Topic: U.S. Armed Forces

Improvised explosive devices ( IED ) are small homemade bombs, made famous recently by the occupation of Iraq by the United States, used to kill soldiers and damage vehicles. Improvised explosive devices are responsible for approximately one third of U.S. military deaths ...

Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.The assault ...

Iraq unrest kills five

A suicide bomber killed two policemen and a civilian at a checkpoint in central Iraq on Tuesday, while attacks elsewhere killed two other people, security officials said.The 6:10 pm (1510 GMT) bombing in the Diyala provincial capital of Baquba, north of Baghdad, ...
At least 1,130 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001As of Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at least 1,130 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an ...

US 'intensifies strikes' at Al-Qaeda targets

The US military conducted in May a secret air strike against a suspected Al-Qaeda target in Yemen and killed a deputy provincial governor in the process, The New York Times reported.Citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said the air strike hit a ...
At least 1,123 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001As of Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at least 1,123 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an ...
At least 1,113 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001As of Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at least 1,113 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an ...

US 'refutes' July death toll in Iraq

The US military on Sunday took the unusual step of refuting Iraqi figures released a day earlier which showed July was the single deadliest month in the war-torn country since May 2008.The American decision to release their own toll came after the ...

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq has claimed responsibility for two attacks against its former Sunni Muslim allies which killed at least 43 people last Sunday.In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber struck members of the government-backed "Sahwa" militia as they ...
A suicide car bomb in a central Iraqi town killed two American soldiers and wounded six others on Friday, a US military statement said."Two US Division-North soldiers were killed and six injured after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near their combined ...