Booby-trapped jihadist flag kills three Iraqi police

Three Iraqi policemen were killed on Tuesday when one of them tried to remove a black flag that Islamic State jihadist fighters had booby-trapped south of Kirkuk, police said.

Baghdad official taken by gunmen: Iraqi police

Iraqi police officers say gunmen traveling in 10 black SUVs have seized the head of the Baghdad Provincial Council.

String of explosions rocks Iraqi capital

Iraqi police and hospital officials say a string of explosions in Baghdad has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 30.

Seven Iraqi police killed in attacks

Two bombings and a drive-by shooting killed seven Iraqi police in a former al Qaeda stronghold in the western part of the country.

Multiple Baghdad blasts kill at least 8 people

Police officials said two bombs were planted in a spot where day labourers gather in the mostly Sunni village of al-Zaidan.

Review slams US training of Iraqi police

On October 01, the State Department took over the job of training Iraqi police from the Defence Department.

Bombs kill 5 in Baghdad: Iraqi police

Violence has ebbed across Iraq, but deadly bombings and shootings still occur almost daily.

Suicide bomber kills 5 Sunni guards: Iraqi police

Iraqi police said that a suicide bomber
killed five members of a govt-backed Sunni militia that helped US forces fight al Qaeda.

Iraq militia chief behind pilgrim blasts: Official

Iraqi police arrested the local leader of a govt-backed Sunni Muslim militia.

Blast near Fallujah kills 4 Iraqi police

Police officials say a car bomb has killed at least four Iraqi policemen outside the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

Iraqi police say car bomb kills 7 west of Baghdad

Iraqi police and hospital officials
say a car bomb has killed seven people and wounded 21 others
west of Baghdad.

Bomb kills 27 at height of Iraqi Shiite pilgrimage

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb Friday alongside a crowd of Shiite pilgrims packing a highway as they walked to a holy city south of Baghdad for a major religious ceremony, killing at least 27 people and wounding more than 70, Iraqi police officials said.

29 killed in Baghdad bombings: Iraqi police

Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 29 people, in an apparent coordinated attack that targeted worshippers leaving Friday prayers, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.