Today's Fresh Blogs...

• 3 From Iraqi Newspaper Killed in Ambush Near Kirkuk

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: From, Iraqi, Newspaper, Killed, Ambush, Near, Kirkuk, Iraq, Najaf, Baghdad, The Washington Post Company, United States, Abdul Aziz Al Hakim, Al Diwaniyah, Eyad Tariq, K I Ibrahim, Muqtada Al Sadr, Naseer Nouri, Saad Al Izzi, Saad Sarhan, Sadiyah, Sarhad Qader, Tikrit, Zaid

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 -- Three Iraqi newspaper employees were killed near Kirkuk on Monday when their convoy was ambushed by gunmen, the second deadly attack on Iraqi journalists in as many days.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Another Visitation On Baghdad's Death Street

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Another, Visitation, Baghdad S, Death, Street, Iraq, The Washington Post Company, Baghdad, Mosul, Naseer Nouri

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 -- They call it Death Street. Once a tranquil commercial thoroughfare in central Baghdad, Sadoun Street earned the macabre sobriquet over the past two years because of bombings that have killed and maimed dozens of Iraqis.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Turkey Intensifies Border Operations

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Turkey, Intensifies, Border, Operations, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, United States, Condoleezza Rice, The Associated Press, Baghdad, Abdul Rahman Al Chaderchi, Cairo, Dahuk, Dana Perino, Diyarbakir, Iran, Naseer Nouri, Raymond Odierno, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The White Hou

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- Turkey has ramped up military operations along its southern border with Iraq, with aircraft reportedly bombarding the mountainous terrain on Wednesday, part of a growing confrontation that threatens to open a new northern front in the Iraq war.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Maliki Intends to Lift Curfew in Baghdad

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Maliki, Intends, Lift, Curfew, Baghdad, United States, Karbala, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq, Diyala Province, Najaf, The Washington Post Company, Dalya Hassan, Mohammed Zayidan, Naseer Nouri, Raid Shakir Jawdat, Saad Al Izzi, Saad Sarhan, Zaid Sabah, Iran, Iraqi Police Servi

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 12 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hopes to soon declare an end to a nine-month-old security plan and curfew in Baghdad because of a recent decline in violence, Iraqi officials said Monday.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Iraq Urges Refugees To Stay Put

  Published: December 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Urges, Refugees, Stay, Put, Baghdad, United Nations, United States, Kirkuk, Ali Al Dabbagh, Anbar Province, Abdul Samad Al, Baghdad Green Zone, Dalya Hassan, Mark Bell, Naseer Nouri, Robert E Thomason, U S Armed Forces, Uk Foreign Amp Commonwealth Office, United Ki

  BAGHDAD, Dec. 4 -- The Iraqi government on Tuesday urged some refugees not to go back to their homes yet, saying the country was unprepared to accommodate their return.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Triple Car Bombing Kills 46 in S. Iraq

  Published: December 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Triple, Car, Bombing, Kills, Iraq, Amarah, Abu Mohammad, Baghdad, Nouri Al Maliki, Abu Muhannad, Basra, Philip T Reeker, Al Qaeda, Maysan Province, Reuters Group Plc, Abdul Jabar, Abdul Karim Khalaf, Al Diwaniyah, Khalid Muhammad, Naseer Nouri, Saad Sarhan, Zaid Sabah

  BAGHDAD, Dec. 12 -- Three powerful car bombs exploded one after the other in a southern provincial capital on Wednesday, killing 46 people and injuring 149, local police said. It was the most devastating attack in Iraq since August.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Iraqis Say Death Toll In 2 Blasts Is Near 100

  Published: February 3, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraqis, Say, Death, Toll, Blasts, Near, 100, Baghdad, U S Armed Forces, The Associated Press, Jeffery W Hammond, Naseer Nouri, Qasim Ata, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda In Iraq, United States

  BAGHDAD, Feb. 2 -- Iraqi officials said Saturday that as many as 100 people may have been killed in two bombings at Baghdad markets, broadening the scope of the carnage in what was the deadliest day in the Iraqi capital in months.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Iraqis Pass 3 Key Bills, Pleasing All Parties

  Published: February 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraqis, Pass, Key, Bills, Pleasing, All, Parties, Iraq, United States, Basra, Mahmoud Othman, Muqtada Al Sadr, Cbs Corporation, Abbas Al Bayat, Adnan Al Dulaimi, Amit R Paley, David Petraeus, Fouad Masoum, Harith Al Ethari, Mahmoud Mashhadani, Naseer Nouri, Nouri Al Maliki

  BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- The Iraqi parliament on Wednesday passed three key measures that for months had been the subject of bickering that threatened to undermine the country's political process.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Petraeus and Crocker Testimony Off the Radar of Most in Baghdad

  Published: April 10, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Petraeus, And, Crocker, Testimony, Off, The, Radar, Most, Baghdad, David Petraeus, United States, Iraq, Abdul Kareem, Karrada, Ryan Crocker, Muqtada Al Sadr, Najaf, The Associated Press, Basra, Hussein Jabar, Mohsen Saadoon, Naseer Nouri, Nouri Al Maliki, Saad Al Izzi, Saa

  BAGHDAD, April 9 -- The congressional testimony of Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker has barely registered in Iraq.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Clashes Intensify Between Shiite Militia, U.S. Forces

  Published: April 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clashes, Intensify, Between, Shiite, Militia, U S, Forces, United States, Sadr City, Muqtada Al Sadr, Iraq, Baghdad, Basra, Condoleezza Rice, Mosul, Nasiriyah, Jonathon Cote, Nouri Al Maliki, Abdel Karim Al Rubaie, Ghalib Al Jazaery, Jalal Talabani, Naseer Nouri, Saad Sarhan

  BAGHDAD, April 20 -- Heavy fighting broke out in Baghdad on Sunday following a particularly deadly night in the eastern part of the city. The clashes came a day after Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to wage an open war against U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0

• Sadr Extends Cease-Fire, Clarifies 'Open War' Threat

  Published: April 26, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sadr, Extends, Cease Fire, Clarifies, Open, War, Threat, United States, Muqtada Al Sadr, Sadr City, Basra, Al Mahdi Army, Nouri Al Maliki, The Associated Press, Aahad Ali, Jassim Al Batat, K I Ibrahim, Naseer Nouri, Saad Sarhan, Zaid Sabah, Baghdad, Dalya Hassan, Iraq, Supreme

  BAGHDAD, April 25 -- Anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his millions of followers Friday to continue observing a fragile cease-fire and not attack Iraqi troops, a move apparently designed to stave off a bloody confrontation with the government.

  Comments (0)   Blog link Rating: 0