Rocket slams into BBC office in Baghdad
(AFP)
 AFP - A rocket hit the BBC office in central Baghdad on Friday without causing casualties, security officials and the British broadcaster's bureau chief told AFP.
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US says Qaeda chief in Iraq not captured
(AFP)
 AFP - The US military denied on Friday that Al-Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who carries a US bounty of five million dollars, had been captured by security forces.
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U.S. says man held in Iraq is not al Qaeda leader
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still
being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi
officials wrongly declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught.
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Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad; no injuries
(AP)
AP - The British Broadcasting Corp. says a rocket hit the building housing its Baghdad bureau, causing damage but no injuries.
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Rocket hits BBC office in Baghdad, no one hurt
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A rocket hit the BBC office in Baghdad
on Friday but no one was wounded in the attack, the British
broadcaster said.
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U.S. forces say kill 14 militants in Baghdad
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. forces have killed 14 militants in
the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a stronghold of gunmen loyal to
anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the military said
on Friday.
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US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest
(AP)
 AP - The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul.
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Four killed in Baghdad militia bastion
(AFP)
 AFP - Battles between Shiite fighters and US forces in Baghdad's militia stronghold of Sadr City killed four people and wounded 51 others overnight, Iraqi security and medical officials said on Friday.
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US military denies Iraqi claims of al-Qaida leader's arrest
(AP)
AP - The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been not been captured, the U.S. military said Friday, despite a claim by the Iraqi government.
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Baghdad's Coming Refugee Crisis
(Time.com)
Time.com - The Iraqi Government signals plans for an offensive in eastern Baghdad that is likely to displace thousands of civilians
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,073
(AP)
AP - As of Thursday, May 8, 2008, at least 4,073 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Suspected al Qaeda leader in Iraq arrested
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Iraqi security forces have detained a
man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq after a
captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the
northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said on Friday.
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