10 dead as explosions hit Baghdad

October 14th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 11 people were killed and 44 injured Wednesday in several blasts across Iraq, security sources and media reports said. Four people were killed and 38 injured Wednesday in three explosions in the southern city of Karbala, security sources said.

October 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Two policemen were killed and four others injured in two separate attacks in the Iraqi capital Sunday, police said. In one incident, a bomb went off near a police vehicle on the al-Muttabag street in eastern Baghdad, killing a policeman and wounding four others.

August 21st, 2009 BAGHDAD - A car bomb explosion in a market in southern Baghdad claimed the lives of two people and wounded 20 others on Friday. Baghdad police said the blast took place in the Dora neighbourhood at around 8.00 a.m.

August 20th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Ten police and military officers are being held for questioning in Wednesday's coordinated attacks in central Baghdad, which left around 100 dead and 1,200 injured, media reports said Thursday. "Security officials in Bab al-Moazzam and al-Salihiya areas have been detained and will be interrogated over the terrorist attacks that took place in their districts," said a statement from the Iraqi military's Baghdad Operations Command, published in al-Sabah daily newspaper.

August 19th, 2009 Wave of explosions in Baghdad kill at least 58BAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say that a series of explosions have struck Baghdad, killing at least 58 people and wounding nearly 300 others. The attacks in the Iraqi capital started shortly after 10 a.m.

August 19th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 48 people were killed and 279 wounded as some 10 explosions shook central Baghdad Wednesday morning, police and witnesses said. In a coordinated wave of attacks, a powerful car bomb exploded near the finance ministry, severely damaging Mohammed al-Qassem street, an important thoroughfare, police told DPA.

August 19th, 2009 Wave of Baghdad blasts kill at least 58 peopleBAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say that a series of explosions have struck Baghdad, killing at least 58 people and wounding nearly 300 others. The attacks in the Iraqi capital started shortly after 10 a.m.

August 19th, 2009 Blasts hit Iraqi capital, kill 11 peopleBAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say at least four explosions have struck Baghdad, including one near the parliament building in the Green Zone, killing at least 11 people. The attacks hit the Iraqi capital shortly after 10 a.m.

August 19th, 2009 Blasts hit central Baghdad, kill 3, wound 7BAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say at least two explosions have struck Baghdad, including one near the parliament building, killing at least three people. The officials say a parked car bomb targeted a joint Iraqi police and army patrol near the finance ministry in northern Baghdad on Wednesday morning.

August 19th, 2009 BAGHDAD - A series of explosions shook central Baghdad Wednesday morning, witnesses said. Heavy black smoke filled the air over the city centre and emergency vehicles rushed to the scene.

August 19th, 2009 BAGHDAD — Hospital and medical officials say a series of explosions targeting government and commercial buildings in Baghdad killed at least 75 people and wounded more than 300. The attacks started shortly after 10 a.m.

July 31st, 2009 Iraqi police: 24 killed in Baghdad bombingsBAGHDAD — Multiple bombs have exploded near three Shiite mosques in Baghdad as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing at least 24 and wounding dozens more, Iraqi police officials said. The bombings shattered a period of relative calm in the Iraqi capital, raising to at least 303 Iraqis killed in what has been one of the least deadly months in Iraq for both Iraqi civilians and U.S.

June 26th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 17 people were killed and 45 injured Friday in a motorbike bomb explosion in central Baghdad, authorities said. The motorbike, packed with explosives, went off in a market that sells motorcycles in Bab al-Sheikh area.

April 24th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in northern Baghdad Friday, killing 30 people and injuring 100, an interior ministry source said. The two attacks occurred almost simultaneously.

April 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Two simultaneous explosions killed nine policemen Sunday in Anbar province west of Baghdad, police said. A police source told the DPA that the bombs ripped though a patrol in Faluja, 70 km west of Baghdad, killing an officer and eight other policemen.