|
| Jun.2 |
Iraq |
 |
Suicide car bombs kill 16 Map of Baquba Iraq The 3 blasts, one of which targeted a restaurant, killed 16, including a political leader in Baquba
| |
Iraq |
 |
Sunni Arabs join Iraq talks Sunni Arabs, many of whom boycotted elections, began talks with the panel writing the new constitution
| Jun.4 |
Mosul |
|
Al-Zarqawi deputy arrested
| Jun.5 |
Iraq |
 |
Huge underground hideout uncovered 503,000-square-foot insurgent hideout is containing large stores of weapons, ammunition and supplies
| Jun.6 |
Iraq |
 |
U.S., Iraqis launch Tal Afar offensive U.S. and Iraqi troops launched major military operation in the northwestern city next to Syrian border
| Jun.7 |
Iraq |
|
Car bombs hit town of Hawija
| Jun.8 |
Iraq |
|
Iraq leaders back militia group
| Jun.9 |
Iraq |
|
EU delegation visits Iraq
| |
Iraq |
|
Saddam lawyers 'left in the dark'
| Jun.10 |
Western Iraq |
|
Bomb kills five US Marines
| Jun.11 |
Iraq |
 |
Bomber hits elite Iraqi police HQ A suicide bomber has killed 3 members of the elite police unit. Gunmen also killed 10 labourers
| |
Western Iraq |
|
Marines: 40 insurgents killed
| Jun.12 |
Iraq |
 |
French journalist freed Florence Aubenas, 44, and her Iraqi interpreter have been freed after 5 months of captivity
| |
Iraq |
|
Police: Bodies found buried
| Jun.13 |
Baghdad |
 |
Tribunal releases Saddam video In the video magistrates are questioning the former Iraqi dictator
| Jun.14 |
Northern Iraq |
 |
Attacks kill at least 24 in 2 cities Map of Kirkuk Iraq Attacks happened in the northern city of Kirkuk and in the Sunni Muslim heartland
| |
Washington |
 |
Rumsfeld: Iraq no more safe than in 2003' Defence Secretary has acknowledged that security has not improved statistically since Saddam Hussein's fall
| Jun.15 |
Iraq |
 |
Restaurant bombing kills 23 Iraqi soldiers A lunchtime suicide bombing at an Iraqi military base killed 23 and wounded 28 other people | |
| |
Iraq |
 |
Jubilant ex-hostage tells of rescue Australian Douglas Wood, held in captivity for more than a month and a half appeared from his hospital room | |
| Jun.16 |
Mosul |
 |
Al Qaeda leader in Mosul captured The U.S. military on reported the capture of Abu Talha, one of al-Zarqawi's most trusted agents
| Jun.17 |
Iraq |
|
U.S., Iraqis launch border offensive
| Jun.18 |
Western Iraq |
|
Another Anbar offensive starts
| Jun.19 |
Baghdad |
 |
Suicide bomber kills 23 at eatery At a crowded restaurant Iraqi police and security forces were eating lunch. 7 police were among the dead | |
| |
Australia |
|
Ex-hostage Wood 'feared for life'
| Jun.21 |
Northern England |
|
UK arrest in Iraq attacks probe
| Jun.22 |
Belgium |
|
Meeting pledges support for Iraq
| |
Iraq |
|
Hostage freed after 7 months
| |
Baghdad |
 |
18 killed in car bomb attacks 3 bombs went off nearly simultaneously night in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood
| Jun.23 |
USA |
 |
Rumsfeld: US not losing Iraq war Defence Secretary has said that the US will prevail as long as it perseveres
| |
Baghdad |
|
Tariq Aziz's lawyer criticizes proceedings
| Jun.25 |
Iraq |
 |
Female troops in Iraq exposed to combat The lack of a front line and insurgents' tactics expose female troops to deadly situations
| Jun.26 |
Iraq |
 |
US holds talks with Iraq rebels Defence Secretary Rumsfeld: US officials have had talks with leaders of the anti-US insurgency | |
| |
Mosul |
 |
4 Mosul suicide attacks kill 33 The blast the security entrance of the emergency room of the hospita is killing 5 police officers | |
| |
Washington |
 |
Rumsfeld: Iraq rebellion 'could last years' Defence Secretary has warned it may be years before the insurgency in Iraq is defeated
| Jun.27 |
Iraq |
 |
PM optimistic on security Prime Minister Jaafari has said 2 years will be 'enough' to establish security in his country
| |
Baghdad |
 |
Car bomb kills four civilians A remotely controlled bomb killed 4 civilians and wounded 29 others in al-Jadeeda neighborhood
| Jun.28 |
Baghdad |
 |
Bomb kills assembly member A prominent Shiite tribal leader Sheikh Dhari Ali Al-Fayadh, 3 of his bodyguards and his son were killed
| |
Washington |
 |
Bush rallies US support for Iraq President told the American people that the sacrifices being made there were 'vital to the future security'
|
|