Iraq Bombings

Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility For Deadly Baghdad Blasts

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 12.11.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility Thursday for coordinated Baghdad bombings this week that killed 127 people an...

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...

Truck Bomb Kills At Least 19 In Northern Iraq

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


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

Iraq suffers bloodiest day since US pullback

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in four days, the worst spa...

Iraq Bombings Kill 8 In Capital, Northern Village

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 08.11.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded in an alley Saturday in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least four people, wounding others and destroying e...

Truck bomb kills more than 70 in northern Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.21.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearl...

Car bombs kill at least 41 in Baghdad Shiite area

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Twin car bombs ravaged a popular shopping area in Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Wednesday, killing at least 41 people in another p...

Car bombings in Mosul and Baghdad kill 13

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S....

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 43 in Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, an official and a witness said, killing at le...

Shiite Pilgrims Targeted in Attacks

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up among Shiite pilgrims taking a break Sunday during their days-long march to a shrine for a major reli...

Sadr Followers Protest Iraq Bombings

Associated Press | Bradley Brooks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Thousands of followers of a radical cleric took to Baghdad's streets after Friday prayers to protest a triple car bombing in one of their southern str...

US-Backed Sunni Shiek Killed In Anbar Bombing

Associated Press | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The most prominent figure in a U.S.-backed revolt of Sunni sheiks against al-Qaida in Iraq was killed Thursday by a bomb planted near his home in Anba...