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68 killed, hundreds wounded in blasts – Iraq

January 6 2012 00:29

At least 68 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in explosions in Baghdad and southern Iraq, reports “France-Presse” agency.    According to the Associated Press, 72 people died in the explosions. On Thursday, a suicide bomber blew himself up on the outskirts of al-Nasiriyah. →

30 killed in Iraq pilgrims attack

January 5 2012 17:13

The death toll from an attack on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq’s southern town of al- Nasiriyah has reached 30 people, while 70 have been injured. A group of pilgrims was hit by a roadside bomb when they were walking to the local holy shrine. On Thursday, several blasts ripped through Baghdad’s Shiite districts killing 29 people. →

Baghdad blasts death toll at 21

January 5 2012 12:03

At least 21 people were killed and dozens more were injured when a series of blasts hit Shiite areas in Baghdad on Thursday. The first two bombs went off in Sadr City in northern Baghdad. Two more blasts rocked the district of Kadhimiyah two hours later. →

Two blasts in Baghdad kill 8

January 5 2012 11:25

At least 8 people were killed and more than 30 were injured when two blasts hit a Shia area in Baghdad on Thursday. The first bomb was planted on a motorcycle, while the second explosion was caused by a landmine. A new outbreak of tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims comes amid the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. →

Six killed in Baghdad bombings

January 5 2012 10:45

Two blasts rocked Baghdad on Thursday, killing six people and wounding at least 20 others. Both incidents occurred in a Shiite district of the Iraqi capital. A motorcycle bomb and a roadside bomb went off within half an hour of each other. Tensions between the Shiites and Sunnis escalated after the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq late last year. (RIAN) →

Child killed in series of blasts in Iraq

January 4 2012 16:42

A child has been killed as eight blasts hit the city of Baaquba in Iraq's Diala province, north east from Bagdad, earlier Wednesday, a source with the local police reported. The explosive devices were planted near the houses of security agents, the source said. →

Total war toll announced in Iraq

January 3 2012 02:03

The total number of victims of the Iraq war since it began in March 2003 to December 2011 amounted to 162 000 people. Of these, approximately 79 percent - are civilians. This is stated in a report, prepared by the organization Iraq Body Count. →

December 31 now a national holiday in Iraq

January 1 2012 01:32

Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has declared December 31 a national holiday. He made the announcement at a cerempny in Baghdad marking the withdrawal of US-led multinational troop contingent from the country.  In keeping with an agreement signed in 2008 the last US soldier left Iraq on December 18. (TASS)   →

Tareq Aziz’s son pleas for father’s release

December 31 2011 19:12

Mr Ziyad Aziz, son of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, has asked the Iraqi judicial authorities to release his father from jail on health grounds. →

5 Sunni policemen shot down in Iraq

December 31 2011 15:40

Five  Sunni police officers have been gunned down in  the town of Khan Bani Saad, about 30 km of Baghdad, local police report. A militant broke into their police station and opened fire No insurgent faction in the province of Diyala has claimed responsibility for the attack. →

Turkeys admits deadly air strike 'may have been blunder'

December 29 2011 21:51

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, has admitted that the air strike which killed 35 people on the Iraqi border could have been a blunder, media reports said on Thursday. →

US to provide weapons to Iraq

December 29 2011 15:03

The US intends to send weapons worth $11mln  to Iraq, in particular, F-16 jet fighters, Abrahams tanks, artillery guns and infantry fighting vehicles. Part of the munitions has already been delivered to Iraq, The New York Times writes. →

4 policemen die in Mosul blast

December 28 2011 20:18

Three policemen and a top security officer were killed Wednesday in two attacks in Iraq’s city of Mosul, 400 km north of Baghdad. Three policemen were killed in clashes with gunmen while the senior security officer was shot dead in his car. Earlier on Wednesday, government forces arrested 11  terrorists in Mosul. →

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq terrorist attacks

December 27 2011 12:40

The Al-Qaeda unit that’s active in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a spate of terrorist attacks in Baghdad five days ago. The ‘Islamic State of Iraq’ Sunni group has circulated the report via the Internet. →

Iraq and UN sign Iranian exiles' relocation deal

December 26 2011 23:43

Iraqi authorities and the UN have signed an agreement to relocate over 3000 Iranian exiles, living in Ashraf camp since 1980, reports the BBC. In line with the agreement, the camp residents will be moved to a temporary shelter. Subsequently, the UN should offer them refugee status. →

Iraqi Vice President loath to face trial in Iraq

December 26 2011 13:52

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi who is accused of collaborating with terrorists, said on Monday that he would not go to Baghdad to stand trial. He cited security concerns, also slamming what he described as a “politicized judicial system in Iraq. →

Iraq’s power schism encourages terrorism

December 26 2011 13:40

Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader today demanded the country's politicians work to restore security, saying their conflicts were to blame for attacks like the devastating bombings that tore through mostly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad and killed at least 69 people. →

Car-bomb goes off in Baghdad

December 26 2011 11:33

A car-bomb went off outside the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Baghdad earlier today, killing six and injuring another 27. According to the Reuters news agency, more than 70 people died in a spate of blasts in Baghdad last Thursday. Police sees the explosions as a coordinated terrorist attack. →

Hashemi will not return to Baghdad

December 26 2011 03:39

The Vice-President of Iraq Tariq Hashemi has said he would not return to Baghdad, where a warrant for his arrest had been issued. According to the issuers of the warrant Hashemi is wanted on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. The warrant was issued on December 19, 2011. →

US unease over Iraq trouble

December 25 2011 22:09

In phone calls to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the leader of Iraq’s Kurds Masood Barzani Sunday, US Vice President Joe Biden urged them to do everything in their power to bring about peace and cooperation between all the political and religious factions in their country. →

 
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