Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’

Iraq governor’s office attacked

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

The governor of the Iraqi province of Diyala says his secretary was killed in an attack by a unit of the security forces on his office in Baquba.

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Truck bombing kills 12 in Baghdad

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

A person injured in the truck bomb blast lies in a hospital in Baghdad on Sunday.A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said.

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Baghdad truck bombing kills 12

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

At least 12 people are killed and more than a dozen injured by a suspected minivan bomb in northern Baghdad, police say.

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Iran president vows no retreat on nukes

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomes his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Tehran on Saturday.Iran will not retreat “one iota” from its nuclear rights, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday, the day of an informal deadline set by Western officials in a row over Tehran’s atomic ambitions.

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US troops on Iraqi murder charge

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Two American soldiers are charged with the premeditated murder of an Iraqi prisoner, US military officials say.

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Iraqi civilian deaths drop in July

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The number of civilians killed in Iraq dropped in July, according to government figures released on Friday.

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Bush: Iraq tours to be cut to 12 months

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

July 31: President Bush, crediting the surge and success of Iraqi troops with decreasing violence, says future U.S. combat tours will be reduced from 15 to 12 months. (MSNBC)President Bush confirmed Thursday that combat tour lengths for U.S. troops will be reduced to 12 months from 15 months.


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Al-Qaida in Iraq leader may be in Afghanistan

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The leader of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq and several of his top lieutenants have recently left Iraq for Afghanistan , according to group leaders and Iraqi intelligence officials.

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Despite cash, Iraq rebuilding lags

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Workers at an installation at the Zubair Moshrif oil field, 372 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 3. Iraq’s coffers are bulging with oil money, yet some Baghdad residents go without electricity for much of the day and others get drinking water tainted with sewage.

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Turkey: Strikes hit Kurd guerrillas in Iraq

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Turkish warplanes attacked Kurdish rebels in Iraq’s north on Tuesday, killing a group of guerrillas gathered at a mountain cave, the military said.

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