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Religious leaders slam Iraqi authorities over attacks
Baghdad :: Iraq | 24 days ago
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Muslim clerics slammed Iraqi authorities in their Friday prayer sermons over massive bombings last week, as a top US general warned that he expected insurgents to plan more spectacular attacks. Among Baghdad’s critics was Sheikh Abdel-Mehdi al-Karbalai,...
Tags: Iraqi, Baghdad, central baghdad, massive bombings, Shiite
Iraqis blame politics, election for Baghdad bombs
Baghdad :: Iraq | 29 days ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: Baghdad Bombings Kill, Iraqi Security Forces, death toll, iraqis security, baghdad bombs, car bombs, iraq bombs, central baghdad, vehicle bombs, bombs turned
Two explosions go off in central Baghdad
At about 0730 GMT (around 1030 local time), two large explosions rocked central Baghdad. They came in quick succession and it is reported that they were accompanied by gunfire. According to witnesses, plumes of thick smoke can be seen near the...
Tags: Central Baghdad, explosions, Green Zone, BBC, Security, Gunfire
Civilian killed in Baghdad bomb attacks
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 months ago
Credibility A civilian was killed and three others were wounded in two bomb explosions in Baghdad on Saturday, a police source said. The civilian was killed when an explosive charge planted in his car detonated in the morning while he was driving in the Tobchi...
Tags: Iraqi, Baghdad, car bombs, central baghdad, Shiite Kazimiyah, bombs went, baghdad car
Baghdad rocked by series of bomb blasts
Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago
Credibility At least six bomb and mortar attacks hit mostly high-profile targets in central Baghdad in quick succession on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 75, police said. One blast was close enough to Iraq's Parliament building in the heavily...
Tags: Baghdad, Iraq, Foreign Ministry, central baghdad, bombs attack
Gunmen kill eight in Baghdad bank robbery
Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago
Credibility Gunmen killed eight people during a bank robbery in central Baghdad's Karrada district early on Tuesday, police said. The dead were all security personnel at a branch of the state Rafidain bank. The attack came two days after gunmen opened fire on a money...
Tags: Baghdad Bank, Iraqi, central baghdad, Rafidain Bank, bank robbery, Karrada district, Karradah, targeting police, security guards, gunmen killing
Roadside bomb kills five policemen in Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | 5 months ago
Credibility A string of attacks has cast doubt on the ability of Iraqi forces to keep the lid on a stubborn insurgency after US combat troops withdraw from towns and cities at the end of this month. Police in Falluja in Anbar province, once the heartland of the rebellion...
Tags: Iraqi, Baghdad, combat troops, central baghdad, iraqis city, iraqis security, American, bomb killing
Iraqi traffic official killed in ambush
Baghdad :: Iraq | 6 months ago
Credibility Gunmen killed a senior Iraqi police official who was traveling to work in Baghdad Monday, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. Officials said two vehicles intercepted then fired on the car carrying Brig...Abdul Hussain Kadhim, attached with the traffic police,...
Tags: Iraqi Interior Ministry, Baghdad International Airport, shot dead, police officer, central baghdad, awakening council, U.S, police say
Iraq police killed in suicide blast
Baghdad :: Iraq | 7 months ago
Credibility At least 28 people have been killed and 50 wounded in a suicide blast in southeast Baghdad, security officials have said. The blast targeted a police patrol in the Karrada district on Thursday and the dead included at least 13 policemen, the interior...
Tags: Iraqi Freedom, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, central baghdad, U.S, Al-Qaeda, iranians pilgrims, iraqis police, suicide attack, suicide bomb
Loyalty test
Baghdad :: Iraq | 7 months ago
Credibility Iraq's Awakening groups have been given much of the credit for reducing the level of violence in the country. But the arrest of a prominent leader of one of the groups may signal a wavering of loyalty to the government among some of the fighters, says...
Tags: Iraqi Army, Baghdad, Sunni Arab Awakening Council, U.S, Fadhil, sunni paramilitaries, central baghdad, weekend clashes
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