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Suicide Bomber Kills 5 in Baghdad Mosque

Posted August 28th, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing at least five people. Other reports with additional deaths have not yet been confirmed. In other violence Sunday, an explosive device attached to a police car in the northern city of Mosul killed a policeman and wounded four […]

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1 Killed, Several Injured in Iraq Violence

Posted August 28th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Iraqi police say bombings in several parts of the country have killed at least one police officer and wounded several others. In the northern city of Mosul, a bomb attached to a police car killed a policeman and wounded four others. In Baghdad, two separate bomb attacks wounded at least four people. And a fourth […]

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25 Killed in Northern Iraq Crash

Posted August 27th, 2011 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
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At least 25 people have been killed in northern Iraq in a collision involving a bus filled with vacationing families. Iraqi police say the collision took place Saturday near Kirkuk, a city about 280 kilometers north of Baghdad. Police say the bus caught fire after the crash and passengers were trapped inside. At least one […]

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25 Killed in Northern Iraq Crash

Posted August 27th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
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At least 25 people have been killed in northern Iraq when a car collided with a bus that was filled with vacationing families. Iraqi police say the collision took place Saturday near Kirkuk, a city about 280 kilometers north of Baghdad. Police say the bus caught fire after the crash and passengers were trapped inside. […]

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Iraq Summons Turkey’s Envoy Over Military Strikes

Posted August 25th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Iraq has summoned Turkey’s ambassador to demand an end to Turkish air strikes against Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq. Iraq’s foreign ministry said Thursday that it had launched a formal protest against the strikes, which have killed seven Iraqi civilians. On Tuesday, Turkey said it had killed an estimated 90 to 100 Kurdish rebels […]

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Iraqi Kurds Denounce Turkish Artillery Strikes

Posted August 24th, 2011 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
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Several hundred protesters have rallied outside the Turkish consulate in northern Iraq where they denounced Turkey’s deadly artillery barrages in the border region. The demonstrators urged Ankara to stop the ground fire, which has killed seven civilians. The protest took place Wednesday in Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. On Tuesday, Turkey’s military […]

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7 Civilians Reported Dead in Turkish Airstrikes on PKK Hideouts

Posted August 21st, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
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Kurdish officials say Turkish airstrikes aimed at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq killed seven civilians on Sunday, in a fifth straight day of cross-border strikes on suspected separatist hideouts. The deaths are the first reported casualties since Turkish warplanes began bombing rebel positions Wednesday near the Turkey-Iraq border. Analysts link the strikes to a surge […]

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Iraq Attacks Kill 63

Posted August 15th, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Bombings and attacks hit 17 Iraqi cities Monday, killing at least 63 people and wounding hundreds of others. Iraqi officials say suicide bombings and other explosions struck targets from the northern city of Kirkuk, to the capital, Baghdad, to the southern city of Kut. Authorities say the worst violence was in Kut, where two explosions […]

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Iraq Attacks Kill 60

Posted August 15th, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Bombings and attacks hit more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday, killing at least 60 people. Iraqi officials say suicide bombings and other explosions struck targets from the northern city of Kirkuk, to the capital, Baghdad, to the southern city of Kut. Authorities say the worst violence was in Kut, where two explosions killed at […]

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Iraq Attacks Kill 60

Posted August 15th, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
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Bombings and attacks hit more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday, killing at least 60 people and wounding hundreds of others. Iraqi officials say suicide bombings and other explosions devastated targets from the northern city of Kirkuk, to the capital, Baghdad, to the southern city of Kut. Authorities say the worst violence was in Kut, […]

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