The bulletin became a story itself in 1988, when as Sue Lawley and NicholasWitchell hosted the Six O'Clock News, the studio was invaded by a group of women protesting against a law which prevented councils from promoting homosexuality.
Although overall violence is sharply down on the levels of several years ago, the surge in US military deaths in May has left many here feeling uneasy about what will happen as the Americans begin their pullout, the BBC's NicholasWitchell in Baghdad says.