29 killed, 81 injured in Iraq attacksSeptember 10th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 29 people were killed and 81 injured in attacks that shook different parts of Iraq Thursday, security sources said. In northern Iraq, 25 people died 43 were injured in a truck bombing in eastern Mosul.
15 killed, nine injured in attacks in IraqSeptember 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.
US Army captain accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes during time in IraqAugust 17th, 2009 Army captain accused of accepting bribes in IraqNEW YORK — A U.S. Army captain has been charged with accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes while he was stationed in Iraq to steer more than $500,000 in contracts.
Five policemen killed in Baghdad bomb attackAugust 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.
Correction: Iraq Shooting-Victims storyMay 14th, 2009 Correction: Iraq Shooting-Victims storyIn a May 13 story about the shooting spree at a military clinic in Iraq, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Navy Cmdr. Charles K. Springle was a psychologist.
Maryland mother says 19-year-old son among 5 killed in Iraq military stress clinicMay 13th, 2009 Mother says Md. man killed in Iraq shootingANNAPOLIS, Md.
AP source: Soldier held in shooting deaths of 5 at Iraq base had been disarmed earlier in dayMay 12th, 2009 AP source: Soldier in shootings disarmed earlierWASHINGTON — A senior military official says that an Army sergeant who shot and killed five fellow soldiers Monday at a counseling center in Iraq had been disarmed after an earlier incident at the center but returned with another weapon. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation into the shootings was ongoing.
Pentagon says 52-year-old navy officer among those killed by Iraq shooterMay 12th, 2009 Pentagon says Navy officer killed in Iraq shootingWASHINGTON — The Pentagon says a 52-year-old Navy officer was among those killed when a U.S. soldier opened fire at a clinic in Baghdad.
US soldier in Iraq kills five colleaguesMay 11th, 2009 BAGHDAD - A US soldier opened fire at an American base in Baghdad Monday, killing five of his colleagues before he was taken into custody, the US military said. The incident took place at about 2 p.m.
Seven killed in Iraq suicide bombingApril 11th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least seven people were killed and 22 injured in a suicide bombing in south of Baghdad Saturday, an interior ministry source said. A suicide bomber blew up his explosive-vest among a gathering of Awakening Council fighters in Iskandiyah, a town some 50 km south of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Obama leaves Iraq after brief visitApril 8th, 2009 BAGHDAD - US President Barack Obama left Baghdad after a brief, previously unannounced visit to Baghdad late Tuesday evening. Obama had spent some four hours in Baghdad, meeting with US forces while also holding talks with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Twin blast in Iraq kills nine policemenApril 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.
Britain begins to pull out troops from IraqMarch 31st, 2009 BAGHDAD - The British army is to begin Tuesday its official troops withdrawal from Iraq's southern city of Basra, a police source said. American troops are expected to replace the withdrawing British troops, which were stationed in Basra's air-base during the past six years since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the source said.
25 killed in Iraq suicide bombingMarch 11th, 2009 BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb attack ripped through a tribal leaders' gathering in Iraq's Abu Ghraib area Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 20, an interior ministry source said. A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a crowd of tribal leaders and senior army officers while they were leaving the town hall, 20 km west of Baghdad, the source said.
Polling station set ablaze in IraqJanuary 26th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Unknown militants Tuesday set ablaze a school that was set to be a polling station in the town of Falluja, about 50 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a security source said. The school was totally destroyed, the source said, adding that security around polling stations would be tightened all over Iraq.
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