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  • 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 ...

  • Three Civilian Wounded Northwest Baghdad

    Baghdad, May 22 (BNA) - Three civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb went off on Wednesday northwest of Baghdad. A police source said that a bomb exploded on a minibus in the Hurriya area, northwest of Baghdad, wounding three civilians, according to the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA). Baghdad and a number of provinces had witnessed a significant security deterioration in the past few ...

  • More attacks across Iraq leave 7 people dead

    BAGHDAD--New attacks in Iraq killed seven people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the ...

  • Turkey eyes oil gas deals with Iraqi Kurdistan in 2013

    ANKARA | Wed May 22, 2013 2:51am EDT ANKARA May 22 (Reuters) - Turkey is looking to sign commercial contracts this year with Russian and U.S. companies operating in northern Iraq for joint oil and gas exploration, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told Reuters. "We are likely to be involved with Russian and American companies in northern Iraq for different projects like oil and ...

  • Hundreds killed in upsurge of terror bombings sectarian killings in Iraq

    A wave of violence is shaking the neo-colonial Iraqi regime that emerged from the US war and occupation of Iraq, as sectarian tensions between Iraq's bourgeois factions are inflamed by the savage US-led proxy war in neighbouring Syria.In this past week, more than 200 people have been killed in car bomb attacks in a number of Iraqi cities. The worst violence was in Baghdad, where car bombs ...

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  • US soldier John Russell gets life in prison for Camp Liberty killings in Iraq

    Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted earlier this week over the murders at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war-related stress at Camp Liberty, the largest US base in ...

  • Canadian killed in escalating violence in Iraq

    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. REUTERS/Stringer A Canadian has been killed amidst rising violence in Iraq. "I have grown increasingly concerned in recent days as a spate of deadly sectarian ...

  • ‘US opened Pandora’s box in Iraq regional sectarian violence almost impossible to stop now’

    Violence Sectarian violence unleashed after the US disintegration of Iraq is linked to the Syrian conflict and the death toll will only climb since extremist elements hijacked the sectarian instability in the region, political analyst Chris Bambery told RT. "Everyone in Iraq must be terrified that the situation in Syria is spilling over into Iraq" Bambery said as Tuesday's ...

  • Iraq violence kills 18

    Violence in Iraq, including a bombing near a mosque, has killed 18 people officials say, the latest in a spate of unrest that has cost more than 370 lives so far this month.Tuesday's bomb near a mosque in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, killed five people and wounded at least 16, officials said.Dozens of mosques have been attacked so far this year, including two Shi'ite places of worship ...

  • 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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