Sources: Suspect remains in coma
Authorities say Fort Hood shooting Nidal Malik Hasan remains in a coma but is expected to live.A federal law enforcement official said investigators have not been able to talk to Hasan since the deadly...
View ArticleSources: Shooter used “cop killer” gun
Law enforcement officials say a 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting rampage was purchased legally at a Texas gun store.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were...
View ArticleAP sources: Al-Qaida link in failed plane attack
U.S. officials say a Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria said he was acting on behalf of al-Qaida when he tried to blow up a flight Friday as it landed in Detroit.Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.,...
View ArticleReport: Passenger tried to blow up airliner
A Northwest Airlines passenger landing in Detroit on Friday tried to blow up the flight but the explosive device failed, two U.S. national security officials said.The passenger, who was traveling on...
View ArticleNew spate of bombings strikes Baghdad, killing 49
At least five bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad Tuesday and another struck a market, killing 49 people and wounding more than 160, authorities said.Iraqi officials blamed al-Qaida...
View ArticleAt least 7 blasts rip through Baghdad, killing 49
At least seven bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad Tuesday and another struck a market, killing 49 people and wounding more than 160, authorities said.The explosions were the latest...
View ArticleAl-Qaida in Iraq says it’s behind embassy hits
An al-Qaida front group claimed Friday that it carried out triple suicide bombings outside foreign embassies, underscoring U.S. and Iraqi fears the terror group is attempting to make a comeback.The...
View ArticleOfficials say 9/11-style plot in Iraq foiled
Iraqi and U.S. security officials say Iraqi forces have foiled an al-Qaida in Iraq plot for a 9/11-style attack to hijack airlines and fly them into Shiite holy shrines.Two senior Iraqi officials told...
View ArticleNavy SEAL found not guilty in Iraq abuse case
A U.S. military jury cleared a Navy SEAL Thursday of failing to prevent the beating of an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding a 2004 attack that killed four American security contractors.The...
View ArticleBiden visits Iraq, beckons political leaders
Vice President Joe Biden landed Saturday on what appeared to be a dual mission in Baghdad: to visit U.S. troops during the July Fourth weekend and coax Iraqi leaders into ending their government...
View ArticlePolice: Bomb blows up fuel truck in Baghdad
Iraqi police say eight people have been killed and 44 wounded after a bomb attached to a fuel truck blew up in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad.Officials at the two hospitals confirmed the...
View ArticleRemaining U.S. troops still face danger in Iraq
Lt. Ryan Alexander stands thigh-deep in a dark grove of reeds and palm trees, hunting for rockets. Officially, the U.S. combat role in Iraq is ending this month, but Alexander and his platoon are under...
View ArticleU.S. forces still in fight at end of Iraq combat mission
Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens...
View ArticleUS says Iraq War led to 77k deaths over 5 years
In its most extensive death tally of the Iraq war, the U.S. military says nearly 77,000 Iraqi civilians and security officials were killed from early 2004 to mid-2008 -- a toll that falls well below...
View ArticleIraqi PM rips WikiLeaks over prisoner abuse charge
New documents detailing alleged prisoner abuse by Iraqi security officials prompted fresh doubts Saturday about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's bid to remain in power for a second term.The trove of...
View ArticleBiden addresses U.S. troops in Baghdad
Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. should make sure Iraq's stability and democracy are strong enough to make it "a country that was worthy of the sacrifices" the American military...
View ArticleDramatic bomb explosion in Iraq caught on camera
A suicide bomber posing as a dairy deliveryman struck a Kurdish security headquarters Wednesday, setting off a series of rapid-fire attacks against the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk that killed seven...
View ArticleWave of bombs kills 26 in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A series of coordinated bombings shattered Shiite neighborhoods and struck at Iraqi security forces Sunday, killing at least 26 in attacks that one official described as a rallying call by...
View ArticleTsarnaevs follow familiar terror pattern
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after emigrating from Russia — joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even seeking U.S. citizenship. But...
View ArticleBombing suspect goes silent after being read Miranda rights
BOSTON (AP) — Sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: he'd just been read his constitutional rights.Dzhokhar...
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