A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 40 people on Monday, striking at market places and crowded bus stops during the busy morning hours, officials said.Full story
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence across the country on Thursday that killed at least 25 people and extended a surge in sectarian-tinged bloodshed. 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-
Residents react to a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City May 16, 2013. Two car bombs exploded in busy markets in Sadr City, north-eastern Baghdad and killed at least 11 people and wounded another 18, police and medical officials said. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)
