Topic: Baghdad

Baghdad area hit by series of bombs, 13 killed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A string of explosions killed at least 13 people and wounded 74 in the Baghdad area on Sunday, including a suicide bombing targeting Iraqi soldiers north of the capital, security officials said.Violence in Iraq has dropped sharply since the ...

Suicide bomber kills 7, wounds 10 in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded 10 more, mostly policemen, after they arrived to investigate a car bombing north of Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said on Sunday.(Reporting by Baghdad newsroom)99291966&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  ...
The Iraqi army arrested the alleged military leader of Al-Qaeda's offshoot in Iraq, Mikhlif Mohammed Hussein al-Azzawi, and three of his acolytes in a raid on Wednesday, the defence ministry said.The arrests come less than three weeks after the killing of Al-Qaeda ...

'Al-Qaeda mutiny' kills 17 at Baghdad jail

The accused mastermind of last year's Baghdad church siege overpowered a policeman while being led to questioning, sparking a jail mutiny Sunday that killed six police, including a general, and 11 inmates.The daring incident by suspected Al-Qaeda insurgents came as security was ...

Iraq suicide car bombing kills at least 21 police

A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-filled car at a police station south of Baghdad, killing 21 policemen on Thursday, as Iraqi forces braced for Al-Qaeda revenge attacks after Osama bin Laden's death.The attack, which also wounded at least 75 policemen, was ...

Suicide car bomber kills more than 20 in Iraq

HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomber killed more than 20 people and wounded 80 on Thursday at a police building in the mainly Shi'ite city of Hilla, an official said, as Iraq braced for revenge attacks after U.S. commandos killed Osama ...

Car bomb explosion in Iraq kills at least 15

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb explosion killed at least 15 people and wounded 25 on Thursday in Iraq's southern city of Hilla, medical and police sources said.A suicide bomber rammed his car into the entrance of a police headquarters in Hilla, ...

Iraq FM 'delighted' to see end of Bin Laden

Iraq is "delighted" by the news that Osama bin Laden has been killed, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told AFP on Monday, noting that thousands of Iraqis had died "because of his ideologies.""We, like many people in the world, are delighted to see ...

Iraq expects reprisals for bin Laden killing

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's army and police went on high alert on Monday for possible revenge attacks in one of al Qaeda's major battlegrounds after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in a raid on his Pakistan hideout.Oil infrastructure, power stations and ...

Iraqi judge killed, suicide attack claims seven

Insurgents bombed an Iraqi judge's home, killing him and at least one of his children on Saturday, while a suicide blast in the north of the country killed seven people, including four soldiers.Nationwide violence left at least 13 people dead, including an ...