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Iraq to assemble Iranian cars IKCO
Samand Soren is a new family saloon created by Iran Khodro Industrial Group in 2007. Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro will establish an assembly line with the capacity of 30,000 units per year in the Iraqi city of Iskandariya by the next month.Preliminary agreements were made three years ago, IRNA quoted Iran Khodro deputy director for exports Abdol'azim Sa'dian as saying. Iran Khodro has ...
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Baird Iraq could face civil war
Ottawa - A spate of deadly violence risks plunging Iraq into a sectarian civil war, Canada's top diplomat warned on Tuesday, adding that a Canadian was among the latest ...
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In Iraq pointing a finger at others will not help says paper
WAM ABU DHABI: Pointing a finger at others will not help in Iraq as Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki says that it is a plot to destabilise the country and sow sectarian and ethnic discord, a local newspaper remarked today. "As far as objectivity is concerned, he is right," said the Khaleej Times in an editorial comment on the new trend of violence which is "a deja vu of 2006-07 ...
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Iraqi PM orders reshuffle of top security officers
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered a reshuffle of top security officers after recent attacks left hundreds of people killed and wounded, a government statement said on Wednesday."The Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces Nuri al-Maliki today after consultation with security officials issued decrees of changes in the operations command and the commands of divisions," ...
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Three Civilian Wounded Northwest Baghdad
Baghdad, May 22 (BNA) - Three civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb went off on Wednesday northwest of Baghdad. A police source said that a bomb exploded on a minibus in the Hurriya area, northwest of Baghdad, wounding three civilians, according to the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA). Baghdad and a number of provinces had witnessed a significant security deterioration in the past few ...
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More attacks across Iraq leave 7 people dead
BAGHDAD--New attacks in Iraq killed seven people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the ...
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Turkey eyes oil gas deals with Iraqi Kurdistan in 2013
ANKARA | Wed May 22, 2013 2:51am EDT ANKARA May 22 (Reuters) - Turkey is looking to sign commercial contracts this year with Russian and U.S. companies operating in northern Iraq for joint oil and gas exploration, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told Reuters. "We are likely to be involved with Russian and American companies in northern Iraq for different projects like oil and ...
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Hundreds killed in upsurge of terror bombings sectarian killings in Iraq
A wave of violence is shaking the neo-colonial Iraqi regime that emerged from the US war and occupation of Iraq, as sectarian tensions between Iraq's bourgeois factions are inflamed by the savage US-led proxy war in neighbouring Syria.In this past week, more than 200 people have been killed in car bomb attacks in a number of Iraqi cities. The worst violence was in Baghdad, where car bombs ...
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US soldier John Russell gets life in prison for Camp Liberty killings in Iraq
Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted earlier this week over the murders at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war-related stress at Camp Liberty, the largest US base in ...
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Canadian killed in escalating violence in Iraq
Residents stand amid rubble at blast scene in Tuz Khormatu town in northern Iraq May 21, 2013. Three persons were killed and 52 others were injured after two car bombs were set off in Tuz Khormatu on Tuesday, according to the police. REUTERS/Stringer A Canadian has been killed amidst rising violence in Iraq. "I have grown increasingly concerned in recent days as a spate of deadly sectarian ...
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15 killed 90 wounded in fresh attacks in Iraq
A car bomb went off near the Abu Ghraib Grand Mosque, a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib area, 25 km west of the capital Baghdad, on Tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring 15 others, a police source told Xinhua on condition of ...
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‘US opened Pandora’s box in Iraq regional sectarian violence almost impossible to stop now’
Violence Sectarian violence unleashed after the US disintegration of Iraq is linked to the Syrian conflict and the death toll will only climb since extremist elements hijacked the sectarian instability in the region, political analyst Chris Bambery told RT. "Everyone in Iraq must be terrified that the situation in Syria is spilling over into Iraq" Bambery said as Tuesday's ...
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Iraq violence kills 18
Violence in Iraq, including a bombing near a mosque, has killed 18 people officials say, the latest in a spate of unrest that has cost more than 370 lives so far this month.Tuesday's bomb near a mosque in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, killed five people and wounded at least 16, officials said.Dozens of mosques have been attacked so far this year, including two Shi'ite places of worship ...
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After deadly day new attacks in Iraq kill 13 people and wound dozens officials say
An Iraqi policeman runs his metal detector over the body of Mohammed Adnan, 22, at a checkpoint as the body arrives for burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ ...
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Attacks in Iraq kill more than 40 sectarian tensions high
Residents stand amid rubble at blast scene in Tuz Khormatu town in northern Iraq May 21, 2013. Three persons were killed and 52 others were injured after two car bombs were set off in Tuz Khormatu on Tuesday, according to the police. ...
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Iraqi PM Orders Security Shakeup as Violence Surges
Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered a shakeup of senior government security officers, as a weeks-long wave of violence grips the country and fears of all-out sectarian war spread. The shakeup was confirmed on the prime minister's website, but details were not immediately clear. The move comes as authorities reported at least 21 deaths Tuesday in attacks ...
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Car bomb other attacks kill 20 in Iraq
In this photo taken on Monday, May 20, 2013, Ali Karim weeps over his daughter's coffin before her burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ Alaa ...
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Iraqs Sectarian Violence Bombings Plunge Country in Deadly Spiral
Iraq as a young U.S. Army lieutenant, I witnessed my first act of violence committed against Iraqi civilians. While on a patrol on a highway 20 km south of Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeting my platoon exploded a second too late-or perhaps a second too early-in front of my vehicle and behind my wingman, tearing instead into a tiny pickup truck traveling in the right hand lane. When I ran up to ...
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How Iraq can pull back from the brink
The Samarra terror attack in February 2006 sparked more than a year of sectarian violence that threatened to rip Iraq apart. Last month violence erupted between troops and demonstrators in the northern town of Hawija. Many now ask if history is about to repeat itself. There is certainly much to worry about. Violence increased after Hawija, with more bombings and firefights between security ...
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Car bomb near Sunni mosque in west of Baghdad kills 11 police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque in the west of Baghdad killing 11 people on Tuesday, police and medics said. The blast, which took place in Abu Ghraib, also wounded 21 people. Earlier on Tuesday, several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq, where Sunni-Shi'ite tensions are running high. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; editing by Mike ...
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Mosques become targets of Iraqs sectarian divide
(MENAFN - Arab News) Deadly attacks by militants on Sunni mosques and Shiite places of worship, using weapons ranging from bombs to mortar rounds, is raging in Iraq. Dozens of attacks this year have stirred already-simmering sectarian tensions between Iraq's Sunni minority and Shiite majority, and led some would-be worshippers to stay away."There is an increase in the frequency of ...
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Damac invests USD100m in Baghdads Princess Tower
(MENAFN) After years of announcing its intentions to expand into Iraq, Damac Properties has already started constructing the company's first residential complex in the country, reported Arabian Business.The company invested USD100 million in the Baghdad-based Princess Tower, which consists of a 26-storey apartment building. The building will be ready by 2016, and it will be one of the ...
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Attacks push Iraq closer to sectarian war
Iraq is edging closer to all-out sectarian war between Sunni and Shia Muslims as a series of car bombings and shootings killed at least 90 people and left many others injured yesterday. Casualty figures are returning to a level not seen since the civil war of 2006-07. Most of the car bombings yesterday targeted markets, bus stops and other places crowded with civilians. Ten car bombs killed 46 ...
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Jordanian anger over video of Iraqis beating lawyers Baghdad expresses regret
A view of the protesters gathered outside the Iraqi embassy in Amman. Image courtesy of The Jordan Times The Iraqi government on Tuesday expressed regret over a recent incident that took place in the Royal Cultural Centre, during an event for the Iraqi Embassy in Amman, where a group of Jordanian lawyers where attacked by embassy staff.In a statement issued by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, posted ...
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Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Says Recent Violence Aimed at Dividing Iraq
The "morale of Christians in the area is down" Sako said, adding that "it seems a step aimed at the division of Iraq."In recent months, violent attacks have increased across Iraqi cities with the worst occurring on May 20 in Baghdad. Nine explosions were detonated in mainly Shiite areas, leaving at least eight dead in one attack.The patriarch added, in an interview to ...
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