The gunmen who killed five U.S. troops in the Shiite holy city of Karbala wore military uniforms and used vehicles commonly driven by foreign dignitaries - an apparent attempt to impersonate Americans, Iraqi officials said Sunday.The local governor said the gunmen stormed into the provincial headquarters building during a U.S.-Iraqi meeting to ( Read more... )

A U.S. airstrike hit targets in southern Somalia where Islamic militants were believed to be sheltering suspects in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies, Somali officials and witnesses said Tuesday.Helicopter gunships launched new attacks Tuesday near the scene of the U.S. airstrike, although it was not clear if they were American or Ethiopian ( Read more... )

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has rejected the idea of seeking help from Syria and Iran to resolve the conflict in Iraq.In an interview with the Washington Post, Rice said the "compensation" required by any deal might be too high. She said Syria and Iran should not need incentives to promote stability in Iraq ( Read more... )

US President George W. Bush rebuffed key recommendations from the Iraq Study Group but announced a new Middle East peace push after talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.A day after receiving the heavyweight US commission's report on Iraq, Bush said that Blair would soon travel to the region for talks with Israel and the Palestinians, and ( Read more... )

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U.S. troops killed 13 insurgents in a raid south of Baghdad early Friday, the military said.Troops were acting on intelligence reports saying a suspect with links to al-Qaida in Iraq was in the building in Muqdadiyah, 60 miles north of Baghdad, the military said. The building was surrounded and stormed after those inside did not respond to demands ( Read more... )

The top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell, told reporters there had been a spike in violence in Baghdad with the onset of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which officially began on Monday.Suicide attacks were at their highest level ever, he said without giving figures ( Read more... )

The 1st Brigade of 1st Armored Division, which is operating in the vicinity of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, will be kept in place for several weeks beyond its scheduled departure, the officials said.The officials spoke only on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been formally announced by the Pentagon. The brigade's home ( Read more... )

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, is expected to face a hearing at the Guantanamo prison camp within three months, a military official said Wednesday.Mohammed and 13 other "high-value" detainees recently transferred from CIA custody to the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will face Combatant Status Review ( Read more... )