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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded Tuesday in central Baghdad outside the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, killing three people and injuring 20, the military said. A roadside bomb also exploded near the U.S. military base in Beiji in northern Iraq, killing 11 Iraqis — including seven members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps — and wounding 23 others. Two U.S. 1st Infantry Division Soldiers were wounded and evacuated to a combat hospital, together with 16 Iraqis who were hurt. The Baghdad blast ripped through the building in the early afternoon, shortly after a party attended by...

GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 10/9/03- Tikrit, Kir kush, Mosul BREAKING: Tikrit - Baath Boys, Baath Boys, What are you gonna do, when they come for you? BREAKING: Kir Kush - Freedom and Iraq and the USA working together BREAKING: Mosul - Freedom and Iraq and the USA working together QUAGMIRE FREE NEWS ========= Kir Kush ========= BREAKING: FREEDOM ALERTIn Kir Kush, 30 km east of Mosul,. FREEDOM courtesy of the USA (and the Coalition) BREAKING: In Kir Kush, Iraq, at the graduation ceremony of the new Iraqi army . In Kirkuk, the Turkmen community. ========= Mosul ========= In Mosul, heroes of...

<p>TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) — Dressed in full combat gear, Iraqi troops returned to the streets of Saddam Hussein's hometown Friday — this time patrolling with American soldiers.</p> <p>After being trained by the 4th Infantry Division, 31 Iraqi Civil Defense Corps militiamen walked side by side, their AK-47 rifles ready, with U.S. soldiers, greeting townsfolk and the occasional shopkeeper.</p>

<p>FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Staff Sgt. LaBaron Paschall slowly walked down a line of Iraqi recruits Monday, checking their footwork as they practiced an about-face.</p> <p>One recruit after another mangled the move. Some stumbled. Others jerked as they turned.</p> <p>Paschall demonstrated the move over and over. After about a half-hour, the majority of the Iraqis in the squad had the move down.</p>

BAGHDAD, Aug. 31 -- Iraqi politicians have completed the selection of a 25-member cabinet to increase their influence in the administration of their country and, if they have their way, wrest some authority from the ruling U.S.-dominated Coalition Provisional Authority, members of the consultative Governing Council said today. Among the key cabinet positions filled was the post of interior minister, who will lead the transition to Iraqi control of the country's internal security forces. The car bombing on Friday in Najaf, which killed a Shiite Muslim religious leader, brought calls by many Iraqis for the immediate creation of an interim...

From the September 15, 2003, issue of National ReviewA Bearable BurdenOperation Iraq-ization.By NR Editors he Bush administration's Iraq policy faces substantial obstacles: simmering unrest, factional disputes, impatience, distrust. And that's just in Washington, D.C. In the aftermath of the United Nations bombing in Baghdad, Bush faces increasing criticism. Pundits on the left and the right say that we need to have more troops and civilian personnel in Iraq. Democrats want those boots on the ground to be filled by non-Americans. John Kerry and Robert Byrd say that it's mere "pride" that has kept Bush from asking other countries to...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Beating their chests and calling for revenge, more than 300,000 Muslims began a two-day, 110-mile march to the holy city of Najaf on Sunday to mourn a cherished Shiite leader who was assassinated in a car bombing that killed at least 85 people. The faithful followed a flatbed truck carrying a symbolic coffin for Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a moderate cleric and Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) opponent. Authorities said they could only find al-Hakim's hand, watch, wedding band and pen in the wreckage. "Our revenge will be severe on the killers," read one of the...

TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - With U.S. troops watching from a distance, dozens of Iraqi police stormed a farm near Tikrit on Saturday in what the Americans said was a promising sign that Iraqis are beginning to take responsibility for their own security. The police raid in Saddam Hussein's hometown, 120 miles north of Baghdad, showed signs of confusion. The Iraqi police commander who led the raid said he believed that boxes of ammunition and artillery fuses unearthed in a dusty field were buried by the Iraqi army, contradicting the Americans who insisted the Russian-made equipment was recently hidden by...