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People inspect a car destroyed in a car bomb attack close to one of the main gates to the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which houses major government offices and the embassies of several countries, including the United States and Britain in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. A wave of bombings tore through Baghdad on Tuesday, killing and wounding scores of people, police said, highlighting increasing sectarian tensions on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led war. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

Group calls bloody Iraq attacks revenge for executions

Last updated Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:43pm

BAGHDAD -- An al-Qaida-affiliated group in Iraq claimed responsibility on Wednesday for bloody attacks that killed dozens of people across the country a day earlier.

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People and security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug 16, 2012. Five separate bombings in central and northern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people early Thursday, police said. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Wave of attacks rumbles across Iraq, killing 59

Adam Schreck, Sinan Salaheddin The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 4:56pm

BAGHDAD — Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a relentless wave of attacks from before dawn until late at night Thursday, killing 59 people and wounding many more in a deadly show of force aimed at undermining the government’s authority.

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People inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Palestine Street, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 19, 2012. A wave of morning bombings across several cities on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said, shattering weeks of calm in a reminder of the nation's continued insurgency. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Bomb blasts in Iraqi cities kill 30

Sinan Salaheddin The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 9:20am

BAGHDAD -- Bombings struck several areas in Baghdad and to the north Thursday, killing at least 30 people in the first major attacks in Iraq in nearly a month. The violence stoked fears that insurgents were trying to undermine confidence in the Shiite-led government amid rising sectarian tensions.

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An Iraqi wounded man sits on a stretcher after being injured in a coordinated strike on a gold market in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 12, 2012. Attacks against al-Qaida's favorite targets in Iraq killed several people Monday as insurgents struck security forces, a government office and jewelry stores, demonstrating a continued threat from armed groups as the country prepares to host a meeting of the Arab world's top leaders. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

14 killed in Iraq robbery, attacks

Sinan Salaheddin The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 10:11am

BAGHDAD -- Attacks against al-Qaida's favorite targets in Iraq killed 14 people Monday as insurgents struck security forces, a government office and jewelry stores, demonstrating a continued threat from armed groups as the country prepares to host a meeting of the Arab world's top leaders.

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People inspect the damage at Um al-Qura mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing dozens during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago. (AP Photo / Khalid Mohammed)

Bomber of Baghdad mosque disguised self as beggar

Sinan Salaheddin The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 29, 2011 - 9:15am

BAGHDAD -- The suicide bomber who killed 29 people at Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque disguised himself as a beggar and attended prayers there for nearly a week to avoid raising suspicions, a senior religious figure said Monday.

The attack hit Sunnis praying at a special service Sunday night during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan and appeared calculated to try to re-ignite widespread violence in Iraq just months before all U.S. troops are required to withdraw from the country.

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(Alaa al-Marjani/The Associated Press) Iraqi security forces inspect the site where a suicide car bomber plowed his vehicle into a checkpoint outside a police building just outside the holy city of Najaf, 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.

60 killed as wave of violence rolls across Iraq

Hamid Ahmed, Sinan Salaheddin The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 15, 2011 - 7:04am

KUT, Iraq — Bomb blasts ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday, killing 60 security forces and civilians in the worst attack this year, one that highlighted al-Qaida's resolve and ability to wreak havoc.

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Audit: US can't account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds

Sinan Salaheddin, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 11:37am

BAGHDAD — The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war ravaged nation, according to an audit released Tuesday.

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