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'They killed with apparent impunity, effortlessly dodging capture by the world’s deadliest special forces. Nothing, it seemed, could stop Al Qaeda’s two top Iraqi terrorists as they orchestrated a campaign of high-profile kidnappings, car bombings and executions in Baghdad and beyond. At the height of their reign, one of them, Maher Ahmed Mahmoud az-Zubeidi, better known by his alias Abu Rami, was believed to have been responsible for the murders of 200 people each month. Yet perhaps even more ferocious was his charismatic co-leader, Abu Uthman, whose exploits in two battles in Fallujah earned him the nickname Abu Nimr –...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Saturday it had detained six men suspected of shooting down a Russian-made helicopter carrying 11 civilians — including six Americans — north of Baghdad. An Iraqi civilian helped U.S. soldiers locate the suspects, who were apprehended at two houses Saturday afternoon, the military said in a statement.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 6 - With a hero who gave his life for the elections, a revived national anthem blaring from car stereos and a greater willingness to help police, the public mood appears to be moving more clearly against the insurgency in Iraq, political and security officials say. In the week since national elections, police and Iraqi National Guardsmen say that they have received more tips from the public, resulting in more arrests and greater effectiveness in their efforts to weaken the violent insurgency rocking the country. None of the officials said they believed the violence was over. An attack...

EditorialSecond Thoughts By: William W. Lawrence 04/06/2004The Inquirer published a front-page photo of two of the murder victims of Iraqi terrorists. The photo of charred bodies hanging from a bridge behind a crowd of cheering Iraqis brought the left-leaning newspaper 185 telephone and e-mail complaints. At least seven persons canceled subscriptions.Inquirer managing editor Anne Gordon, who was communications director for the Colorado Democratic Party during Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, said that despite the reaction, "I would make the same call again." In an e-mail to the newsroom staff, she said: "We do our job when we give readers all...

TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops exchanged fire with Iraqi guerrillas who lobbed at least six mortar rounds at them in downtown Tikrit, and detained four people, including a suspected bomb maker, in a night of intense fighting early Thursday. The mortar shells missed their targets, causing no injuries or damage, said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, commander of the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, which patrols Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, 120 miles north of Baghdad. An American reconnaissance patrol, responding to the mortar attack, was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades on the eastern bank...

The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 2 — Two huge explosions were heard in central Baghdad on Tuesday and Al-Jazeera television said the bombs were near the al-Rasafa police station not far from the Iraqi Interior Ministry building. Al-Jazeera said there were as many as 10 people injured and many cars had been destroyed. The Qatar-based satellite broadcaster said the bombs were place in a park near the police station and that the police building was not seriously damaged. The U.S. military said it had no immediate comment on the blasts.

First, the pertinent excerpt: ABC News' Raddatz reporting, "Last month, President Bush said the United States had the security situation under control, and enough forces to fight. "'There are some who feel like the conditions are such that they can attack us there,' the president said on July 2. 'My answer is "Bring 'em on." We got the force necessary to deal with the security situation.' But officials may now have to look at adding troops to the nearly 150,000 already there." (ABC News, Raddatz, 8/18/03) Here's the rest of the article: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/World/unbombing030819.html New Fears U.N. Bombing Raises Concern in...