Police: Iraq suicide bombers kill 28 army recruits
BAQOUBA, Iraq - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of army recruits Tuesday in an Iraqi province where devastating attacks persist despite security improvements in the rest of the country. At least 28 people died, the Iraqi police and military said.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-07-15
3 US soldiers killed by small-arms fire in Iraq
Three U.S. soldiers were shot dead Wednesday in northern Iraq, and the decaying bodies of at least 23 Iraqis were discovered in a shallow grave and a sewer shaft at separate sites near the capital.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-06-04
Suicide bomber kills 16 people in northwestern Iraq
A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a crowd of police recruits in northwestern Iraq, killing at least 16 men and wounding 14 others, an official said.
Nations:Iraq Sweden Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-05-29
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, expressed confidence during a visit to Iraq on Saturday that expected provincial elections will promote national reconciliation.
Nations:Iraq People:David Petraeus Nancy Pelosi Activities:110th Congress Second Gulf War
2008-05-17
Iraq PM to expand crackdown on militias
Iraq's prime minister pledged Thursday to expand his crackdown on Shiite militias to Baghdad, despite a mixed performance so far against militants in the southern city of Basra.
Nations:Iraq People:David Petraeus Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-04-03
Attacks kill 57 in Iraq; Green Zone hit
Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that killed at least 57 people nationwide.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Fighting in Iraq
2008-03-23
Pope: Enough with slaughters in Iraq
Pope Benedict XVI issued one of his strongest appeals for peace in Iraq on Sunday, days after the body of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found near the northern city of Mosul.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Anti-war Movement
2008-03-16
5 US soldiers killed in northern Iraq
Five American soldiers were killed Monday in a complex attack in the northern city of Mosul, described as one of al-Qaida in Iraq's last strongholds, just days after a house explosion and suicide attack killed as many as 60 people there.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-01-28
U.S. pulling 3,000 troops from Iraq's Diyala province
The U.S. military is sending 3,000 soldiers home from Diyala province, the second large unit to leave Iraq as troop levels are cut after a 30,000-strong "surge" earlier this year.
Nations:Iraq People:David Petraeus George W. Bush
2007-11-13
U.S. April death toll in Iraq passes 100
Five U.S. troops were killed over the weekend in Iraq, the military said Monday, pushing the death toll for April past 100 in the deadliest month for American forces this year.
Nations:U.S. Iraq U.K. Saudi Arabia Egypt Activities:Fighting in Iraq
2007-04-30
Al-Qaida-linked group making own rockets
A top Iraqi insurgent leader claimed in an audiotape posted online Tuesday that his al-Qaida-linked group had begun manufacturing its own rockets.
Nations:Iraq
2007-04-17
7 U.S. troops die in Iraq violence
The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq, including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western Baghdad -- the latest American casualties in a monthlong security crackdown in the capital.
Nations:Iraq Saudi Arabia Activities:Fighting in Iraq
2007-03-18
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