Iraq early voting shattered by deadly blasts
BAGHDAD - A string of deadly blasts shattered an early round of voting in Iraq Thursday, killing 17 people and highlighting the fragile nature of the country's security gains ahead of crucial parliamentary elections this Sunday.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2010-03-04
Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections
BAGHDAD - Iraq's main Sunni party said Saturday it is dropping out of next month's national elections, seizing on U.S. concerns about Iran's influence in the political process as proof that the vote will not be legitimate.
Nations:Iraq Iran Afghanistan Source:(AP)
2010-02-20
Female suicide bomber hits Iraq pilgrims, kills 46
BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad detonated an explosives belt on Monday, killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 122, officials said.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2010-02-01
Biden: US to appeal dismissal of Blackwater case
BAGHDAD - The U.S. will appeal a court decision dismissing manslaughter charges against five Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday.
Activities:Obama Admin. 2007 Blackwater Scandal
2010-01-23
U.N. confirms death of Haiti mission chief Annabi
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. mission chief in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, died in Tuesday's earthquake that devastated the country's capital, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Saturday.
Nations:Canada Iraq Cambodia Brazil People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-16
Rarely used flying bomb strikes new targets in Iraq
BAGHDAD - U.S. troops stationed at an outpost in southern Iraq heard a chilling whistle, and then a 60-pound airborne bomb punched through a concrete blast wall and sent shrapnel flying, wounding three Americans.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(McClatchy)
2010-01-14
Obama cites apparent al-Qaida link in bomb plot
HONOLULU - An al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner, training and arming the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused in the failed bombing, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
Nations:Nigeria Pakistan Iraq Afghanistan People:David Petraeus Barack Obama Activities:2009 Christmas Bomb Case Source:(AP)
2010-01-01
Bombs kill 23 in Iraq's western Anbar province
BAGHDAD - Staggered explosions Wednesday killed 23 people - 13 of them policemen - and wounded an Iraqi provincial governor, officials said, in the worst violence in months to hit the western province that was formerly al-Qaida's top stronghold in Iraq.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-12-29
Motive probed in Fort Hood shooting rampage
KILLEEN, Texas (Reuters) - Investigators on Friday searched for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. army base in Texas, in which an army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. Iraq People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-05
Inmates attack guards at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison
BAGHDAD - Inmates at Abu Ghraib prison started a fire and attacked guards, prompting authorities to call in Iraqi troops and American helicopters for support, the U.S. military said Friday.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Source:(AP)
2009-09-11
Wave of Baghdad blasts kills at least 75
BAGHDAD - A truck bomb tore through Iraq's Foreign Ministry Wednesday, knocking out concrete slabs and windows and leaving a mass of charred cars outside as a wave of explosions around Baghdad killed at least 75 people.
Nations:Iraq People:Barack Obama Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2009-08-19
US commander in Iraq wants troops in disputed land
BAGHDAD - America's top commander in Iraq said Monday he wants to deploy U.S. soldiers alongside Iraqi and Kurdish troops in a disputed swath of northern territory following a series of horrific bombings by insurgents hoping to stoke an Arab-Kurdish conflict.
Nations:Iraq People:Robert Gates Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2009-08-17
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