Wave of Attacks Kills Scores in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A wave of car bombings and gunfire attacks hit cities in Iraq overnight and on Monday, killing at least 64 people and wounding more than 170, medical and security officials said. Some news ... Read more
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Wave of Bombings Kills Scores in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A wave of car bombs hit Baghdad and oil-rich Basra in southern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 48 people and injuring 170, security and medical officials said, deepening concerns that sectarian ... Read more
At Least 66 Killed in Bomb Blasts in Iraq
BAGHDAD — At least 66 people were killed in bomb blasts in Iraq on Friday, officials said, making it one of the bloodiest days this year as the country struggles to contain spiraling sectarian violence. ... Read more
Soldier Gets Life Without Parole in Iraq Killings
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. ... Read more
Bombings Kill Many Iraqis in Shiite Areas
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Bombings in Shiite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 35 people on Wednesday, after weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to set off sectarian ... Read more
National Briefing | Northwest: Soldier Found Guilty of Premeditated Murder
A military judge on Monday found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. He faces the sentencing phase of his ... Read more
National Briefing | Northwest: Soldier Found Guilty of Premediated Murder
A military judge on Monday found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. He faces the sentencing phase of his ... Read more
Sunnis in Iraq Protest Antiterror Tactics That Hurt Innocents
BAGHDAD — The Sunni protest movement here is turning increasingly violent, freshening memories of the brutal sectarian conflict of 2006 and raising troubling parallels to the Syrian civil war. ... Read more
World Briefing | Middle East: Iraq: At Least 17 People Killed in Baghdad Attacks
At least 17 people were killed by three bombs and a grenade attack on a mosque in Baghdad on Monday, medics and the police said. Assailants threw hand grenades at Sunni Muslim worshipers as they left a ... Read more
The Saturday Profile: A Sadrist Governor Is a Folk Hero to Iraqis
AMARA, Iraq CLAD in his trademark blue auto mechanic’s outfit, the governor was mobbed by his constituents as he walked the dust-choked streets of the old city here, where the poor sell ... Read more