A suicide bombing in southern Iraq has killed at least 53 Shi’ite pilgrims. It is the latest in a series of attacks on Shi’ites in recent weeks. Iraqi officials say the attack Saturday near the city of Basra wounded 137 people. The blast struck close to a police checkpoint as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims […]
53 Dead in Attack on Iraqi Shi’ites
Posted January 14th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
A suicide attack in southern Iraq has killed at least 53 people. Authorities say the attack Saturday on a group of Shi’ite pilgrims near the city of Basra has left at least 100 people wounded. The blast struck near a police checkpoint on the route to a Shi’ite shrine. The attack took place as many […]
50 Dead in Attack on Iraqi Shiites
Posted January 14th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
A suicide attack in southern Iraq has killed at least 53 people. Authorities say the attack Saturday on a group of Shi’ite pilgrims near the city of Basra has left at least 100 people wounded. The blast struck near a police checkpoint on the route to a Shi’ite shrine. The attack took place as many […]
30 Dead in Attack on Iraqi Shiites
Posted January 14th, 2012 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
At least 32 people have died in an apparent suicide bomb attack on a group of Shi’ite pilgrims near the city of Basra in southern Iraq. Police and medics say around 100 people were injured in the blast near a police checkpoint on the route to a Shi’ite shrine. The attacks took place as many […]
20 Dead in Attack on Iraqi Shiites
Posted January 14th, 2012 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
A bomb attack in southern Iraq has killed at least 20 people. The blast struck a group of Shi’ite pilgrim near the city of Basra. Police and medics say it is not clear whether the blast Saturday came from a suicide bomber or a roadside bomb. The attack took place as Shi’ites journeyed to a […]
Trial of U.S. Marine Charged in Iraqi Killings Begins
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
Military prosecutors say a U.S. Marine at the center of the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops in the Iraq war made a series of fatal assumptions when he and his squad killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including unarmed women and children. Opening arguments in the military trial of Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich began Monday at […]
Bombs Kill 16 People in Baghdad
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
Three separate bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed 16 people and wounded more than 40 others Monday. Iraqi officials said many of the victims were Shi’ite pilgrims traveling to the holy city of Karbala for an annual ritual. In the first attack, a roadside bomb killed two people in southern Baghdad. Hours later, eight […]
Bombs Target Shi’ite Pilgrims in Baghdad, 16 People Killed
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi authorities say a series of bombings in Baghdad has killed 16 people and wounded more than 40 others, many of them Shi’ite pilgrims traveling to the holy city of Karbala for an annual ritual. In one of Monday’s attacks, a car bomb killed eight people in a western part of the Iraqi capital, while […]
Bombings Targeting Iraqi Shi’ites Kill 72 People in South, Capital
Posted January 5th, 2012 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi authorities say a series of bombings targeting Shi’ites in the south and the capital has killed at least 72 people and wounded more than 100 others. In the deadliest incident Thursday, a suicide bomber attacked a group of Shi’ite pilgrims near the southern city of Nasiriyah, killing 45 people and wounding about 70 others. […]
Bombings Targeting Iraqi Shi’ites Kill 72 People in South, Capital
Posted January 5th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi authorities say a series of bombings targeting Shi’ites in the south and the capital has killed at least 72 people and wounded more than 100 others. In the deadliest incident Thursday, a suicide bomber attacked a group of Shi’ite pilgrims near the southern city of Nasiriyah, killing 45 people and wounding about 70 others. […]
