http://baghdad.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for baghdad en Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:44:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042617 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD - Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team uncovered a weapons cache north of Sadr City, in the eastern portion of the Iraqi capital June 1. A tip from a local citizen led the Soldiers to the cache. It was found in an area known to locals as the "Jaish Al Mahdi Forbidden Zone," where some rocket at Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:44:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042617iraqbaghdadsadrcityJaishAlMahdiForbiddenzoneNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042179 unknown@Netscape.com CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Baghdad Soldiers captured two men attempting to emplace an improvised explosive device on a major road near Dubai, Iraq, north of Baghdad, May 31. Soldiers from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment were conducting a mounted patrol searching for insurgents responsible for IED attacks in the area when the incident occurred Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:43:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042179iraqbaghdadcampTajiterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042282 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed one terrorist and detained eight suspected terrorists, including an alleged senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, in operations Saturday targeting the terrorist network. Coalition Forces raided a building in Hit while tracking an al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist leader. The ground force detained three suspected terroris Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:43:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042282baghdadiraqAlQaedaterrorismanbarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033959 unknown@Netscape.com Nearly 200 people were victims of Baghdad's sectarian violence in the first week of June, with 32 bodies dumped around the capital on Thursday, an Iraq Interior Ministry official said. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:59:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033959iraqbaghdadsectarianviolencewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035021 unknown@Netscape.com Samir Waleed, 39, said he is scared to go out into the streets of Baghdad after his brother was stopped at a road block, taken away and killed two weeks ago. The deteriorated security situation in the capital has given rise to an increasing number of checkpoints in the city, which, ironically, have become dangerous in themselves. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:29:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035021iraqbaghdadcheckpointkillingsdeterioratingSecuritykidnappingsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2026064 unknown@Netscape.com Three months after the start of the Baghdad security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city's neighborhoods, far short of the initial goal for the operation, according to some commanders and an internal military assessment. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:53:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2026064bushtroopsurgeiraqbaghdadshortofgoalsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2024434 unknown@Netscape.com The number of unidentified corpses discovered in Baghdad soared more than 70 percent during May, according to new statistics from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, an indication that sectarian killings are rising sharply as militias return to the streets after lying low during the first few months of the troop "surge." Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:05:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024434baghdadiraqwarsectarianviolencekillingsdeathcivilsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025125 unknown@Netscape.com The number of unidentified corpses discovered in Baghdad soared more than 70 percent during May, according to new statistics from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, an indication that sectarian killings are rising sharply as militias return to the streets after lying low during the first few months of the troop "surge." Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:05:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025125baghdadiraqwarsectarianviolencekillingsdeathcivilsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025153 unknown@Netscape.com The number of unidentified corpses discovered in Baghdad soared more than 70 percent during May, according to new statistics from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, an indication that sectarian killings are rising sharply as militias return to the streets after lying low during the first few months of the troop "surge." Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:05:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025153baghdadiraqwarsectarianviolencekillingsdeathcivilsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2020394 unknown@Netscape.com Eastern Baghdad's Adhamiyah District - It's the usual happy chaos when 1st Lt. Josh Rowan arrives at neighborhood advisory council member Abu Muhanned's house for their weekly meeting Γ;ΒΆΓΆβ;;Β¬" children running amuck in the yard, women crowded into the kitchen, and Muhanned standi Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:53:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020394iraqbaghdadAdhamiyahterrorismprogressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2020391 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD - Coalition forces and Iraqi security forces conducted patrols in Al Suleikh Wednesday. For more than three months, U.S. Soldiers have been living and working side-by-side with the Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army at the Joint Security Station to coordinate security efforts in Al Suleikh. "They know we're here to support them, but at the sa Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:53:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020391iraqbaghdadAlSuleikhterrorismprogressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2017412 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. is building an embassy in the heart of Baghdad's embattled Green Zone that will be the largest embassy on the planet -- big enough to embody the Bush administration's vision of an American-reordered Middle East. Wed, 30 May 2007 16:13:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2017412baghdadembassyiraqwarEmpireNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2014889 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. forces raided an Al Qaeda hide-out northeast of Baghdad on Sunday and freed 42 Iraqis imprisoned inside, including some who had been tortured and suffered broken bones, a senior U.S. military official said Sunday. Tue, 29 May 2007 18:52:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014889iraqterrorismAlQaedaU.S.baghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2012245 unknown@Netscape.com In the period from Memorial Day 2006 through Saturday, 972 Air Force, Army, Marine and Navy personnel have died in Iraq. And with the Baghdad security operation now 3 1/2 months old, President Bush has predicted a difficult summer for U.S. forces. Sun, 27 May 2007 21:42:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2012245gikillsiraqbaghdadmemorialdaybushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2006857 unknown@Netscape.com What does daily life look like in the Iraqi capital? What goes through people's minds when yet another bomb explodes, killing and maiming innocent people? SPIEGEL spent time with four Iraqis and describes a day in the world's most dangerous city through their eyes. Thu, 24 May 2007 19:22:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2006857baghdaddailylifeiraqtravelNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004838 unknown@Netscape.com Twenty people were killed by a suicide bomber in a crowded cafe northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, while the U.S. military reported the deaths of seven more soldiers. Wed, 23 May 2007 14:05:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004838iraqwarcivilbaghdadtroopdeathsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004106 unknown@Netscape.com A parked car bomb ripped through a crowded outdoor market in southwestern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 25 people despite a 3-month-old security crackdown meant to reduce violence in the capital. Tue, 22 May 2007 14:40:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004106carbombingbaghdadmarketkills25News http://web2announcer.com/go/1964262 unknown@Netscape.com The new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad will be the world's largest and most expensive foreign mission, though it may not be large enough or secure enough to cope with the chaos in Iraq. The $592 million embassy occupies a 104 acre chunk of prime real estate two-thirds the size of Washington's National Mall. Sun, 20 May 2007 03:34:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1964262iraqembassybaghdadU.S.waroccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1964263 unknown@Netscape.com For the first time, I am really thinking we will have to leave." Sat, 19 May 2007 21:50:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1964263baghdadLeavingfearNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1883533 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD - An al-Qaida front group that claims it has captured American soldiers warned the United States on Monday to stop searching for them and suggested it attacked the U.S. convoy as revenge for the rape and murder of a local teenager last year. Mon, 14 May 2007 19:12:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1883533iraqAlAaidabaghdadkidnappedussoldiersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1881799 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. and Iraqi forces exchanged fire with suspected Sunni insurgents, killing two and wounding four of them during a massive search for three missing American soldiers in a volatile area south of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said. Mon, 14 May 2007 13:49:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1881799iraqiraqisunniinsurgentsbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1869990 unknown@Netscape.com In the first 11 days of this month, there have already been 234 bodies - men murdered by death squads - dumped around the capital, a dramatic rise from the 137 found in the same period of April. Sun, 13 May 2007 16:05:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1869990iraqwartroopsurgesectarianviolencebaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1844923 unknown@Netscape.com Two suicide car bombers struck police checkpoints near bridges in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad , killing at least 12 people, as Iraq 's Kurdish president said his country may need American troops for one or two more years. Fri, 11 May 2007 19:06:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/184492312deadBombingsbaghdadbridgesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1808584 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday on an unannounced visit, at a time when pressure from Washington is growing on the Iraqi government to meet benchmarks aimed at healing sectarian strife. Wed, 09 May 2007 11:33:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1808584DickcheneybaghdadiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1768682 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD - A roadside explosion outside the Iraqi capital on Sunday killed six American soldiers and a civilian journalist, the military said, among 12 U.S. troop deaths reported on a day when two car bombs killed at least 44 Iraqis at a Baghdad market and a police headquarters. Sun, 06 May 2007 22:22:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1768682iraqwarbaghdadamericansoldiersusTroopsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1767427 unknown@Netscape.com Attack On Commercial District Sunday Is One Of The Deadliest In Recent Days. At least 12 more killed outside city. Sun, 06 May 2007 14:16:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1767427iraqwarcivilbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1691820 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq was believed killed in a battle between insurgents north of Baghdad, Iraqi security ministers said on Tuesday, but an al Qaeda-linked group denied the reports. Tue, 01 May 2007 20:29:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1691820AlQaedaleaderdeadiraqbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1688639 unknown@Netscape.com The leader of al Qaeda inIraq was killed on Tuesday in a fight between insurgents north of Baghdad, the Interior Ministry spokesman said, but U.S. military officials appeared to cast doubt on the report. Tue, 01 May 2007 16:19:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1688639AlQaedairaqwarterrorismbaghdadmasriunconfirmedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1675225 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed more than 20 people when he blew himself up among mourners at a Shi'ite funeral north of Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi police said. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:13:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1675225iraqbaghdadwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1673698 unknown@Netscape.com Four U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad over the weekend, the military said on Monday, taking the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq this month to more than 100. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:15:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1673698ussoldiersiraqbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1651736 unknown@Netscape.com I'm finally leaving Iraq. But it's hard to decide which is more frightening: Car bombs and militias, or leaving everything you know and love. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:39:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1651736iraqwarbaghdadcivilRefugeeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1635681 unknown@Netscape.com IRAQ has modified a US military plan to protect a Sunni enclave in Baghdad with high concrete walls, and is using barbed wire and smaller cement barriers instead. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:24:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1635681iraqwallsunnibaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1610910 unknown@Netscape.com The walls the American military planned to erect in Baghdad seemed like a simple solution to a deadly problem: Sunni and Shi'ite enclaves would be physically separated, preventing each side's fighters from attacking the other's civilians. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:20:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1610910iraqwarciviltroopsurgebaghdadwallNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1572710 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday that the American military will ''respect the wishes'' of the Iraqi government regarding a barrier being built around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad, but he stopped short of saying construction would stop. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:39:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1572710iraqwarbaghdadwallMalikisunnishiaUnitedstatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1572405 unknown@Netscape.com There is perhaps no place in the world today where it is harder for any person to get through an average day than in Baghdad. It has become a living hell, with daily car bombs, mortar attacks, hundreds of kidnappings & murders every week. The city has become chaotic with terrorists, insurgents, & a brutal civil war tearing the society apart Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:43:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1572405iraqbaghdadviolencemurderskidnappingsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1514181 unknown@Netscape.com Four bombings in Baghdad that killed at least 182 Shiites yesterday provided a tragic backdrop to a meeting with President Bush and Democratic leaders over funding for his troop surge. In all, 233 people were killed or found dead yesterday across Iraq, second only to the 281 toll on Nov.23 last year. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:03:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1514181iraqbaghdadbombingPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1503650 unknown@Netscape.com Four large bombs exploded in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 160 people and wounding scores as violence climbed toward levels seen before the U.S.-Iraqi campaign to pacify the capital began two months ago. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:58:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/15036504bombskill160peoplebaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1499638 unknown@Netscape.com Four separate explosions rocked Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 127 people and wounding scores as violence climbed toward levels seen before a U.S.-led surge to pacify the capital. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:24:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1499638bombingterrorismmassacrebaghdadiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1462878 unknown@Netscape.com Six bombs exploded in predominantly Shiite sections of the capital Sunday, killing at least 45 people in a renewal of sectarian carnage that set back the U.S. push to pacify Baghdad . Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:02:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1462878baghdadBombingskill45shiiteAreasNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1456162 unknown@Netscape.com Two military helicopters crashed north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing two soldiers and injuring five, the U.S. military said. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:34:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1456162crashmilitaryhelicoptersbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1427435 unknown@Netscape.com Faced with an ever-more ruthless insurgency in Baghdad -- despite President George Bush's "surge" in troops -- US forces in the city are now planning a massive and highly controversial counter-insurgency operation that will seal off vast areas of the city, enclosing whole neighbourhoods with barricades and allowing only Iraqis with newly Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:44:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1427435divideandruleBushsdoomedplanforbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1138781 unknown@Netscape.com The Baghdad Security Plan is going so well that Iraqis displaced by sectarian violence are flocking back to their homes in Baghdad, so a number of officials are telling us. The only problem with that: it's probably not true. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:21:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1138781iraqRefugeesbaghdadSecurityplantroopsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1139084 unknown@Netscape.com A suicide truck bomber with explosives hidden under a load of bricks struck a police station in a mainly Sunni area in southern Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 23, police said. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:22:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1139084iraqwarciviltruckbombbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1055289 unknown@Netscape.com The life of the everyday Iraqi is the great untold story of the Iraq war. No one has seen into the homes of Iraqis to see what they do and what they say when Americans aren't around. That is about to change. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:40:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1055289baghdadiraqdocumentaryactivismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1047875 unknown@Netscape.com Four years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, nearly 9 of 10 Iraqis say they live in fear that the violence ravaging their country will strike themselves and the people with whom they live. Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:09:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1047875iraqwarbaghdadcivilciviliandeathsfearviolenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1050387 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents in western Iraq set off three chlorine gas car bombs, U.S. forces said on Saturday, weeks after two similar attacks sparked fears of a new campaign using unconventional weapons in Iraq. Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:37:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1050387iraqbaghdadbombsunconventionalweaponsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1015585 unknown@Netscape.com Four US soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb that exploded near their vehicle in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the US military has said. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:40:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1015585iraqwarbaghdadbombingciviltroopdeathsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1003683 unknown@Netscape.com UNITED States soldiers sent to Baghdad's notorious Shiite stronghold of Sadr City arrived ready for a fight with the al-Mahdi Army militia. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:35:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1003683sadrcityU.S.TroopsmiserybaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/943907 unknown@Netscape.com At least 32 people died in central Baghdad when a suicide car bomber attacked a truck carrying Shiite pilgrims returning from a major religious commemoration on Sunday, police and hospital officials said. Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:26:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/943907shiitepilgrimscarbombiraqsuicidebombingbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/941768 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD - In their first direct talks since the Iraq war began, U.S. and Iranian envoys traded harsh words and blamed each other for the country's crisis Saturday at a one-day international conference that some hoped would help end their 27-year diplomatic freeze. Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:42:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/941768baghdadU.SirantradebarbsindirecttalksNews