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Mosul Attack Points to Insurgent Shift

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The abandoned apartment block known as the Pepsi building vanished in seconds, leaving a 30-foot-deep blast crater and a ring of destruction for a quarter mile in every direction through a shanty district in Mosul. Then on Thursday - ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER AND STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press,  24 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Gregory Smith,  Tony Thomas,  Robert Gates

Iraqi school attacked

An injured teacher arrives at a hospital in Baqubah on Tuesday. Recent attacks blamed on al-Qaeda in Iraq suggest the group is shifting to "soft" targets. ( The Associated Press ) BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber pushing an electric heater atop a cart packed ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, Denver Post,  23 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

Shi'ite sect gunmen attack in southern Iraqi cities

BAGHDAD — Violence left nearly 50 people dead in two major southern cities yesterday as members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked police and fellow Shi'ite worshippers — a year after a similar plot was foiled during Shi'ite Islam's most important ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, World Peace Herald,  19 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  The Pentagon

Clashes kill nearly 50 in southern Iraq

BAGHDAD—Violence left nearly 50 people dead in two major southern cities Friday when members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked police and fellow Shiite worshippers -- a year after a similar plot was foiled during Shiite Islam's most important ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, Boston Globe,  19 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  The Pentagon,  Nouri al-Maliki,  Condoleezza Rice

Dozens dead in Iraq cult clashes

BAGHDAD Violence left nearly 50 people dead in two major southern cities when members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked police and fellow Shiite worshippers — a year after a similar plot was foiled during Shiite Islam's most important holiday. ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, Globe and Mail,  18 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  The Pentagon,  Nouri al-Maliki,  Condoleezza Rice

Woman blows herself up, killing 9 / Fourth female suicide bomber in recent months sets off blast near Shiite mosque Explosion near Shiite mosque was the 4th by a woman in recent months in Diyala

A female suicide bomber struck black-clad worshipers preparing for Shiite Islam's holiest day, killing as many as nine people Wednesday in an attack that highlighted insurgents' widening array of tactics against a U.S.-led offensive in key areas on ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

BOMB GAL KILLS 9

BAGHDAD - A woman wearing a vest lined with explosives blew herself up near Shiite worshippers in turbulent Diyala province north of the capital yesterday, killing nine of them - the latest in a growing number of female suicide attacks. Six people ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, New York Post,  17 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Iraq

BAGHDAD -- A woman wearing a vest lined with explosives blew herself up near a popular market and Shiite mosque in turbulent Diyala province Wednesday, killing eight civilians _ the latest in a growing number of female suicide attacks. Seven people ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, The Washington Post,  16 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Condoleezza Rice

Gunmen slay prominent Sunni judge

Gunmen assassinated a high-ranking Sunni judge as he headed to work in Baghdad on Monday, the latest of thousands of professionals killed in unsolved cases since the ouster of Saddam Hussein's government in 2003. Appeals Court Judge Amir Jawdat ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Saddam Hussein

Iraqi lawmakers critical of Kurds’ go-it-alone style

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Arab lawmakers from rival sects joined forces Sunday to criticize what they claim is over­reaching by the Kurds, alleging that the powerful U.S.-backed minority’s go-it-alone style in oil and other major issues threatens national unity. ...

From CHRISTOPHER CHESTER, The Register Guard,  13 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Saddam Hussein

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