A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide in a week of the most sustained sectarian violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew more than a year ago.Full story
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011. Full story
At least nine people were killed and dozens were wounded in attacks across Baghdad on Sunday. NBCNews.com's Richard Lui reports.
Dr. Alasdair Conn, Chief of Emergency Services at Massachussetts General Hospital, describes the injuries he is seeing coming into the emergency room after the expolosions in Boston.
When the statue of Saddam Hussein came down in Iraq, many Americans took that as a sign of a successful invasion. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
In the ten years since guided bombs brought “shock and awe” to Baghdad, almost 4,500 troops and 130,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed and Saddam Hussein has been captured and executed in a mission that has cost nearly $2 trillion. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. ITV’s John Irvine in Baghdad assesses a country that, ten years on, remains gripped by the violence of its sectarian divide.
Men carry the coffin of a victim killed in one of Thursday's bomb attacks, during a funeral in Najaf, 160 km south of Baghdad, May 16, 2013. At least 17 people were killed by bombs in markets in Baghdad and attacks in northern Iraq on Thursday, police said, adding to a surge of sectarian-tinged vi
Mourners grieve during the funeral of their relative who was killed in one of Thursday's bomb attacks in Najaf, 160 km south of Baghdad, May 16, 2013. At least 17 people were killed by bombs in markets in Baghdad and attacks in northern Iraq on Thursday, police said, adding to a surge of sectarian-
