Topic: Nouri al-Maliki
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A wave of bombings killed at least 63 people in Baghdad on Thursday, the first attacks since Iraq's Shi'ite-led government was engulfed in a crisis that risks fracturing the country along sectarian and ethnic faultlines.The bombings, just days after ...
Iraq issued an arrest warrant for its Sunni vice president on anti-terror charges Monday, deepening a crisis that one leader warned threatened the unity government, just a day after US troops left.Less than a year before the cabinet was formed, Iraq's fragile ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities said on Friday a rare attack inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone this week was carried out by a suicide bomber in a car and may have targeted the country's prime minister.Reports a suicide bomber was able ...
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on Iraqis not to participate in massive planned demonstrations in Baghdad on Friday, describing their organisers as insurgents and loyalists of Saddam Hussein.His remarks were markedly stronger than warnings issued by Iraqi security officials, who have claimed ...
A suicide bomber rammed an ambulance packed with explosives into a security headquarters on Wednesday, killing 14 people in the second major attack against Iraqi forces in as many days.Another suicide attack in a nearby town killed two others and wounded a ...
Two suicide bombers on Wednesday killed four policemen in a police station in the northern city of Mosul, including an officer who oversaw a deadly raid on militants, Iraqi security officials said.A third bomber was shot dead before setting off his explosives ...
Twin bombings targeting Iraqi government offices in Ramadi Monday killed seven people and wounded dozens, in a first test for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki since he assumed the security portfolio.Police said a car bomb exploded near the provincial headquarters in the heart ...
Police and local officials said the attacks also wounded 58 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims.In Karbala, a suicide bomber pulled up his booby-trapped vehicle alongside a bus carrying pilgrims from neighbouring Iran then detonated his payload, police officials said.The explosion killed 10 people, ...
"A pair of suicide car bombings Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq's capital, killing at least 147 people in the country's deadliest attack in more than two years". "The bombings targeted two government buildings and called into question Iraq's ability to protect ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday his government had information al Qaeda-linked groups were planning a series of attacks across the country, state television reported.Maliki made his comments as the U.S. military prepared to formally end its ...
