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Iraq: Stop Killings for Homosexual Conduct

Human Rights Watch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


Human Rights Watch

The killings -- committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim -- violate standards in Sharia law for legality, proof, and privacy.

Iraq: Bombs Kill Scores Ahead Of US Troop Withdrawal

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 07.26.2009 | World


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,...

US-Funded Effort To Win Over Sadr City Residents

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Hundreds of women in black abayas crowd outdoor food markets, snapping up groceries and fresh vegetables. Stores are open again. Child...

Thousands Of Iraqi Troops Flood Into Sadr City

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and LEE KEATH | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Some 10,000 Iraqi troops fanned out in Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday, taking positions on main roads, rooftops and near hospitals in ...

Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the coun...

Iraqi Military Orders Sadr City Residents To Evacuate

McClatchy | Leila Fadel | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics


Iraqi security forces, after more than of 40 days of intense fighting, on Thursday told residents to evacuate their homes in the northeast Shiite slum...

Airstrike kills 4 in Basra, 2 die in Sadr City clashes

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Clashes with Shiite militiamen flared in two cities Wednesday as a U.S. drone fired two missiles in Basra and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops...

US GIs in Iraq Suffer Worst Week of '08

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clash...

Fighting Erupts In Baghdad After Week Of Relative Calm

Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home


Twenty-two people were killed and 55 wounded in clashes in Baghdad, police said on Sunday, the worst eruption of violence in the capital since Shi'ite...

Poll: Civilian Toll In Iraq Could Top 1 Million

Los Angeles Times | Tina Susman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


A car bomb blew up in the capital's Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least four people, as a new survey suggested that ...