US removes uranium from Iraq
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program -- a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium -- reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
Nations:Iraq U.S. Ukraine People:Dick Cheney Activities:Iraqi WMD Issues Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
Car bomb in northern Iraq kills 18, wounds 60
BAGHDAD - A car bombing in the northern city of Mosul left 18 people dead and about 60 wounded Thursday, while a suicide bomber killed at least 12 people west of Baghdad at a meeting of tribal sheiks opposed to al-Qaida.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-06-26
3 Americans killed, Shiite fighting in south
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers and an interpreter north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Wednesday, and Iraqi police reported 14 Shiite gunmen were arrested after fighting south of the capital.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-06-25
Explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City district kills 10
BAGHDAD - A bomb struck a municipal council building Tuesday in Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City district, killing four Americans, including two soldiers and two U.S. government civilian employees, U.S. officials said. At least six Iraqi civilians also died.
Nations:Iraq People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-06-24
Bomb kills 6 Iraqis, 4 Americans in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb killed 10 people including two U.S. government employees and two U.S. soldiers at a council meeting in the Baghdad stronghold of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday, officials said.
Nations:Iraq People:David Petraeus Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-24
Iraq nears first major oil service deals
BAGHDAD - Iraq is close to signing oil service deals with several major Western oil companies in an effort to boost its output capacity, the country's oil ministry said Thursday -- the first major Iraqi contracts with big Western companies since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Nations:Iraq United Arab Emirates Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Iraqi Oil Industry Source:(AP)
2008-06-19
Car bomb kills at least 51 near Baghdad market
BAGHDAD - A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial street in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 51 people and wounding scores more in the deadliest blast in the capital in more than three months.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-06-17
Chinese eatery in Baghdad defies violence
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Despite a bomb blast that rattled windows and sent a panicked co-worker scurrying back to China, Baghdad's sole Chinese restaurant has defied the odds to keep its doors open.
Nations:Iraq People:Bruce Lee Jackie Chan Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AFP)
2008-06-15
Iraq eliminates China from World Cup qualifying
TIANJIN, China - China's chances of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup ended with a 2-1 loss to resurgent Asian champion Iraq, sparking celebratory gunfire in Baghdad and despair in Beijing.
Nations:China Iraq Qatar United Arab Emirates Lebanon Saudi Arabia Activities:2010 Soccer World Cup
2008-06-14
3 US soldiers killed by small-arms fire in Iraq
Three U.S. soldiers were shot dead Wednesday in northern Iraq, and the decaying bodies of at least 23 Iraqis were discovered in a shallow grave and a sewer shaft at separate sites near the capital.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-06-04
U.S. troop deaths in Iraq at wartime low
Nineteen U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq in May, the U.S. military said on Sunday, the lowest monthly death toll since U.S. forces invaded to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Nations:Iraq People:David Petraeus Barack Obama John McCain George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-06-01
Suicide bomber kills 16 people in northwestern Iraq
A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a crowd of police recruits in northwestern Iraq, killing at least 16 men and wounding 14 others, an official said.
Nations:Iraq Sweden Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-05-29
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