... on collision Thursday night with a U.S. Army Stryker vehicle, the lead vehicle of a U.S.-Iraqi convoy in western Diyala province. The convoy slowed to let the car pass and the Stryker driver signaled with the horn and headlights, but the car ...

... interrogation of the suspect, who confessed and said his real name was Ahmed Abed Ahmed Khamees al-Mujamaie, born in 1969 in Diyala province north of Baghdad. He said al-Qaida in Iraq relied for funding on money sent by charities in Egypt, Saudi Arabia ...

... widespread fraud appeared to have occurred in Diyala province, which has large Sunni, Shiite ... largest Sunni political group, led in Diyala with 21.1 percent of the vote followed ... Maliki's coalition finished fourth in Diyala with 9.5 percent. U.S. officials ...

... Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. "This is a big danger." In Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, Iraqi forces arrested 11 suspected ... and 10 other suspected insurgents were arrested in a raid in a Diyala village. No other details were given. An al-Qaida front ...

... by the end of 2011. In another sign of the transition in authority, the U.S. military on Sunday handed over control in Diyala Province of about 9,000 Sons of Iraq, a predominantly Sunni group of former insurgents and tribesmen whose revolt against ...

... Hamada has been an al-Qaida operative in Iraq for the past four years and has confessed to participation in many operations in Diyala province and Baghdad. Hamada, meanwhile, was being treated for serious head injuries at a hospital in Kirkuk after being ...

... carried out three suicide bombings in Diyala province, one of Iraq's most violent ... explosives vest next to a U.S. patrol in Diyala's regional capital, Baqouba, 35 miles ... 7, a woman attacked the offices of a Diyala-based Sunni group fighting al-Qaida ...

... Petraeus announced plans to reduce troop levels by July if security continues to improve. The brigade had been fighting in Diyala province, once an al-Qaida stronghold and one of the deadliest areas for American soldiers. But the brigade commander ...

... put to the test soon as the Iraqis prepare to take on a resilient insurgency in other parts of the country, perhaps including Diyala, northeast of Baghdad. If the Iraqis stay on track, their taking more responsibility could allow Gen. David Petraeus, the ...

... because it cost the movement its most energetic and galvanizing figure. He was killed in a U.S. airstrike in June 2006 in Diyala province. Nationwide, violence has declined drastically over the past year, particularly in Baghdad, but the U.S. military ...