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Baghdad car bomb, other attacks kill more than 20
An insurgent blew up his car in a Baghdad square Sunday, killing four people in the first significant suicide bombing in the capital in weeks. More than 20 Iraqis died in a swell of violence, including a bomb that killed a police colonel and four children. (2005-10-24) Some believe Iraq's insurgency will spread
With the grim milestone of the 2,000th U.S. military death looming in Iraq, many wonder about the direction of the insurgency that killed most of them. (2005-10-24) Saddam trial defense lawyer found dead
A defense lawyer in Saddam Hussein's mass murder trial has been found dead, his body dumped near a Baghdad mosque with two gunshots to the head, police and a top lawyers union official said Friday. (2005-10-21) Saddam Hussein pleads not guilty
A defiant Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent to charges of murder and torture as his long-awaited trial began Wednesday with the one-time dictator arguing about the legitimacy of the court and scuffling with guards. (2005-10-19) Constitution OK for Iraq seems likely
Iraq's landmark constitution seemed assured of passage Sunday after initial results showed minority Sunni Arabs had fallen short in an effort to veto it at the polls. The apparent acceptance was a major step in the attempt to establish a democratic government that could lead to the withdrawal of U.S. troops. (2005-10-17) Initial results from Iraq's constitutional referendum
Initial results from Iraq's constitutional referendum, as reported by election officials in each province. The figures are from the first tallies done by each province's counting centers, which must be sent to Baghdad for another check and compilation. The final official figures, likely to be announced no sooner than Tuesday, may differ. (2005-10-17) Hundreds attend rally supporting troops in Iraq
Support for U.S. troops fighting abroad mixed with anger toward anti-war demonstrators at home as hundreds of people, far fewer than organizers had expected, rallied Sunday on the National Mall just a day after tens of thousands protested against the war in Iraq. (2005-09-26) Iraq's National Assembly OKs draft constitution
Iraq's transitional National Assembly approved the final draft of the new constitution Sunday while mourning the death of an assassinated legislator. (2005-09-19) B R E A K I N G N E W S
Bombings kill more than 150 in Iraq
More than a dozen explosions ripped through the Iraqi capital in rapid succession Wednesday, killing at least 152 people and wounding 542 in a series of attacks that began with a suicide car bombing that targeted laborers assembled to find work for the day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility. (2005-09-14) Bounty placed on Iraqi leaders
Iraqi insurgents, run out of their northern stronghold in Tal Afar for the second time in a year, counterattacked with an Internet propaganda offensive Monday that put a bounty of about $200,000 on the heads of top Iraqi leaders. (2005-09-13)
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Betsy Hiel, the Trib’s Middle East correspondent,
has covered the Middle East for the
Trib since May 2000. She is one of
the few Western journalists to report from inside Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee
camps and speaks Arabic proficiently. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11,
2001, she has written extensively on Islamist militant activities in the United
States and abroad.
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