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Bomb blasts in Iraqi cities kill 30

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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Body of brutally beaten woman to be flown to Iraq

Elliot Spagat The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 4:43pm

EL CAJON, Calif. -- Iraq's foreign minister said Monday that the body of an Iraqi-American woman who was found brutally beaten next to a note saying "go back to your country, you terrorist" will be flown to Baghdad as lawmakers in her native country demanded a thorough investigation.

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A man stands at the scene of a car bomb attack in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Officials say attacks across Iraq have killed and wounded scores of people in a spate of violence that was dreaded in the days before Baghdad hosts the Arab world's top leaders. (AP Photo)

Photos depicting the aftermath of a bombing in Iraq

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 3:38pm

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People inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Officials say attacks across Iraq have killed and wounded scores of people in a spate of violence that was dreaded in the days before Baghdad hosts the Arab world's top leaders. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Attacks kill 46 across Iraq ahead of Arab summit

Lara Jakes The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 3:39pm

BAGHDAD -- Insurgents plotting to derail next week's Arab League meeting in Baghdad unleashed bloody attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, killing 46 people. The government vowed not to be scared off from hosting the summit -- the first in the country in a generation and a chance to prove it is moving toward normalcy after years of war.

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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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An Iraqi firefighter hoses down a burned bus after a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraqi territory killed and injured dozens of Iraqis on Thursday, targeting mostly security forces. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

25 police killed in Iraq shooting spree

Sameer N. Yacoub The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 11:03am

BAGHDAD -- A gang of gunmen disguised in military-style uniforms and carrying forged arrest warrants killed 25 police Monday, then hoisted the battle flag of al-Qaida in a carefully planned early morning shooting spree in western Iraq, officials said.

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A woman comforts her daughter in a schoolyard after a fatal shooting of an American gym teacher at a school in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March, 1, 2012. An American gym teacher was killed Thursday when a student in a crowded classroom pulled out a gun, shot the teacher and then shot himself, officials and eyewitnesses said. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)

American gym teacher killed in Iraq shooting

Yahya Barzanji The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 11:15am

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq -- An American gym teacher at a school in the northern Iraqi Kurdish region was killed Thursday when a student in a crowded classroom pulled out a gun, shot the teacher and then as his terrified classmates fled the room, shot himself, officials and eyewitnesses said.

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Clinton service member to have dinner with Obama

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 8:43pm

CLINTON — Even though the dinner at the White House is not until tonight, Master Sgt. Kevin Bullivant does not plan to have a lot of time today for sightseeing in Washington D.C.

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Ahmed Ali inspects his destroyed car after a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Iraqi officials said a string of morning attacks across Baghdad killed and injured dozens of people. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Rapid-fire attacks across Iraq kill 50 people

Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Sameer N. Vacoub The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 10:31am

BAGHDAD -- A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraqi territory killed at least 50 people on Thursday, targeting mostly security forces in what appeared to be a vicious strike by al-Qaida militants bent on destabilizing the country.

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Security forces prepare to tow away a destroyed car after a car bomb attack outside the fortified academy near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated his car as a group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Violence down in Iraq as al-Qaida group moves to Syria

Sahar Issa McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 11:36am

BAGHDAD -- The departure of al-Qaida-affiliated fighters from Iraq to join the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syria has had one benefit, Iraqi officials say: Violence has dropped in this country, in some areas by as much as 50 percent in just a few months.

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Participants in a parade to honor Iraq War veterans make their way along a downtown street on Saturday in St. Louis. Thousands turned out to watch the first big welcome home parade in the U.S. since the last troops left Iraq in December.

St. Louis hosting first big parade on Iraq War’s end

Jim Salter The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 10:43pm

ST. LOUIS — Looking around at the tens of thousands of people waving American flags and cheering, Army Maj. Rich Radford was moved that so many braved a cold January wind Saturday in St. Louis to honor people like him: Iraq War veterans.

The parade, borne out of a simple conversation between two St. Louis friends a month ago, was the nation’s first big welcome-home for veterans of the war since the last troops were withdrawn from Iraq in December.

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(LUCAS JACKSON/The Associated Press) A border guard stands on the border of Kuwait as a U.S. flag flies on the dashboard of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, that is part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief.

Soldier in last convoy leaving Iraq calls wife

Angela K. Brown The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:50pm

FORT HOOD, Texas — One Texas woman got some good news from her husband during a surprise 3 a.m. phone call.

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The US flag, Iraq flag, and the US Forces Iraq colors are seen before they are carried in during ceremonies marking the end of US military mission, Thursday, Dec., 15, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq

Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 11:12am

BAGHDAD -- After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq -- a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy.

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In this April 26, 2011 photo, U.S. Army soldiers walk through Al Faw palace in Camp Victory 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)

Icon of US military now in Iraqi hands

Rebecca Santana The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 10:49am

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq -- 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.

Just outside the palace, American troops whacked golf balls into man-made lakes or fished for carp while others sat down with a cigar and a can of nonalcoholic beer hoping for a respite from incoming rockets or mortar shells.

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(HADI MIZBAN/The Associated Press) In this Nov. 15, 2011 photo, a woman passes under posters for Shiite religious leaders and Shiite people who killed during the sectarian violence at primarily Shiite neighborhood of Hurriyah, north Baghdad, Iraq. Hurriyah - the name means “freedom” in Arabic - is symptomatic of much of Iraq: far quieter than at the height of the war but with an uneasy peace achieved through intimidation and bloodshed. The number of Iraqi neighborhoods in which members of the two Muslim sects live side by side and intermarry has dwindled.

Iraq emerges from war a society divided by sect

Lara Jakes The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 5:23pm

BAGHDAD — The sounds of cars honking, shoppers shuffling and children laughing and playing drums fill the air in Hurriyah, a Baghdad neighborhood where machine-gun fire and death squads once kept terrified residents huddled in their darkened homes.

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