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Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.09.2009 | Home
Senior commanders swop positions in wake of deadly co-ordinated attacks in Baghdad....
Iraq blasts 'will not halt US exit'
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.08.2009 | Home
US says pullout plans on track despite wave of deadly attacks in Baghdad....
Dozens dead in Iraq bomb blasts
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.08.2009 | Home
Serial car bomb blasts hit capital Baghdad....
Scores killed as car bombs rock Baghdad
The Independent | Independent | Posted 12.08.2009 | Home
At least 62 people were killed and 105 wounded when four or more large car bombs shook Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest high-profile blasts apparently ...
Deaths in Baghdad school blast
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.07.2009 | Home
Official says at least five people killed in bomb attack in Iraqi capital....
Bomb blasts in Iraq claim lives
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.26.2009 | Home
Dozens wounded in addition to fatalities in attacks outside Baghdad ahead of Eid al-Adha....
Al-Qaida Linked Group Claims Responsibility For Baghdad Attacks
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
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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 ...
Iraqis angry at security lapse, bombs kill 155
AP | BARBARA SURK and HAMID AHMED | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
BAGHDAD — Iraqis vented anger Monday at a major security lapse that allowed two suicide truck bombers to penetrate what was supposed to be one of Baghdad's safest areas, killing 155 people including 24 children on a bus leaving a daycare center next to one of the government ministries targeted.
Sunday's twin suicide blasts in the heart of the capital struck the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad Provincial Administration, the worst attacks in more than two years. They raised fears about Iraq's ability to protect itself as it prepares for January elections and the U.S. military withdrawal.
The children who were killed were on a bus leaving a daycare center near the Justice Ministry when the attack occurred, said an official at the hospital where the bodies were brought. A police official confirmed the death toll and said the bus driver was also killed and six children injured. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Baghdad's top security officials brought reinforcements to guard government institutions Monday and blocked streets around the capital, acting on intelligence suggesting such buildings could be the militants' next target, Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, a spokesman for the city's operations command center told The Associated Press.
But those measures seemed insufficient to many angry Iraqis who fear more attacks and question the ability of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government to keep the country secure.
World leaders condemn Iraq attacks
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
Condolences offered as Baghdad blames al-Qaeda network and Baathists for devastating bombing....
147 killed in Baghdad as devastating suicide attacks raise questions about Iraq's security
Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 10.25.2009 | Home
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A pair of suicide car bombings Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq's capital, killing at least 147 people in the country's dead...
Scores dead in Iraq car bombing
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.25.2009 | Home
Twin car bombs leave over 100 people dead in central Baghdad, police say....
Many dead in Iraq car bombing
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.25.2009 | Home
Twin car bombs leave 25 dead and 40 others wounded in central Baghdad, police say....
Judge Shuts Public Access To Blackwater Hearings
AP | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday shut down public access to pretrial hearings in the prosecution of five Blackwater security guards for allegedly killing Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.
The hearings will delve into whether government investigators were tainted by statements the guards gave shortly after the shootings on Sept. 16, 2007, that killed 14 unarmed civilians.
The guards gave the statements during a preliminary State Department inquiry, under a limited grant of immunity from prosecution, meaning the statements could not be used in the subsequent investigation that resulted in criminal charges.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina said he wants to shield witnesses and potential jurors from pretrial publicity.
In court on Wednesday, Urbina rejected a request by The Washington Post to open the proceedings, saying the rights of the five guards to a fair trial outweighed the public's interest in attending the proceedings.
Today in History - Oct. 14
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home
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— Today is Wednesday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2009. There are 78 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 14, 1939, during World War II, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the HMS Royal Oak, a British battleship anchored at Scapa Flow in Scotland's Orkney Islands; 833 of the more than 1,200 men aboard were killed.
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Al-Qaida-linked inmates break out of Iraq prison
AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home
Iraqi officials say about 15 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit and authorities have locked down the city as they search for fugitives.
Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said Thursday that six of the escaped inmates are considered dangerous.
A curfew was imposed on the city after the escape Wednesday night. Authorities are distributing wanted posters with photos of the fugitives and are running checkpoints around the city, which is about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
Khalaf says extra surveillance has also been ordered at Iraq's borders and throughout the northwest of the country.
Sahar Shafqat: Achieving Peace in Pakistan
FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home
CONFLICT: Sahar Shafqat on Peace in Pakistan Sahar Shafqat is presenting at Momentum 2009 on the Conflict Plenary: On the battlefield and the playing...
Car Bomb Kills 7 In Iraqi Capital
AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
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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...
Mortars Fired Into Baghdad's Green Zone During Biden Visit
NBC NewYork | NBC New York | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home
Militants fired several mortars or rockets into the Green Zone in Baghdad during Vice President Joe Biden's trip to the Iraqi capital.... ...
CONFLICT: Harry Edwards on Race, Sport and Society
FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home
CONFLICT: Harry Edwards on Race, Sport, and Society Harry Edwards is presenting at Momentum 2009 on the Conflict plenary: On the battlefield and the ...
Sunday Roundup
Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.04.2009 | Home
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The GOP's Runnin' Off the Rails tour continued this week with Sarah Palin announcing she will resign, Mark Sanford admitting he "crossed lines" with multiple women (while providing an instant new slang term for sex: "crossing the ultimate line"), James Inhofe welcoming Al Franken to the Senate by saying, "We are going to get the clown from Minnesota," and John Boehner spending an hour on the House floor reading aloud portions of the landmark climate-change bill he labeled "a piece of shit." Also this week, U.S. troops in Iraq were finally cause for celebration, fireworks, and dancing in the streets of Baghdad. It turns out it was not our arrival in Iraq that was greeted with flowers and sweets but our departure. It's an agonizing lesson learned six years, $1 trillion, and 4,321 U.S. deaths too late.
Iraq: Bombs Kill Scores Ahead Of US Troop Withdrawal
AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 07.26.2009 | World
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BAGHDAD — The bombing of a Baghdad bus station Thursday pushed the death toll from a weeklong series of blasts near Shiite targets to about 200,...
Iraq: The final countdown
The Independent | Independent | Posted 07.23.2009 | Home
On 30 June the last US troops will pull out of the Iraqi cities. America's great adventure in Iraq is ending. Already there are few US military patro...
The legacy of war: Two British hostages found dead in Iraq
The Independent | Independent | Posted 07.21.2009 | Home
Two British hostages kidnapped in Baghdad just over two years ago were feared dead last night after Iraqi authorities handed over the remains of two b...
Stephen Colbert Iraq Show: Gen. Odierno Shaves His Head
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.08.2009 | Media
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