 13 Bombs, Suicide Attack Kill Six U.S. Soldiers Six U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks late Tuesday and early Wednesday in Iraq, the U.S. military said. Continue reading
Oct 12 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. Continue reading
Oct 11 Followers of Rebel Cleric Start Handing in Weapons Loyalists to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr began turning in hand grenades, machine guns and other weapons to police stations in Baghdad's Sadr City Monday. Continue reading
Oct 06 Iraq Report Shows Saddam Had No WMD Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction or the immediate capability of producing them prior to the 2003 Iraq War, the chief U.S. weapons inspector for Iraq said in a report released Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 04 Three Car Bombings in Iraq Kill At Least 26 Three car bombs exploded in Iraq Monday, killing at least 26 people. The violence comes on the heels of a recent U.S. military push to control rebel strongholds ahead of January elections. Continue reading
Oct 01 U.S., Iraqi Forces Launch Attack in Samarra, Dozens Killed U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major assault on the insurgent stronghold Samarra on Friday. Continue reading