Bombings Kill at Least 16 People in Northern Iraq ABC News No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suicide bombings and well-coordinated attacks are a hallmark of an al-Qaida's breakaway branch that operates in Iraq, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Sunni Insurgent ... Iraq's deputy prime minister survives assassination attempt, officials say Iraq: Official disputes assassination allegation |
Aljazeera.com | 28 killed in violence across Iraq CNN (CNN) -- A car bomb went off in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, killing nine people, while 10 others were killed in clashes there, security officials said. The explosives-laden car targeted a joint security patrol of the Iraqi army ... Deadly car bombings hit northern Iraq Series of Bombings Kills More Than 20 Across Iraq 8 Police killed in suicide car-bomb attack in Iraq |
Christian Science Monitor | The big test facing Iraq Christian Science Monitor Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq's foreign minister, looks out the cockpit window of a military helicopter at the thin blue waterway below – the site of one of the fiercest battles in modern history. The Russian-made chopper, part of Iraq's tiny Air Force, winds ... Iraq is caught in yet another impasse Been there, done that: Iraq's stagnant democracy Iraq goes to polls with war as an inescapable backdrop |
Rudaw | Calls Grow Louder for Kurdish Independence from Iraq Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - As relations between Erbil and Baghdad continue to sour, some Kurdish leaders speak of an inevitable divorce from Iraq to establish an independent Kurdish state. “By all standards, the Kurdistan Region has the right to become ... Iraq's ruling bloc backs PM in 'fight against terror' |
7Online.com | Schumer: Afghanistan, Iraq War Veterans Deserve NYC Parade CBS Local NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a New York City homecoming parade for troops returning from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Along with veterans' groups, Schumer says it's time to honor “America's post 9/11 troops,” ... NYC parade proposed for Iraq and Afghanistan troops US Sen. Charles Schumer proposes NYC parade for troops from Afghanistan ... Schumer: Honor Iraq, Afghanistan vets with NYC parade |
Iraq Car Bomb Kills at Least 10 People in North TIME (BAGHDAD) — Officials say a car bombing in northern Iraq has killed at least 10 people and wounded 12 others. A police officer says the parked explosives-laden car targeted a joint Iraqi army and police patrol while it passed through a busy commercial ... |
Report: Iranian border guards start 4-day, limited drill near Iraq's borders Fox News TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian state television is reporting that a four-day, limited drill for border guards has begun in five provinces near the Islamic Republic's border with Iraq. The report quoted border guard chief Hossein Zolfaghari as saying that the ... |
The Guardian | Iraq goes to the polls with war as an inescapable backdrop The Guardian The last time Iraq went to the polls, in 2010, US forces were in town and insurgents hovered around the edges. Now, the foreign troops are gone, but extremism has returned to overshadow a democratic watershed in a divided country. Banners pledging ... Iraq's Sunnis Declare New Alliance to Challenge Shiite Rule Iraq Scrambles To Fight Polio Surge Amid Conflict |
The State | Scores killed in clashes in Iraq's Ramadi Aljazeera.com The bloodshed in Iraq has killed more than 2,500 people this year and sparked fears Iraq is slipping back into the all-out sectarian fighting of 2006-2007. At least 290 people have been killed across the country this month alone, according to AFP news ... Officials say car bombs in Iraq's capital kill 16 |
The Independent | Iraq inquiry deadlock leaves Labour fearing report ahead of 2015 election The Independent The increasing prospect of the report on Iraq, six years after it was ordered, being published in the period before official campaigning begins ahead of next May's general election is unnerving key advisers to the Labour leader, Ed Miliband. The ... |