News Source: United Press International
| about 1 year ago
Baghdad was shaken by a string of explosions Wednesday that left several people dead and dozens more wounded, authorities said. Police said two car bombs detonated back-to-back in the western section of the city killed eight people and wounded 20,...
News Source: Press TV
| about 1 year ago
The bomb went off on Monday morning near a telephone company in the city centre, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported...Violence in the war-torn country has heightened in recent weeks amid the controversy over a Washington-Baghdad security deal. The...
News Source: Middle East International News
| about 1 year ago
The devices are called "sticky bombs," which are attached to parked or even temporarily stopped vehicles using magnets. "They're very hard to detect," said Maj. Geoff Greene, executive officer of the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment (1-68) in east...
News Source: AntiWar.com
| about 1 year ago
The Iraqi Cabinet approved a U.S-Iraqi security agreement that will allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq and forwarded it to Parliament for their approval. Meanwhile, at least 35 Iraqis were killed and 30 more were wounded in today's attacks. No...
News Source: National Public Radio
| about 1 year ago
NPR.org , November 16, 2008 · In Iraq, there's been an upsurge in violence in the past ten days or so, mainly in the form of bombing attacks on police patrols and civilians. It's difficult to gauge how serious the upsurge may be, because U.S. and...