Security Summary: October 7, 2007

Above: Iraqi soldiers patrol in a tak near Firdos square in downtown Baghdad today.MOSUL - U.S. forces killed a man driving an ambulance rigged with a suicide bomb towards them in the city of Mosul 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.MAHMUDIYA - U.S. forces detained 17 suspected insurgents during combat operations in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, the U.S.

Petraeus: Iran providing 'the weapons, the training, the funding and in some cases the direction for operations that have... killed U.S. soldiers'

Above: A soldier from the 1st Cavalry Division displays U.S. Army field manuals and training aides uncovered in a weapons cache his unit discovered near Baqubah in February. The weapons cache held enough raw material to build over 150 explosively formed pentetrators, which the U.S. says come from Iran.General David Petraeus, speaking at a U.S. military base about 30 km (20 miles) from the Iranian

Perspective: On this day in Iraq -- October 6th edition

October 6, 2006: Iraqi police watch as a fellow officer approaches a vehicle containing two would-be car bombers who were killed after a brief firefight with in Baghdad.October 6, 2002:Attack May Spark Coup In Iraq, Say U.S. AnalystsSenior intelligence experts inside and outside government have reached a consensus that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would likely be ousted in a coup led by members

Security Summary: October 6, 2007

Above: An Iraqi prisoner talks with his son in the national police prison in Baghdad today. Prisoners are allowed to meet with family on the first Saturday of every month.BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one U.S. soldier and wounded three during combat operations in southern Baghdad, U.S. military said.SAMARRA - Iraqi army, police and local groups working with U.S. forces known as "concerned

Sadr, Hakim reach peace deal

.Above: The major players -- Nuri al-Maliki (Prime Minister, Shiite), Tariq al-Hashemi (one of two Vice Presidents, Sunni), Moqtada al-Sadr ('fiery' anti-American cleric, Shiite), Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim (head of the largest Shiite coalition), Jalal Talabani (President of Iraq, Kurd, Qadiri Sufi sect of Sunnism), and Massoud Barzani (President of Iraqi Kurdistan, Naqshbandi Sufi sect of Sunnisim).

Perspective: On this day in Iraq -- October 5th edition

October 5, 2004: A soldier from the 1st Infantry Division kicks open a gate in during house-to-house searches in Samarra.October 5, 2002:Saddam foes divided in the wake of US offerA US strategy to train and equip an Iraqi opposition force that would join American military units in Iraq has bitterly divided the Iraqi opposition, underscoring fractures among opponents of Saddam Hussein that could

Security Summary: October 5, 2007

Above: A man cries out as four victims of U.S air strikes near Khalis lie on a pick-up truck today.BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded two during operations in the southeastern region of the capital, the U.S. military said.BAIJI - A roadside bomb killed one U.S. soldier and wounded three when it was detonated near their vehicle in Baiji, north of the capital, the U.S.