News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 month ago
The official death toll climbed to 155, with more than 500 wounded. The extent of the damage was even worse than initially feared, with three major government buildings destroyed rather than the two at first thought to have been targeted by...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
The Iraqi government blamed the bloodiest bombings in years on al Qaeda and other extremists, but many ordinary Iraqis think political infighting before next year's election is the cause and fear worse is yet to come. Baghdad was ensnared in a major...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
The death toll in the twin blasts rose overnight as eight more critically injured people succumbed to their wounds in hospital. Iraqi security forces were on heightened alert this morning, with roads lined by Army humvees and new checkpoints...
News Source: The Economist
| about 1 month ago
From Economist.com At least 155 die in the worst bombings in Iraq of the past two years TWO car bombs turned Baghdad into a killing field on Sunday October 25th, claiming the lives of at least 155 people and injuring hundreds more. The main targets...
News Source: New Statesman
| about 1 month ago
In the wake of yesterday's coordinated suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed more than 150 people and wounded more than 500, it is a theme picked up by Sami Ramadani, the Iraqi-born, British-based academic, in the Guardian : It is tragic that...
News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 month ago
Iraq bombs are an explosive message The Baghdad carnage is likely to have been caused by Sunnis who feel they have been denied their slice of the power cake The car bombs that ripped into hundreds of residents of Baghdad over the weekend are a...