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Iraq Iraqi officials said on Thursday they had arrested 61 army and police officers in connection with the bombings in central Baghdad on Sunday that killed 155 people and wounded hundreds more. The attacks, in which suicide bombers were seen on film...
Tags: Iraqi, Baghdad, Al Sadr, iraqis security, Sahra Abdallah, government buildings, Sadr City
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...
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Thursdayâs blast hit Baqouba, the provincial seat of Diyala that lies northeast of Baghdad, killing at least seven and wounding ten people, the Iraqi police and medical officials said...The bomb was hidden inside a building used by the reform and development...
Tags: Iraqi Army, west Iraq, iraqis security, security forces, Camp Ashraf, U.S, Baghdad, Iran, iranians exiles, iranians dissidents
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
The demonstrators, who had converged in Baghdad's Firdous Square for Friday prayers, staged the last in a series of protests that have been held against the deal. If approved by the parliament and ratified by the president, the deal will keep US forces...
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In the letter, Qaeda leaders also slammed operatives for sending fighters into battle "alone, without direction". Nizar, believed to be the go-between between Qaedaâs second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri and Iraqi leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was killed...
Tags: iraq, terrorism, Iraqi, iraqis security, suicide bomber, security force, Baghdad, Sinjar, iraqis force, Mosul
Car bombings and killings have cast a shadow on Ramadan here since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. But now, with a decline in the bloodshed, ordinary Iraqis are hoping Islam's holiest month will be reminiscent of calmer times. This year, people are...
Tags: iraq, Iraqi, iraqis security, Baghdad, U.S, Awakening Council, Tarmiyah, iraqis police, iraqis troops, force killing
Six Iraqi people were injured Tuesday by a car bomb explosion targeting Iraqi security forces in the city of Mosul, capital of Nineveh province, a provincial police source said. A booby-trapped car parked in the 17th of July neighborhood in western...
Tags: Iraqi, Mosul, Nineveh, U.S, car bomb, al-Qaida, iraqis security, security forces, nineveh province, bomb attack
The Iraqi military expects a tough fight against Shiite militias and al-Qaida fighters in a pending operation in Diyala province, officials said. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in late June announced another round of military operations targeting...
Tags: Iraq, Baghdad, Diyala, diyala province, iraqis security, Basra, al-Qaida, security forces, Baquba, suicide bombers
Iraq (AFP) Iraqi troops on Monday arrested six teenage boys suspected of being forcibly trained by Al-Qaeda to carry out suicide bombings, the interior ministry said. The boys were rounded up during a house-to-house search in the Sumer neighbourhood of...
Tags: iraq, Iraq Baghdad, Iraqi, US-Iraq, Mosul, iraqis security, Shiite, group warns, militant group, U.S