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An Iraqi judge among five killed in attacks

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Shootings and bombings in central and north Iraq have left five people dead, including a judge and the bodyguard of an MP, security and medical officials say. In the main northern city of Mosul, Judge Abbas al-Abadi was killed as he was leaving his home, police First Lieutenant Mohammed al-Juburi and Doctor Tareq al-Naimi at Mosul hospital More >

At least 32 people killed in wave of Iraqi attacks

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Militants have struck nine cities and towns in Iraq with bombings and shootings, killing at least 32 people and wounding 104, in the latest wave of deadly attacks to hit the country. With the latest violence on Sunday, at least 252 people have been killed and 801 wounded in attacks in Iraq this month, according to an AFP tally.

Insurgents are More >

Militant raid on Iraqi prison dozens escape

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Dozens of prisoners are on the loose after militants attacked a prison in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, leaving at least 13 policemen dead, officials say.

The violence at the prison comes after al-Qaeda’s Iraqi front group announced a campaign to regain territory and said it aimed to help its jailed members escape.

Salaheddin provincial deputy More >

Catalogue of deadly attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout

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BAGHDAD—A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. Troops on Dec. 18, 2011, that leaves over 800 people dead.

Sept. 9: Insurgents kill at least 82 people in a wave of attacks, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs.

  • Aug. 16: A blistering string of bombings and More >

Fifteen people died in Baghdad Car bomb attacks

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Three car bombs have exploded in mainly Shi’ite areas of the Iraqi capital, killing at least 15 people and wounding 57 others, security and medical officials say. The attacks were part of a wave of violence across Iraq since late Saturday that left a total of more than 70 dead in 24 hours.

In the west of the city, a car bomb targeted a market in More >

String of attacks in Northern Iraq leave at least 23 dead

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At least 23 people have been killed in a string of attacks in northern Iraq, with several soldiers among the victims.

Twelve people were killed in a succession of car bombings in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, about 250 kilometres north of Baghdad, police sources said.

The deaths included seven police recruits killed when a car bomb targeted them More >

Desmond Tutu Bush, Blair should be tried for war crimes.

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LONDON — Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George W. Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq Tutu, the retired Anglican Church’s archbishop of South Africa, wrote in an op-ed piece for The Observer newspaper that the ex-leaders of More >

UK Campaigners protest in support of WikiLeaks private

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A group of 40 campaigners has gathered outside the US embassy in London to protest against the incarceration of a US Army private accused of leaking information to whistle blowing website WikiLeaks. Bradley Manning, 24, is charged with passing classified data and delivering national defence information to an unauthorised source. It is claimed he More >

New sanctions imposed on Iranian oil by US

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US President Barack Obama has imposed new economic sanctions targeting Iran’s oil export sector and a pair of Chinese and Iraqi banks accused of doing business with Tehran.

In a statement released by the White House on Tuesday, Obama said the new measures underlined the United States’ determination to force Tehran “to meet its international More >

Twin car bombs in Iraq killed 12, wounded 27

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TWIN car bombs in Baghdad have killed 12 people and wounded at least 27 others, while another attack west of the capital left two people dead, security and medical officials say.

The latest violence brings the number of people killed in attacks across Iraq in July to at least 271, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical More >

Bombings and shootings ripped across Iraq killing 106 people

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BAGHDAD — Bombings and shootings ripped across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 106 people in the deadliest day in more than two years. The coordinated attacks in 15 cities sent a chilling warning that al-Qaida is slowly resurging in the security vacuum created by a weak government in Baghdad and the departure of the U.S. military seven months More >

Car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq kill 70

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A CO-ORDINATED wave of car bombs has struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and several other cities, killing at least 70 people and wounding more than 200 in one of the deadliest days in Iraq since US troops withdrew from the country.

The bloodshed comes against a backdrop of political divisions that have raised tensions and threatened to provoke a More >

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