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NEWS ABOUT: Kirkuk

Kirkuk stories: 9 news summaries

Iraq Passes Election Law, Clears Way for US Pullout

Vote set for Jan. 21, US will begin withdrawal 60 days later

Nov 9, 09 6:33 AM CST
(AP) - Iraq's parliament passed a long-delayed law yesterday paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the US troop withdrawal. The head of Iraq's electoral commission quickly proposed Jan. 21 for the election, five days after the earlier scheduled date. The... More »

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Iraq • US troops • Kirkuk • Iraqi elections

 Kurds Threaten 
 to Block Iraqi Election 

Dispute over Kirkuk holds up passage of new election law

Oct 29, 09 4:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dispute over the oil-rich province of Kirkuk is threatening to delay the Iraqi elections scheduled for January and push Arab-Kurd tensions past the breaking point. Kurdish lawmakers in the Iraqi parliament have vowed to block a vote on a new election law unless authorities agree to use voter records... More »

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Iraq • Kurdistan • Kurds • Massoud Barzani • Kirkuk • Iraqi elections

 Iraq Busts 
 Baby Suicide 
 Bombers 

Security forces swoop on cell of al-Qaeda-groomed kids

Apr 21, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi security forces say they have smashed a cell of kids recruited to become al-Qaeda suicide bombers, the Times of London reports. Military officials have arrested four children under the age of 14 they believe were preparing to carry out attacks in the northern city of Kirkuk and had been... More »

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suicide bomber • children • suicide bombing • Kirkuk • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Women's Rights Activist Beheaded in Iraq

Hussain headed women's league in Kurdish Communist Party

Dec 19, 08 4:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Armed men yesterday stormed the home of a women's rights activist and Kurdish leader and beheaded her, reports CNN. Nahla Hussain, a 37-year-old married mom of two, was the leader of the women's league of the Kurdish Communist Party. She was alone in her home in the volatile northern town... More »

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Iraq • women's rights • Kurds • Kirkuk

UPDATED

 Suicide Bomber Kills 55 
 in Iraqi Restaurant 

ALL ART IS FILE STUFF. NOTHING FROM AP YET

Dec 11, 08 9:55 AM CST
(AP) - A suicide bomber killed 55 people and wounded 120 in a crowded restaurant in northern Iraq today, as Kurdish officials were meeting there with Arab tribal leaders to discuss long-standing ethnic tensions, the AP reports. It appeared to be the deadliest attack in Iraq in nearly 6 months.The blast... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • Kurdistan • Kurds • suicide bombing • oil field • Kirkuk

Iraq Passes Election Law,
But Skirts Key Issues

No deal on control over northern oil hub, representation of minority groups

Sep 24, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi parliament today passed a long-delayed law establishing provincial elections, a step the government hopes will protect recent security gains by opening the political process. The first elections are expected in January, the New York Times reports, but questions remain about how to ensure representation for Iraq’s religious... More »

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Iraq • law • political reform • Iraq parliament • Kirkuk • Iraq security • provincial elections

Rice Pops Up in Iraq
to Plead for Peace

Calls for reconciliation on surprise visit

Dec 18, 07 4:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Iraq for a surprise visit today to plead for increased efforts at reconciliation, Reuters reports. She flew into the ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk—which some expect to be the next flashpoint for violence. The city's Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmen are deeply... More »

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Iraq • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Kurds • Iraq Civil War • Kirkuk

UN Stepping Up Work in Iraq

Four years after bombing killed 22, UN  re-engaged

Dec 10, 07 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The United Nations is stepping up its work in Iraq in a bid to land a final peace—four years after a terrorist bomb in the UN compound in Baghdad killed 22 officials. "Three years of horror have led nowhere. It only produced tit-for-tat destruction and the displacement of... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • Kurds • Arabs • Kirkuk • Staffan de Mistura • Turkomans

6,000 Iraqi Sunnis Vow to Aid US

Iraqi civilian forces help decrease violence as refugees return home

Nov 29, 07 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Almost 6,000 Sunni Arab civilians in Iraq turned against Al-Qaeda yesterday and signed a pact to help US forces police possible insurgent escape routes. As insurgents seek to gain a foothold in the semi-autonomous north, American officials hailed the alliance, which is the Iraq war’s largest single volunteer... More »

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Iraq • Syria • insurgents • Kurds • US Army • Sunni leaders • Iraqi refugees • Kirkuk • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

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