Thursday 17 May 2012
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BAGHDAD: Explosions killed at least 26 people across Iraq on Thursday, most of them Shiite pilgrims taking part in a holy mourning ceremony, authorities said, raising fears of further sectarian attacks at the approach of Shiite’s most solemn occasion.
MOSUL : At least 17 people were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Thursday in a cafe in Iraq’s restive northern Mosul province, police said. At least 20 people were also injured after the bombers detonated suicide belts packed with explosives in the cafe in the town of Kalaa, northwest of...
BAGHDAD: Six people were killed and 46 wounded on Saturday in attacks in Iraq, including bombings at a central Baghdad billiards cafe, security officials said. In the capital, two people were killed and 11 wounded when two bombs exploded in the central Baghdad shopping district of Karrada after dark, security officials said.
MOSUL: A car bomb near a mosque in Iraq’s restive northern city of Mosul killed nine people and wounded 13 others on Wednesday, in the country’s worst single attack since a major pullback of US troops. The parked bomb was detonated in Bawiza district, on Mosul’s outskirts, a police official told media, within minutes...
BAGHDAD ( 2009-06-29 19:52:12 ) :Iraq’s security forces were Monday on high alert in Baghdad as US troops finalised their withdrawal from the conflict-hit nation’s urban areas, an event to be marked by a massive party in the capital. The US pullout, under a bilateral security accord signed last year, will be completed on...