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  • 32 die in Iraq suicide bombing

    At least 32 people were killed and over 50 injured in twin suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said. The attacks occurred around midday at the al-Husseiniyah mosque in al-Qahira district, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up during prayers, Xinhua reported. The official said the two attackers first shot dead the guards of the mosque with ...

  • 15 killed in suicide bombing at Baghdad Shiite mosque

    Baghdad, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Up to 15 people were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack occurred around midday when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden vest among worshippers at a mosque in al- Qahira district in northern Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of ...

  • Learning a Lesson from Libya Iraq Reconciliation Not Revenge

    Even as Syria’s nightmare continues, policy makers should consider the country’s future once hostilities end. Those planning for Syria’s "day after" should learn a lesson from the past and avoid an approach just adopted in Libya, and before that in Iraq, that will widen divisions rather than heal the wounds. Libya’s parliament recently voted to bar many ...

  • Ed Miliband is standing firm on Syria but is he caught in a trap

    On a November night in 1987, I walked through the blown-up heart of Enniskillen a few hours after IRA bombers murdered 11 people who had gathered on Remembrance Day to mourn the dead of another war. I was a young journalist on my first major assignment, and I had never seen such carnage. Today, as the G8 circus leaves Fermanagh, Enniskillen has once again become a shrine to violence. Even ...

  • Iraqi suicide bombers hit Baghdad mosque kill 34

    Umm Satta grieves for her slain college student son, Sattar Jabbar, near Habib al-Asadi Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near the Shiite mosque, Iraqi officials said. Most of the casualties were among students from a nearby Imam al-Sadiq University for Islamic Studies. Police officials said the university's Shiite ...

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers [DVD]

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers [DVD]

The problem with Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is that it's a bridge movie, linking Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), which jump-started the series back into existence after a long hiatus with the introduction of Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris), Michael's niece, and Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), which answers the mystery left at ... ...

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  • Ron Paul ‘Obama’s Syria policy looks a lot like Bush’s Iraq policy’

    War Did the White House's remarks about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons sound familiar? Former congressman Ron Paul says the build up to a likely strike on Syria reminds him of the days before the invasion of Iraq. Paul, the longtime Republican lawmaker from Texas who retired last year following an unsuccessful attempt to gain the GOP nomination for the ...

  • Iraq excludes Kurds from ambitious 2014 oil output target

    Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:38pm EDT * Target for 4.5 mln bpd output relies on southern oilfields * Kurdistan says excluded from national energy strategy * High-level committee formed to settle Baghdad-Kurd oil row By Peg Mackey LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Iraq aims to ramp up oil production by nearly 45 percent by the end of next year - without any input from its autonomous Kurdistan region - which ...

  • Suicide Bombers Kill 37 at Shiite Mosque in Baghdad

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  • Twin Suicide Attacks Kill 29 in Iraq

    Tuesday's coordinated blasts struck after midday prayers in the Iraqi capital's northern al-Qahira district. The first bomber detonated his charge at a checkpoint near the mosque and minutes later a second person blew himself up inside the building. Iraq has seen a surge in violence that officials blame on Sunni Islamist insurgents and al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq. ...

  • Chevron signs 3rd Kurdistan oil deal after being banned by Iraq

    Kurdistan’s Qara Dagh oil field. The Kurdish Regional Government has signed an oil exploration contract with the U.S. firm Chevron. Under the accord, Chevron would explore the Qara Dagh field, which encompasses 860 kilometers. ';Chevron will acquire an interest in and operatorship of the Qara Dagh block production sharing contract from the Kurdistan regional government,'; ...

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