Coalition forces spread out Sunday in an intensive search for three U.S. soldiers missing after an attack south of Baghdad. The soldiers disappeared Saturday after an insurgent attack that killed five others, including four American troops, said Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell.

Key U.S. and Iraqi officials on Wednesday issued cautiously optimistic reports one month into the latest drive to curb sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad but warned that months would pass before the operation could be labeled a success. Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell, the U.S.

By Steven R. Hurst Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq

Iraqi authorities reported the arrests Wednesday of two guards and an official who supervised Saddam Hussein's hanging and said the guard force was infiltrated by outsiders who taunted the former leader and shot the video showing his body dangling at the end of a rope.

By Bassem Mroue Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Parliament voted unanimously Tuesday to extend Iraq's state of emergency for 30 more days, and suspected Sunni insurgents set off bombs that killed eight people and wounded 40 across the country.