Aljazeera.com | Iraqi Militants Stage Political Rally, Then Bombs Go Off New York Times The bombings struck a rally held by a Shiite militant group, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, that is trying to transform itself into a political force by fielding candidates in Iraq's coming national elections. But rather than emphasize empowerment through politics ... Many killed in Iraq reprisal attacks Syria's bloodshed spills into Iraq as al-Qaeda bombs Shia militant rally Shiite rally bombing sparks reprisals in Iraq |
Press TV | Attack on Shiite Campaign Rally Kills 31 in Iraq ABC News An al-Qaida breakaway group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, claimed responsibility for the attack. It said in a statement posted on a militant website that the bombings aimed to avenge what it called the killing of Sunnis and their forced ... Terrorist attacks claim five lives in northern Iraq Iraq: Suicide Attack Kills at Least 10 People |
Killing of 3 Americans Raises New Questions About Afghanistan and Iraq TIME AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-HOSPITAL-ATTACK An Afghan policeman outside Kabul's Cure hospital, where another Afghan policeman killed three U.S. doctors Thursday. SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images ... |
Iraq elections: Marred by corruption? Aljazeera.com It is election season in Iraq and along with the deepening sectarian entrenchment and heightened violence that usually accompanies Iraqi elections, many are asking what is at stake and how, if at all possible, the elections might bring about the ... |
New Yorker | What We Left Behind New Yorker When the last American soldiers left Iraq, at the end of 2011, the bloody civil war between the country's Sunni and Shiite sects had been stifled but not resolved. Now the sectarian violence had returned, with terrifying intensity. For more than a year ... Column: Iraq's 'Second' Most Important Elections War returns to Iraq on the eve of elections Riyadh meddling in Iraq, Syria: Maliki |
Aljazeera.com | Dozens killed as blasts hit Iraq poll rally Aljazeera.com A series of bombs has exploded at a campaign rally for a Shia group in Iraq's capital ahead of the country's parliamentary election, killing at least 37 people and wounding scores others, police said. Friday's explosions struck as some 10,000 people ... |
New Yorker (blog) | Moises Saman's Return to Iraq New Yorker (blog) Saman_Baghdad01.jpg Children in a field in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, a predominantly Shiite slum. All photographs from March, 2014. Saman_Baghdad02.jpg Concrete blast walls block a street in the Saidiya neighborhood, one of the few remaining ... |
Al-Arabiya | Lebanese banks eye potential growth markets across Iraq Al-Arabiya Also at the conference, Adnan al-Jalabi, the president of the private banking league in Iraq, said that his country had relatively few banks compared to the size of the population. “The number of banks operating in Iraq does not correspond with the ... |
Al-Arabiya | Iraq still falling short of its 2014 oil export target Al-Arabiya Iraq has exported an average of 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil so far in April, more than in March, but still well short of its 2014 target, due in part to repeated sabotage of a northern pipeline. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al ... UPDATE 2-Iraq oil exports average 2.5 mln bpd so far in April Iraq oil exports average 2.5m bpd |
Bombs kill more than two dozen at Iraq campaign rally Al Jazeera America A series of bombs exploded Friday at a campaign rally for a Shia group in Iraq's capital ahead of the country's parliamentary elections, killing at least 28 and wounding over 40, authorities said. The explosions struck as about 10,000 people had ... |