Iraq Terror

Bombs Hit Busy Bird Market

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.18.2012

BAGHDAD — Three bombs struck near simultaneously at a busy bird market in eastern Baghdad on Friday morning, killing five people and wounding do...

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, ...

Bomb Kills At Least 53 Shiite Pilgrims In South Iraq

AP | ADAM SCHRECK and NABIL AL-JURANI | Posted 03.15.2012

ZUBAIR, Iraq — A bomb tore through a procession of Shiite pilgrims heading toward a largely Sunni town in southern Iraq on Saturday, killing at ...

Gunmen Kill 3 Police Officers, Local Mayor

AP | MAZIN YAHYA | Posted 03.12.2012

BAGHDAD — Gunmen in Iraq killed three police officers and a local mayor Wednesday, targeting symbols of government control in former insurgent s...

Latest Wave Of Bomb Attacks Hits Iraq

AP | MAZIN YAHYA | Posted 03.11.2012

BAGHDAD — Three schoolboys were among at least 10 people killed in Iraq on Tuesday, extending a wave of bloody attacks that have rocked the coun...

New Wave Of Bombs Kills At Least 17 In Iraq

AP | ADAM SCHRECK and YAHYA BARZANJI | Posted 03.10.2012

BAGHDAD — Three car bombs exploded Monday evening in the Iraqi capital and killed at least 17 people, authorities said. At least one appeared to...

Third Day Of Attacks Against Shiites In Iraq

AP | By SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 03.08.2012

BAGHDAD -- A roadside bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims killed two people and wounded eight others south of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said. T...

Roadside Bombs Target Shiite Pilgrims In Iraq

AP | Posted 03.07.2012

BAGHDAD (AP) - Roadside bombs killed two Shiite pilgrims amid a string of explosions in Baghdad on Friday, the day after the country's deadliest secta...

Attacks On Homes Of Police Officers Kill 4, Including 2 Children

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 03.05.2012

BAGHDAD — A series of attacks in Iraq on Wednesday targeting the homes of police officers and a member of a government-allied militia killed fou...

Al Qaeda In Iraq Reportedly Claims Baghdad Attacks

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 02.25.2012

BAGHDAD — An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the wave of attacks that ripped through markets, cafes and government b...

Triple Bombings Hit Basra

AP | NABIL AL-JURANI | Posted 01.02.2012

BASRA, Iraq — Three bombs hidden in motorcycles exploded in a southern Iraqi oil city Wednesday evening, killing seven people who were sitting a...

Slew Of Attacks Kill At Least 25 In Iraq

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 12.12.2011

BAGHDAD — Attacks aimed at Iraqi police, including two in which assailants slammed explosives-packed cars into police stations, killed 25 people...