Iraq War Headlines, March 19, 2003 to December 31, 2009, Q Madp, IraqWarHeroes.org - Website by Q Madp

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U.S. military deaths in Iraq 10/4/2006, 7:29 p.m. PT
(AP) — As of Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, at least 2,736 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 2,174 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

Iraq pulls police brigade out of service 10/4/2006, 5:52 p.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi authorities pulled a brigade of about 700 policemen out of service Wednesday in its biggest move ever to uproot troops linked to death squads, aiming to signal the government's seriousness in cleansing Baghdad of sectarian violence.

Iraq pulls police brigade out of service 10/4/2006, 4:15 p.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi authorities pulled a brigade of about 700 policemen out of service Wednesday in its biggest move ever to uproot troops linked to death squads, aiming to signal the government's seriousness in cleansing Baghdad of sectarian violence.

Marines battle rumor mill in Iraq 10/4/2006, 1:11 p.m. PT
HADITHA, Iraq (AP) — Word spread quickly: A Marine search dog had escaped and was roaming the streets attacking children. But the Marines didn't have any dogs in Haditha at the time.

Aide of al-Qaida leader in Iraq arrested 10/4/2006, 11:28 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — An aide of the head of al-Qaida in Iraq was arrested last week, and U.S. and Iraqi forces killed or captured more than 600 suspected members of the terrorist group in September, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said Wednesday.

Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi police base 10/4/2006, 10:43 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi police base in the town of Ramadi, an insurgent hotspot west of Baghdad, but guards shot at the explosives-packed vehicle and detonated it before it could hit the base, police said.

Iraqi police unit linked to militias 10/4/2006, 10:38 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi authorities have taken a brigade of up to 700 policemen out of service and put members under investigation for "possible complicity" with death squads following a mass kidnapping earlier this week, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

Iraqi police unit linked to militias 10/4/2006, 6:11 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi authorities have taken a police brigade out of service and returned them to training because of "complicity" with death squads in the wake of a mass kidnapping in Baghdad this week, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.

String of Baghdad bomb blasts kill 16 10/4/2006, 4:24 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A series of bombs exploded in rapid succession in a shopping district in a mainly Christian neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 16 people and wounding 87, police said.

String of bomb blasts in Baghdad kills 9 10/4/2006, 2:43 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A series of bombs went off in rapid succession in a shopping district in a main Christian neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 71, police said.

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