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  • Over 60 killed in Iraq terror attacks Over 60 killed in Iraq terror attacks

    BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 60 people, including Iranian Shia pilgrims, were killed in a series of car bombings and shootings across Iraq Monday, officials said. The worst hit in Monday's violence was Baghdad where eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods. The attacks left 12 people dead and 109 wounded, a senior ...

  • 4 killed 68 wounded in bomb attacks in Iraq

    Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): At least four people were killed and 68 others wounded in deadly bomb attacks in war-torn Iraq on Tuesday, police said. At least three people were killed and more than 43 others wounded when two car bombs exploded in the Hussein district in Tuz Khormato, some 170 km north of Baghdad, a police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The blasts caused ...

  • Wave of Attacks Kills At Least 76 in Iraq

    A wave of car bombings and suicide attacks against Shi'ite Muslims ripped through Iraqi cities Monday, killing at least 76 people and wounding scores more, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew from the country in December 2011. The attacks increased the number of Iraqis killed in sectarian clashes over the past week to more than 200, including 70 who died Friday ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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  • Iraq’s 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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