Iraq Violence

Farouq Omar Muhei, Iraqi Man, Reunites With Lucky Dog After Baghdad Blast

AP | HAMID AHMED | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Liza is one lucky dog. And so, it turns out, is her family. The ginger-colored mutt stranded alone atop the bombed-out ruins of her Ba...

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Al-Maliki Asks For 'Patience' Following Deadly Baghdad Bombings

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 12.10.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's Western-backed government – facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127 people i...

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Ali Pour, Lost Son Missing Since 1988, Reunites With Mother

AP | YAHYA BARZANJI | Posted 12.07.2009 | World

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HALABJA, Iraq — Six families nervously awaited the DNA tests on the young man who returned from Iran. They wondered: Could this be their son who...

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Billie Jean in Baghdad

Kathryn Schulz | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

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Kathryn Schulz

For every five people who have read Lolita in Tehran, roughly a billion have tried, in the privacy of their own rooms, to master the moonwalk.

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13 Bullet-Riddled Bodies Found West Of Baghdad

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including ...

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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 ...

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Iraq Bombing: Over 150 Victims Mourned, Amidst Fear Of More Attacks

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

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

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Iraq Mosque: Suicide Bomber Kills 12 Worshippers In Tal Afar

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber who hid among the Sunni congregation in a northern Iraqi mosque sprayed gunfire at Muslim worshippers Friday and then...

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85,000 Iraqis Killed From 2004-2008

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD -- At least 85,000 people lost their lives from 2004 to 2008 in Iraq's violence, according to the first official report by the Iraqi governmen...

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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...

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Truck Bomb Kills At Least 19 In Northern Iraq

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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

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Iraq Civilian Deaths Are Highest Since April

Reuters | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) The number of civilians recorded killed in violence in Iraq shot up to 393 in August, its highest level since April, after a spate ...

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Iraq Bombings Ahead Of Shiite Funeral

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A string of car bombs exploded Thursday in Baghdad as Iraqi forces tightened security around Shiite mosques, shrines and political par...

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Iraq Summons Syrian Diplomat In Baghdad Amid Diplomatic Row

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Syria to hand over two suspects wanted in recent suicide attacks on governme...

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Iraq Officials Attack Each Other For Security Lapses

nytimes.com | MARC SANTORA | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD Iraq's top lawmakers bitterly accused each other of failing to meet the security challenges posed by a still potent insurgency during a privat...

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Iraqi lawmakers seek review of security forces

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Senior Iraqi officials and lawmakers recommended a review of security leadership, better coordination on intelligence and firmer treat...

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Baghdad: Bicycle Bomb Kills 2 As Wednesday's Death Toll Rises To 101

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and KIM GAMEL | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Nearly simultaneous truck bombs struck Iraq's Foreign and Finance ministries Wednesday as a wave of explosions killed at least 95 peop...

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Iran Inside Out Shocks and Provokes at the Chelsea Art Museum

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York

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Marissa Bronfman

Iran Inside Out offers a veritable platter of provocative work that begs for discussion, debate and perhaps most importantly, an open mind.

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Iraq: Double Suicide Bombing At Ayoub Cafe Filled WIth Young People Kills More Than 20

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A double suicide bombing devastated a cafe packed with young people in northwestern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, offi...

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Shiites In Iraq Show Restraint Despite Repeated Sunni Attacks

nytimes.com | ROD NORDLAND | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD Shiite clerics and politicians have been successfully urging their followers not to retaliate against a fierce campaign of sectarian bombings,...

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Iraq: Baghdad Blast Walls To Be Removed

AP | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD (AP) -- All blast walls designed to protect the streets of Baghdad will soon be taken off major thoroughfares, the Iraqi military said Wednesd...

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Car Bomb Explodes Outside Iraqi Church, Kills 4

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded near a church as worshippers left Sunday Mass, killing at least four civilians and injuring 18 in one of several a...

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U.S. Ambassador To Iraq Uninjured In Explosion

Huffington Post | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

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(AP) WASHINGTON - U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill was among a group of American personnel who were uninjured when an explosive device detonat...

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Iraq Bombings Kill 8 In Capital, Northern Village

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 08.11.2009 | World

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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...

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Biden: No Additional U.S. Soldier Will Die For Iraq (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.05.2009 | Politics

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Should violence in Iraq spike with the removal of American troops, military commanders and administration officials have cautioned a policy of wait an...

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