8 killed, 50 wounded in Baghdad bomb attacks

October 7th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least five people were killed and 15 others injured Wednesday in violence around Iraq, police told DPA. In the northern city of Mosul, two policemen were killed by a bomb as they patrolled the neighbourhood of al-Zahra.

September 9th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 15 people, including three policemen, were killed and nine injured in separate bomb attacks in Iraq Wednesday, according to witnesses and security sources. Seven people were killed and two injured, from the same family, when a car bomb went off in Kirkuk, witnesses said.

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 - Two people were killed and eight others injured Thursday when a bicycle bomb exploded in Baghdad, witnesses said. The bicycle exploded in the crowded al-Rasheed street, damaging several offices of travel companies.

August 20th, 2009 2 killed, 10 wounded in Baghdad bombingBAGHDAD — Iraqi police say at least two people have been killed and 10 others wounded in a bicycle bombing in Baghdad. Police and hospital officials say Thursday's bomb exploded near a downtown restaurant shortly before 8 a.m.

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.

August 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Five policemen were killed and three injured Wednesday when a bomb targeted their patrol in southern Baghdad, a police source said. The bomb was planted on a road in al-Athouriyeen neighbourhood in al-Doura, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.

August 3rd, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least two civilians were killed and seven others were wounded Monday when a man detonated explosives packed into his car in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar, police said. The bomber was trying to kill the police chief of the district of al-Saqalawiya, whose convoy was passing at the time, police in al-Anbar told DPA.

August 3rd, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least five civilians were killed and 23 wounded Monday when a man detonated his explosives-laden car in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar. The bomber was trying to kill the police chief of the district of al-Saqalawiya, whose convoy was passing at the time, police in al-Anbar told DPA.

August 2nd, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least seven people were killed and 20 wounded Sunday when a powerful car bomb exploded in a crowded market in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar, medical staff said. The bombing targeted a market in the predominantly Sunni town of al-Haditha, roughly 250 kilometres north-east of Baghdad.

July 2nd, 2009 Roadside bomb kills Iraqi soldier in BaghdadBAGHDAD — Police say a roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded seven other people in central Baghdad. It's the latest in a wave of attacks following U.S.

June 25th, 2009 Iraqi police say bomb kills 7 in southwest BaghdadBAGHDAD — Iraqi police say a bomb has killed seven people and wounded 31 others at a bus station in a Shiite neighborhood in southwest Baghdad, the latest in a series of attacks ahead of a U.S. military withdrawal from cities next week.

June 22nd, 2009 Iraq: Bomb hits minibus in Baghdad, killing 3BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say that at least three people were killed and 13 others wounded in a roadside bombing in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad. The attack comes just over a week before U.S.

April 7th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Six consecutive blasts targeting predominantly Shia neighbourhoods of Baghdad killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 100 Monday, the police and media reports said. The first of four attacks in two hours hit the central Baghdad neighbourhood of al-Allawi, killing at least six people, the police said, adding that most of the dead and the 17 wounded were day-labourers queuing up for work.

December 26th, 2008 BAGHDAD - At least 24 people were killed and 50 wounded in a car bomb explosion in northern Baghdad Saturday, the interior ministry said. 'The car bomb explosion in Kadhmiyah killed 24 people and wounded 50,' it said.