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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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Anadolu Agency Board Chairman met with northern Iraqi regional administration premier Barzani in Erbil to introduce AA`s plans to launch Kurdish wire-service in September.
Anadolu Agency Board Chairman met with northern Iraqi regional administration premier Barzani in Erbil to introduce AA`s plans to launch Kurdish wire-service in September. IRBIL - Kemal Ozturk, the Anadolu Agency Executive Board Chairman and Director General, met on Tuesday with Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of the regional administration in north of Iraq, as AA plans to start Kurdish wire ...
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Two Car Bombs and Suicidal Attacker Kill 13 in Iraq
Baghdad, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Car bomb attacks in two northern cities and a suicidal attack against soldiers patrolling a town near the capital killed 13 people today in Iraq, caught in a whirlwind of sectarian, confessional and territorial violence. Three people died in Tuz Khurmato city after an explosive device attached to a car exploded some time before another similar device exploded near ...
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Iraq bleeding from north to south
22/01/2013 17:34 CET At least six people have been killed in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, after three car bombs exploded near a market on Tuesday May 21. A local resident said: ';They didn’t distinguish between Arab, Kurd and Turkmen in the market. But this is the destiny of the Iraqi people – no more bloody Tuesday or bloody Wednesday because Iraq is bleeding from ...
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Attacks Kill 8 in Iraq
New attacks in three Iraqi cities have killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more -- a day after more than 70 died in assaults on Shi'ite Muslims, stoking fears of all-out sectarian war with minority ...
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Bomb attacks kill at least 95 across Iraq
Iraqi security force members gather at the site of a car bomb attack in front of a crowded popular restaurant in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/ Nabil ...
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Sectarian attacks in Iraq stoked by spillover from Syrian war
Sectarian struggle an Iraqi woman passes by the scene of a car bomb attack in Kamaliyah, a predominantly Shia area of eastern Baghdad. Photograph: Hadi ...
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