Baghdad Violence

The Halloween Horror: One Year Since Baghdad Cathedral Attack

Bishop Pierre Whalon | Posted 01.02.2012

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Bishop Pierre Whalon

One year ago, at least five men penetrated the light security in front of Baghdad's largest church and, over two hours, murdered 46 men, women and children, wounding 60 others.

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Twin Blasts At Music Store Kill At Least 32, Wound 71

AP | By BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 12.28.2011

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BAGHDAD -- The death toll from a twin bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad rose on Friday to 32 – the worst violence to hit Iraq since Pr...

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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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U.S. Review: Iraq Deadlier Now Than A Year Ago

AP | By LARA JAKES | Posted 09.29.2011

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BAGHDAD -- Frequent bombings, assassinations and a resurgence in violence by Shiite militias have made Iraq more dangerous now than it was just a year...

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Yanar Mohammed -- Iraqi Women's Vigilant Champion

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.06.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

Although the focus of many media reports has been on Egypt's Tahrir Square, there is another Tahrir Square that demands our attention -- the one in Baghdad.

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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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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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Al-Sadr's followers refuse to disband militia in Iraq

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Followers of hardline cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the stakes Sunday in the showdown with Iraq's government, refusing to disband thei...

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