Bombers target Baghdad, northern town of Tal Afar, Iraqi officials say

August 27th, 2009 Iraqi police: Car bomb kills 1 near US baseBAGHDAD — Iraqi police officials say a string of car bombs have targeted Iraqi security forces in and around Baghdad, killing one and wounding 19 people. The blasts come as security has tightened throughout Iraq ahead of the funeral of Iraqi Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim.

August 23rd, 2009 Official: Mastermind of Baghdad bombings arrestedBAGHDAD — Iraq's chief military spokesman says the mastermind of the attacks targeting government buildings in Baghdad has been arrested. Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi says Iraqi state television will air the man's confession Sunday.

August 22nd, 2009 Police: 2 Iraqi soldiers gunned down at checkpointBAGHDAD — Gunmen attacked an Iraqi military checkpoint in the Iraqi capital Saturday, as Iraqi lawmakers scrutinize the readiness of Iraqi forces following a string of bombings in recent weeks that have killed hundreds. The attack on the checkpoint in northern Baghdad killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded another, a police official said, and follows a string of bombings in Baghdad that have shaken public confidence in Iraq's security forces.

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 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.

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.

July 9th, 2009 Bombs in Baghdad, Tal Afar kill at least 41BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombers on Thursday killed at least 34 people and injured 70 in an attack on the home of an anti-terrorism officer in northern Iraq, while three roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven others, 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, in a surge of violence in Iraq's troubled north following the withdrawal of U.S.

July 9th, 2009 Bombings in Mosul, Baghdad kill at least 41BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombers on Thursday killed at least 34 people and injured 70 in an attack on the home of an anti-terrorism officer in northern Iraq, while three roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven others, 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, in a surge of violence in Iraq's troubled north following the withdrawal of U.S.

July 9th, 2009 Bombs in Mosul, Baghdad kill at least 41BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber on Thursday killed at least 34 people and injured 70 near a judge's house in northern Iraq, and two roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven 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 Iraq suicide bomber kills 15BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured 40 near a judge's house in the northern town of Tal Afar. A police officer and an official in the provincial command center say the attack occurred at around 6:30 a.m.

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.

April 24th, 2009 Iraqi police: 55 dead in double bombingBAGHDAD — An Iraqi police official says at least 55 people have been killed in back-to-back suicide bombings outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad. The police officials says another 125 people have been wounded in the blasts Friday in the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Kazimiyah.

April 24th, 2009 Iraqi police: 25 dead in double bombingBAGHDAD — Back-to-back suicide bombings killed at least 25 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, police officials said. The blasts in the northern neighborhood of Kazimiyah come a day after nearly 80 people were killed in attacks, making it the deadliest day in Iraq in more than a year.

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.