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Lingering effects of Baghdad blasts on Iraqis

Sadiya Khadem Rashid just needed a stamp. One stamp from Baghdad's city hall so she could receive $850 in compensation given to displaced Iraqis who return home. But before she could get there, the building was blown up. Recent bombings that hit ...

From BARBARA SURK, eTaiwan News,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki,  Hoshyar Zebari

Half Iraqis killed in October died in one attack

Nearly half of all Iraqis who died in October perished in a single coordinated attack against government offices in Baghdad, AP figures revealed Monday. Of the 364 Iraqis killed over the past month, according to The Associated Press count, 155 ...

From BARBARA SURK, eTaiwan News,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Saddam Hussein,  Nouri al-Maliki,  Joe Biden

Police: Bicycle bomb kills 5 in southern Iraq

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi police spokesman says a bomb attached to a bicycle has killed five people and wounded 37 near the southern city of Hillah. ...

From BARBARA SURK, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  1 Nov 2009

Iraqi man suspected in attacks kills officer

BAGHDAD—A man being questioned in connection with this week's deadly double bombings in the Iraqi capital was able to seize a gun and kill an investigative officer during an interrogation before being shot himself, the government said Saturday. The man, ...

From BARBARA SURK, Boston Globe,  31 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Saddam Hussein,  Nouri al-Maliki

Iraqis mourn victims of worst bombing in 2 years

BAGHDAD - The death toll from Iraq's worst attacks in more than two years climbed to 155 Monday as Iraqis began to bury to their dead from twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad. ...

From BARBARA SURK, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki,  Al-Qaeda,  Saddam Hussein,  Barack Obama

Death toll in Baghad blasts climbs to 155

BAGHDAD - Iraqi hospital and police officials have raised the toll from Iraq's deadliest bombing in two years to 155 people. ...

From BARBARA SURK, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  26 Oct 2009

Iraqi warns of chaos if election is delayed

Copyright © 2009, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. All rights reserved. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2009, Associated ...

From BARBARA SURK, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,  24 Oct 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

Iraqi cleric's aide warns of chaos if vote delayed

BAGHDAD—A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote. Sheik Abdul-Mahdi al- ...

From BARBARA SURK, Boston Globe,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,  Saddam Hussein

Iraqis round up 14, say attacks plotted

Copyright © 2009, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. All rights reserved. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2009, Associated ...

From BARBARA SURK, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

Police: 14 al-Qaida suspects arrested in Iraq

Iraqi security forces arrested 14 suspected al-Qaida members in western and northern Iraq, including three who were formerly detained by U.S. troops in the country, local police officials said Thursday. Six men arrested in Fallujah were wanted ...

From BARBARA SURK, Taiwan News,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

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