Huge Blast Kills 15, Wounds 132 in Northern Iraq

Related Newser Stories

• 4 Insurgents Escape in Iraqi Jail Riot

  Dec 26, 08 8:01 CST
  Four prisoners who belong to the insurgent group Al-Qaeda in Iraq broke out of jail during a riot today that killed six police officers and seven prisoners in the western city of Ramadi, police said. Authorities have imposed a curfew on the city, the capital of Anbar province, as they search for the escapees.
  More »

• Council Gives Iraq Security Deal Final Approval

  Dec 4, 08 10:43 CST
  Iraq's presidential council today approved the security pact that lays out a 3-year timeframe for US troops to leave— the final step for the agreement to replace a UN mandate that expires Dec. 31, the AP reports. As the final legal hurdle to the deal was cleared, American soldiers and Iraqi civilians alike faced another round of deadly bombings by insurgents trying to chip away at recent security gains. More »

• Bombings Kill 31 in Baghdad, Mosul

  Dec 1, 08 7:40 CST
  Suicide bombers struck today near a Baghdad police academy and in Mosul against a joint US-Iraqi patrol, together killing 31 people, Iraqi officials said. In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded outside the heavily fortified academy. Minutes later, a suicide attacker blew himself up as police rushed to respond to the blast. Sixteen people were killed and 45 were wounded, police said. More »

• Mullen Warns Iraq Exit Will Take More Than 2 Years

  Nov 18, 08 1:44 CST
  The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is "comfortable" with the new US-Iraq security pact scheduling the start of an American troop pullout next year, but believes some major hurdles still exist, the Washington Post reports. Admiral Michael Mullen cautioned that the US has huge amounts of equipment and thousands of troops within the country, and it will likely take up to three years to get everything out of the nation safely.
  More »

• 6 Dead in 4th Day of Baghdad Bombings

  Nov 6, 08 6:53 CST
  A series of bomb blasts across Baghdad killed six people and injured more than 20 others today, the fourth consecutive day of heightened violence in the Iraqi capital. The deadliest attack came near a checkpoint in central Baghdad, while another targeting a government convoy killed six city workers. A string of daily bombings since Monday has now killed more than 30 people, reports the AP. More »