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Iraq official: 13 dead in village west of Baghdad

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi security official says 13 people were killed overnight in a village west of Baghdad. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jalal Talabani

Iraqi Sunni Arab VP threatens to veto election law

BAGHDAD - Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president threatened Sunday to veto the country's election law unless changes are made giving Iraqis living abroad more guaranteed seats in parliament, throwing the January vote into question. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jalal Talabani,  Barack Obama,  Electoral Commission

Suicide bomber kills 15 worshippers at Iraq mosque

A suicide bomber armed with an assault rifle opened fire on worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in northern Iraq until he ran out of ammunition and then blew himself up, killing 15 people, police and hospital officials said. The dead ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, eTaiwan News,  17 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Nouri al-Maliki,  Barack Obama

Suicide bomber kills 12 worshippers at Iraq mosque

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber armed with an assault rifle opened fire on worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in northern Iraq until he ran out of ammunition and then blew himself up, killing 12 people, police and hospital officials said. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Muqtada al-Sadr,  Nouri al-Maliki,  Barack Obama

Suicide bomber kills 11 worshippers at Iraq mosque

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber opened fire on worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in northern Iraq and then blew himself up after running out of ammunition, killing 11 people, police and hospital officials said. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Police: Suicide bomber kills 11 at mosque in Iraq

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber opened fire on worshippers Friday at a mosque in northern Iraq and then blew himself up, killing 11 people and wounding 42, police and hospital officials said. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Oct 2009

Police: Suicide bomber at mosque kills 8 in Iraq

BAGHDAD—A suicide bomber opened fire on worshippers Friday at a mosque in northern Iraq and then blew himself up, killing 11 people and wounding 42, police and hospital officials said. The attacker fired shots from AK-47 rifle at a Sunni mosque in the ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Boston Globe,  16 Oct 2009

Iraq suspends university for politics

BAGHDAD—Iraq's prime minister suspended classes and banned political activities at one of Baghdad's leading universities following student protests on campus, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Iraq also banned the student union at Mustansiriyah ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Boston Globe,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki

Iraq government: 85,000 Iraqis killed in 2004-08

BAGHDAD - Iraq says 85,694 people have lost their lives in the country's violence from 2004-2008, in the first official report by the government on the Iraqi death toll since the war began. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Iraqi Army

Sunni leader, 7 others slain in attack north of Baghdad

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber killed the leader of a US-backed Sunni paramilitary group and seven others north of Baghdad yesterday, the third attack in as many days in a heavily populated Sunni area, a police official said. The bombing hit a market in ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Boston Globe,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Al-Qaeda,  United Nations

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