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Iraq car bombings leave dozens dead
BAGHDAD — Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday amid the worst wave of violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago. The attacks, which occurred along busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Basra (Iraq), United Nations, Politics
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Dozens killed in wave of bombings in Iraq
A string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said The attacks, some of which hit market places...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Bombings, Explosions
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Car bombs in Iraq kill at least 65 people
BAGHDAD -- Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday as the country's worst wave of violence since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago continued. The attacks that occurred by busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas followed...
Tags: United Nations, Basra (Iraq), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Nouri Maliki
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Two blasts in Iraq leave at least 70 dead
BAGHDAD — Bombings in Iraq near a Sunni Muslim mosque, a busy shopping street and a funeral procession left at least 70 people dead Friday as the security situation continued to show signs of unraveling. The explosions brought the week’s...Tags: United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Nouri Maliki, Politics
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Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17
BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...
Tags: Suicide, Shootings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Motorvehicle Accidents, NATO
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Sword of division is poised over Iraq
BAGHDAD — Less than a year and a half after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's political leaders are openly debating the prospect of two dangerous paths for their country: de facto division or civil war. Perhaps both. Tension between the Shiite...Tags: Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Politics, Wars and Interventions
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Iraqi inquiries find excessive force in Sunni protest camp raid
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security used disproportionate force, including shooting unarmed civilians, during a raid on an encampment of Sunni Arab protesters last week that left 45 people dead, according to two government investigations and foreign diplomats....
Tags: United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Nouri Maliki, Politics
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Car bombs in 4 Iraqi cities kill at least 22
BAGHDAD — Shiite-dominated areas in southern and central Iraq were rocked Monday by car bomb explosions that killed at least 22 people and fueled fears that the country is sliding into a civil war. The violence occurred as Iraqi security forces...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Bombings
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Car bombings in Shiite areas of Iraq kill more than 20
BAGHDAD -- Shiite-dominated areas in Iraq's southern and central regions were rocked Monday by a series of car bombs that killed at least 22 people and fueled fears that the country is sliding into a civil war. The bombings -- particularly in the city...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Bombings, Explosions, Iraq
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4 Iraqi soldiers killed at Sunni checkpoint
BAGHDAD — Four Iraqi soldiers were shot dead Saturday, the day after Sunni Arab tribes in the restive western province of Anbar announced that they had formed their own army to defend themselves against the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government. The...
Tags: Religion and Belief, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Nouri Maliki
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Iraq shuts down 10 television channels
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government ordered 10 predominantly Sunni Muslim satellite television channels to cease broadcasting Sunday, accusing them of encouraging the sectarian unrest that left more than 200 people dead in a week of violence in...Tags: Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Satellite Technology, Politics, Islam
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Iraq fighting leaves at least 41 more people dead
BEIRUT — At least 41 people died Thursday on the third straight day of pitched fighting between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arabs, as Prime Minister Nouri Maliki warned the country was in crisis. The national police battled back Sunni fighters...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mosul (Iraq), Armed Conflicts, Nouri Maliki, Politics
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