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Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 49 (AP)

Iraqi security forces inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in the neighborhood of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A series of blasts Thursday morning in Baghdad killing and wounding scores of people in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc across the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP – A wave of violence ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 49 people and injuring nearly 200 in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc in the Iraqi capital just days after American forces left the country.


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Icon of US military now in Iraqi hands (AP)

In this Oct. 15, 2011 file photo, a U.S. Army soldier walks past a sign outside a base exchange after its closure at Camp Victory that is set to close in Baghdad, Iraq. Victory Base Complex, as it's formally called by the military, started life as a country club for the Baghdad elite under Saddam. Little reminders of the base's former life such as a sign reminding patrons where to park or when the casino would be open are still located on the base. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP – Inside palace walls built by Saddam Hussein, U.S. generals plotted the war’s course, tracked the mounting death toll and swore in new American citizens under gaudy glass chandeliers.


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Review slams US training of Iraqi police (AP)

An Iraqi police officer uses a  detector at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. A U.S. Department of State program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a 'bottomless pit' of American money, and is not even appreciated by the Iraqi government, a U.S. government watchdog warned in a report released Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP – A U.S. State Department program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a “bottomless pit” of American money and may not even be wanted by the Iraqi department it’s supposed to help, reports released Monday by a U.S. government watchdog show.


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Panetta hopeful of Iraqi deal on US troops (AP)

U.S. Army soldiers provide security during a mission at the city of Kut, southeast of Baghdad September 21, 2011. re taken September 21, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed hope Monday that the United States and Iraq can soon reach agreement on a possible U.S. military training role in Iraq beyond Dec. 31, when all American troops are scheduled to depart.


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Cable suggests troops killed Iraqi civilians

The U.S. has another WikiLeaks headache on its hands – this time a diplomatic cable suggesting American troops brutally executed Iraqi civilians.

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Bombs tear through 17 Iraqi cities, 63 killed (AP)

Edan Mahdi, 42, is treated at a hospital in Kut, after a car bomb in Kut, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Bomb blasts ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday morning, killing scores of people most of them in the southern city of Kut in a wave of violence that shattered what had been a relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan. The violence struck from the northern city of Kirkuk to the capital of Baghdad to the southern Shiite cities of Najaf, Kut and Karbala, and emphasized the persistent ability of insurgents to wreak havoc at a time when Iraqi officials are weighing whether they are able to protect the country without the assistance of American troops. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP – A relentless barrage of bombings killed 63 people Monday in the most sweeping and coordinated attack Iraq has seen in over a year, striking 17 cities from northern Sunni areas to the southern Shiite heartland.


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38 killed as explosions rock Iraqi cities (AP)

Residents inspect the site of a bomb attack in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad August 15, 2011.  At least one person was killed and 14 wounded in a bomb attack in Kirkuk, police sources said on Monday. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST) CRIME LAW)AP – Bomb blasts ripped through three Iraqi cities Monday morning, killing 38 people, including 34 who were gathered at a market in the southern city of Kut and shattering what had been a relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan.


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