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Baghdad stories: 201 news summaries

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 The Year in (Wiki) Questions

Month-by-month, WikiAnswers lists the top questions of 2008

Dec 25, 08 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Need a primer on 2008? TechCrunch runs down common questions from each month on WikiAnswers:
  • January: When was the last time snow fell in Baghdad?
  • February: Why did the Hollywood writers go on strike?
  • March: Why did Bear Stearns fail?
  • April: Which races has Danica Patrick won?
  • May: How
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Barack Obama • Michael Phelps • Baghdad • Bear Stearns • Sex and the City • Hollywood writers' strike • Rod Blagojevich • bailout • Sarah Palin • Danica Patrick • wikis • Brangelina • Best of 2008

Shoe-Thrower
Is Instant Hit on Arab Street

Demonstrators want journalist who took aim at Bush set free

Dec 15, 08 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands marched across Iraq today to demand the release of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the little-known Shiite journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush yesterday. Though Bush spent last night making shoe puns—I have my assailant’s “sole,” he quipped—Iraq’s government was less amused, charging al-Zaidi... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • shoes • Bush legacy • freedom of press • freedom of speech • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Iraqi Hurls Shoes at Bush 

Shoe-throwing a signal of intense contempt in Arab world

Dec 14, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush never quite got the book thrown at him for invading Iraq, but the next closest thing happened today, CBS News reports. A correspondent for a Cairo-based Iraqi TV station hurled a pair of shoes at the outgoing president during a press conference in Baghdad, shouting, “This is... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • shoes • Bush legacy • Arab • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Bush Makes Surprise Farewell Stop in Baghdad

Will meet leaders, thank troops in mission's 'endgame'

Dec 14, 08 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush has arrived in Baghdad on a surprise farewell trip, the BBC reports. A day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the US mission in Iraq is in its “endgame,” Bush met with President Jalal Talabani; he’ll meet with other "leaders, thank the troops, and... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • US military • troop withdrawal • Jalal Talabani • George W. Bush • security pact

 Bombings Kill 31 
 in Baghdad, Mosul 

Suicide attacks rock police academy, US-Iraqi patrol

Dec 1, 08 7:40 AM CST
(AP) - 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... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • suicide bombing • car bomb • Mosul • Iraq Army • Iraq war

 Sewage Soaks Baghdad Slum 

Infrastructure remains sub-standard in much of Iraq

Nov 25, 08 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Residents of the Sadr City slum of Baghdad have come to accept raw sewage, bubbling to the surface from broken pipes, as a part of daily life, Bloomberg reports. And Sadr City is hardly an oddity—despite 6 years and billions of American dollars, much of Iraq still lacks reliable... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • waste • sewage • Muqtada al-Sadr

 18 Killed in Baghdad Blasts 

Green Zone entrance, bus carrying female government workers both hit

Nov 24, 08 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed at least five people at the entrance of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, and a second bomb killed 13 women traveling on a bus to their government jobs, reports Al Jazeera. The attacks came as Iraqi legislators prepare to vote this week on a security... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • suicide bomber • Iraq death toll • bomb • death toll • female suicide bomber • terrorist attack

 10,000 Iraqis Protest Troop Deal 

Hang Bush in effigy

Nov 21, 08 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 10,000 Muqtada al-Sadr supporters gathered in Baghdad today to protest the US-Iraqi security pact that would keep troops in the country for another 3 years. The protesters hanged an effigy of President Bush from the same plinth Saddam Hussein’s statue was once toppled from by US... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • protests • Muqtada al-Sadr • political protest • Status of Forces Agreement • security pact

 Public Transit 
 Returns to 
 Baghdad 

Commuter train has run for a month, mayor proposes subway system

Nov 18, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - After years of destabilizing violence, Baghdad has a commuter train again, the LA Times reports. For about a month, the “Baghdad Metro,” as employees call it, has made two complete trips around the city in the morning and afternoon for the benefit of working Iraqis who have to... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • traffic • violence • commute • train • public transit

Mullen Warns Iraq Exit Will Take More Than 2 Years

Joint Chiefs chairman still wants US withdrawal tied to security situation

Nov 18, 08 1:44 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Iraq pullout • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • troop withdrawal • Mosul • Iraq war • President Obama

'Sticky Bombs' Spread Fear in Baghdad

Insurgents shift to smaller devices as security tightens

Nov 14, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Small explosives dubbed "sticky IEDs" are contributing to a growing feeling of unease in Baghdad, the New York Times reports. The fist-sized bombs attached to magnets or adhesives are hard to detect, easy for a furtive bomber to put in place and have become the weapon of choice for... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Baghdad • explosives • US military • bombing • bomb • car bomb

 Twin Bombs 
 Kill 28 in Iraq 

Al-Qaeda suspected in attack on once-insurgent neighborhood

Nov 10, 08 3:04 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 28 people are dead and another 68 injured after two bombs exploded in quick succession in Baghdad this morning in the same spot, CNN reports. The first bomb detonated in a parked car just outside a marketplace, and a suicide bomber set off the second blast amid the... More »

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Baghdad • suicide bomber • car bomb • al-Qaeda

 6 Dead in 4th Day 
 of Baghdad Bombings 

Four days of escalating violence leaves dozens dead and wounded

Nov 6, 08 6:53 AM CST
(AP) - 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... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • bombing • Iraq Civil War • bomb explosion • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Sunni allies

US Kills Mastermind of Baghdad Bombings

Senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leader also in execution video

Oct 4, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(AP) - The US has killed a senior leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq suspected of masterminding one of the deadliest bombings in Baghdad, the AP reports. Mahir Ahmad Mahmud al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, allegedly directed the cell responsible for a  series of blasts that killed more than... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • bombing • Iraq war • al-Qaeda in Iraq

CBS Reporter Under Scrutiny for Iraq Booty

US Customs looks
into Logan's swiped Hussein portraits

Oct 3, 08 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - CBS chief correspondent and tabloid catnip Lara Logan has two portraits of Saddam Hussein in her office, and US Customs wants to know why. The art was recovered from the wreckage of a Baghdad palace, and it's illegal to take such items out of Iraq. Customs prosecuted a Fox News... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • CBS • Baghdad • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • Iraq war • Lara Logan • Broadcasting & Cable

 38 Iraqis Killed 
 in Bloodiest 
 Ramadan Day 

Bombs wreak havoc in central Baghdad

Sep 29, 08 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 20 people were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber detonated a vest of explosives amid a crowd of onlookers that had gathered after an earlier car bomb exploded in central Baghdad. A total of 34 people were killed in attacks in Baghdad and another four died in Dayala... More »

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Baghdad • suicide bombing • car bomb • Ramadan

 3 Soldiers Charged 
 in Iraqis' Murder 

Killings were retribution for American casualties

Sep 17, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Three soldiers have been charged with murder for their alleged role in the killing of four Iraqis last year, the US Army said today. The Iraqi men were blindfolded, shot in the head, and dumped in a Baghdad canal around April 2007 in retribution for casualties suffered by the 1st... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • war crimes • murder • US military • US Army • military law

Petraeus: US Could Be Out
of Baghdad by July '09

General says capital's security could enable handover to Iraqi forces within year

Sep 3, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - US troops could pull out of Baghdad by next summer if violence continues declining, David Petraeus told the Financial Times today. “Conditions permitting, yeah,” the top American general said when asked about a withdrawal by July 2009, adding that daily attacks in the capital have fallen dramatically enough... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • David Petraeus • US Army

Journalist's Suspected Kidnapper Nabbed in Iraq

US forces grab duo linked to al-Qaeda

Aug 25, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The suspected mastermind behind the 2006 abduction of US journalist Jill Carroll and a cohort have been captured by US-led military forces, CNN reports. The pair, nabbed in Baghdad, are suspected of planning numerous kidnappings and suicide bombings in the country. Their capture leaves “few remaining experienced leaders” in... More »

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Baghdad • coalition forces • abduction • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Jill Carroll

Suicide Bomber Kills 25
at Iraqi Banquet

Victims were celebrating release of sheikh's son from US detention

Aug 25, 08 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 25 people were killed in Abu Ghraib yesterday when a suicide bomber attacked a banquet where relatives were celebrating the release of a sheikh's son from US detention. Women, children and men from a US-supported neighborhood patrol were believed to be among the victims."The smoke was... More »

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Iraq • Abu Ghraib • Baghdad

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