Baghdad Bombing

Al-Qaida Linked Group Claims Responsibility For Baghdad Attacks

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 10.28.2009 | World


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 ...

Car Bomb Kills 7 In Iraqi Capital

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


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...

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

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


Jeremy Scahill

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.

Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 9 Day After Deadly Wave Of Attacks

AP | KATARINA KRATOVAC | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


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

Iraq: Car Bomb Kills 20 At Crowded Market In Baghdad

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.26.2009 | World


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...

How Obama Can Further U.S.-Iran Relations

Eric Margolis | Posted 03.26.2009 | World


Eric Margolis

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.

Car Bombs Kill 16 At Baghdad Bus Station

BBC | Posted 03.14.2009 | World


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...

Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 01.01.2009 | World


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

Iraqi soldier kills 2 US troops, wounds 6 in Mosul

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


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

Bombings kill 31 in Baghdad during morning commute

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


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

US soldiers accidentally kill Sunni leader in Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — American soldiers accidentally shot and killed the leader of a local U.S.-allied Sunni group Tuesday after coming under attack in a vo...

Bombs Kill More Than 50 in Baghdad

AP | ANNA JOHNSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a crowded shopping district in the capital Thursday, killing at least 53 people and...