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Fri, 09 May 2008

Google Alert: "Iraq"

Rocket Hits BBC Bureau in Baghdad
FOXNews - USA
The clashes erupted after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, launched a crackdown against the Mahdi Army in the southern city of Basra on March 25. ...
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Walking a tightrope
Al-Ahram Weekly - Cairo,Egypt
"The Iranians were really outraged by accusations coming from Baghdad," the official told Al-Ahram Weekly. He said that the Iraqi delegation met only one ...
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BBC Baghdad bureau is struck by rocket
Times Online - UK
Iraqi officials last night said that the militant, called Abu Ayyub al-Masri, had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul. In yet another false alarm, ...
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Iraq rocket attack on Basra base kills two
Reuters - USA
BAGHDAD, May 8 (Reuters) - Militants fired rockets into a British forces base in Iraq's southern oil town of Basra on Thursday, killing two contractors and ...
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Rocket hits Baghdad park, killing 2 civilians
Houston Chronicle - United States
The US military said that 17 militants had been killed since Wednesday in clashes around Baghdad. The rocket, which also wounded six people, was the second ...
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Thu, 08 May 2008

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Aid officials urge relief for Baghdad slum
Reuters - USA
Maliki's crackdown was initially launched in the southern Shi'ite city of Basra, where the Mehdi Army put up stiff resistance for a week until Sadr ordered ...
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Iraq Briefing: Hometown Baghdad
New York Times - United States
By Eric Owles Hometown Baghdad, a series of videos documenting the lives of three young people in Iraq, was among the many winners at the Webby Awards ...
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Marriott Weighs Risk, Opportunity Of a Hotel in Baghdad Green Zone
Washington Post - United States
By Michael S. Rosenwald A Marriott International official said yesterday that the company was evaluating whether to open a hotel in Baghdad's fortified ...
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Hazards are par for course in Baghdad
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By eter Yoon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Despite its location -- a war zone -- the nine-hole Crossed Swords Golf Course in Baghdad is popular among ...
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Wed, 07 May 2008

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Stresses Importance of US-Iran Security Talks
Voice of America - USA
It said the suspects were detained in separate operations north of Baghdad in Kirkuk province, and in the towns of Tarmiyah and Judaidah. ...
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Aid groups: Humanitarian woes grow in Baghdad's Sadr City
The Associated Press -
The battles started in late March after the Iraqi government opened a crackdown on militias and armed gangs in the southern city of Basra, including some ...
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Resurrecting the Baghdad Museum
TIME - USA
"This year we have plans to excavate again in the town of al-Hathar, just outside Mosul [in northern Iraq], but the security situation there is still bad," ...
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Pentagon Envisions Shoppes At Historic Baghdad
Hartford Courant - United States
At the moment, of course, the Green Zone is a walled, heavily fortified, frequently bombarded compound smack in the heart of Baghdad. In five years, though, ...
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As Baghdad grapples with Sadr City, Iraqi Kurdistan busily builds ...
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
And all of this is happening in defiance of the oil ministry and the central government in Baghdad. But as the government of this semiautonomous region, ...
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The Challenge Of Creating A Lasting Peace
Washington Post - United States
By Sholnn Freeman BAGHDAD -- The most powerful man in Adhamiyah suddenly appeared out of the darkness, sweeping into the alley behind a wall of bodyguards. ...
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Tue, 06 May 2008

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3500 US troops set to leave Iraq in the coming weeks
The Associated Press -
Around the same time in eastern Mosul, two gunmen were killed by police. North of Baghdad in Tikrit, a car bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in the ...
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Robert H. Reid named AP's Baghdad bureau chief
The Associated Press -
"Bob Reid has frequently served as acting chief editor in Baghdad, displaying a deep understanding of the country acquired from the very first days of the ...
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FACTBOX:Security developments in Iraq, May 6
Reuters - USA
KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded seven others on Monday in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, the US military said. ...
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Saddam Hussein feared catching venereal diseases from US guards
USA Today - USA
While Saddam Hussein was being held in Baghdad, he wrote about his fear of catching AIDS or other "young people's diseases" from his US military guards. ...
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US military to pull out 3500 troops from Iraq
Xinhua - China
BAGHDAD, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The US military said Tuesday it will withdraw 3500 soldiers deployed in Iraq earlier last year as part of the "surge" aimed at ...
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Fri, 02 May 2008

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Measuring Iraq's Security Forces
TIME - USA
Iraqi army soldiers aboard a US Air Force C-17 aircraft that will take them to the southern city of Basra to join an offensive against Shi'ite militias. ...
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Double Bombings in Iraqi Town Kill at Least 35
New York Times - United States
An American soldier secured the area of a car bomb that killed an American soldier and at least nine Iraqi civilians in Baghdad on Thursday. ...
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Report: Former Guantanamo detainee carried out Iraq suicide attack
International Herald Tribune - France
AP CAIRO, Egypt: Al-Arabiya television reports that a former Guantanamo detainee carried out a recent suicide bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. ...
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Thu, 01 May 2008

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Soldier killed in 1 am roadside bombing near Baghdad
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
But Sadr's truce is in tatters since the crackdown against militias began in late March in the southern oil hub of Basra, sparking an uprising by the ...
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Two US Soldiers Killed In Baghdad []
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
4/30/2008 1:07:02 PM Two US soldiers were killed in separate attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, said the US military on Wednesday. ...
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Blast in Baghdad kills nine, wounds 23: police
Washington Post - United States
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An explosion near a US patrol in Baghdad killed nine Iraqis and wounded 23 on Thursday, Iraqi police said. The Iraqi police said there ...
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Blast in Baghdad kills nine, wounds 23-police
Reuters - USA
BAGHDAD, May 1 (Reuters) - An explosion near a US patrol in Baghdad killed nine Iraqis and wounded 23 on Thursday, Iraqi police said. ...
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Baghdad Death Figures Challenged
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
Government offensives, backed by foreign troops, against the Mahdi Army, followers of Muslim Shia clergyman Moqtada al Sader, began in the oil city of Basra ...
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NC Army National Guardman killed in
abc11tv.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
He said, "Pfc. Marion recently conducted route clearance in Sadr City, the most dangerous area of Baghdad, and his expertise resulted in finding multiple ...
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Sun, 27 Apr 2008

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Clashes in Baghdad militia bastion kill 10
AFP -
"Never interfere in the tasks of the police and army, so that police and army would operate everywhere -- in Sadr City, Basra and Mosul -- without any ...
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Iraqi leaders discuss unity govt; 5 die in Baghdad violence
The Associated Press -
Fighting in the district has been ongoing since al-Maliki first launched his campaign a month ago against militias in the southern city of Basra. ...
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Fri, 25 Apr 2008

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US air strikes kill 10 in Baghdad
Reuters - USA
BAGHDAD, April 25 (Reuters) - The US military said on Friday it had killed 10 fighters in helicopter missile strikes and ground battles in eastern Baghdad ...
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Britain to Maintain Troop Levels in Iraq
Voice of America - USA
Des Browne told Parliament on Thursday that British commanders are still evaluating the situation in the city of Basra, where most British troops are ...
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US planes strike Baghdad region torn by fighting
CNN - USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 11 people were killed and 36 others were wounded in overnight battles in northern Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, ...
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Thu, 24 Apr 2008

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Iraqi army claims it is in full control of Basra
AFP -
A similar operation is under way in Sadr City, the Mahdi Army's east Baghdad stronghold where militiamen have been battling US and Iraqi troops since April ...
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New momentum for US-Iran dialogue
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
The US is now putting the accent on "common ground" and "convergence of interests" that, per an article in the New York Times, means backing the Baghdad ...
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Miliband meets Maliki in Baghdad
Reuters UK - UK
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary David Miliband held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Thursday, the British embassy said. ...
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2 US soldiers die as fighting continues in Iraq
CNN - USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two US soldiers were killed in Iraq when their vehicle rolled onto its side in Tikrit, the US military said Thursday. ...
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Britain indicates no Iraq withdrawals for some time
AFP -
But at the start of this month, Browne confirmed that any reduction was being delayed amid recent unrest around Basra, southern Iraq, where most British ...
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Iraq's simmering ethnic war over Kirkuk
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
Correspondent Sam Dagher describes his travels in and around Kirkuk. KIRKUK, Iraq - Graffiti inside this city's ancient hilltop citadel quickly spells out ...
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'Polish embassy in Baghdad attacked'
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
A rocket has hit Polish embassy in Baghdad and left one embassy worker lightly wounded, Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski says. ...
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Wed, 23 Apr 2008

Google Alert: "Iraq"

Baghdad clashes claim more lives
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
The US military says it has killed 15 anti-government fighters in fresh clashes in Shia areas east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The fighting, which began ...
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US: Military Strikes Kill 15 Militants in Baghdad
Voice of America - USA
Separately, one Iraqi soldier died and four others were wounded in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, when a bomb attached to a vehicle blew up near the ...
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Google Alert: "Iraq"

700 rockets, mortar rounds fired in Baghdad in a month: US
Africasia - London,UK
Almost 700 rockets and mortar rounds were fired in Baghdad in the past month, US commanders said on Wednesday, insisting however that overall violence ...
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US soldier killed by small-arms fire in Baghdad, military says
International Herald Tribune - France
AP BAGHDAD: The US military says a soldier has been killed during a gunbattle in a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad. Military spokesman Lt. Col. ...
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Google Alert: "Iraq"

US troops kill 15 gunmen in Baghdad
Xinhua - China
BAGHDAD, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The US military said Wednesday that its forces killed 15 gunmen overnight in Shiite areas in Baghdad, which witnessed fierce ...
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Eleven Iraqis wounded in Baghdad bombing attacks
Xinhua - China
BAGHDAD, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Bomb attacks targeting the US and Iraqi security forces in Baghdad injured at least eleven people on Wednesday, ...
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Baghdad militia clashes kill 19
AFP -
In the northern city of Mosul, two people were killed and nine wounded on Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a money exchange outlet in an ...
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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, April 23
Reuters - USA
BAGHDAD - The US military reported the following engagements in Shi'ite areas of eastern Baghdad overnight. -- US troops were attacked with rocket-propelled ...
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Iraq army 'in control' of Basra
BBC News - UK
It got off to a shaky start, but appears to be gaining ground with increased support from coalition forces, says the BBC's Patrick Howse in Baghdad. ...
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US businessman aims to bring 'badly needed' fun to Baghdad
Globe and Mail - Canada
But when you're building your amusement park in downtown Baghdad, those risks come with the territory. The California businessman is pouring millions of ...
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US military says kills 15 gunmen in Baghdad
Reuters UK - UK
By Dean Yates BAGHDAD (Reuters) - US troops said on Wednesday they had killed 15 gunmen overnight in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, where fighting has raged for ...
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US Military Kills 5 in Baghdad's Sadr City
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News The US military in Iraq says its troops killed five militants late Monday in Baghdad's Sadr City district. A military statement said a US Apache ...
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A Bit of Old Baghdad With a Western Twist
New York Times - United States
But most of the diners are from Iraqi, and some in the dining room tried to guess from a name who was, say, from Mosul. In Iraq such information can have ...
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The Baghdad Embassy, a W Hotel
Washington Post - United States
By Al Kamen There's been constant grousing that the gigantic, $750 million US Embassy in Baghdad is way too big and expensive, even though it came in at ...
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008

Google Alert: "Iraq"

Car bomb kills three US marines in Iraq
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
TWO separate bomb attacks have killed three US marines in Iraq, including two near the western city of Ramadi and one in the southern port city of Basra, ...
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Troops join forces in Basra
bbcworldnews -
US troops are now fighting in Basra alongside the Iraqi Army, in their campaign against militant militia groups.
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