The Iraqi government implemented new security measures a day after a string of bombings in Baghdad killed at least 100 people and wounded hundreds more, an interior ministry official told CNN on Thursday.
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20 killed, 75 injured in Baghdad attacks
Twenty people were killed and 75 were wounded Wednesday in five explosions in Baghdad, Iraq’s Interior Ministry officials said.
8 dead as violence continues in Baghdad
A series of explosions hit a Shiite neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad Tuesday, killing eight people and wounding dozens of others, just a day after blasts across the country killed more than 50, Iraq’s Interior Ministry said. A ministry official said three explosions — two from car bombs and one from an improvised explosive device — hit a mosque, a coffee shop and gas station in Baghdad’s Ameen neighborhood.
Iraq’s Bombs of August: A Return to the Bad Old Days?
Iraq dreams of what is called sustainable peace — a qualified condition that allows life to go on with an acceptable level of tumult. And so, with a measure of bravado, the government recently announced the imminent removal of most of the concrete blast walls that separate warring neighborhoods and protect citizens traveling on main and secondary roads. As it tries to put the bad days of Sunni vs
Briton held over death of 2 contractors in Baghdad
A British security contractor faces charges in an Iraqi court in the killings of two co-workers in Baghdad’s Green Zone early Sunday, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
Petraeus: Seems Iraq doing well taking reins on security
The transition of security duties in Iraq from coalition to Iraqi troops appears to be going well, Gen. David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, told CNN on Friday
Helicopter crash kills 2 in Iraq
A helicopter from private military contractor Xe crashed outside Baghdad on Friday, killing two crew members and leaving two other injured, a company spokeswoman said.
U.S. reportedly frees Iranian diplomats
The U.S. military has released five Iranian diplomats detained in Iraq since early 2007, the Iraqi government and Iran’s embassy in Baghdad said Thursday.
Iraqis cheer — and fear — U.S. pullout from cities
Tuesday marked the deadline for American troops to pull out of Iraq’s towns and cities — a long-anticipated date that has been met by street festivals in Baghdad.
Historic moment in Iraq marked by little fanfare, mixed feelings
Tuesday marks the long-anticipated deadline for American troops to pull out of Iraqi towns and cities, but on Monday, there will be no long lines of tanks rolling out of Baghdad or thousands of troops marching out of other cities.