An al-Qaida in Iraq front organization claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide bombing that killed more than 20 people - including a Marine from North Miami Beach - as the U.S. military stepped up pressure on extremists in northern Iraq. ...more

June 29, 2008

Al-Qaida militants commandeered Iraqi army vehicles and then attacked U.S.-backed Sunni fighters in south Baghdad during a fierce gunbattle that left 18 people dead Thursday, police and local Sunnis said. ...more

November 23, 2007

An al-Qaida front group threatened to assassinate Sunni leaders who 'stained the reputations' of their people by supporting the Americans as the Iraqi government's parliament base fragmented Saturday with the defection of a hard-line Shiite bloc. ...more

September 15, 2007

About 1,500 mourners called for revenge Friday as they buried the leader of the Sunni revolt against al-Qaida, who was assassinated Thursday by a bomb after meeting with President Bush this month. ...more

September 15, 2007