These Are Only AP Headers For Articles Published. These are manually updated by me. If you wish to read the complete article, use the header title/information to do a web search.
Some Headlines Of Today
Thursday May 18, 2006
Bomb kills 4 GIs, interpreter in Iraq 5/18/2006, 7:55 p.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Four U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb Thursday and at least two dozen Iraqis died in violence across the country, as politicians worked on a government they hope will restore security. |
Envoy's kidnappers want Iraq embassy shut 5/18/2006, 5:59 p.m. PT CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The kidnappers of a United Arab Emirates diplomat in Iraq demanded the closure of the country's Baghdad embassy in a video shown Thursday on Arab television. |
A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq 5/18/2006, 5:41 p.m. PT (AP) — As of Thursday, May 18, 2006, at least 2,455 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,930 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. |
Envoy's kidnappers want Iraq embassy shut 5/18/2006, 3:12 p.m. PT CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The kidnappers of a United Arab Emirates diplomat in Iraq demanded the closure of the country's Baghdad embassy in a video shown Thursday on Arab television. |
U.S. uses laser 'dazzler' to stop Iraqis 5/18/2006, 1:31 p.m. PT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military in Iraq has begun using a laser device mounted on soldiers' M-4 rifles to "dazzle" Iraqi drivers who fail to heed warnings to stop at checkpoints, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. |
Bomb kills 4 GIs, interpreter in Iraq 5/18/2006, 12:59 p.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Four U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb Thursday and at least two dozen Iraqis died in violence across the country, as politicians worked on a government they hope will restore security. |
Envoy's kidnappers want Iraq embassy shut 5/18/2006, 12:54 p.m. PT CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The kidnappers of a United Arab Emirates diplomat in Iraq demanded the closure of the country's Baghdad embassy in a video shown Thursday on Arab television. |
Newsview: Iraq stands at edge of democracy 5/18/2006, 12:43 p.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — With parliament poised to approve a new Cabinet, Iraq will finally achieve the full-scale democracy America promised. |
Prodi restates call for Iraq withdrawal 5/18/2006, 11:12 a.m. PT ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Romano Prodi called the war in Iraq "a grave error" that was fueling international terrorism and restated Thursday his campaign promise to withdraw the nation's troops. |
Iraq attacks kill at least 2 dozen people 5/18/2006, 8:37 a.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Attacks by insurgents Thursday killed at least two dozen people, including four U.S. soldiers, while an Iraqi police chief narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. |
4 U.S. soldiers are killed by bomb in Iraq 5/18/2006, 6:58 a.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Four U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed Thursday when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. command said. |
At least 18 Iraqis killed in attacks 5/18/2006, 3:05 a.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — As Iraqis awaited the final formation of their new national unity government, at least 18 people were killed and a police chief narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in attacks in the country's two largest cities Thursday. |
Sunni Arab shrine bombed in Iraq 5/18/2006, 2:51 a.m. PT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqis armed with bombs destroyed a Sunni Arab shrine near the volatile city of Baqouba on Thursday in an apparent reprisal attack less than a week after similar bombings heavily damaged six Shiite shrines in the area. |
The Above Headlines were gathered from various news sites. |
Copyright 2003-2008-2005-2006 Q Madp www.IraqWarHeroes.org