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In the deadliest single attack, two booby-trapped trucks exploded before dawn in the village of Khaznah, east of Mosul, leaving 25 people dead and 70 others wounded. Thirty-five houses were destroyed in the village, which is home to members of the tiny...
Tags: Iraqi, Mosul, Baghdad, truck bombs, bombs killing, northern city, double truck, car bombs, near mosul, Khaznah
The terrorist attack targeted a Shia mosque mostly attended by Turkmen minority in the multi-ethnic Mosul divided between Shia and Sunni Muslim communities, Kurds and Christians. The incident occurred when the explosive-laden vehicle was detonated, razing...
Tags: Shia, RPO Rawalpindi, Mosul, suicide bombers
A series of bombing attacks against Shiites yesterday near the northern city of Mosul and in Baghdad killed at least 43 people and wounded hundreds, police officials said. The bombings, apparently intended to inflame sectarian tensions, coincided with...
Tags: Iraqi, Mosul, northern city, Shiite Muslim, suicide car, Baghdad, Shiite Turkomen, car bombs, iraq bombs, bombs target
The deputy commander of a radical Islamic group linked to al-Qaida has been arrested in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The group, Ansar al-Islam, is believed by the military to be behind attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops in Mosul, considered...
Tags: Fakri Hadi Gari, Mosul, Northern Iraq, Iraqi
A policeman was killed on Monday when a bomb explosion ripped through the southern part of Mosul. According to a report published by Voices of Iraq news agency, the blast took place near al-Qayara district while security forces were attempting to defuse...
A car bomb exploded in an alley Saturday in a village in northern Iraq , killing at least four people, wounding others and destroying eight homes, police said...Thirty-eight people were wounded and several shops and cars were also damaged in the 3 p.m....
Tags: Iraq, U.S, Baghdad, truck driver, Tikrit, northern iraq, cars bomb, Mosul
At least four people have been killed after a car laden with explosives blew up in a market in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Nearly 40 people were also killed in the bombing on Saturday in an eastern area of the northern city, predominantly inhabited...
Tags: Iraqi, Mosul, Voices of Iraq, cars bombs, Nineveh, Baghdad, iraqis police, nineveh province
BAGHDAD: Two successive suicide attacks in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar on Thursday killed at least 20 people and wounded 62, police said. The first suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest in the town, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad....
Tags: Iraqi, Mosul, cars bombs, northern city, Baghdad, bombs killing, bombs exploded, U.S, guests gathered, northern iraq
Iraqi authorities say unidentified gunmen killed three Iraqi soldiers and two policemen during an attack at a security checkpoint in western Baghdad. Officials say the attack took place late Sunday night. In other violence, police say a car bomb in the...
Tags: Iraqi, Mosul, car bombs, Baghdad, northern city
Hailing the withdrawal as an "important milestone,” Obama called on Iraqi leaders to "make some hard choices necessary to resolve key political questions to advance opportunity.” "Make no mistake; there will be difficult days ahead. We know that the violence...
Tags: Iraqi, U.S, Barack Obama, Mr. Obama, iraqis city, security forces, car bomb, troop withdrawal, Mosul