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

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Suicide car bomber kills three in Iraq 1/17/2005, 11:42 p.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A suicide driver detonated a car bomb Tuesday outside the offices of Iraq's largest Shiite political party, killing three other people, police and the U.S. military said.

Italians train Iraqis to secure election 1/17/2005, 10:37 p.m. PT
NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Election workers and U.S.-trained security troops have become Iraq's most hunted, facing slaughter by insurgents out to ruin this month's landmark vote. But in less volatile swaths of the country's south, the long oppressed Shiite Muslim majority is readying to seize power in what's expected to be largely peaceful balloting.

Gunmen kidnap Catholic archbishop in Iraq 1/17/2005, 7:58 p.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Insurgents kidnapped a Catholic archbishop and targeted security forces in a series of brazen assaults Monday that killed more than 20 people. A suicide bomber attacked U.S. Marines in Ramadi, where insurgents also beheaded two Shiite Muslims and left their bodies on a sidewalk.

A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq 1/17/2005, 7:48 p.m. PT
(AP) — As of Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at least 1,366 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,071 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.

Iraqi exiles register to vote overseas 1/17/2005, 6:24 p.m. PT
LONDON (AP) — Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote Monday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations in 14 countries from Australia to Britain to the United States and many expressing confusion at the process.

Gunmen kidnap Catholic archbishop in Iraq 1/17/2005, 3:50 p.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Insurgents kidnapped a Catholic archbishop and targeted security forces in a series of brazen assaults Monday that killed more than 20 people. A suicide bomber attacked U.S. Marines in Ramadi, where insurgents also beheaded two Shiite Muslims and left their bodies on a sidewalk.

A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq 1/17/2005, 2:35 p.m. PT
(AP) — As of Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at least 1,363 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,071 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.

Iraqi sets up polling station in Egypt 1/17/2005, 2:29 p.m. PT
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Once exiled and stripped of his Iraqi citizenship, Talib Murad now sees hope in his country's new democracy. He is so eager to take part in the Jan. 30 election for an Iraqi national assembly that he has set up his own polling station after learning that Egypt, where he lives, is not one of the 14 countries designated for voting by expatriate Iraqis.

Iraqi exiles register to vote overseas 1/17/2005, 2:28 p.m. PT
LONDON (AP) — Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote Monday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations in 14 countries from Australia to Britain to the United States and many expressing confusion at the process.

Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Iraq 1/17/2005, 11:56 a.m. PT
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Catholic archbishop in Mosul, Iraq, has been kidnapped, the Vatican said Monday. It identified the kidnapped man as Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, of the Syrian Catholic Church, one of the branches of the Roman Catholic Church.

Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Iraq 1/17/2005, 10:23 a.m. PT
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Catholic archbishop in Mosul, Iraq, has been kidnapped, the Vatican said Monday. It identified the kidnapped man as Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, of the Syrian Catholic Church, one of the branches of the Catholic Church.

Iraq clerics' influence raises concern 1/17/2005, 10:09 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A stern-faced Saddam Hussein in a Western suit and hat was the defining image of the dictator's final years in power. Today, an old, white-bearded cleric in a black turban and robe is the face of Iraq.

Eight Iraqi National Guardsmen gunned down 1/17/2005, 9:59 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Gunmen killed eight Iraqi National Guardsmen Monday at a checkpoint northeast of Baghdad, and eight people died in a suicide car bombing at a police station outside the capital as insurgents struck ahead of national elections.

Exiled Iraqis start registering to vote 1/17/2005, 2:13 a.m. PT
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote Monday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations from Australia to Britain and many expressing confusion at the process.

16 Iraqis killed in pre-election attacks 1/17/2005, 1:43 a.m. PT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Gunmen killed eight Iraqi National Guard soldiers at a checkpoint in central Iraq on Monday, and eight people died in a suicide car bombing at a police station north of Baghdad, as insurgents struck at Iraqi security forces ahead of national elections.

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