NPR | Iraq terror deaths reach 1000 USA TODAY SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Almost 1,000 people have been killed in September in Iraq as car bombs have become a near daily occurrence in a country seeing its worst surge of violence in five years. "Every day when you walk around the city, you feel afraid ... Iraq attacks leave almost 1000 dead in September Iraq: Nearly 1000 Killed Last Month Iraq Death Toll Rises To Nearly 1000 In September |
Ancient city unearthed in Iraq may be 3300 years old NBCNews.com A domestic structure, with at least two rooms, that may date to relatively late in the life of the newfound ancient city, perhaps around 2,000 years ago when the Parthian Empire controlled the area in Iraq. In the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq ... Ancient City Of Idu Discovered Beneath Mound In Iraq Archeologists Find Ancient City in Iraq Ancient Kingdom Of Idu Discovered Under Mound In Iraq; Hidden For 3300 Years |
The Guardian | Syrian jihadists wreak havoc as violence spreads into Iraq The Guardian Random, savage and relentless violence is once more a reality in this part of Iraq, with almost daily bombings and killings stirring ghosts of a time, not long ago, when Anbar province was almost lost to al-Qaida and when hopes for a civil and stable ... Syrian jihadists accused of spreading 'brutal influence' in Iraq to set up ... |
New York Times | Once-Calm Area of Iraq Is Shaken by Bombings New York Times Published: September 29, 2013. BAGHDAD — Several explosions, some of them from suicide bombers, struck the heart of Iraq's northern Kurdish region on Sunday, setting off chaos and gunfights in the streets of the capital, Erbil. World Twitter Logo. Bombings in Iraq aren't just killing Iraqis – they're also helping Syria's Assad Kurdistan Attacks Shatter Calm in Iraq's Only Peaceful Oasis Regional Security Boosts Archeology in Northern Iraq |
Exclusive: Vatican Bank likely to close embassy accounts after Iran, Iraq red ... Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican bank is likely to close all accounts held by foreign embassies, following concerns about large cash deposits and withdrawals by the missions of Iran, Iraq and Indonesia, according to people with knowledge of the ... |
Iraq Shiites targeted by bombs at Baghdad markets CBS News BAGHDAD A wave of car bombs struck mainly in Shiite neighborhoods of Bagdad on Monday morning, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens more, officials said, the latest in relentless violence roiling Iraq in recent months. The country's Interior ... |
Iraq and Syria: cross infection The Guardian Could the model of Sunni tribal leaders in Iraq who helped drive al-Qaida out, in a movement known as the awakening (al-Sahawa), be used as a template for the same thing in northern Syria? The parallel is there, but it is still a long way from being a ... |
The Guardian | Iraq: Baghdad's Shia neighbourhoods rocked by series of car bombs The Guardian No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombings, but they bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida's local branch in Iraq, known as the Islamic State of Iraq. Al-Qaida is believed to be trying to build on the Sunni minority's discontent towards what ... US Condemns Latest Iraq Bloodshed Al-Qaeda claims Iraq bombings that killed 55 Iraq: Wave of car bombs across Baghdad kills at least 51 |
RT | Iraq: The greatest 'non-story' of the modern era RT The same elite figures in the West who couldn't stop writing or talking about Iraq in 2002 and early 2003, telling us what a terrible threat Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction' were to us all, and how we needed to go to war with Iraq not ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Bombings across Iraq now touch on formerly safe havens Christian Science Monitor A rash of car bombs killed dozens across Baghdad on Monday, the latest in a series of deadly bombings that have racked Iraq over the past several days. The violence has brought the country's civilian death toll to its worst level since 2008. Al Jazeera ... |