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Newsknife special rating: "Top-rated headlines for Iraq-related news 2008 year-to-date"
Posted April 1, 2008

41 top news headlines at Google News
listed in date order, from a total of 4640 listings on
Google News home page and up to 10 sub-pages deep.

Sun Jan 6,  Wall Street Journal    Al Qaeda Posts Video Ahead of Bush Visit

Mon Jan 7,  Los Angeles Times    Iranians harassed US ships, Navy confirms

Mon Jan 7,  FOX News    2 US Fighter Planes Crash in Persian Gulf; No Injuries Reported

Tue Jan 8,  ABC News    US Releases Dramatic Video of Iran Boat Incident

Tue Jan 8,  CNN International    Bush to depart on high-security Mideast peace mission

Tue Jan 8,  Reuters    Bush trip aims to push Mideast peace, contain Iran

Sun Jan 13,  Los Angeles Times    Bush slams Iran in pro-democracy speech

Mon Jan 14,  Voice of America    US to Sell Precision-Guided Bombs to Saudi Arabia

Wed Jan 16,  Reuters    Islamic charity indicted for ties to terrorist

Thu Jan 17,  Reuters UK    US says Iraq forces could control provinces this year

Thu Jan 24,  Christian Science Monitor    Al Qaeda goes north: Police chief killed in Mosul

Tue Jan 29,  New York Times    Bush, Facing Woes in ’08, Focuses on War and Taxes

Fri Feb 1,  Christian Science Monitor    Female suicide bombers shatter Baghdad calm

Fri Feb 1,  Reuters    ANALYSIS-US strike on Qaeda leader seen as limited success

Sat Feb 2,  New York Times    Check Point Clinton and the Iraq War Amendment

Sat Feb 2,  Reuters    ANALYSIS-US strike on Qaeda leader seen as limited success

Tue Feb 5,  Bloomberg    Iraq Group May Attack Outside Nation, McConnell Says (Update4)

Wed Feb 20,  Houston Chronicle    Military jury convicts soldier of assault in Iraqi's death

Thu Feb 21,  Times Online    Rendition planes did use British airbase

Fri Feb 22,  Voice of America    Iraq Protests Turkish Military Incursion

Sat Mar 1,  Washington Post    Bush Plans Further Reduction in Forces

Thu Mar 6,  The Associated Press    Bush: 'US Must Not Let Down Its Guard'

Mon Mar 10,  International Herald Tribune    Attack kills 5 US soldiers in Baghdad

Mon Mar 10,  Washington Post    Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure

Tue Mar 11,  New York Times    Top US Commander in Mideast to Retire Early

Tue Mar 11,  The Associated Press    Violence Across Iraq Kills at Least 42

Wed Mar 12,  International Herald Tribune    Rocket kills 3 US soldiers in Iraq

Thu Mar 13,  New York Times    Kidnapped Iraqi Archbishop Is Dead

Mon Mar 17,  New York Times    Suicide Blast in Iraq Eclipses Cheney’s Visit

Thu Mar 20,  Washington Post    Director, Iraq Memory Foundation

Sun Mar 23,  New York Times    At Least 51 Die in Attacks Across Iraq

Mon Mar 24,  CNN International    Bush: US deaths in Iraq 'laid foundations for peace'

Tue Mar 25,  New York Times    Shiite Militia in Iraq Sparks Clash

Wed Mar 26,  Bloomberg    Iraqi Forces Battle Sadr Militia in Baghdad, Basra (Update3)

Wed Mar 26,  Reuters    Iraqi-American charged with Saddam-era violations

Thu Mar 27,  Christian Science Monitor    Basra fight widens rift among Shiite factions

Thu Mar 27,  The Associated Press    Diplomats Told to Take Cover in Baghdad

Fri Mar 28,  International Herald Tribune    US military joins Iraqi Army in Basra assault

Sun Mar 30,  Christian Science Monitor    Sadr reins in Shiite militiamen, sends mixed signals

Sun Mar 30,  Washington Post    Iraq Refuses to Endorse Summit Statement

Mon Mar 31,  New York Times    Calm in Iraqi Cities After Cleric Calls for Truce

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