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Art of protest: Baghdad mural painters resist brush with themes on Baghdad's religious rifts

BAGHDAD (AP) _ It's art ornamenting life: murals of soothing landscapes and historical heroes covering the blast walls that are now as much a part of Baghdad's cityscape as date palms and desert dust.

Female Suicide Attacks on Baghdad Pilgrims

Four suicide bombers believed to be women struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300 in one of this year's deadliest attacks, police said.

Bombs kill 28 in Iraqi pilgrimage

BAGHDAD: Female bombers struck Kurdish political protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad on Monday, leaving at least 48 people dead and 249 wounded in one of the bloodiest sequences of attacks in Iraq this year.

Soldiers yearn to leave quiet Iraq for 'real war'

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Spc. Grover Gebhart has spent nine months at a small post on a Sunni-Shiite fault line in western Baghdad. But the 21-year-old soldier on his first tour in Iraq feels he's missing the real war -- in Afghanistan, where his brother is fighting the Taliban.

Female bombers target pilgrims in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Four female suicide bombers and a gunman killed at least 70 people and wounded almost 300 others during a string of attacks in central Baghdad and Kirkuk on Monday, officials said.

Four suicide bombers kill dozens in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Four female suicide bombers and a gunman killed at least 70 people and wounded almost 300 others during a string of attacks in central Baghdad and Kirkuk on Monday, officials said.

Painters resist brush with Iraq€™s religious rifts

Baghdad, July 26: It’s art ornamenting life: murals of soothing landscapes and historical heroes covering the blast walls that are now as much a part of Baghdad’s cityscape as date palms and desert dust.

Torture chamber, bodies found in mosque

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- "There are the bloodstains on the wall, and here it is dried on the floor," Abu Muhanad said as he walked through a torture chamber in a Baghdad mosque where more than two dozen bodies have been found.

Baghdad's walls keep peace but feel like prison

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Alive in Baghdad blogger Brian Conley imprisoned by Chinese police

Screenshot of Reporters Without Borders website Video blogger Brian Conley and photojournalist Jeffrey Rae have been detained by Chinese police in Beijing.

Barack Obama in Baghdad to Meet With US Commanders

Iraq's government welcomed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday with word that it apparently shares his hope that U.S. combat forces could leave by 2010.

Brown arrives for Baghdad talks

Gordon Brown has said he favours reducing troop numbers in Iraq but would not set an "artificial timetable" during talks with Iraqi leaders.

57 die as blasts rock, Baghdad, Kirkuk

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Iraq: Suicide Bomber Kills 25 West of Baghdad

A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in the midst of a celebration to welcome home an Iraqi detainee released from U.S. custody, killing at least 25 people, Iraqi officials said.

Wave of suicide bombings kills dozens in Baghdad and Kirkuk

More than 55 people have been killed and nearly 300 injured in a wave of suicide bombings across Iraq. The explosions punctured a period of relative calm in which violence dropped to a four-year low.

3 female suicide bombers kill 26 in Baghdad

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Iraqi elections official fears fair vote in jeopardy

BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces loyal to the Shiite-led government are raiding voter registration centers and taking other steps to discourage participation in upcoming elections, says the head of Iraq's voting regulatory agency.

Iraqi PM walks streets, hands out cash

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- It is a politician's dream: Handing out cold, hard cash to people on the street as they plead for help. Iraq's prime minister has been doing just that in recent weeks, doling out Iraqi dinars as an aide trails behind, keeping a tally.

Iraqi prime minister handing out cash

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- It is a politician's dream: Handing out cold, hard cash to people on the street as they plead for help. Iraq's prime minister has been doing just that in recent weeks, doling out Iraqi dinars as an aide trails behind, keeping a tally.

Iraq official: U.S. could be out by 2011

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.

Cassini Pinpoints Source of Jets on Saturn's Moon Enceladus

The Baghdad and Cairo Sulci, sources of geysers on Enceladus. Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Obama in Iraq to meet Maliki

The US presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Baghdad today amid confusion about whether the Iraqi prime minister backs his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq.

Cassini spots source of geysers on Saturn moon

Two geyser vents (I and V) are seen in the Baghdad and Cairo tiger stripes (Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)

For 'Surge' Troops, Pride and Doubt

Spec. Derek Taylor, left, talks to Spec. Rafael Velazquez in Baghdad. Spec. Mathew Leisz's bracelet honors five soldiers killed in a suicide bombing.

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