Iraq Declares State of Emergency as Insurgents Step Up Attacks
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Faced with a surge in deadly guerrilla attacks, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared martial law across most of the country today as American and Iraqi troops made final
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Insurgents continued their relentless assault on Iraq's fledgling security forces today.
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Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has extended for 30 days emergency laws that give his government special powers to crack down on insurgents, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces launched attacks Thursday to flush out insurgents in northern Iraq, the military and Iraqi officials said.
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Iraq's interim government declared a  state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday to quell violence  gripping the country ahead of January elections.
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Fierce guerrilla attacks in Iraq and  U.S. assaults on rebel bastions have unleashed a new wave of  bloodshed that threatens to discredit the interim government  and undermine prospects for fair elections in January.
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Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki announces the start of a major offensive against al-Qaeda militants in Mosul.
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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents who have vowed to disrupt Iraq's parliamentary elections unleashed attacks yesterday across Iraq, from the kidnapping of a Catholic archbishop and a car bombing at a police station in the north to mortar attacks on polling stations in Basra in the south. At least 18 people were killed.
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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents stepped up attacks on Iraq's fledgling security forces, killing seven Iraqi police and guardsmen yesterday in a suicide bombing hours after storming a police station north of the capital. The military reported five new US deaths.
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12 December 2004 -- Insurgents in Iraq conducted attacks across the country today, killing two US soldiers and an Iraqi policeman.
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The Prime Minister declares a state of emergency whilst alleging sabotage
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Chad's president declares a nationwide state of emergency to restore order after a recent coup attempt.
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The government declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of the country Sunday, as US and Iraqi forces prepared for an expected all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah.
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The president declared a state of emergency, announcing in a broadcast on state radio and television that he has ordered the army to "take all necessary measures" to restore order after three days of violent protests.
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The Iraqi interim government declares a state of emergency for 60 days because of escalating violence.
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Iraq's interim government announced a state of emergency on Sunday as the country braced for a massive U.S. military assault on Fallujah. Latest insurgent attacks kill 21 police officers in towns west of Fallujah.
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BAGHDAD : Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has declared a state of emergency across Iraq, except for the northern region of Kurdistan, for 60 days due to a spike in deadly violence, his spokesman said.