Baghdad Bombing

Suicide Bomber Kills 7 At Baghdad Checkpoint

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 02.24.2012

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BAGHDAD — The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elec...

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Bombs Rip Through Baghdad Market

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 01.06.2012

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BAGHDAD — Three bombs ripped through a sprawling Baghdad market Sunday, killing eight people at the beginning of a Muslim religious holiday and ...

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Twin Bombings Target Baghdad Music Store, Kill 18

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 12.27.2011

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BAGHDAD — A twin bombing killed 18 people Thursday in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad – the deadliest attack to rock Iraq since President...

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Bomb Near Baghdad Liquor Store Kills At Least 7

AP | MAZIN YAHYA | Posted 12.17.2011

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BAGHDAD — A bomb blast near a Baghdad liquor store Monday evening killed seven people and injured another 18, Iraqi medical and police officials...

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Baghdad Blasts Kill At Least Ten

AP | By SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 12.10.2011

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BAGHDAD -- A string of explosions targeting security officials – and people who rushed to the scene to help the injured – killed at least ...

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Blasts Rip Through Western Baghdad, Killing 40

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 08.23.2011

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BAGHDAD — Four bombs ripped through Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad Thursday evening, killing at least 40 people in the worst violence the capit...

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Baghdad Blasts Kill Scores, Over 200 Hundred Wounded

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes killed 76 people and wounded more than 200 across Baghdad's myriad neighborhoods Tuesday, demon...

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Bombs Target Iraqi Cleric's Office, Killing Scores

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — The bloodiest day of the year in Iraq left at least 69 people dead in a series of bombings in mainly Shiite areas Friday – conce...

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Without National Reconciliation, Iraqi Democracy is a Mirage

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Iraqi elections prove only that the country is at a critical crossroads and that sectarianism continues to be a major threat.

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Baghdad Bombs: Death Toll Rises To 17

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A string of deadly blasts shattered an early round of voting in Iraq Thursday, killing 17 people and highlighting the fragile nature o...

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Baghdad Bomb Blasts Kill At Least 118

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) BAGHDAD � A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including two suicide car bombers and another vehicle that blew up near gover...

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Baghdad Bombings Spark Changes In Iraqi Army

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's Western-backed government – facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127 people i...

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Baghdad Bombing: Eleven Iraqis Sentenced To Death

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — An Iraqi court Thursday sentenced 11 people to death by hanging after convicting them of carrying out the August bombings of two gover...

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Al-Qaida Linked Group Claims Responsibility For Baghdad Attacks

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD AP - An al-Qaida linked group claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people as ...

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Farouq Omar Muhei, Iraqi man, Reunites With Lucky Dog After Baghdad Blast

AP | HAMID AHMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Liza is one lucky dog. And so, it turns out, is her family. The ginger-colored mutt stranded alone atop the bombed-out ruins of her Ba...

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Baghdad Bombed Again, Multiple Explosions Outside Green Zone

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A barrage of bombings killed nine people in two of Iraq's largest cities Tuesday, stoking Iraqis' anger that insurgents continue to sl...

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Car Bomb Kills 7 In Iraqi Capital

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded Friday at a market south of Baghdad in a region that was once the scene of frequent attacks on Shiites, killing se...

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Obama Went to Iraq and Visited... the Airport. Was it the Sandstorms or the Rising Shitstorm?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011

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it is hard not to wonder about the "coincidence" of Obama's visit being confined to the airport and coming in the midst of a rising tide in violence in Iraq over the past several days.

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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 9 Day After Deadly Wave Of Attacks

AP | KATARINA KRATOVAC | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A salesman rescued a baby from a blaze ignited by a car bombing in a Shiite neighborhood Tuesday, reaching through the shattered windo...

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Iraq: Car Bomb Kills 20 At Crowded Market In Baghdad

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded Thursday along a bustling commercial street in a mostly Shiite area of north Baghdad, killing at least 20 people i...

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How Obama Can Further U.S.-Iran Relations

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama, who says he wants to open serious talks with Iran and establish better relations will have his work cut out for him. His first step is to read Iran's modern history.

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Car Bombs Kill 16 At Baghdad Bus Station

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least 16 people have been killed in two simultaneous explosions at a bus terminal in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police and medical sources have sai...

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Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A suicide bombing tore through a line of recruits waiting to enter a police academy as multiple blasts struck Iraqi security forces Mo...

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Iraqi soldier kills 2 US troops, wounds 6 in Mosul

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — An Iraqi soldier Wednesday sprayed automatic weapons fire at U.S. soldiers at an Iraqi military base in Mosul, killing two and woundin...

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Bombings kill 31 in Baghdad during morning commute

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber Monday struck a crowd rushing to help schoolgirls trapped in a bus by an earlier bombing. The Interior Ministry said ...

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