A fatal attack launched two days ago against the sprawling headquarters base of the American military in Iraq was carried out with a 240 mm rocket - a type of weapon provided to Shiite extremists by Iran, a U.S. general said Thursday.

A U.S. Army general in Baghdad blamed truck bombings that have killed at least 200 people on al-Qaida in Iraq, at least at first glance.

By Thomas Frank BAGHDAD -- Over the past year, Iraqis heard several audio recordings by a mysterious terrorist leader named Omar al-Baghdadi singing the praises of the organization al-Qaeda in Iraq and urging his followers to attack U.S. troops. The whole thing was a sham, the U.S.

Two U.S. Army soldiers have been charged with the premeditated murder of an Iraqi, and a lieutenant colonel has been relieved of command in connection with the case, the U.S. military announced Thursday. Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales, of San Antonio and Spc.

BAGHDAD _ Abu Omar al-Baghdadi is a household name here. The shadowy figure surfaced less than a year ago and declared an Islamic state in Sunni and mixed areas of Iraq. The Egyptian leader of al-Qaida in Iraq pledged allegiance to him, and al-Qaida fighters declared their loyalty to him.