American troops and Iraqis unearthed 14 badly decomposed bodies in a mass grave north-east of Baghdad, the US military said today.

American troops and Iraqis unearthed 37 bodies in a mass grave northeast of Baghdad today, the US military said.

A suicide bomber targeting a gathering of Iraqi soldiers and civilians commemorating Army Day killed at least 11 people in central Baghdad today, police said.

A roadside bomb explosion struck a passing minibus north of Baghdad today, killing six people and wounding another three, the Joint Co-ordination Centre for the province said.

A CAR bomb left at least 14 people dead in Baghdad yesterday, while US troops chasing extremists in one of their last remaining bastions in central Iraq said they killed five al-Qaida gunmen.

Soldiers in Iraq have uncovered a suspected al-Qaida torture chamber.

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up outside the offices of an anti-al-Qaida group in Iraq today killing at least 15 people in one of the country’s most violent provinces.

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up outside the offices of an anti-al-Qaida group in Iraq today killing at least 15 people, police said.

A suicide bomber killed 15 people today north of Baghdad, police said.

Gunmen ambushed an Iraqi police checkpoint in northern Iraq before dawn today, killing six officers in a sophisticated attack on fledgling Iraqi security installations, police said.

Dozens of Shiite villagers in northern Iraq were massacred by Sunni extremists, officials said today, while car bombs killed at least a dozen people in Baghdad.

At least 32 people were killed and 50 wounded when a parked car bomb exploded in a Shiite enclave north-east of Baghdad.

At least 32 people were killed and 50 wounded when a parked car bomb exploded in a Shiite enclave north-east of Baghdad.

Baghdad has suffered the fiercest fighting since a massive security crackdown began in the Iraqi capital two months ago.

At least 14 people were killed when a female suicide bomber exploded herself today in a crowd of Iraqi police recruits north-east of Baghdad, police and hospital officials said.

A suicide bomber driving an oil truck blew himself up after he was stopped at a checkpoint near an Iraqi army headquarters north of Baghdad today, wounding nine soldiers.

A suicide bomber killed at least seven policemen and wounded 30 others at a police station in Iraq today.

At least 20 Iraqis were killed in clashes early today in Ramadi, where US ground troops and warplanes have conducted a series of operations over recent days targeting Sunni insurgents, police and medical workers said.

Bomb attacks on markets in predominantly Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad killed at least 16 people, among 38 Iraqis killed or found dead across Iraq today in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence.

A pair of mortar rounds slammed into a football field while young men were playing a game in a Shiite district of Baghdad today, as more than 60 people were killed in attacks nationwide.

More than three dozen people were killed in violence around Iraq today, including a state TV employee, a judge and three people in a morning suicide attack on a fish market in Baghdad that wounded 19 others.

Iraqi and US forces killed or captured more than 20 terrorist suspects, many linked with al-Qaida in Iraq, in a series of raids, the US command said today.

TRIBES in one of Iraq’s most volatile provinces have joined together to fight the insurgency in their region, calling on the government and the US-led military coalition to give them weapons, a prominent tribal leader said.

Bombers and gunmen killed eight people in Iraq today as security forces prepared to further tighten security ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, when violence traditionally spikes across the country.

At least 44 people were killed today in Iraq’s spiralling violence, including 20 soldiers whose bus was blasted by a roadside bomb.

The head of Saddam Hussein’s tribe was killed when gunmen attacked a meeting in the office of a prominent sheikh in Tikrit, police said today.

GUNMEN who stormed a bus station north-east of Baghdad kidnapped 24 people, killing all but four of them.

Gunmen stormed a bus station north-east of Baghdad on today, seizing some 24 Shiites after separating them from the crowd and killing them, authorities said.

Gunmen ambushed a bus station today in a volatile town north-east of Baghdad, kidnapping 24 people and killing all but four, authorities said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today promised to crack down on sectarian gangs in Basra and declared a month-long state of emergency in the southern city amid increasing violence in the restive region.

A series of car bombs in three different Iraqi cities today left at least seven people dead and dozens wounded.

More than 50 Iraqis died today in violence including a car bombing that killed 25 people in the third major attack on a police station in three days.

Dozens of insurgents stormed an Iraqi jail in the Sunni Muslim heartland north of Baghdad about dawn today and freed all 33 prisoners.

Gunmen ambushed a police station in the Sunni Muslim heartland north of Baghdad today, killing at least 17 police officers and a guard at a nearby court while freeing prisoners held at the station.

Gunmen ambushed a police station in an Iraqi city today, killing at least 15 police officers and a guard at a nearby court.

Gunmen killed the wife and two sons of a Sunni Arab cleric north of Baghdad, while a baker was shot dead inside his bakery in the Iraqi capital, police said today.

SUICIDE bombers targeted Shi’ite pilgrims in the south and police recruits in central Iraq, while a roadside bomb killed five US soldiers, bringing the death toll to at least 130 people in a series of attacks.

A SUICIDE bomber killed 32 mourners and injured dozens at a funeral for the nephew of a Shi'ite politician in Iraq yesterday.

A suicide bomber set off his explosives in the middle of an Iraqi funeral procession, killing at least 30 people and wounding 36.

An empty minibus loaded with explosives detonated near a hospital in east Baghdad today, killing three people and injuring 13, police said.

Six passengers were killed when an Iraqi bus collided with a US tank that was on patrol today.

SOME 5,000 US and British troops with Iraqi commandos launched raids and arrested suspected insurgents yesterday in an offensive aimed at clearing a swathe of insurgent hotbeds south of Baghdad.

Masked gunmen today assassinated a Sunni cleric north of Baghdad, police said - the second such killing in as many days.

A mortar shell targeting an Iraqi police station in central Iraq fell short, killing two children in a nearby house.