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Iraq: Wave of Violence Continues - New York Times Fri, 31 May 2013 01:11:05 GMT

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Iraq: Wave of Violence Continues
New York Times
A series of bombings in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens on Thursday, Iraqi officials said. Iraq is facing its most relentless wave of violence since the 2011 American military withdrawal. More than ...
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Iraq violence claims more lives - Aljazeera.com Thu, 30 May 2013 07:30:47 GMT

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Iraq violence claims more lives
Aljazeera.com
Fresh attacks in Iraq, including car bombs in Baghdad, have killed more than 20, including 12 police officers, amid a surge of violence that has left 160 dead in a week and increased fears of all-out sectarian conflict. On Thursday morning, a car bomb ...


Iraq says it averted al Qaeda tanker truck attack on major oil site - Yahoo! News Thu, 30 May 2013 13:39:01 GMT

Iraq says it averted al Qaeda tanker truck attack on major oil site
Yahoo! News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq foiled an al Qaeda plot to use tanker trucks packed with explosives to attack a key Baghdad oil facility, a senior security official and oil sources said. The security official declined to name the facility because the ...


US gun deaths since Newtown exceed Iraq war deaths - MSNBC Thu, 30 May 2013 22:49:12 GMT

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US gun deaths since Newtown exceed Iraq war deaths
MSNBC
According to Slate's gun deaths project, which has been tallying the total number killed from gun violence less than six months ago, there have been 4,499 gun deaths in the U.S. The Defense Department has counted 4,409 U.S. armed forces killed in the ...
Gun Deaths Since Newtown Now Surpass Number of Americans Killed in IraqNational Journal
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Iraq: Bombing Kills Members of Wedding Party - New York Times Thu, 30 May 2013 02:06:21 GMT

Iraq: Bombing Kills Members of Wedding Party
New York Times
Adding to Iraq's recent spasms of violence, a car bomb killed about 20 people in a wedding party in a Baghdad neighborhood on Wednesday and wounded more than 50 others, according to officials. “This what happens in Iraq,” said Harish Ahmed, one of the ...


Wave of Iraq Violence Continues - Voice of America Thu, 30 May 2013 14:57:18 GMT

Voice of America

Wave of Iraq Violence Continues
Voice of America
Violence has killed hundreds in Iraq this month as militants try to exploit tensions between minority Sunnis and majority Shi'ites to foment a sectarian war. Iraqi Sunnis accuse the country's Shi'ite-led government of marginalizing them, ignoring their ...


Cameron, Blair and their 'grubby deal to censor Iraq inquiry': Key evidence ... - Daily Mail Fri, 31 May 2013 00:36:18 GMT

Cameron, Blair and their 'grubby deal to censor Iraq inquiry': Key evidence ...
Daily Mail
The Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq conflict was set up four years ago but has yet to report. While Sir John Chilcot and his panel have been given access to all the documents, they have been denied the right to publish some of those which they regard as ...


16 die in a wave of bomb blasts across Iraq - Press TV Thu, 30 May 2013 13:58:17 GMT

16 die in a wave of bomb blasts across Iraq
Press TV
Security and medical officials says at least 16 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a series of bomb explosions across Iraq. Four people lost their lives in the Binouq neighborhood of northern Baghdad on Thursday, when cars rigged with ...


Iraq attacks kill 11 as violence spirals - DAWN.com Thu, 30 May 2013 08:24:01 GMT

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Iraq attacks kill 11 as violence spirals
DAWN.com
BAGHDAD: Attacks in Iraq, including car bombs in Baghdad, killed 11 people on Thursday, the latest in a surge of violence that has left 166 dead in a week and sparked fears of all-out sectarian conflict. The UN has called for Iraq's leaders to urgently ...


Baghdad bombs kill 10 as Muslim sectarian violence rises in Iraq - The Independent Thu, 30 May 2013 13:28:15 GMT

Baghdad bombs kill 10 as Muslim sectarian violence rises in Iraq
The Independent
Growing violence parallels deepening tensions between Iraq's majority Shi'ite leaders and Sunni minority, many of whom believe their sect has been unfairly treated since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Syria's war, where Sunni rebels are fighting against ...