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Police: US troops kill Iraqi reporter and husband

SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer | BAGHDAD U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad, killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband, a police official said Thursday. Morgue officials confirmed the deaths and said the bodies of Aseel al- ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, San Diego Union-Tribune,  11 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Committee to Protect Journalists,  Barack Obama

Police: US troops shoot Iraqi reporter and husband

BAGHDAD—A police official says U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband. The official says the incident took place late Wednesday in the Tobchi neighborhood. He says U.S. troops open fire on Aseel ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Boston Globe,  11 Mar 2010

Bomb-detecting wands to be kept in service in Iraq

BAGHDAD - Iraq will not pull a scandal-ridden bomb detection device from service, saying an investigation has determined that most of the wand-like instruments work, a government spokesman said Tuesday. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  23 Feb 2010

Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Nouri al-Maliki,  New York Times Company,  Human Rights Watch

Iraq: bomb-detecting wands to be kept in service

BAGHDAD - Iraq will not pull a scandal-ridden bomb detection device from service, saying an investigation has determined that most of the wand-like instruments work, a government spokesman said Tuesday. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  23 Feb 2010

Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Nouri al-Maliki,  New York Times Company

Al-Qaida group claims crime lab bombing in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide car bombing earlier this week at Baghdad's main crime lab that killed at least 22 people. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  30 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Nouri al-Maliki

2 Americans detained in Iraq on visa violations

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces have detained two Americans for questioning after they crossed into a northern province from the country's semiautonomous Kurdish region without visas, authorities said Friday. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  29 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Al-Qaeda,  Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

Iraqi: 2 Americans detained in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD—An Iraqi army official says two Americans are being held in northern Iraq on visa violations. The official says the two were picked up Sunday in Mosul after crossing from Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region without Iraqi visas. There were no ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Boston Globe,  29 Jan 2010

Al-Qaida group claims hotel blasts in Baghdad

BAGDHAD (AP) — An al-Qaida front group in Iraq claimed Wednesday it carried out the deadly bombings against Baghdad hotels earlier this week, boasting how its suicide bombers could breach the extensive Iraqi security, and that even deadlier attacks ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, NevadaAppeal.com,  28 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

Bomber dressed as Iraqi policeman hits police post

BAGDHAD - The U.S. military says a suicide bomber disguised as a policeman has attacked a police compound in northern Iraq, wounding an American soldier and three Iraqis. ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  27 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

Five killed at Baghdad aid office

BAGHDAD - Officials said gunmen broke into the office of an Iraqi humanitarian organization in Baghdad yesterday and killed five employees. The attackers also left a bomb, which exploded later when security forces arrived at the scene, according to an ...

From SAMEER N. YACOUB, Boston Globe,  19 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Tony Blair

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