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Dozens die in Iraq bombing attacks
The attacks are the latest in a recent spike of bombings that has hit both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the past week. The bloodshed has raised fears of a return to the widespread sectarian violence of 2006-2007 that brought the country to the edge of civil war.In the Iraqi capital, nine car bombs went off, striking at bus stops, market places and in the streets of Shiite areas during ...
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Iraq suffers as corruption increases
Iraq has been named the eighth most corrupt country in the world, meaning that despite the country's thriving oil industry and million-dollar contracts, many of its citizens are living in ...
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Car Bombs Kills 31 in Iraq
Car bombs have exploded in mainly Shi'ite sections of Iraq's capital, and in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens ...
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Car bombs in Baghdad south Iraq kill at least 34
BAGHDAD -; A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people on Monday, Iraqi officials ...
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‘War on mosques’ rages in Iraq
Sheikh Sami al-Massudi, deputy head of the Shi’a endowment which manages Shi’a religious sites in Iraq, said that more than 45 mosques and husseiniyahs belonging to the endowment have been targeted in ...
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Sixteen killed in Baghdad bomb blasts
Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75.Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets this morning. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. Earlier in the day, two car bombings in the southern city of Basra killed at least 10 people and wounded 27.Iraq has seen a spike of attacks, ...
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Western Unions new Iraq agent
Western Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and ...
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Iran Syria Iraq to sign major gas deal on Monday
Iran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker oil minister Mohammad Aliabadi as well as oil ministers of Iraq and Syria will join the ceremony and choose a name for the pipeline to transfer Iran's gas to Europe, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister ...
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Kuwait says port project to continue despite Iraqi opposition
Kuwait said Wednesday it was " determined to go ahead with" the construction of a port which neighboring Iraq said would affect its shipping lanes.Kuwaiti government spokesman Ali Al-Rashid said the Gulf emirate "won't be intimidated by any remarks," referring to those from Baghdad earlier Wednesday which called the construction of the Mubarak Al-Kabir port on ...
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Iran calls on Iraq to deploy forces in borderlines to keep Kurdish rebels away
A senior commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the guard's forces would continue destructive and invasive operations against the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) group until the deployment of Iraqi forces in the borders, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.The unnamed military official said that, "Iraqi government should deploy police ...
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At least 16 dead after Iraq bombings
Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shia neighbourhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75. Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media. Earlier in the day, two car bombings in the southern ...
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Syria crisis battle for Qusair – live updates
Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings after government air strikes against the western town of Qusair, in Homs province, Syria. The town has been besieged for weeks by regime troops and pro-government gunmen backed by the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. Photograph: ...
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Gunmen shoot dead 10 policemen northwest of Baghdad
Iraqi armed tribesmen pose for a picture on the back of a truck in a road north of Ramadi, on May 18, 2013 (Azhar Shallal/ AFP) At least 10 policemen have been killed after an attack by unidentified gunmen in Rawah, northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.The attack was carried out on Sunday evening at a police station in the city.Reports also stated that the attackers set fire to an army ...
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Series of car bomb blasts kill 26 in Iraq say officials
Baghdad: Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75.Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets on Monday morning. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk to the media.Earlier in the day, two car ...
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Iraqi officials Twin car bombings in southern city of Basra kill at least 10 people.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75. Police officials say the blasts struck bus stations and outdoor markets on Monday morning. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media. Earlier in the day, two ...
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Iraqi fraud held in Thailand with Kuwaiti passports
(MENAFN - Arab Times) An Iraqi national was arrested recently in Thailand in possession of five Kuwaiti passports, using which he committed several felonies, reports Al-Rai daily. Earlier, a report was published about the arrest of a Kuwaiti tourist in Thailand who was accused of fraud. However, coordination between the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior with the security authorities in ...
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Iraq bombings kill 25 people
Bombings in Iraq, including a series of blasts mainly targeting Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, have killed at least 25 people and wounded 68, security and medical officials say.Car bombs hit Kadhimiyah and Sadr City in north Baghdad, Saidiyah in the south and Mashtal and Baghdad Jadida in the east, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 45, while a roadside bomb in the Zafraniyah area ...
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Iraqi politicians have no option but to engage in a national dialogue Akhbar Al Saa
WAM Abu Dhabi, 20th May 2013 (WAM) -- A UAE daily publication has called on Iraq's political leaders to set aside their differences, come together and engage in a national dialogue to resolve political and security crises in order to set the Iraqi house in order and place the country on the course of development. ''The UAE and other Arab governments as well as the world have ...
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At least 10 policemen killed in checkpoint attacks in Iraq
Militants killed at least 10 Iraqi policemen in a series of attacks on checkpoints in the West of the country on Sunday, police and local officials ...
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Policemen Killed in Iraq Attacks - Report
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - At least three policemen have been killed as gunmen launched an attack on their station in the north of Iraq, media quoted local officials as saying. Two police officers were also wounded in the town of Rawa about 260 kilometers (160 miles) northwest of the capital Baghdad, the BBC reported late Sunday. According to reports cited by the British broadcaster, ...
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Iraq Slaughter Intensifies Gunmen mass at Iraq security command HQ
Gunmen mass at Iraq security command HQRamadi, Iraq (AFP) May 18, 2013 - Hundreds of gunmen gathered near the headquarters of a provincial security command in Iraq on Saturday, while others ambushed a patrol and kidnapped 10 security force personnel, police said. Security forces attempted to arrest Mohammed Khamis Abu Risha, who is wanted in connection with the killing of five soldiers, near ...
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Police killed in fresh Iraq attacks
At least three police officers have been killed after gunmen attacked their station in northern Iraq, local officials say. They say another two policemen were wounded in the town of Rawa, some 260km (160 miles) north-west of Baghdad. Reports also say another seven policemen died in a separate attack in the nearby town of Haditha. The authorities have blamed a number of recent deadly attacks ...
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Iraq racked by violence
At least 16 people were killed across Iraq on Sunday as gunmen and Iraqi security forces clashed in several areas, police officials in Baghdad and Ramadi ...
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Paul Libya like Iraq
The guarding of U.S. diplomatic outposts like the consulate Benghazi in Libya should be treated like Baghdad with more military force, Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday. Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," the Kentucky Republican said his focus isn't on the Benghazi talking points, but on not guarding the outpost more heavily. That decision was a "tragic error," he ...
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Iraq veering back to civil war as Shia rule with heavy hand
Under Saddam Hussein, and his Sunni-minority regime, it was pure despotism, war and repressive violence that kept the country in one piece. But after the despot's fall, the three were supposed to come together in the new, "democratic" Iraq of America's ...
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