Posts Tagged ‘iraqi’
Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 49 (AP)
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)
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)
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)
AP – 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)
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)
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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