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  • February 2008

    • Militias Shell Green Zone in Baghdad

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 23, 08 1:57 PM CST

      Militias Shell Green Zone in Baghdad

      A volley of rockets or mortar rounds hit Iraq’s Green Zone today, causing no injuries except perhaps to the credibility of a Shiite militia cease-fire extended just one day ago. The AP reports that nearly 10 explosions were heard inside the zone, which houses the American embassy, Iraqi government headquarters, and thousands of US troops. It's the fourth such attack this week. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Baghdad  • troop surge  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Green Zone  • Sunnis  • Shiite militia  • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council

    • Blackwater Probers Return to Baghdad

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 21, 08 5:13 AM CST

      Blackwater Probers Return to Baghdad

      Federal authorities investigating the Blackwater shootings that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead will revisit the scene of the massacre this week. Prosecutors from the Justice Department have already arrived in Baghdad, to be joined by inspectors from the FBI. But the inquiry has been hamstrung by the American government's promise of immunity to Blackwater bodyguards who gave written testimony, writes AP. More »

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      Iraq  • FBI  • Baghdad  • Department of Justice  • Blackwater  • Defense Department  • security contractors

    • 98 Dead in Baghdad Bombings

      newser  |  CNN  |  Feb 1, 08 1:00 PM CST

      98 Dead in Baghdad Bombings

      Twin bombs ripped apart two busy pet markets in Baghdad this morning, killing at least 98 people and injuring more than 200. Two women initially identified as suicide bombers were actually mentally disabled women wearing explosive belts that were blown up by remote control, CNN reports. "By targeting innocent Iraqis, they show their true demonic character," a spokesman for the US military spokesman said of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • bombing

  • January 2008

    • US Sees Huge Gains in Baghdad Security

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jan 18, 08 8:37 AM CST

      US Sees Huge Gains in Baghdad Security

      US and Iraqi forces have secured 75% of Baghdad's neighborhoods, a sharp increase from pre-surge days, USA Today reports. The combined forces "basically own the streets," said a US colonel. Military figures say that 356 of 474 of the city's neighborhoods have returned to some semblance of normalcy, with violence all but eliminated and economic activity returning. A year ago, fewer than 40 of those neighborhoods were deemed secure. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • military  • troop surge

    • Rare Snowfall Hits Baghdad

      newser  |  AFP  |  Jan 11, 08 1:05 PM CST

      Rare Snowfall Hits Baghdad

      Light snow flurries fell on Baghdad today for the first time in about 100 years, AFP reports. Residents were by and large delighted: "Snow falling in Baghdad in such a magnificent scene was beyond my imagination," said one retiree. A local baker agreed: "This snow will bring pleasure to the people of Iraq. It's beautiful!" More »

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      Iraq  • climate change  • global warming  • Baghdad

    • US Bombs al-Qaeda Sites in Iraq

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 10, 08 7:35 AM CST

      US Bombs al-Qaeda Sites in Iraq

      US bombers and fighters dropped 40,000 pounds of explosives on al-Qaeda stronghold Arab Jabour, an agricultural area just north of Baghdad. The 10-minute strike flattened 40 targets ahead of ground troops as part of Operation Phantom Phoenix, a new offensive against al-Qaeda, the AP reports. Nine US troops have been killed since the operation began Tuesday, including six in one booby-trapped house in Diyala province, also north of Baghdad. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • bombing  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • airstrike  • Anbar  • Diyala Province

    • Iraqi Soldier Kills Two US Troops

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 5, 08 8:22 AM CST

      Iraqi Soldier Kills Two US Troops

      An Iraqi insurgent who joined the country’s military force shot and killed two American troops, the BBC reports. Three other US soldiers were injured in the Dec. 26 shooting, which happened during a joint patrol in northern Iraq. After the patrol was besieged by gunmen, the Iraqi soldier “abused” the situation and fired at the Americans, an Iraqi general said. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • London  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • American troops  • roadside bomb  • Iraq Army  • Baquba

    • Bomber Hits Baghdad Funeral

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 1, 08 8:09 PM CST

      Bomber Hits Baghdad Funeral

      A suicide bomber killed 30 and wounded 38 at a Baghdad funeral today, shattering a mostly peaceful New Year's day with the worst bomb attack in months, Reuters reports. The attacker was likely a friend or relative of the mourners who brazenly passed the neighborhood's high military and police presence, authorities said. They pegged him as al-Qaeda from Diyala, a province north of Baghdad where militants have regrouped. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • Baghdad  • troop surge  • suicide bomber  • suicide attack

    • Wary World Welcomes 2008

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jan 1, 08 5:05 AM CST

      Wary World Welcomes 2008

      From Baghdad to Berlin to Beijing and Boston, the world said farewell to 2007 and cheered the arrival of 2008. The famous Times Square ball descended for the 100th time, and a million revelers gathered to watch. New technology meant the crystal-studded sphere was twice as bright this year. More »

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      New York  • Baghdad  • Times Square  • New Year's Eve

  • December 2007

    • Iraq Invites Refugees Home, but Home Is Gone

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 16, 07 5:35 PM CST

      Iraq Invites Refugees Home, but Home Is Gone

      Baghdad shocked Washington and the UN last month by inviting home 1.4 million refugees from Syria, the Washington Post reports. The UN warned against it, saying exiles would face poverty, but Iraq started a bus line to transport them back. Many found their homes looted and neighborhoods redrawn along sectarian lines—and with no official plan in place, they burdened relatives by moving in. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Baghdad  • David Petraeus  • Syria  • refugee  • Iraqi refugees

    • Iraqis United in Mass Wedding

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Dec 13, 07 12:53 PM CST

      Iraqis United in Mass Wedding

      A Baghdad media magnate, determined to overcome the sectarian conflict tearing apart Iraq, organized a mass wedding for dozens of mixed Baghdad couples, reports the Christian Science Monitor . The newspaper owner scoured the city for 70 couples from different ethnicities or sects, and treated them to a wedding and party with a 65-foot-long cake. Each couple was given a refrigerator, a TV, and two nights in a hotel. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • wedding  • Sunnis

    • Iraq Splinters as Surge Quells Violence

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 10, 07 2:21 PM CST

      Iraq Splinters as Surge Quells Violence

      The US troop surge has stemmed the bloodshed of Iraq's civil war but has failed in its other key objective of rebuilding the fragmented country into a cohesive nation. Ten months into the surge, Iraq has further splintered into sectarian strongholds run by warlords and militias, while the government's bickering factions spin their wheels, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Baghdad  • Green Zone  • Shiite militia  • Iraq Civil War  • Iraqi interim government

    • Lion Sculpture Fetches Record Price at Auction

      newser  |  BBC  |  Dec 6, 07 1:23 PM CST

      Lion Sculpture Fetches Record Price at Auction

      A limestone sculpture of a lioness standing at only 3¼ inches sold at auction in New York yesterday for $57 million, smashing the record price for a sculpture, the BBC reports. The Guennol Lioness, believed to have been carved 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Iran), topped the $29 million fetched by Pablo Picasso's "Tête de Femme" last month. More »

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      Baghdad  • Sotheby's  • sculpture

    • Bombings Mark Gates' Iraq Visit

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 5, 07 3:47 PM CST

      Bombings Mark Gates' Iraq Visit

      In an unannounced visit to Iraq today, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believed stability there is a reachable goal, even as car bombs claimed 23 lives in Baghdad and elsewhere, Reuters reports. "More than ever, I believe that the goal of a secure, stable, and democratic Iraq is within reach,” Gates told a Baghdad news conference. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Robert Gates  • car bomb

    • Cholera Outbreak Grips Baghdad

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 2, 07 7:40 PM CST

      Cholera Outbreak Grips Baghdad

      Cholera cases have spiked in Baghdad since mid-November and will likely soar when rainy season comes, the Guardian reports. Officials fear that the downpours will spread dirty water from war-ravaged sewers and infect more Iraqis, particularly children; about 4,500 cases have already been tallied this year. “We have a catastrophe in Baghdad,” one Iraqi official said. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • outbreak  • epidemic  • Cholera

    • Bombs Linked to Iraq Sunni Leader

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 1, 07 2:57 PM CST

      Bombs Linked to Iraq Sunni Leader

      A raid on the compound of the leader of Iraq's biggest Sunni political bloc saw his son and dozens of guards arrested, reports the Washington Post .  American and Iraqi soldiers found cars wired with explosives outside the compound; one of the guards had the keys. Adnan al-Dulaimi said the raid was politically motivated and demanded the men be released. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Iraq security  • Sunni militants  • Adnan al Duliami

  • November 2007

    • 13 Dead in Baghdad Pet Market Blast

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 23, 07 9:49 AM CST

      13 Dead in Baghdad Pet Market Blast

      Thirteen people were killed and 57 wounded when a bomb hidden in a box of birds exploded today at a pet market in Baghdad. Four policeman were among the dead, reports Reuters. The bombing was the deadliest in Iraq since car bombs killed 32 people in the capital on September 26. Still, the US military says attacks are down 55% since the surge started in June. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • bombing  • bomb  • Mosul

    • Baghdad Safe Again, Says Iraq

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 20, 07 7:24 AM CST

      Baghdad Safe Again, Says Iraq

      A sharp drop in violence in Baghdad led Iraqi government officials to express confidence yesterday that the worst is over, reports the Los Angeles Times . While violence remains high, bombings, street fighting, and abductions are down, as are fears of a civil war. US officials urged Iraq's government to take advantage of the lull to get reforms and services in place. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • troop surge  • Iraq violence  • US embassy in Baghdad

    • US Teams With Al-Sadr

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Nov 12, 07 5:27 PM CST

      US Teams With Al-Sadr

      The US military and the man who was once considered the most powerful destabilizing force in Iraq, Moqtada al-Sadr, now have a common enemy: rogue members of Sadr's Mahdi Army. Since Sadr declared a ceasefire three months ago, US commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, have been secretly meeting with Sadr's deputies to cooperate on fighting the Iran-funded splinter militias, Newsweek reports. More »

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      Baghdad  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • ceasefire  • alliance

    • Qaeda Busted in Baghdad: Gen.

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 8, 07 4:00 AM CST

      Qaeda Busted in Baghdad: Gen.

      The Iraqi-based terror network Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia has been ousted by US troops from every neighborhood in Baghdad where it once operated, according to Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil, commander of US forces in the city. Fil also tells the New York Times that violence is down significantly. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Sadr City  • surge  • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia

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