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Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq – Las Vegas Sun
Sunday, July 18, 2010 | 4:49 a.m. Two suicide bombers targeting members of a government-backed, anti-al-Qaida militia struck within hours of each other early Sunday, killing at least 48 people and wounding dozens more, Iraqi officials said. The bombings were the deadliest in a series of attacks ... »
Suicide attacks kill at least 46 in Iraq – Las Vegas Sun
Sunday, July 18, 2010 | 3:14 a.m. Two suicide bombers targeting members of a government-backed, anti-al-Qaida militia struck within hours of each other early Sunday, killing at least 46 people and wounding 52, Iraqi officials said. The bombings were the deadliest in a series of attacks across Iraq ... »
Suicide bomber kills at least 11 people in Iraq – AP – msnbc.com
Iraqi officials say at least 11 people were killed in a mostly Sunni district southwest of Baghdad when a suicide bomber targeting security personnel blew himself up. The bombing happened Sunday morning as members of an anti-al-Qaida security force lined up to receive paychecks in the town of ... »
Iraq’s artists reflect pain, trauma of the war – Beaver County Times
Iraq's artists are using their work to try to process the turmoil since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and what they are producing shows a profound anger over their country's traumas and uncertainty over its future. They have a lot to deal with: A change of regime, foreign occupation, an insurgency ... »
U.S. Soldier Charged in Iraq Attack Video Leak – CBS News
(AP) An American soldier suspected of leaking a military video of an attack on unarmed men in Iraq was charged with multiple counts of mishandling and leaking classified data and putting national security at risk, the U.S. Army said in a statement Tuesday. Army Spc. Bradley Manning is suspected of ... »
Restive Iraq provinces defy U.S. withdrawal timeline – msnbc.com
JALAWLA, Iraq — It was a tip-off about a weapons cache that drew the U.S. soldiers of Charlie Troop away from their Stryker armored vehicles in the densely populated Iraqi town of Jalawla one Friday morning last month. That was when the suicide bomber struck, detonating a car bomb so "catastrophic ... »
Joe Biden update: He speaks of July 4th in Iraq – Los Angeles Times
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Mr. Ambassador. Let me begin by saying, Mr. President, it’s great to see you again, and all of my friends; Mr. Minister. So many of you I’ve known for so long. I came once again with a distinguished American delegation, because they don’t trust me ... »
Joe Biden to pressure Iraq brass – AZCentral.com
BAGHDAD - Vice President Joe Biden returned Saturday to Iraq to coax its government into picking a new prime minister, months after elections left the nascent democracy in a state of gridlock as the U.S. prepares to pull out its troops. Biden's trip - his fifth since he was elected vice president ... »
Biden ‘extremely optimistic’ about Iraq’s democracy – YAHOO!
BAGHDAD (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden said on a surprise visit to Baghdad on Saturday he was optimistic Iraqi politicians could end the squabbles that have deadlocked the conflict-torn nation's democracy for months. Biden , wearing a blue blazer and khaki slacks, was accompanied on the trip ... »
US senators in Iraq press for swift government formation – AlterNet
US Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham on Saturday urged Iraqi leaders to act faster to form a coalition after meeting in Baghdad with the two main rivals for prime minister. A US soldier secures the site of a deadly bomb blast in northern Baghdad in 2009. US Senators John McCain ...... »