73 killed in two suicide attacks in Iraq

September 7th, 2009 Iraq: Suicide bomber hits mosque north of BaghdadBAGHDAD — Iraqi police say at least three people were killed and 19 wounded when a suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad. The attack raises to at least 15 the number of people killed nationwide Monday in a series of bombings.

August 29th, 2009 Suicide car bomb kills 5 police officers in IraqBAGHDAD — An Iraqi police official says a suicide car bomber targeting a police station in a remote village north of Baghdad has killed five officers. The official says the suicide bomber struck at about 8 a.m.

August 13th, 2009 Double suicide bombing kills at least 17 in IraqBAGHDAD — A double suicide bombing struck a cafe packed with young people in northwestern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 17 people, officials said, in the latest attack against a minority community. The blast occurred shortly after 5 p.m.

July 9th, 2009 Bombings in Iraq kill 26BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber on Thursday killed at least 20 people and injured 40 near a judge's house in northern Iraq, and bombs in Baghdad killed six people, authorities said. The attacks came one day after car bombs in two Shiite villages near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed 16 civilians and injured more than two dozen, signaling the challenges that face Iraq despite big improvements in security in the past two years.

July 9th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 30 people were killed and 63 injured in two consecutive suicide bombings Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police sources said. The bombers detonated their explosives in a crowded street in Tel Afar district, where many Shia Turkmen congregate, sources told DPA.

June 7th, 2009 US mil: insurgents using youths in attacks in IraqBAGHDAD — The U.S. military says insurgents are increasingly using youths to stage attacks against American and Iraqi security forces.

May 24th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Eight people were killed when a suicide bomber exploded a car packed with explosives at a US patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Sunday. The explosion, which took place in the Mosul neighbourhood of al Duwasa, also killed the bomber and wounded 26 people, police said.

April 23rd, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 28 people were killed and 50 injured in a suicide bomb attack on the Iraqi police in central Baghdad Thursday, the interior ministry said. A suicide bomber blew himself among a crowd of policemen gathered at a road in Elwiyah area to distribute aid to displaced families, the ministry said.

April 16th, 2009 RAMADI - The death toll from a suicide bombing inside a military base in central Iraq Thursday rose to 18 with 53 soldiers injured, a military source said. 'The latest reports said that 18 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 53 others were injured in the blast,' the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

April 16th, 2009 RAMADI - At least 16 people were killed and more than 50 injured Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a military base in central Iraq, a military source said. The bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated himself in a restaurant inside the Habaniyah military base near the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

March 24th, 2009 BAQUBA - A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 in a town in northeast Iraq Monday, the police said. The suicide bomber blew himself at the funeral of a relative of a local Kurdish leader in the town of Jalwlaa, some 140 km northeast of Baghdad, it said.

February 12th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 32 pilgrims were killed and 55 others injured in a suicide attack south of the Iraqi capital Friday, a police source said. According to the source, a female suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest exploded herself among a procession of Shia pilgrims in Mussayab, 44 km south of Baghdad.

February 12th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 30 pilgrims were killed and dozens of others injured in a suicide attack south of the Iraqi capital Friday, police sources said.

February 10th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 16 people were killed and more than 40 injured in two blasts in the most deadly of a series of attacks that rocked Iraq Wednesday, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya satellite network reported. The twin blasts in Baghdad followed an attack in the northern city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad.

January 23rd, 2009 FALLUJAH - A suicide car bomber targeted a police checkpoint in western Iraq Saturday, killing at least five policemen, the police said. 'A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car before midday into a police checkpoint in the town of Garma, 15 km northeast of Fallujah city,' a police source said.