Iraq Bombing

Double Bombing Kills At Least 12

AP | MAZIN YAHYA | Posted 05.07.2012

BAGHDAD — Two bombs that exploded in swift succession killed 14 people Wednesday near a crowded restaurant in a mid-sized city in Iraq's north, ...

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Attacks In Northeastern Iraq Claim At Least 17 Lives

AP | Associated Press | Posted 01.30.2012

BAGHDAD (AP) - Two separate attacks killed 17 people on Thursday in a northeastern Iraqi province that was once an al-Qaida stronghold, Iraqi official...

Suicide Car Bombing Kills 19 Near Baghdad

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 01.27.2012

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA -- The Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) - A suicide bomber slammed a car packed with explosives into the gate of a prison north ...

Bombs Rip Through Baghdad Market

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 01.06.2012

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

Another Day Of Violence Kills 10 In Iraq

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 01.03.2012

BAGHDAD — U.S. plans to station troops across the Mideast after withdrawing from Iraq amount to occupying other Islamic countries, Iraq's most o...

Bomb Near Baghdad Liquor Store Kills At Least 7

AP | MAZIN YAHYA | Posted 12.17.2011

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

Baghdad Blasts Kill At Least Ten

AP | By SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 12.10.2011

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

Explosion Kills 15 At Funeral In Iraq

AP | By LARA JAKES and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 11.30.2011

BAGHDAD -- A car bomb exploded Friday near a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad where mourners had gathered for a funeral, killing 17 people, Iraqi offici...

Officials: Iraq Attack Kills 35 People North Of Baghdad

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 09.04.2011

BAGHDAD — A car packed with explosives and a roadside bomb went off back-to-back outside a municipal building north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killi...

Blasts Rip Through Western Baghdad, Killing 40

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 08.23.2011

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

Terrifying Bombing In Iraq Caught On Video

AP | YAHYA BARZANJI and LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — A suicide bomber posing as a dairy deliveryman struck a Kurdish security headquarters Wednesday, setting off a series of ra...

Bomb Kills At Least 51 During Religious Pilgrimage In Iraq

AP | ROBERT H. REID and LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Three suicide car bombers struck Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 51 people and wounding more than 180 i...

Suicide Bombing Kills 45 Iraqi Police Recruits

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber killed 52 people among a crowd of police recruits in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tuesday, shattering a two-month lull i...

Dozens Killed In String Of Iraqi Bombings

AP | BARBARA SURK and HAMID AHMED | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Bombers and gunmen killed at least 56 Iraqis in more than two dozen attacks across the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security fo...

Baghdad Suicide Bomb Targets Army Recruits, Kills 60

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Young men from some of Iraq's poorest areas waited all night outside an army recruitment center, only to become easy prey Tuesday for ...

Bombs Target Iraqi Cleric's Office, Killing Scores

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Iraq Suicide Bomb Kills 13 In Attack On Government Building In Anbar Province

AP | SAAD ABDUL-KADIR | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomb exploded Thursday outside the gate of the main government compound in the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, killing...

Iraq Mourns Over 150 Victims Of Bombing, Amidst Fear Of More Attacks

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Iraq's government made progress on a new election law that could ease tensions and pledged tighter security Monday after suicide bombi...

Al-Qaida Linked Group Claims Responsibility For Baghdad Attacks

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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 ...

Series of car bombs kills 19 in western Iraq

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — A spate of car bombings killed 19 people Sunday in Iraq's western Anbar province, once a hotbed of insurgency that later become a show...

Bombs in Baghdad

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

James Denselow

With a rerun of Afghan elections dominating the headlines, the road to January's Iraqi elections may prove equally bloody unless the Sunnis feel they are getting a fair slice of the power cake.

Bombs Kill 23 In Iraq's Western Anbar Province

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Twin bombings – one an assassination attempt against an Iraqi provincial governor – killed 23 people and wounded the gover...

Truck Bomb Kills At Least 19 In Northern Iraq

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Kurdish lawmakers demanded the government step up security in northern Iraq after a suicide truck bomb flattened a neighborhood in a s...

Suicide bombings kill at least 17 outside Baghdad

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Suicide attackers struck near a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad and a checkpoint west of the capital on Monday as bombings killed at le...