News Source: The Mercury News
| about 1 month ago
Iraq announced Thursday that it had arrested dozens of police officers and army soldiers responsible for security in the neighborhood where car bombs killed and wounded hundreds of people outside government buildings this week. The attacks Sunday...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
Security officials in Baghdad said the detainees included the commanders of 15 checkpoints around the site of the blasts...The blasts took place in the administrative centre of the Iraqi capital, notionally one of the most highly protected areas in...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
Those arrested include the commanders of 15 checkpoints near to where the attacks took place. The attack in which more than 150 people were killed and 500 injured was the deadliest in Baghdad for two years. Correspondents say the scale of the...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Sunday's bombings, which killed more than 150 people, had shaken confidence in the country's security forces. He called for the UN to investigate external interference, saying he had "very solid, concrete evidence"...